Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home Resident
John Yager
Admission Date: September 28, 1888 - age 59
Residence: Clinton, DeWitt County, Illinois
Birth: (no date) Henry County, Kentucky
Service: Civil War, 140th Indiana Infantry, Co. K, Private
Disability: Neuralgia and chronic endocarditis
Pension: None
Death: January 28, 1905, DeWitt County, Illinois (Obituary)
Family Members: Mrs. Nellie E. Sparks, sister
Doctor: Dr. George W. Hyde, Surgeon
Occupation: Farmer
Notes: In the 1900 census he was living with his daughter in DeWitt County. He later entered the Soldiers’ Home in Danville. He died at the home of his daughter.
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