Hi Lois, Thank you for the info. I just realized that he is in the same company as my great uncle James F. HANKS. I will order Stephen's pension file. Thanks again. Eldon -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Lois Brinks-Heath Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2006 11:02 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ILADAMS] Cemetery or death record lookup request. I also found this online, the roster of his civil war regiment: http://www.rootsweb.com/~ilcivilw/r100/087-h-in.htm and the history of the regiment: http://www.carolyar.com/Illinois/CivilWar87rpt.htm With this information of his civil war service, you can go to the National Archives and get copies of his pension application which obtains family info, etc. https://eservices.archives.gov/orderonline/start.swe?SWECmd=Start&SWEHo=eser vices.archives.gov Be sure to order the complete file otherwise, you'll be missing out on a lot of info: Federal Military Pension Applications - Complete File Reproduction of the full pension application file, based on Federal (not State or Confederate) military service between 1775 and 1912 (before World War I). It includes the Pension Documents Packet and all other information of an official or personal nature in the file. Fee (includes shipping & handling): $37.00Lois Heath [email protected] wrote: This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Wg.2ADE/7489.1 Message Board Post: I am sure that you hae probably covered all tghe online info but I took a quick look and found a few things, but not a death date. The Soldiers and Sailors home had a series of reports written about it which are abstracted..the full reports can be found in the Illinois State Library Centennial Building Springfield, Illinois 62756. They are known as the 1887-1916 Biennial Reports. Stephen was admitted March 29 1898 at about 64 years of age. He was a widow at this time. He appears on the 1900 census for the home as age 66. He was a member of the 87th Illinois Infantry Co H and was mustered out as a corporal June 16 1865 There was another Thrash at the hone...James W. who was admitted July 28 1899 and had the ID # 4914 In the Illinois death database, there is no Thrash before 1916 period and there is a Stephen D. Thrash listed for April 24 1922...age unknown...death in Quincy Adams County. Other info about Steohen in the home records said he was born in or of German descent. He served in the war 33 months and was getting a pension of $12 a month. His disability was a hydrocele. He was living in Cook county when he was admitted. He was able to read and write and worked aas a laborer. He had been a farmer when he went into the service. He was a resident of Wabash county at the time of enlistment..age 27, height 5 -9 3/4 and had black hair with dark eyes and dark complexion. He was married when he joined. He joined in Albion, Il Aug 14 1862 and mustered in Sept 22 1862 in Shawneetown, Illinois and mustered out in Helena, Ar by Capt Newcome. I am including a couple of photos, I found also... Reference people are Mike Hutmacher Administrator [email protected] and [email protected] Denise McLoughlin CJS ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message --------------------------------- Cheap Talk? Check out Yahoo! Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates. ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 1898 (20061203) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com