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

Porter, Eben F.—Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington, DC:
Married Susan Lacey (born 10 June 1844 near Ipava) in Pleasant Township (Fulton)
Illinois on 21 December 1865. Their children: Hettie M. born 17 October 1866; Florence
C. born 18 November 1870; and Charlotte born 16 February 1873 (Charlotte
Bartholomew in 1901).
“The claimant is a big stout hearty-looking man. The deponent, R. M. Miller, informed
me that for many years after the war this claimant was looked on as a deserter—that his
name so appears in the regimental history, and that none of the old comrades would have
anything to do with him. But that after he had been pensioned and they learned that he
had secured an honorable discharge, they ‘let up on him’ and since then he has been
mingling with them, attending reunions, etc.”—Pension Bureau investigator, 1901
Eben suffered from chronic diarrhea during the war, and was given a discharge furlough
to go home. His brother-in-law, Alfred Call of Cuba, Illinois, took him home. He was
confined to his home all winter. He continued to suffer from “gastritis” during his
lifetime.
After the war he resided in Pleasant Township (Fulton) Illinois for 12 years farming; then
went to Table Grove (Fulton) Illinois to operate a milling business for 9 years.
He died 28 April 1905 at Table Grove of pulmonary tuberculosis and cancer of the
stomach. Susan died 29 April 1908.
Pratt, Henry C.—Enlisted 28 July 1862 as a Private, 18 years old, in Co. B, 84 th
Infantry. Mustered out 8 June 1865 at Camp Harker, Tennessee. Description at
enlistment: 5’5” tall, dark hair, grey eyes, farmer. Born 1 May 1844 at Williamsburg
(Brown) Ohio. Died 11 July 1928, at National Military Home at Leavenworth, Kansas.
Pratt, Henry C.--Civil War Pension Application, National Archives, Washington, D.C.: In
1921, he stated that he had been “a member of this Home [National Military Home] for
over 30 years . . . . Have been badly handicapped ever since losing my right hand and
arm, now only waiting the final call.” “My right arm was lost at Weavers farm about 4
miles southeast of Ipava, Fulton Co., Illinois in a thrashing machine while thrashing
clover on the 12 th day of November 1872, and was amputated same day by Dr. Ball,
Ipava, Illinois. My right leg was broken while driving a baggage wagon loaded heavily
with baggage at Centralia, Neweha, Kansas on the 2 nd day of May 1887—the wagon was
upset and my leg was broken below the knee . . . .”
After the war he lived in Illinois until 1886 and Kansas until 1912. He married Laura
Alice Hanna 25 October [no year] in Ipava. His wife had died by 1915. Their children:
Charles Elmer born 12 January 1868; L. H. born October 1870; James born February
1874; Frank born April 1876; Cora Alice born July 1882; Larra or Lorna May born April
1886.
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