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CIVIL WAR
Submitted by Lesa Scheid
Civil War Pension Deposition of
Hannah Goodin Carroll wife of Alexander Carroll deceased
Case # 520467
On
this 11th day of Aug, 1892, at Ingram, county
of Bell State of Ky, before me, W.H. Neas, a Special
Examiner of the Pension Office, personally appeared Mrs.
Hannah Carroll (clmt), who being by me first duly sworn
to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to her
during this Special Examination of aforesaid pension
claim, deposes and says;
I was 55 years old last New
Years Day. I am a housekeeper and have 3 children with
me. My Post Office is: Ingram Bell Co Ky Res. About 1
mi. N. on Greasy Creek.
I am the widow of Alexander
Carroll and the claimant in this case. I claim pension
as widow and for 2 minor children.
Neither me nor my husband had
ever been previously married. He enlisted in 1863 and
served in Co “K” 49th Ky Vol Infy about 16
months. He was never otherwise employed in the military
or naval services. He died June 18, 1891 here at home of
a heart disease that I believe was due to Jaundice and
measles contracted in service.
I knew him from the time he was
14 years old, lived in 1 ½ miles of me and stayed with
and worked for my father a year, went to Mo. and stayed
about a year came back and we were married at my fathers
about ¼ of a mile from here by Kiah Goodin a preacher of
the Gospel. We were married in 1858, and have lived here
and in about 3 miles of here ever since.
He had as good health as any man
I reckon, never heard any complaints of short breath or
heart disease prior to enlistment. He was at home once
for about 1 week in Oct 1863 recruiting for the company.
I know the date by one of my children that was born at
that time. He had the Jaundice, looked yellow, skin and
eyes, and his stomach was swelled until his pants would
not meet by some days 5 inches. He said it was caused by
“jaunders”. He could not eat much and when he did it
swelled his stomach worse. Did not complain of anything
else.
In a month or so after returning
and while at Point Burnside, Ky he wrote me he had
measles. Don’t remember of his being at home but this
one time.
On return from discharge he
appeared a little better than when he was at home
before, but in about a month I noticed him complaining
of shortness of breath, said he could not work to do any
good and that he reckoned he never would get well of the
jaundice. He continued to complain of this shortness of
breath off and on and gradually grew worse to death. It
was a few months or a year after discharge that I
noticed he was nervous and trembly and would sometimes
say his heart appeared to not beat, and have a dull
aching around it. He never was sick but would complain
of being trifling and gradually gave away. He did not
complain of any rheumatism. He said he thought it was
caused by exposure and sickness in the service.
My two children are at school
today. I have no other witnesses than those already used
to show heart disease in service. I will be present
during this examination.
I have understood your questions
and my answers are correctly recorded in this
deposition.
Hannah Carroll
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