Union Civil War Enlistments from Ipava (Fulton ... - Illinois Ancestors

the middle of April 1864; was sent from Jefferson Barracks to Cairo, where I did duty
under Col. Walters, until the 24 th of May 1865, when I was dismissed from the service,
but did not get my discharge.”—Robert France, 1880
When the pension inspector asked for a character reference, one of the town doctors, Dr.
H. L. Ball, wrote: “France has a very poor reputation. He may be entitled to a pension,
but he would have to prove that he did by someone beside himself before he would be
believed where he is known.”
Robert France lived in Maukato (Jewell) Kansas in 1884, and was in Montrose (Jewell)
Kansas in 1890.
France, William Riley—Enlisted 21 August 1862, 26 years old, as a private in Co. I,
103 rd Infantry. Description at enlistment: 5’7” tall; brown hair; blue eyes; born in
Pleasant Township, Fulton County, Illinois. Died 21 January 1864 of bronchitis in a
hospital at Memphis, Tennessee.
France, William Riley—1860 US Census, Pleasant Township, Fulton County, Illinois:
Son of Hannah France, a 44-year old farmer born in Ohio. Her children: Hosea (20);
Rebecca A. (22); William R. (24); Brice H. (21); Mary E. (16); Orvil (14); Albert R. (3);
and Zack F. (1). [As his father died in 1852, the two youngest may not be Hannah’s
children.]
France, William Riley—Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington,
DC: As he was unmarried and had no children, his mother, Hannah (maiden name of
Bryce from Ohio), was able to claim a pension. His father, Jesse, had died 10 October
1852, and since then his mother was dependent upon William for support. “William
worked by the month for Henry Harwick, about two years prior to entering said service,
and all his wages, except that necessary for himself, was taken up by his mother in flour,
corn, wheat, beef and other provisions. [He] hauled her wood ever since the death of her
husband. That affiant Henry at request of said William paid Dr. Ball of Ipava a bill of
$24 for medical treatment of his mother—that William worked with affiant to pay a debt
which his mother had contracted for provisions in addition to the above.”—Henry and
Sarah Harwick, 1864.
Green, Jonathan Bogue—Enlisted 5 August 1862 as a Sergeant, 21 years old, in Co. B,
84 th Infantry. Promoted to 1 st Sergeant and Sergeant Major. Mustered out 8 June 1865.
Description at enlistment: 5’7” tall, auburn hair, blue eyes, student. Born in Astoria
(Fulton) Illinois. Died on 12 April 1912 in Sioux City, Iowa.
Green, Jonathan Bogue--1860 US Census for Ipava (Fulton) Illinois: Son of Aaron
Green (47) and Mary (38). Other family members: Adolphus (4); Ethelda (2); John N.
(10).
Green, Jonathan Bogue—Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington,
DC: His mother’s maiden name was Bogue. Born 7 March 1841 in Ipava (Fulton)
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