Common Sense Abbreviations


abd (abdominal)

amp (amputate)

chr (chronic)

dep (dependant)

diar (diarrhea)

dis (disease)

g.s.w. (gun shot wound)

inj (injury)

lft or l (left)

rt or r (right)

rheum (rheumatism)

vis (viscera.)

wd (wound)

List of Pensioners on the Roll, January 1, 1883

Pensioner Post ofc Cause Mo. Rate Orig. Date
Lillibridge, Ruth Akron dep. mother $8.00 Sep 1876
Mills, James G. Akron chr rheum $6.00 Jun 1880
Farnham, Vann. G. Akron wd rt thigh $2.00  
Lias, Thomas W. Furay chr diar & dis of abd vis. $6.00 Oct 1880
Winter, John Hinton inj to rt foot $4.00 Nov 1880
Rubold, Henry Holley wd rt thigh $2.00  
Bingenheimer, Charles Holley amp lft leg $18.00  
Shumate, Silas James g.s.w. lft leg $4.00 Apr 1882
Edkins, George W. LeMars g.s.w. lft chest $12.00  
Long, John LeMars inj to abdomen $8.00  
Edmonds, David R. LeMars inj to both legs $4.00 May 1880
Doty, Loren M. LeMars wd lft side & rt ankle $8.00  
Hennrich, Charles LeMars g.s.w. rt arm $6.00 Nov 1876
Bendergast, Honora LeMars widow $8.00 Mar 1864
Tooker, Elizabeth LeMars dep mother $8.00 Oct 1877
Mudge, Byron LeMars   $24.00 Nov 1865
Fergus, Potter LeMars g.s.w. of lft hip $4.00 Oct 1881
Pollard, William LeMars partial deafness both ears $2.00 Oct 1880
Fosburg, Porter LeMars wd lft arm $4.00  
Councilman, Eugene F. LeMars g.s.w. lft hip $6.00  
Parson, Alfred W. LeMars chr diar & dis lungs $6.00 Jun 1882
Armfield, Wesley LeMars g.s.w. lft knee $4.00 Apr 1881
Allen, Charles A. LeMars chr diar & result dis of abd vis $4.00 Jun 1881
Mohan, Bernard LeMars chr diar $4.00 Jan 1881
Morey, Julius LeMars dis of eyes $6.00 Oct 1880
Brown, Arthur P. LeMars amp rt limb, unable to wear artificial $24.00  
McDougall, James LeMars rheum $6.00 Dec 1880
McCartney, James LeMars g.s.w. lft side & leg $8.00  
Dunbar, Thomas E. LeMars rheum $12.00  
Duncan, Josephus LeMars inj to rt arm $4.00  
Black, Levi M. LeMars dis lungs, results measles $4.00 Jun 1882
Bixby, Levi LeMars chr diar $4.00 May 1882
Brandon, John LeMars g.s.w. lft side $4.00 Mar 1882
Banorby, Christian LeMars chr rheum $12.00 Mar 1880
Amos, Franklin LeMars wd rt arm $18.00  
Rothburn, Dolphus S. LeMars loss rt arm above elbow $24.00  
Eldridge, James LeMars partial deafness both ears, result of otorrhoea $2.00 Aug 1882
Kersey, James A. LeMars wd rt hand $6.00  
Ruble, John LeMars wd in chest, affecting lung $10.00  
Torey, John LeMars wd rt thigh $6.00  
Williams, Jesse LeMars survived 1812 $8.00 Oct 1871
Finch, Susanah B. LeMars widow $8.00  
Way, George LeMars wd lft thigh & lft leg $8.00  
Lister, John LeMars loss of little finger $8.00  
Kelley, Jos. C. LeMars amp rt arm above elbow $24.00  
Hurlburt, Clinton E. LeMars g.s.w. rt shoulder $12.00  
Streigle, Charles LeMars fracture lft leg $6.00  
Sobey, William LeMars g.s.w. lft leg $2.00 Dec 1877
Coldwell, Lewis M. LeMars g.s.w. rt shoulder $8.00  
Carbin, Isaiah LeMars fracture rt leg $4.00 Jan 1881
Coe, Nathaniel F. LeMars chr diar & sabre wd rt elbow $6.00 May 1880
Crane, William LeMars partial deafness & dis lungs $6.00 Sep 1881
Belknap, Irving M. LeMars dis eyes $8.00 Apr 1881
Parker, Wm. LeMars wd rt shoulder $6.00  
Mitchell, Jay W. LeMars wd rt side chest $2.00 Jul 1879
Sparks, Spencer V. LeMars inj to abdomen $4.00 Apr 1879
Emery, James M. LeMars scurvy $8.00 Jun 1866
Bentler, Charles Merrill loss lft eye, affected rt eye $6.00 Sep 1878
McEastman, John Merrill bron. & catarrh. $2.00 Nov 1880
Owens, Mary W. Remsen dep mother $8.00 Sep 186?
McCausland, Robert Remsen wd lft hand $6.00  
Brown, Oliver Seney dis of heart, inj to back & debility resulting from typhoid fever Unknown May 18??

Source: Pension Rolls of 1883, p. 775

~Transcribed by Mary Holub