Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
George Whalen
Admission Date: March 31, 1887 - age 47
Residence: Hallsville, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: (no date) Ireland
Service: Civil War, 26th Illinois Infantry, Co. F, Private
Disability: Wound in left side of the head
Pension: None
Death: Date unknown
Family Members: Hannah Whalen, wife; George Whalen, Jr., son
Doctor: Dr. Wm. E. McClelland
Occupation: Laborer
Notes: Hannah Whalen applied for a widow’s pension in July 1894. George was buried in St. Patrick’s Cemetery in DeWitt County, Illinois, but there is no date on his stone.
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