Pension File
WILLIAM FOOS, 1843-unknown

Transcription by Carolyn Schwab, submitted 19 Oct 2007
Original Application 11 pages
Pension Application #153601

6 FEB 1870

Letter from H.D. WASHBURN

WILLIAM FOOS is very nearly blind

Age 27 years

Resident of Vermillion Co., IN

9 MAR 1870

Entered service at Clinton, 9 OCT 1861, Private Co. I 43 Regiment Indiana Volunteers

Discharged 19 OCT 1864

Resident Clinton, Indiana

Was taken with sore eyes while serving at Helena, Arkansas in JUL 1862

Occupation laborer

Witnesses

JOHN Q. WASHBURN - Vermillion Co., IN
PHEBE CAMPBELL - Vermillion Co., IN

29 JUL 1870

Signed on in Newport, IN on 9 OCT 1861 in Co. I, 43 Regiment Indiana Volunteers

Mustered in at Terre Haute, IN to serve 3 years

On muster roll of Co. I for SEP and OCT 1864

Discharged by reason of expiration of service 19 OCT 1864

19 AUG 1870

Application for invalid pension

Applicant is 3/4 incapacitated by reason of disease

Applicant suffering from Cicatrix of cornea of both eyes, bronchial congestion, emaciation

J.B. HEDGES, physician

26 AUG 1870

Sworn statement that applicant was treated for eye disease at Helena, Arkansas

St. John's Hospital No. 1 at Little Rock, Arkansas

27 AUG 1870

Statement that applicant is suffering from tuberculosis and eye disease

Was perfectly healthy before entering service

Was family physician both before and since

Applicant is not aggravated by intemperate or other bad habits

CUTHBERT F. KEYES, physician

Witness

JOHN O. ROGERS, Justice of Peace

Abandoned