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1886 Iowa, Ringgold County, Declaration for Original Invalid Pension

20 April 1886
On this 20th day of April A.D. one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, personally appeared before me James H Burke, Clerk of the District Court, a court record within and for the County and State aforesaid Benjamin W Vardaman, aged 53 years, a resident of the town of Mt Ayr, county of Ringgold, State of Iowa, who being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Ben Vardaman who was enrolled on the 9th day of August 1862 in company F of the 29th regiment of Iowa vol Inft commanded by Col Thos H Benton, and was honorably discharged at New Orleans, LA on the 10 day of August 1865; that his personal description is as follows; Age 53 years, height 5 feet 10 inches; complexion light; hair light; eyes blue. That wile a member of the organization aforesaid, in the service and in the line of his duty, "on a march over Little Rock in the in the State of Arkansas on or about the 18 day of August 1863 he was sunstruck that from that time during his service in the army he had frequent attacks of severe headaches and vomiting and that at or near Fort Blakely in the state of Alabama about the spring of 1865 he received another sunstroke which completely prostrated him. That on and to the present time by reason of the foregoing injuries thus received he has been unable to endure any physical or mental exertion. That he was not treated in hospitals that he received medical treatment of the regimental surgeon in spring of 1865 and there after up to his discharge from army. That he has not been employed in the military or naval service otherwise than as state above. (militia prior to entering United States service) That since leaving the service this applicant has resided in the towns of Bedford and Mt. Ayr, in the State of Iowa, and his occupation has been that of a jeweler. That prior to his entry into the service above named, he was a man of good, sound physical health; being when enrolled a jeweler. That he is now wholly disabled from obtaining his subsistence by manual labor, by reason of his injuries above described, received in the service of the United States; and he therefore makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the invalid-pension roll of the United States.


Owner/SourceHattie Vardaman - Becky Kasbaum
Date26 Dec 2012
Latitude40.7147147
Longitude-94.235232
File nameVardaman_BenjaminW_1886_Pension.jpg
File Size2.39m
Dimensions1648 x 2338
Linked toBenjamin Wilson Vardaman

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