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1862,
Aug 15
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Ezra
enrolled at Buda, IL, as Private in Co. C, 93rd IL Infantry
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1863,
May 16
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At
Champion Hill, Missouri, received gunshot wound which fractured
both
the Tibia and Fibula of his right leg making him totally disabled
for
service and permanently injured as a man.
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1864,
May 16
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Certificate
of Disability for Discharge.
Ezra,
age 24, 5 feet 7 ½ inches, dark complexion, dark eyes, dark hair,
a farmer.
Had
been unfit for duty for 60 days.
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1864,
May 27
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Honorably
Discharged at Quincy, IL
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1864,
July 13
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Declaration
for Invalid Pension. Bureau Co., IL
Ezra,
aged 25, a resident of Macon, Bureau Co, IL.
Captain
Wm. J. Brown was his commander.
Volunteered
at Wyanet, Bureau Co, IL.
Enrolled
for 3 years.
Allen
Horton witnessed this document.
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1864,
Oct 13
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Pension
of $8 per month began
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1867,
Oct 13
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Ezra
& Sarah Kegarice were married at Buda
by
Elder Isaac E. Boyer, minister of the Gospel.
Neither
had been previously married. Certificate enclosed.
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1873,
Sep 4
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Surgeon’s
Certificate. Princeton, Bureau Co, IL.
Height
5 ft 7 ½ in, 150 pounds age 34, dark complexion.
C.C.
Latimer, M.D.
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1873,
Sep 15
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Declaration
for Increase of Invalid Pension filed.
Currently
receiving $6/month.
Appointed
attorney C.E. Weeden to prosecute
Ezra’s
residence is Macon Twp, Bureau Co, Illinois & his post office address
is Buda, Illinois.
This
was witnessed by his father Benjamin Osborn and Jesse Emerson.
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1874,
Jan 17
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letter
from the Treasury Dept… a copy of the certificate of examination is herewith
enclosed,
which
shows that his pension was reduced in Sept 1865, from March 1865, to $6.00
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1889,
June
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Application
for Re-rating, Arrears and Increase of Pension filed from Iowa.
Currently
receiving $8/month.
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1890,
Mar 26
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Resident
of Creston, Ia
Pension
of $8/month.
Height
5’7 ½ “, 150 pounds, 50 yrs old
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1898,
July 4
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Ezra’s
replies to the Dept. of the Interior:
1)
Are you married? If so, please state your wife’s full name and her
maiden name.
Yes
Sallie Osborn, Sallie Kagarice
2)
When, where, and by whom were you married?
Oct
13th 1867, Buda, Ills by Rev. I. E. Boyer
3)
What record of marriage exists?
Marriage
Certificate and County Record
4)
Were you previously married?
No
former marriage
5)
Have you children living? If so, please state their names and the
dates of their birth.
Yes,
2: Arva Osborn born Feb. 1st 1869
Maggie
Osborn Born Feb 29th 1872
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1901
Nov 9
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Declaration
for Increase of Invalid Pension filed.
Ezra
age 62, receiving $14/month.
Appointed
E.S. Weeden, a Chicago attorney to prosecute his claim.
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1902,
Apr 2
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Surgeon’s
Certificate.
Receiving
$14/month.
Ezra
age 62, height 5’7”; 145 pounds, dark complexion, hazel eyes, grey hair,
a farmer.
Dr.
J.D. Claybaugh
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1904,
Apr 4
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Ezra
received $14 pension payment
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1904,
April 13
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Ezra
died at Creston, IA
He
had no minor children (under 16)
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1904,
May 14
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Declaration
For Widow’s Pension. From Union Co., IA.
Mrs.
Sallie Osborn, age 56, a resident of Creston.
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1904,
July 14
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Letter
from Sallie, age 56, to the Pension Office
…
she is a widow of the deceased and is entitled to 1/3 of the property of
her deceased husband.
He
died seized of the East ½ of the southeast ¼ of Sec. 26,
Twp. 72, R. 31, Iowa except 1 acre, conservatively worth $4000… that she
could probably get $3 rent per acre on it.
She
has no other means of income except what her children give her.
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1904,
July 28
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Ezra
had no life insurance that would benefit his wife;
he
was not a member of any lodge or fraternal order.
He
died intestate.
Sallie’s
address: 304 North Walnut Street, Creston, Iowa.
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1915,
Apr 4
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Sallie
Osborn received pension payment of $12
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1915,
Apr 27
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Sallie
Osborn died
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