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Civil War Pension Application
Abraham Barger
Residence at enlistment: Border Plains, Iowa
Service Record:
Enlisted as a Private in January 1862 at the age of 44
Enlisted in Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 28 January 1862.
Received a disability discharge Company D, 16th Infantry Regiment Iowa on 30
July 1862
NOTES: Applied for a civil war pension in 1863 in Iowa
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Military Discharge Certificate
July 1862
Know Ye, that Abraham Barger, a Private of Captain C.W. Wiliams' Company D,
Sixteenth Regiment of Iowa Volunteers who was enrolled on the twenty-eighth day
of January, one thousand eight hundred and sixty two to serve three years, is
hereby discharged from the service of the United States this thirthtieth day of
July 1862 at Saint Louis, Missouri by reason of Surgeon's Certificate of
Disability; Amaurosis? of Right Eye and now is affecting the left eye. Said
Abraham Barger was born in Perry County in the State of Indiana, is fourty-four
years of age, five feet nine inches high, dark complexion, black eyes, black
hair and by occupation when enlisted, a farmer. Given at Saint Louis, Mo.,
this thirtieth day of July 1862. By Order of Col. Merrill, Military Commander
of St. Louis. Geo. ?? Causten, Capt.? , Quincy, Illinois.
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May 28, 1863
STATE OF IOWA, Webster County
On this twenty-eighth day of March, one thousand eight hundred and sixty three,
personally appeared before H. Rucker, Clerk of the District Court, within and
for the county and state aforesaid, Abraham Barger, age 45 years, a resident
of Washington Township in the county of Webster in the state of Iowa, who
being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical Abraham
Barger who enlisted in the service of the United States at Border Plains,
Webster county, Iowa on the 28th day of January in the year 1862 and was
honorably discharged in July 1862; that while in the service aforesaid and in
line of his duty he was disabled as follows:
While lying in the Hospital at Quincy, Illinois in July 1862, his spine became
affected, a sore appeared at the lower end of the spine and opend up and began
to recur, which caused a great breakup and debility and was the cause of his
discharge; that before his service he was an able bodied farmer; and since his
discharge, he has resided in Webster county, Iowa and doing not much but
little chores. He makes this declaration to obtain the benefits of the pension
laws of the United States. That his occupation before he entered into service
was a farmer.
Signed, Abraham Barger
Witness: Seth S. Clark
Witness: Abraham Ingalls
Also personally appeared, Abraham Ingalls and Seth S. Clark, residents of
Webster county, Iowa who I certify to be respectable and entitled to credit,
and who being duly sworn, says that they was present and saw the said Abraham
Barger sign his name in person to the aforesaid declaration and they further
swear that they have every reason to believe that he is the identical person he
represents himself to be. They further swear that they have been personally
acquainted with the said Abraham Barger, the said Abraham Ingalls for twenty-
five years and the said Seth S. Clark for six years past, and both the
aforesaid witnesses having resided in the immediate neighborhood of said Border
Plains during the time above stated by each, they say that before the applicant
enlisted for the war, he was able bodied, and since his discharge his eyesight
has not been good.
Signed, Abraham Ingalls, Seth S. Clark. This twenty eight day of May 1863.
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Apr 27, 1863
State of Iowa, Boone County
On this 27th day of Apr 1863, personally appeared before Erwin Wheeler a
justice of the peace in and for said county, Wm. P. Milligan, a resident of
Swede Point, Boone county, Iowa, who after being duly sworn according to law,
declares that he is personally acquainted with Abraham Barger who was a private
in the company D, commanded by Capt. C.W. Williams in the 16th Regiment of Iowa
Vol. Inft'y, of the state of Iowa in the war of 1861 for the Supression of the
Rebellion in the United States and that the said deponent was a private in the
same company and regiment as said Abraham Barger, and that while in the service
aforesaid and at a hospital before the discharge from service, the said Abraham
Barger he knows of the existence of the disease of the spine of the said
Abraham Barger and that the said disease was the reason for his discharge from
service. He further says that the said Abraham Barger as an able bodied man
before he enlisted, that the said Abraham Barger now resides in Webster county,
Iowa. Signed, William P. Milligan, this 27th day of April 1863.
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July 30, 1890
Declaration for Pension
State of Iowa, Webster County
Personally appeared, Abraham Barger, aged 73 years, a resident of Washington
Twp.,, county of Webster, state of Iowa, who after being duly sworn declares
that he is the identical Abraham Barger who was enrolled on the 25th day of
January 1862 in Co. D, 16th Regt. Ia, Vols., as a private; in the war of the
rebellion, and served at least ninety days or more and was honorably discharged
at Quincy, Ill, on the 25th day of July 1862; That he is wholly unable to earn
a support by reason of disease of kidney and bladder and general debility from
old age. That he is a pensioner under the Pension laws; that his post office
address is Border Plains, county of Webster, State of Iowa. Abraham Barger,
X, his mark; Witnesses: Elmer Hauck and Joseph Billings
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March 15, 1892
State of Iowa, Webster County
In the Matter of the Pension of Abraham Barger, Co. D. 16th Iowa Infantry
On this 15th day of March 1892, personally appeared before A. Hall, Notary
Public in and for the aforesaid county and state, J. B. Ingalls, aged 52
years, Wm. Spencer aged 68 years, residents of Webster county, Iowa, whose
post office address is Lehigh, Iowa; and N.G. Roosa aged 64 years, and
Jonathan Scott aged 58 years, residents of Webster Co. Iowa, whose post office
address is Borden Plains, Iowa; well known to be reputable and entitled to
credit and who being duly sworn declares in relation to the aforesaid case, as
follows: We have been acquainted with said claimant from eighteen to twenty-
seven years and that during that time he has been a sufferer with his back to a
greater or less extent supposed to be kidney disease and that during the whole
of said time he has been blind or nearly blind in one eye and the other is
affected or unsound to the extend that his eyesight is not good and has not
been good since our acquaintance with him.
N.G. Roosa
J.B. Ingalls
Wm. Spencer
Jonathan Scott
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March 31, 1891
State of Iowa, Webster County
In the matter of the application for pension of Abraham Barger, Co. D. 16th
Regt. Iowa Inft.
On this 31st day of March 1891, personally appeared, Martin Johnson, aged 51
years, a resident of Lehigh, Webster county, Iowa, Jonathan Scott, age 57
years, N.G. Roose, age 62 years, James B. Ingalls, age 52 years, all of whose
residence is Border Plains in the county of Webster, State of Iowa, well known
to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn declare in
relation to the aforesaid case as follows: That they have been well and
personally acquainted with Abraham Barger for 15 plus years and that he served
in the United States service in Co. D. 16th Regiment, Iowa Vol. Inft. for six
months in War of 1861 and that he is old and in poor health and in danger of an
early death, unable to work and support himself.
N.G. Roosa
James B. Ingalls
Jonathan Scott
Martin Johnson
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March 29, 1892
State of Iowa, County of Webster
In the matter of the pension claim of Abraham Barger, late of Col D., 16th
Iowa. Inft. Vols.
On this 29th day of March 1892, personally appeared, Abraham Barger, aged 75
years, a resident of Washington Twp., Webster county, Iowa, well known to be
reputable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn declares in relation
to aforesaid case, as follows: I have been ailing since Feb. 1862 having taken
cold in the poorly furnished winter quarters at Davenport, Iowa, but continued
with my company until about June 1, 1862 when I was sent to the field hospital
near Corinth. I remained there about 2 weeks and was then sent to the hospital
at Quincy, Ill., where I was discharged July 25, 1862. I had fever in the
hospital. I never heard what kind of fever the doctors called it, but one of my
eyes became infected by it and also had kidney trouble and pain in back in
hospital at Quincy from which I have never recovered. I had an operation
performed in my eye shortly after my discharge which improved it for awhile but
it soon became worse again and have been almost blind in that eye for many
years. Dr. Nicholson of Ft. Dodge, Iowa began to treat me soon after my return
from the Army and doctored me more or less up to the time of his death about 2
years ago. He treated my kidney and back disease. The kidney trouble with pain
in back and the injury to eye began in the army during my aforesaid service and
has continued ever since. Abraham Barger, X, his mark
M.J. Mitchell, witness to mark.
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June 13, 1900
State of Iowa, Webster County
In the matter of claim No. 689413, Abraham Barger of Co. D., 16th Regt. of
Iowa Vols. Inft.
Personally appeared, Abraham Barger, aged 83 years, whose P.O. is Border
Plains, county of Webster, state of Iowa, who being duly sworn, states in
relation to said claim as follows: I was in the hospital at Quincy, Ill. in
June, July and August in the year 1862. While lying in the hospital Dr.
Wilson came through the ward I was in. I was at the time suffering from what I
thought was a boil on the spine and I called him to me. He examined to and he
said it was not a boil but something a great deal worse. He ordered for me
clover powder and flat seed poultice. It was a running sore for two or three
months. It seems to affect my spine, kidneys and bladder from which I have
never fully recovered. I believe that one of the tendons was badly eaten by the
sore and left my spine in a bad condition from which I have suffered all these
years. Abraham Barger, X, his mark, June 13, 1900
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AFFIDAVIT of Almon E. Johnson
July 23, 1900
State of Iowa, Webster County
In the matter of the claim of Abraham Barger
Personally appeared, Almon E. JOhnson, age 62 years, whose P.O. is Algona,
county of Kamuth?, state of Iowa who being duly sworn, states in relation to
said claim as follows: I am and have been personally acquainted with Abraham
Barger from 1855 to the present date and was one of his nearest neighbors from
1855 to 1876 and that his eyes were weakened and he suffered with chronic
diarrhea from August 1862 up to 1876 and that his eyes were weak and that he
was troubled with kidneys, also that I was called to him to clean his recurring
sore on his back or spine and the back is lame at the present time, and is
condition still is very feeble. Almon E. Johnson, July 23, 1900.
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July 30, 1900
AFFIDAVIT of Thomas B. Ingalls
In the matter of the claim of Abraham Barger for pension
Personally appeared, Thomas B. Ingalls, age 53 years, whose P.O. is Border
Plains, county of Webster, state of Iowa, who being duly sworn states in
relation to said claim as follows: I am personally acquainted with Abraham
Barger and have been since the year 1854. In fact have lived a near neighbor
of his during nearly all of said period of time and know that he was afflicted
with chronic diarrhea from the year 1862 until the year of 1876 and that he had
weak or diseased eyes from the year 1862 to 1876 and to this present time, and
that he has always been troubled with kidney or spinal disease since his return
from the Army in August 1862, and to the present time. I know from reports that
he had a running sore on his back from someting after his return from the Army
in 1862. I know further that the said Barger has not been able to perform
manual labor to any extent since the year 1862 up to the present time. Thomas
B. Ingalls, July 30, 1900.
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Oct. 5, 1901
From: Bureau of Pensions, Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
To: Thomas B. Ingalls, Border Plains, Webster County, Iowa
In the matter of Abraham Barger, application for pension
Sir, to further aid this Bureau in determining the merits of the above entitled
claim of Abraham Barger, be kind enough to answer in your own handwriting the
following questions, giveing more complete details than your affidavit
affords. Pension Commissioner
When did you first see the soldier after he returned from the Army and how do
you fix the date?
In August 1862 he brought home some relics from the battle of Shilo. I also had
a brother in the battle.
Of what disability did he then complain and how was he affected?
He complained of his sore on his back and his eyes and was not able to move
around much.
Did he continue to suffer from said disability; if so, state how frequently
you saw him and to what extent he was disabled for the performance of manual
labor:
I have lived near him ever since. I see him as often as once a month. He
always complained of his back and was almost blind, never able to do hard work,
perhaps 1/2, sometimes and none at others.
Thos. B. Ingalls
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Oct. 5, 1901
Dept. of Interior, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
To: J.B. Ingalls, Lehigh, Webster Co. Iowa
In the matter of Abraham Barger application for pension
Sir, to further aid this Bureau in determining the merits of the above entitled
claim of Abraham Barger, be kind enough to answer in your own handwriting the
following questions, giveing more complete details than your affidavit
affords. Pension Commissioner
When did you first see the soldier after he returned from the Army and how do
you fix the date?
In the last days of 1865 from the date of my discharge which is dated July 26,
1865.
Did he continue to suffer from said disability: If so, please state how
frequently you sawhim, what symptoms you observed and the extent to which he
was disabled for the performance of manual labor:
As to how often I saw him, don't k now, suppose almost every day, as he just
lived across the road from me, as to what symptoms, I saw am not sure, but he
has not been fit for work much since. I cam home and for several years he was
unable to do anything. James B. Ingalls
November 13, 1901
In the matter of the claim of Abraham Barger application for pension
Personally appeared, J.B. Ingalls, whose P.O. address is Lehigh, Iowa, county
of Webster, who says: The claimant was first afflicted with diarrhea just
after the battle of Shiloh, said disease being general with the whole regiment.
The claimant compained to affiant at different times from the date of the
battle of Shiloh until he was sent to the hospital, about the soreness of the
back and the backache. In a joint affidavit with N.G. Roose, Wm. Spencer and
Jonathan Scott, filed in Aug. 1892, affiant stated that he had been acquainted
with the claimant since discharge, that he had been a sufferer with his back,
suffered disease of kidneys and claimant had been nearly blind in one aye and
other other eye badly infected. J.B. Ingalls
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DEPOSITION of J.B. Ingalls
January 30, 1902
Case of Abraham Barger, applicant for pension; case No. 689413
Lehigh, county of Webster, State of Iowa
Personally appeared, J.B. Ingalls, who being duly sworn, says: I am 57 years
of age and a farmer. I served as a soldier in Co. D, 16th Iowa Inft., from
June 1862 to July 1865. The claimant Abraham Barger is my uncle and I have
known him since childhood, and we went into the Army at the same time. I know
he had troubles with his back, kidneys and eyes in the Army since we went to
Corinth and that is where he left us when he was sent to the hospital in
Illinois. He has suffered continuously since that time with same troubles.
J.B. Ingalls
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DEPOSITION of T.B. Ingalls
Feburary 25, 1903
In the matter of the pension application of Abraham Barger, No. 689413
On this twenty-fifth of February 1903, at Border Plains, county of Webster,
state of Iowa, appeared, Thomas B. Ingalls, who being duly sworn deposes and
says: I am 56 years of age. Occcupation: Farmer. Residence and post office
address as above. I have known Abraham Barger all of my life and have lived a
near neighbor to him ever since I can remember and have seen him every few days
except at such times as he was in the Army, or a few times when he has been
away for a short time. He is a man now 87 years of age. I do knot know what all
does ail him, but i guess he had a good deal of trouble with his bladder and
kidneys. He has had trouble with his eyes, a cataract once cut off as I
understand. I remember particulary when he came back from the war he was
bloated up and so full of wind he could hardly get around. He had also
complained of his back and had a great abscess or sore on is back that hurt him
quite a while. I can't tell you the time it was. I had had so much trouble,
being invalided himself but not because of any war troubles, that I have not
paid much attention to his complaints of late. About all I positively remember
of when he first came home from the Army. He was also troubled with his eyes
at the time since he came from the Army and that he has not been able to see
good. I know he has never been stout since he came home from the Army, for
some time. The claimant is an uncle of mine. T.B. Ingalls
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To the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C.
Feb. 27, 1908
In the matter of the pension application of Abraham Barger
To the Honorable Commissioner of Pensions,
Sir, I have the honor to return herewith your credibility inquiry pertaining to
Thomas B. Ingalls, who has testified in support of the above cited claim,
together with his deposition in relation thereto. I had to drive about fifteen
miles to see this witness and upon arrival there found him in bed suffering
considerable pain as a result of the sixth amputation performed on one of his
legs. He was very willing to talk to me but in the condition he was in, it was
not be be wondered at that he could not remember more than he did. I recommend
that the papers be submitted for the consideration of the Chief of the Western
Division of Pension Claims. F.F. Dean, Special Examiner
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April 16, 1917
To the Chief of Finance Division
Bureau of Pensions, Dept. of Interior
You are hereby notified that a check for $67.50 datead April 5, 1917 for
Abraham Barger, of Lehigh, Iowa, has been returned to this office by the
Postmaster with the information that the pensioner died February 13, 1917, and
said check has been cancelled. Guy. O. Taylor, Dispersing Clerk
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