Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident

Thomas M. Wells

Admission Date: April 10, 1911 - age 68

Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois

Birth: February 15, 1843, Liberty, Adams County, Illinois

Service: Civil War, 10th Illinois Infantry, Co. K, Private

Disability: Rheumatism

Pension: $30.00 per month, # 522175

Death: Date unknown

Family Members: Clara H. Wells, wife; Eva Taylor, daughter; Mamie Schenck, daughter

Doctor: Dr. D. M. Landon

Occupation: Photographer

Notes: Thomas and his wife, Clara, applied for admission in 1913, but there was no admission date given.  In 1914 they went to live with their son-in-law in Springfield, Illinois.

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