No Medal of Honor. Pvt. Shadrach – Pension Records Biography of Pvt. Wilson Tall with a spare frame, high cheekbones with overhanging brows, thin brownish hair, long thin wiskers and sharp gray eyes. Journeyman shoemaker. Born in 1830 in Belmont County, Ohio to Elizabeth Clark and George Wi...
Of the 105 beneficiaries currently receiving pensions, Evelyn Sponsler of Everett, Pa., has been on the books the longest. Pension Saved Family For 58 years she and her disabled daughter have been supported by a Carnegie pension awarded when her husband, Clarence, died trying to rescue a man ...