Notes for John R ARTHUR

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Notes for John R ARTHUR

John was a farmer/laborer.

Residences & events in John's life:

1838 Vigo Co, St Mary's Twp, IN, where he was born.

1850 Wabash Twp, Clark Co, IL. He was listed as the baby of thefamily at 6 yrs old by the census taker rather than the 12 years heactually was.

1860 Vigo Co, Sugar Creek Twp, IN. At age 16, he was living with thefamily of brother, David, according to the census. David latertestified that John had lived with him until John enlisted in thearmy.

7/16/1863 John enlisted as a Pvt in Co H 115th Rgt Ind Inf at TerreHaute and was discharged 2/25/1864. He reenlisted with Co H 133rd IndInf, also as a Pvt, and was dischged 9/5/1864 at Indianapolis.

John was plagued with illness during his military career, as were manyof the soldiers of that day:

9/22/1863 He was ordered for a medical exam & furloughed 9/29/1863for 20 days on sick leave. He was treated 10/28-11/12/1863 in TerreHaute for fever, then returned to duty. He was hospitalized11/12-28/1863 and again 12/10/1863, no diagnosis either time.

He drew a pension on this service record, receiving his last check of$12 on 1/4/1896, just 9 days before he died. Also, both wives appliedfor and received widows pensions.

1/1868 Jewett, Cumberland Co, IL where he married Martha.

11/1868 Newton, Jasper Co, IL, where his 1st child was born.

11/1870 Effingham, Effingham Co, IL, where the 2nd child was born.

12/31/1871 Near Rardin, Coles Co, IL, where he and Mary were married.

1880 E Oakland Twp, Coles Co, IL, was probably the same address asthe last entry. Their 4th child was born and birth record shows hisage @ 34 (he was actually 43) and his occupation was farmer.

1883 Ashmore Twp, Coles Co, IL, where his 7th child was born, listinghis occupation as laborer.

1886 E Lafayette Twp, Coles Co, IL. Their 8th child was born at thisaddress.

7/1890 Arcola, Douglas Co, IL, when he applied for an Invalid Pensionon his Civil War service. Ailments listed as reasons for disabilitywere a rupture, chronic diarrhea, chest trouble & weakness of eyes.

1896 When Martha applied for a widow's pension, John's brother,David, testified in a general affidavit that he knew nothing about hisdivorce from a prior wife. It's interesting that John named bothchildren by Martha after his brother and sister but following thedivorce had nothing to do with either of them and the rest of thefamily knew nothing about this brief marriage.
Family tradition is that John was born in IN, however, both the 1850and 1860 census lists his birthplace as Illinois. There was a groupof Arthurs from IN, who moved to Moultrie Co, IL, but stayed only acouple of years before moving back. If his parents were part of thatgroup, he may actually have been born in Illinois.

"St. Mary's is a village of 100 inhabitants adjacent to the communityof the Sisters of Providence. Its site was never divided into townlots. It contains two stores, a cabinet, carpenter, blacksmith andcooper shop, and a fine brick church which was built in 1867 and cost$13,000. The only secular organization here is a St. Joseph's TotalAbstinence Society, at one time numbering ninety members; it nownumbers fifty."
Martha's Declaration for Widow's Pension, states John's death date isMay, 1897, at Charleston, IL.

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