List of the 64th Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887–1916)

Name County Date Admitted Patient Number Company of the 64th
Badger, Alonzo Mason January 27, 1900 5141 Company B
Bailey, Henry   January 11, 1895 3397 Company E
Bailey, Michael Will February 1, 1905 7018 Company F
Bailey, Patrick Sangamon June 29, 1888 851 Company C
Baker, Francis M. Sangamon March 12, 1910 8996 Company C
Blanchard, William McDonough January 12, 1905 6996 Company A
Bonnell, Charles LaSalle December 5, 1910 9342 Company A
Booth, Wesley   February 27, 1898 3936 Company C
Conley, Thomas Cook September 24, 1898 4567 Company C
Corbett, John G. Peoria October 12, 1912 9873 Company B
Coughlin, Michael Will October 19, 1906 7600 Company A
Cummings, Michael LaSalle April 22, 1887 227 Company A
Delancy, Joseph M. P. Will November 14, 1900 5389 Company F
Druitt, George A. LaSalle November 13, 1906 7635 Company A
England, James Madison December 2, 1896 3826 Company C
Fell, Mahlon Whiteside November 24, 1909 8886 Company C
Fitzgerald, James   June 4, 1895 3101 Company B
Gossett or Gussett, James H. Bureau September 18, 1895; Re-admitted September 20, 1898 706 Company D
Gruer, James H. Cass March 4, 1902 5873 Company D
Gunn, Nehemier Perry October 6, 1890 1716 Company C
Hadley, Robert Cook March 3, 1897 3955 Company C
Howard, Walter LaSalle February 17, 1900 5158 Company A
Huffman, John J. Bureau October 26, 1915 10750 Company D
Johnson, Sidney M. Adams December 11, 1896 3847 Company A
Kelly, George W. Bureau December 8, 1902 6184 Company I
Knight, Evan T. Adams August 4, 1905 7180 Company I
Lampher, David Peoria October 7, 1892; Re-admitted December 9, 1903 2327 Company I
Lenover, Joseph Shelby November 16, 1898 4607 Company H
Marshall, Thomas Rock Island October 22, 1898 4587 Company B
Michel, Alois Cook December 16, 1912 9936 Company E
Mourning, John M. McDonough March 31, 1909 8539 Company F
Neff, Louis G. Bureau January 31, 1900 5145 Company I
Newport, Thomas L. Cook May 7, 1906 7450 Company K
Parish, Charles McDonough April 5, 1902 5893 Company I
Patterson, Joseph Adams August 23, 1910 9159 Company A
Peterson, Benjamin F. Pike December 12, 1913 10232 Company D
Porter, Emanuel M. Vermilion September 2, 1910 9184 Company C
Reeves, Amos Whiteside September 16, 1889 1301 Company B
Sheerin or Shierin, John Madison September 25, 1896; Re-admitted October 5, 1898; Re-admitted August 10, 1901 3691 or 3891 Company G
Slimper, Peter St. Clair November 7, 1900 3158 Company K
Stephens, George F. Cook March 11, 1891 1861 Company C
Wagner, Charles D.   October 22, 1894 2910 Company K
Watkins, William F. Morgan June 11, 1894; Re-admitted December 17, 1896 2804 Company C
Way, Charles McDonough July 30, 1901 5637 Company A

Way, Enoch W.

 McDonough November 18, 1890 1778 Company F

Background on the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home

In 1885, the 34th Illinois General Assembly passed legislation to establish a soldiers' and sailors' home for disabled Illinois veterans of the Mexican and Civil Wars. On June 1, 1886, Governor Richard Oglesby decided on Quincy as the site of the new home. On October 19th of that same year, the Illinois Soldiers' and Sailors' Home was formally dedicated. (The name was changed in June, 1973, to the "Illinois Veterans Home at Quincy" as it is known today.) The Home is the largest and oldest veterans home of the four in Illinois and one of the larger and older veterans homes in the country. The peak of membership was reached in 1909, when there were 1,654 members. Today, nearly 600 members call the facility home. Over 70 of the 102 counties in Illinois are represented within the current membership.

All information for this page was obtained from the Database of Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887–1916).

Transcribed by Scott Gutzke, 2005.

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