For what it's worth, that $255 in 1865 would be the same as $2801 in 2006 ! It probably hurt Pvt Spears and his family a lot......... On 4/8/2007, "Linda Trent" <[email protected]> wrote: >I found the following to be rather sad. It comes from the Gallipolis Journal August 10, 1865, at least they apparently caught the fellow. The company was mustered out July 25, 1865 at Knoxville, TN., it was only 11 days after being mustered out, and probably 9-10 days after arriving home. > >"John Spears, private in co. G, 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery, mustered out and paid off with the regiment, was robbed in Gallipolis on Saturday night [August 5] last, of about $225 in 'greenbacks.' He resides near Patriot, in this county, and by this robbery loses his earnings of the whole war. A man by the name of Johnson from that section of the county, quite an elderly man, has been arrested and lodged in jail, charged with the theft. His preliminary examination, leaves hardly a doubt of his guilt." > >A quick search of the census of 1860 shows a William Johnson aged 68 living in Perry Twp. The only others living in Perry were a 28 and 39 year old, so it was probably this William. Anything dealing with the 117th OVI A.K.A. 1st Ohio Heavy Artillery is of particular interest to me since these are the boys who served with my great grandfather. > >Linda Trent >[email protected] >http://topefamily.homestead.com/Topes.html > >"It ain't what you know that gets you into trouble. >It's what you know that just ain't so." Mark Twain. > >------------------------------- >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 ######## NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save calling for the impeachment of the current President. ######## Charlie Hazlett [email protected] Columbus, Ohio

> For what it's worth, that $255 in 1865 would be the same as $2801 in > 2006 ! Agreed. I don't see his name listed with the volunteers of the 117th, so he must have enlisted after they were changed over to artillery, so that means that his length of service was only 26 months. If the average soldier received $13 pay per month (plus room, board and clothes <grin>) that would be almost 20 months worth of pay, and you figure that he had to spend some of his money during the war in order to get little treats and things, so that would be literally almost his entire savings during the war! That's a lot of hardship to have everything lost. Linda.

Hello, how did you figure the dollar conversion between 1865 and 2006? I was thinking this would also be helpful with understanding census property values. --- Charlie Hazlett <[email protected]> wrote: > > For what it's worth, that $255 in 1865 would be the > same as $2801 in > 2006 ! > > It probably hurt Pvt Spears and his family a > lot......... > > > > On 4/8/2007, "Linda Trent" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > >I found the following to be rather sad. It comes > from the Gallipolis Journal August 10, 1865, at > least they apparently caught the fellow. The > company was mustered out July 25, 1865 at Knoxville, > TN., it was only 11 days after being mustered out, > and probably 9-10 days after arriving home. > > > >"John Spears, private in co. G, 1st Ohio Heavy > Artillery, mustered out and paid off with the > regiment, was robbed in Gallipolis on Saturday night > [August 5] last, of about $225 in 'greenbacks.' He > resides near Patriot, in this county, and by this > robbery loses his earnings of the whole war. A man > by the name of Johnson from that section of the > county, quite an elderly man, has been arrested and > lodged in jail, charged with the theft. His > preliminary examination, leaves hardly a doubt of > his guilt." > > > >A quick search of the census of 1860 shows a > William Johnson aged 68 living in Perry Twp. The > only others living in Perry were a 28 and 39 year > old, so it was probably this William. Anything > dealing with the 117th OVI A.K.A. 1st Ohio Heavy > Artillery is of particular interest to me since > these are the boys who served with my great > grandfather. > > > >Linda Trent > >[email protected] > >http://topefamily.homestead.com/Topes.html > > > >"It ain't what you know that gets you into trouble. > >It's what you know that just ain't so." Mark > Twain. > > > >------------------------------- > >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 > > ######## > NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the > National Security > Agency may have read this email without warning, > warrant, or notice. > They may do this without any judicial or legislative > oversight. You have > no recourse nor protection save calling for the > impeachment of the > current President. > ######## > Charlie Hazlett > [email protected] > Columbus, Ohio > > > ------------------------------- > 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 > To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. -Anatole France ____________________________________________________________________________________ 8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news

I did a quick "google" for "inflation calculator" and came up with the site that has such a thing: http://www.westegg.com/inflation/ It is interesting to put in various dollar amounts and see how they compare to today's money. For instance, my first job at the A&P paid me $1.45 an hour in 1962 and that is equal to $9.44 today. So, the kids working at McDonalds are doing about as well, or as poorly, as I did. Interesting stuff...........and food for thought.....as things go up in price your money is worth less. Is that a good thing? What causes it? How can it be stopped? On 4/9/2007, "Wendy Fischbach" <[email protected]> wrote: >Hello, how did you figure the dollar conversion >between 1865 and 2006? I was thinking this would also >be helpful with understanding census property values. > > >--- Charlie Hazlett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> For what it's worth, that $255 in 1865 would be the >> same as $2801 in >> 2006 ! >> >> It probably hurt Pvt Spears and his family a >> lot......... >> >> >> >> On 4/8/2007, "Linda Trent" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >I found the following to be rather sad. It comes >> from the Gallipolis Journal August 10, 1865, at >> least they apparently caught the fellow. The >> company was mustered out July 25, 1865 at Knoxville, >> TN., it was only 11 days after being mustered out, >> and probably 9-10 days after arriving home. >> > >> >"John Spears, private in co. G, 1st Ohio Heavy >> Artillery, mustered out and paid off with the >> regiment, was robbed in Gallipolis on Saturday night >> [August 5] last, of about $225 in 'greenbacks.' He >> resides near Patriot, in this county, and by this >> robbery loses his earnings of the whole war. A man >> by the name of Johnson from that section of the >> county, quite an elderly man, has been arrested and >> lodged in jail, charged with the theft. His >> preliminary examination, leaves hardly a doubt of >> his guilt." >> > >> >A quick search of the census of 1860 shows a >> William Johnson aged 68 living in Perry Twp. The >> only others living in Perry were a 28 and 39 year >> old, so it was probably this William. Anything >> dealing with the 117th OVI A.K.A. 1st Ohio Heavy >> Artillery is of particular interest to me since >> these are the boys who served with my great >> grandfather. >> > >> >Linda Trent >> >[email protected] >> >http://topefamily.homestead.com/Topes.html >> > >> >"It ain't what you know that gets you into trouble. >> >It's what you know that just ain't so." Mark >> Twain. >> > >> >------------------------------- >> >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 >> >> ######## >> NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the >> National Security >> Agency may have read this email without warning, >> warrant, or notice. >> They may do this without any judicial or legislative >> oversight. You have >> no recourse nor protection save calling for the >> impeachment of the >> current President. >> ######## >> Charlie Hazlett >> [email protected] >> Columbus, Ohio >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> 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 >> > > >To accomplish great things, we must not only act, but also dream; not only plan, but also believe. -Anatole France > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >8:00? 8:25? 8:40? Find a flick in no time >with the Yahoo! Search movie showtime shortcut. >http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#news > >------------------------------- >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 ######## NOTICE: Due to Presidential Executive Orders, the National Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or notice. They may do this without any judicial or legislative oversight. You have no recourse nor protection save calling for the impeachment of the current President. ######## Charlie Hazlett [email protected] Columbus, Ohio