Enrollment of soldiers, their widows and orphans of the armies of the United States residing in the state of Indiana, Whitley County, for the year 1894, Part 4

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Publication date: 1900
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Did deceased Father ar Husband die of disease contrarteil while in service ? Yes. No.


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Regulars.


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Marines.


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PRESENT POST OFFICE ADDRESS.


16 years old.


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State.


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United States,


the Year 1894.


Date of durvased Father's or Husband's Place of death of deveased Father or Husband.


Residence of dereased Father or Husband at time of death.


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Mouth. Day. Year. Town or City.


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NAME IN FULL.


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Pince.


State.


Place


State.


Did dereared Father or Husband die of disease contracted while in service? Yes. No.


In indigent circum- stancea? YCB. No.


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County, Indiana, for the Year 1894.


In Inis House. Yes. No.


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support. Yes. No.


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Index. No. NAME IN FULL.


IRREGULAR SERVICE.


Rank.


Company.


Regiment.


State.


Volunteers.


Regulars.


Militia.


Marines.


10


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2


3


4


5


6


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Orphans, of the


the Year 1894.


No. of


Children


under se while in service. Give nature of discare.


16 years old.


Town or City.


Township.


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Enrollment


Armies_of_the


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


WIDOW OF


SON OF


DAUGHTER OF


1


16


17


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the Year_1894.


Date of deceased Father's or Husband's


Place of death of deceased Father or Husband |


Residence of deceased Father or Husband at time of death.


use while in service. Give nature of disease.


Month, Day. Year.


Town or City.


State.


Town or City.


State.


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Enrollmen _residing in


Township,


Index. No. NAME IN FULL.


Deceased Father or Husband was killed at


Deceased Father or Husband died of wounds received at


Did deceased Father of Husband die of direnso contracted while in service ? Yes. No.


In indigent circum- slancca?


Place.


State.


Place.


State


Yes. No


1


22


23


24


25


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13 Johnson Jury


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County, Indiana, for the Year 1894.


In Alus House.


1 Dependent on others For Injured while in service. Give nature of injury. State time and place.


Contracted disease while in service. Give nature of disease.


support. Yes, No. Yes. No. 26


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Index. No. NAME IN FULL.


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Company.


Regiment.


State.


Volunteers.


Regulars.


Militia.


Marines.


IRREGULAR SERVICE.


1


2


4


5


6 7 8


9


10


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Orphans, of the


the Year 1894.


White.


Colored.


War of


PRESENT POST OFFICE ADDRESS.


are while in service. Give nature of discare.


Town or City.


Township.


State.


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NAME IN FULL.


WIDOW OF


SON OF


DAUGHTER OF


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17


18


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United States,


the Year 1894.


Date of deceased Father's or Husband's death. Month. Day. Year.


Place of death of deceased Father or Husband.


Residence of deceased Father or Husband at titue of death.


ase while in service. Give nature of disease.


Town or City.


State.


Town or City. State.


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Township,


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


Deceased Father or Husband was killed at


Deceased Father or Husband died of wounds received at


Did deconseil Father or Husband die of disease contracted while in service ?


In indigent circum- stances? Yes. No.


Place.


State.


Place.


State.


Yes. No.


22


23


24


25


1


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County, Indiana, for the Year 1894.


AIms House.


Dependent on others for support. Yes.


Injured while in service. Give nature of injury. State time and place.


Contracted disease while iu service. Give nature of disease.


Yes. No.


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Index.


NAME IN FULL.


Rank.


Company.


Regiment.


State.


Volunteers.


Regulars.


Militia.


Marines.


IRREGULAR SERVICE.


1


2


3 4


5


8


9


10


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Orphans, of the


the Year 1894.


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PRESENT POST OFFICE ADDRESS.


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Town or City.


Township.


State.


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Armies_of the


Index.


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NAME IN FULL.


WIDOW OF


SON OF


DAUGHTER OF


1


16


17


18


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United States,


the Year 1894.


Date of dercard l'ather's or Husband's death. Month. Day. Year.


Place of death of deceased Father or Husband.


Residence of deceased Father or Husband at time of death.


be while in service. Give nature of dinge.


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In


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


Deceased Father or Husband was killed at


Deceased Father or ITusband died of wounds received at


Father or Husband die of divenee contracted while in service ?


indigent circum- stanceR?


Place.


State.


Place.


State.


Yes.


No.


Yes. No.


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Dependent on others for Injured while in service. Give nature of injury. State time and place.


Contracted disease while in service. Give nature of disease,


Yoa.


support. No. Yes, No.


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Index. No. NAME IN FULL.


Rank.


Company.


Regiment.


State.


Volunteers.


Regulars.


Militia.


Marines.


IRREGULAR SERVICE.


1


2


3


4


5


78 9


10


2) Vandaagners. Tri & 3ª de Val.


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Orphans, of the


the Year 1894.


No. of


White.


Colored.


War of


PRESENT POST OFFICE ADDRESS.


Children under e while in service. Give nature of disease.


16 years ok,


Town or City.


Township.


State.


11 12 13


14


15


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Enrollmen®


Armies of the


Index. No. NAME IN FULL.


WIDOW OF


SON OF


DAUGHTER OF


1


16


17


18


22 Vandaagnest.


1


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1


United States,


the Year 1894.


Date of deceased Father's or Husband's death. Month, Day. Year.


Place of death of deceased Father or Husband.


Residence of deceased Father or Husband at time of death.


e while in service. Give nature of disease.


Town or City.


State


Town or City.


State.


19


20


29


21


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Enrollmen residing in


Township,


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


Decensed Father or Husband was killed at


Deceased Father or Husband died of wounds reccived at


Did decensed Father of Husband die of disrner contracted while in service? Yes. No.


In indigent ciremin- stances ?


Place.


State.


Place.


State.


Yes. No


1


22


23


24


25


2) Vandaagnest.


7 3 Hy land Amin.


County, Indiana, for the Year 1894.


Iu Alms House.


Dependent on others for Injured while in service. Give nature of injury. State time and place .!


Contracted disease while in service. Give nature of disease.


support,


Yes. No. Yes. No.


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AUDITOR'S COPY


OF


ENROLLMENT


SOLDIERS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.


Jeffe Person


TOWNSHIP. Whitley


COUNTY.


FOR THE YEAR 1894.


WM. B. BURFORD, PRINTER, INDIANAPOLIS.


ENROLLING ACT. :


AN ACT to enroll the late soldiers, their widows and orphans, of the late armies of the United States, residing in the State of Indiana.


[APPROVED APRIL 13, 1885.]


SECTION 1. Be it cnacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That each Township Assessor, as As- sessor of his township, at the time for taking lists of prop- erty for taxation, shall enroll every person employed in the late armies of the United States, of the war of 1812, of the war of the United States with Mexico, of the war of 1861, and of all wars of the United States with Indian tribes, and other persons, specified in the several classes below, residing in his township :


First. Any officers of the army, including regulars, volunteers and militia, or any officer in the navy or marine corps, or any enlisted man, however employed, in the mili- tary or naval services, or in the marine corps, whether reg. ularly mustered or not.


Second. Any master serving on a gunboat, or any pilot, engineer, sailor or other person, not regularly mustered, serving upon any gunboat or war vessel of the United States.


Third. Any person not an enlisted soldier in the army, serving for the time being as a member of the militia of any State, or who volunteered for the time being to serve with any regular organized military or naval force of the United States, or who otherwise volunteered and rendered service in any engagement with the British, rebels, or Indians.


Fourth. Any acting assistant surgeon, or surgeon, or contract surgeon, or any other physician or person who temporarily volunteered to assist in taking care of the sick or wounded, and any chaplain of the army or navy.


Fifth. Every widow, whether married or not, and every child under sixteen years of age of all persons mentionedb. above in classes one, two and three, and the children of like ages and widows of every army or navy surgeon and army or navy chaplain, who have died or shall hereafter die, and the name of the deceased father or husband of said children and widows.


SEC. 2. Said Assessor shall write the first and surname of every person listed by him, and note whether of African descent, the rank, letter of the company, number of the regiment, and the State to which the regiment belonged of which the listed man was a member, the arm of service in which employed, whether injured, wounded, or con- tracted disease while in the service, and his present post- office address, and the postoffice address of all other per- sons listed, and in case of deceased fathers and husbands of said children and widows, the date of their death and place of residence at the date of death; and shall ascer-


tain and report whether any widow, not remarried, or other person listed, is in indigent circumstances, or in the almshouse, or dependent upon others for support. .


SEC. 3. The first enrollment under this act shall be made at the time of listing property for taxation for the year of 1886, and once in four years thereafter, and the roll shall be returned, at the time the Assessor makes his . assessment returns to the County Auditor, to the County Clerks of the proper counties.


SEC. 4. The Auditor of each county shall furnish the Township Assessor, at the expense of his county, such blanks and books as may be necessary for the aforesaid statements, in accordance with the forms to be prescribed by the Adjutant.General of the State of Indiana; and the Circuit Clerk shall, within thirty days after the aforesaid statements and rolls are returned to him, procure suitable books at the expense of his county, and prepare duplicate tabular statements thereof by townships, cities and towns, with the names arranged in alphabetical order, one of which he shall forward to the Adjutant-General of the State of Indiana, and the other shall be filed and retained in his office, and for said services the Clerk shall be en- titled to the same compensation as now allowed by law for similar services, to be paid out of the county treasury ; and each Clerk shall furnish a true and certified transcript of such records to any regular organization of ex-soldiers when requested through their officers, and each Clerk shall furnish all necessary information contained in said tabular statement to pension claimants, their widows and orphans, and other claimants for pay and bounty, as they or their agents or attorneys may demand, for which service last mentioned he shall receive no compensation whatever.


SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Adjutant-General, when he shall have received the said tabular statement from the County Clerks, to put the same on permanent file in his office, and to make therefrom a general list, arrang- ing the surnames in alphabetical order, by regiments and companies, which general list shall be retained in his office; and he shall transmit a true copy thereof to the Commis- sioner of pensions at Washington, D. C., and shall furnish information to pension claimants and others, as provided in the next preceding scction, under the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the County Clerk.


Suc. 6. Any officer intrusted with the custody of the records above provided for, who shall refuse or neglect to furnish within a reasonable length of time, information or transcripts as hereinbefore provided, to the proper ap- plicant or applicants, shall be deemed guilty of a misde- meanor, and be fined, on convietion thereof, in a sum not less than twenty-five dollars and not more than one hun- dred dollars.


ENROLLMENT


OF


SOLDIERS,


THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS,


OF THE


Armies of the United States


RESIDING IN THE


STATE OF INDIANA,


AND


Township,


County,


FOR THE YEAR 1894.


*M & BURFORD, PRINTER AND GINDER, INDIANAPOLIS.


Enrollment of Soldiers, their Widows and


Inder. NAME IN FULL.


Rank.


12 B Company. - Regiment.


State.


5


6


7


8 Militia.


9


10


August Smider Pri. 6 100 And Vol. William Robinet Pri-F 142 In.d. Net, Jacob Hartley-Print. 54 drive lol : .


Jason Shipley Pri A. 12 Ind, Val


Chodereck Schoenauer Pri C 30 And Vol


Thomas & Berry Oni 10 93. Ohio not Amas Schoof Pri:0 16" Blod Vej Calvey William in Crowe Pri D. 5. And If


Harvey Beard. Pri. C. 30. Und. vol.


Manuel'Sweidner Ri SP 130 And Not


Jack fazer Con. 89810 QN.V. vol Jess (Bridge Ri) 142 and vol Jarederiet Sheel Pri F 44 And Let. William B. Smith Pri B 18 2nd val


Volunteers.


Regulars.


Marine -.


IRREGULAR SERVICE.


1


Orphans, of the


· the Year 1894.


White. Colored.


War of


PRESENT POST OFFICE ADDRESS.


Town or City.


Township.


State.


11 12 13


14


1


1


White 1861 Land.


Jefferson and


arhite 1861


ashite 1861


Land


Land Jefferson and 2 Jefferson and 2 , Right side


White 1861 Lunch


Jefferson


2nd - Disease


awhite 1861 Lanel


Jefferson And


White 1961 Rater


Jefferson


Und Jefferson And


and mind 11 Prowl Guard


white 1861


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while 1861 Rafer


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White 1861


Land


Jefferson and 3


Petite 1861 Roanoke


Jackson 2nd or


white


1861 Roanoke


Jackson And 2


1861 Saturn White


Jefferson And)


White- 1861 Roanoke - .


Jackson And 2


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white 186, Roanoke


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No. of Children midler tuse while in service. Give nature of disease. 16 years old. 15 29


Enrollment


Armies of the


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


WIDOW OF


SON OF


DAUGHTER OF


16


17


18


August Smel 1


William Robin Williams Robinet. Jacob Hartley Jacob Hartley Jasehn Shipley Joseph Shipley


James A


Grace B & Blanch Bessie


Frederick Schoenau


Thomas & Berry Amas School


William in @low


Harvey Beard


Manuel@Swan


Jach fazie Jesse Bridge Frederick Shoel William@Smith


United States,


: the Year 1894.


Date of deceased Father's or Husband's death. Month. Day. Year.


Place of death of deceased Father or Husband


Town or City.


State.


June, 23 1893 Jefferson Tour diky Ard Dee :30.1883 effersont POL.000nd.


Dep 25 1880 Jefferson Tranhiteo 2 nd


Residence of deceased Father or Husband at time of death.


Pase while in service. Give nature of disease.


Town or City. State.


21


29


& Right side


- Disease. 1 :


my mind M Crowe Sward


1


19


20


Enrollment residing in


Township


Did deceased


In


Inder. No.


NAME IN FULL.


Deceased Father or Husband was killed at


Deceased Father or Husband died of wounds received at


Father of Husband die of disease rontracted while in service?


indigent rireum- stances?


Place.


State.


Pince.


State. ' Yes. No.


Yes. No.


1


25


August Sme 7. : William Robin Jacob Hartley


eyes


Jasehh Shipley


Frederick Schoenau


Thomas & Berry Amos School


William in Crown


Harvey Beard


Manuel@Swai


Jach Lazien


Jesse Bridge Frederick Shoel


William B Smith


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23


County, Indiana, for the Year 1894.


In Alis Hlouse.


Dependent on others for Jujured while in service. Give nature of injury. State time and place.


Contracted disease while in service. Give nature of disease.


Yes. No.


support. Yes. No.


26 27


28


29


1


Perillaris Right Side


Heart Disease


of unsound mind William M Crowd Sward,


Enrollment of Soldiers, their Widows and


IRREGULAR SERVICE.


Index. No. NAME IN FULL.


Rank.


Company.


| Regiment.


State.


Volunteers.


Regulars.


, Militia.


Marines.


1


2


3


4


5


6


7


8 9


10


Elias Walters


Elias Halters Cui B 10 Ohio Vol


William Robbins Car Fre 13423 And 2of


William er Frame. Pri K 20 P.a. vol Anderson Pence Pri & 142 Ind V02 Simon Bennett Pi Ksessenz Ind val Seargeer Rittenhouse Pri. K. 88 And Vol Abram & Sulispie Pi & 29 and vol


Jaseph B Plummer Con Fr 100. and vol. Adamk Krewson Ri A 34 and not Thomas Novis hi & SS Ohio vol


Orphans, of the


the Year 1894.


War of


PRESENT POST OFFICE ADDRESS.


16 years


Town or City.


Township.


State.


11 12 13


14


15


29


white 1861 Roanoke


Jackson


Stra.


While 1561 Roanoke


Jackson 201 6


(white 1561 Lunfee


Jefferson 2nd


Jeffersondel 2


Jeffersontil 2


White 1861 fond


Jefferson and i


Jefferson and


White 186,. Land White 1861 Land Jefferson 2nd


N/ ile 1861 Raanake


Jackson 2nd 2


While 1861 Roanoke


Jackson And 3


No. of Children under ase while in service. Give nature of disease.


White. Colored.


2/ 1561. Hunfee


1861 Fand


Enrollment


Armies of the


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


WIDOW OF


SON OF


DAUGHTER OF


1


16


17


18


Elias Walter


Elias Walter.


William Rabbin


Willianner Frame Anderson Pence Simvon Barnett


Searge 24 Killenton Abram & Silispu


Jaseph B Plumes AdamK Kreis


Thomas Novis.


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United States,


· the Year 1894.


Date of deceased Father's or Husband's


Place of death of deceased Father or Husband.


ase while in service. Give nature of disease.


Month. Day. Year.


Town or City.


State.


20


Residence of deceased Father or Husband at time of death.


Town or City.


State.


21


29


19


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Enrollment


residing in


Township


Index. No.


NAME IN FULL.


Decensed Father or Husband was killed at


Deceased Father or Husband died of wounds received at


Did deceased Father nr Hushand die of di-en-e contracted while in service? Yes. No


In indigent circum- stancea?


Place.


State.


Place.


Stale.


Yes. No.


1


22


23


24


25


Elias Walter


Elias Halter


William Raffin


Williamer Frame


Anderson Pence


Simon Bennett


Seargent Rillenkon


Abram & Silispo


Joseph & Plumes


Adamk Kraus


Thomas Novis


1


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County, Indiana, for the Year 1894.


Dependent in others for support. No. Yes. No


Injured while in service. Give nature of injury. State time and place. :


Contracted disease while in service. Give nature of disease. House.


Yen.


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CLERK'S' COPY


-OF


ENROLLMENT


-- OF-


SOLDIERS, THEIR WIDOWS AND ORPHANS.


Diffusion TOWNSHIP. Whichup COUNTY.


1


FOR THE YEAR 1894. -


WN. J. BURFORD, PRINTER, INDIANAPOLIS.


ENROLLING ACT.


AN ACT' to enroll the lale soldiers, their widows and orphans, of the late armies of the United States, residing in the State of Indians.


[APPROVED APRIL 13, 1885.]


SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana, That each Township Assessor, as As- sessor of his township, at the time for taking lists of prop. erty for taxation, shall enroll every person employed in the late armies of the United States, of the war of 1812, of the war of the United States with Mexico, of the war of 1861, and of all wars of the United States with Indian tribes, and other persons, specified in the several classes below, residing in his township :


First. Any officers of the army, including regulars, volunteers and militia, or any officer in the navy or marine corps, or any enlisted man, however employed, in the mili- tary or naval services, or in the marine corps, whether reg-) ularly mustered or not.


Second. Any master serving on a gunboat, or any pilot, engineer, sailor or other person, not regularly mustered, serving upon any gunboat or war vessel of the United States.


Third. Any person not an enlisted soldier in the army, serving for the time being as a member of the militia of any State, or who volunteered for the time being to serve with any regular organized military or naval force of the United States, or who otherwise volunteered and rendered service in any engagement with the' British, rebels, or Indians.


Fourth. Any acting assistant surgeon, or surgeon, or contract surgeon, or any other physician or person who temporarily volunteered to assist in taking care of the sick ' or wounded, and any chaplain of the army or navy.


Fifth. Every widow, whether married or not, and every child under sixteen years of age of all persons mentioned above in classes one, two and three, and the children of like ages and widows of every army or navy surgeon and army or navy chaplain, who have died or shall hereafter die, and the name of the deceased father or husband of said children and widows.


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SEC. 2. Said Assessor shall write the first and surname of every person listed by him, and note whether of African descent, the rank, letter of the company, number of the regiment, and the State to which the regiment belonged of which the listed man was a member, the arm of service in which employed, whether injured, wounded, or con- tracted disease while in the service, and his present post- office address, and the postoffice address of all other per- sons listed, and in case of deceased fathers and husbands of said children and widows, the date of their death and place of residence at the date of death; and shall ascer-


tain and report whether any widow, not remarried, or other person listed, is in indigent circumstances, or in the almshouse, or dependent upon others for support.


SEC. 3: The first, enrollment under this act shall be. made at the time of listing property for taxation for the year of 1886, and once in four years thereafter, and the roll shall be returned, at the time the Assessor makes his assessment returns to the County Auditor, to the County Clerks of the proper counties. " .


SEC. 4. The Auditor of each county shall furnish the Township Assessor, at the expense of his county,- such blanks and books as may be necessary for the aforesaid statements, in accordance with the forms to be prescribed by the Adjutant-General of the State of Indiana ; and the Circuit Clerk shall, within thirty days after the aforesaid statements and rolls are returned to him, procure suitable books at the expense of his county, and prepare duplicate tabular statements thereof by townships, cities and towns, with the names arranged in alphabetical order, one of which he shall forward to the Adjutant-General of the State of Indiana, and the other shall be filed and retained in his office, and for said services the Clerk shall be en- titled to the same compensation as now allowed by law for similar services, to be paid out of the county treasury ; and each Clerk shall furnish a true and certified transcript of such records to any regular organization of ex-soldiers , when requested through their officers, and each Clerk shall furnish all necessary information contained in said tabular statement to pension claimants, their widows and orphans, and 'other claimants' for pay and bounty, as they or their agents or attorneys may demand, for which service last mentioned he shall receive no compensation whatever.


SEC. 5. It shall be the duty of the Adjutant-General, when he shall have received the said tabular statement from the County Clerks, to put the same on permanent file in his office, and to make therefrom a general list, arrang- ing the surnames in alphabetical order, by regiments and companies, which general list shall be retained in his office ; and he shall transmit a true copy thereof to the Commis- sioner of pensions at Washington, D. C., and shall furnish information to pension claimants and others, as provided in the next preceding section, under the restrictions and limitations imposed upon the County Clerk.




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