pension index by name, 91st Pennsylvania, Field and Staff

Date: 4 Dec 1861 to 10 Jul 1865
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

[[This is a transcription of the pension index by name cards for the 91st Pennsylvania Infantry, Field & Staff (that is, the headquarters company) and men not assigned to any company]

[see Pension Index Cards for 91st PA for a complete list]

[source: 'U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934'; database with images, Ancestry (https://www.ancestry.com/search/collections/4654/ : accessed 7 September 2023); citing Bureau of Pensions, 'General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934'; National Archives and Records Administration, record group 15, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs; NARA microfilm series T288.]

[[transcribed by Harry A. Ide]

[For help understanding the codes, see Claire Kluskens, answer to 'Question about law codes in organizational Civil War Pension Index (NARA T289), 22 December 2022; National Archives and Records Administration, History Hub (https://historyhub.history.gov/military-records/army-and-air-force-records/f/army-air-force-records-forum/15338/question-about-law-codes-in-organizational-civil-war-pension-index-nara-t289 : accessed 12 July 2023).]

Contents 1 John R. Allen 2 Abraham V Bancker 3 John F Casner Sr 4 Philip C Elberti 5 George W Eyre 6 Jacob Hause 7 James H Hewitt 8 Charles W Houghton 9 William G Keir 10 William J Kirkpatrick 11 Isaac D Knight 12 David H Lentz 13 John D Lentz 14 Archibald Nimmo 15 Frank Piers 16 Oscar J K Prinzler 17 Thomas B Scott 18 Eli G Sellers 19 Joseph H Sinex 20 Benjamin J Tayman (widow Susan) 21 Benjamin J Tayman (widow Jane) 22 David B Thomas 23 Edward E Wallace 24 Joseph Welch 25 William W Widdifield

John R. Allen

NAME OF SOLDIER	Allen John R
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	F 91 Pa. Inf.
	Adjt 91 Pa. Inf.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
[illegible] Apr 3	Invalid	509.995	332.593	Md
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Abraham V Bancker

NAME OF SOLDIER	Bancker, Abraham V
	[the index on Ancestry reads his personal name as 'Absalom']
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Bancker, Elizabeth
	Minor
SERVICE	Drum Maj 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
	Invalid
1871 Apr 3	Widow	195,200	159023
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

John F Casner Sr

NAME OF SOLDIER	Casner, John F Sr.
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Maj. + K 91 Pa Inf.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1869 Sept 16	Invalid	148.059	107066
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Philip C Elberti

[this is indexed under 'Elberts, Philip C', filed in Iowa]
NAME OF SOLDIER	Elberti, Philip C
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Hos Std + A 91 Pa Inf
	Hos Std USA
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1897 May 27	Invalid	1191546	917328	Pa
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	Doferrick [?]
REMARKS

George W Eyre

NAME OF SOLDIER	Eyre, George W
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
	Mother	Eyre, Mary A
SERVICE	QM 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
	Invalid
	Widow
	Minor
[illegible]	Mother	15,805	12069
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Jacob Hause

NAME OF SOLDIER	Hause, Jacob
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	G 118 Pa Inf
	A 30 US Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1875 Feb 8	Invalid	200683	135558	[blank]
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

James H Hewitt

NAME OF SOLDIER	Hewitt, James H
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Hewitt, Bertha
	Minor
SERVICE	Baldwins Indpt Co Pa Mil Inf
	Asst Surg 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
[illegible] Aug 31	Invalid	1160529	907508	Ill
1912 Mar 11	Widow	982301	745183	Ill
	Minor
ATTORNEY	Jno Widderburn
REMARKS

Charles W Houghton

NAME OF SOLDIER	Houghton, Charles W.
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Asst. Surg 91 Pa. Inf
	Surg. 124 + 214 Pa Inf.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1891 June 3	Invalid	1029.295.	752.057.	Pa.
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	P. J. Hoffliger
REMARKS

William G Keir

NAME OF SOLDIER	Keir, William G
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Keir, Ellen M
	Minor
SERVICE	Asst Surg 135 Pa Inf
	Surg 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1884 Mar 7	Invalid	507,729	274,234	Pa
1885 Mch 5	Widow	324,326	215,231	N.J.
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

William J Kirkpatrick

NAME OF SOLDIER	Kirkpatrick, William J.
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Prin. Musc'n. 91. Pa. Inf.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1907. Jan 7.	Invalid	1355482	1132091	Pa.
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	Wm J Wray
REMARKS	C2-486-217

Isaac D Knight

NAME OF SOLDIER	Knight, Isaac D
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Knight Ann C
	Minor
SERVICE	Surg 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
	Invalid
1869 Dec 2	Widow	182117	144673
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

David H Lentz

NAME OF SOLDIER	Lentz, David H
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	RQM + E 91 Pa Inf
	Capt + AQM US Vols
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1895 Aug 14	Invalid	1,176,652	908,602	Calif
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	Matthew Harris
REMARKS

John D Lentz

NAME OF SOLDIER	Lentz, John D
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Maj + E 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1899 Aug 15	Invalid	1,233,710	990,349	Pa.
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	W J Wray
REMARKS

Archibald Nimmo

NAME OF SOLDIER	Nimmo, Archibald
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	R.Q.M. + C + K. 91 Pa. Inf.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1866 July 2	Invalid	111615	97096
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Frank Piers

NAME OF SOLDIER	Piers, Frank
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Piers, Mary S
	Minor
SERVICE	Sgt Maj 91 Pa Inf
	F 16 V.R.C.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1891 Jan 17	Invalid	1004236	747529	Pa
[illegible] Sept 22	Widow	1179145	915102	Mass
	Minor
ATTORNEY	W V Sickel [?]
REMARKS

Oscar J K Prinzler

NAME OF SOLDIER	Prinzler, Oscar J K
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	M 62 Pa Inf
	K 91 Pa Inf
	H.S. 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1888 Jan 17	Invalid	636,379	858,745	Pa
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Thomas B Scott

NAME OF SOLDIER	Scott, Thomas B.
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
	Mother	Scott, Eliza A.
SERVICE
	Com. Sgt. 91. Pa. Inf.
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
	Invalid
	Widow
	Minor
1869 May 19	Mother	175.362	135.801
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Eli G Sellers

NAME OF SOLDIER	Sellers, Eli G
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Sellers, Rebecca
	Minor
SERVICE	Lt Col + G 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1901 [illegible]	Invalid	1272441	1034213	Pa
[illegible]	Widow	837377	604841	Pa
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Joseph H Sinex

NAME OF SOLDIER	Sinex, Joseph H
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Sinex, Mary C
	Minor
SERVICE	Capt D 17 Pa Inf
	Lt Col 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1864 Sept 24	Invalid	51,971 [ sic ]	37346	[blank]
1892 Nov 26	Widow	565125	435020	Pa
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Benjamin J Tayman (widow Susan)

NAME OF SOLDIER	Tayman, Benjamin J
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Tayman, Susan
	Minor
SERVICE	C [?] 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
	Invalid	537947	[blank]	D.C.
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Benjamin J Tayman (widow Jane)

NAME OF SOLDIER	Tayman, Benjamin J
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Tayman Jane
	Minor
SERVICE	Adjt 91 Pa Inft
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
	Invalid	416367	299677	Pa
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

David B Thomas

NAME OF SOLDIER	Thomas David B
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Hosp Stew'd 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1866 Aug 2	Invalid	112646	173156
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY
REMARKS

Edward E Wallace

NAME OF SOLDIER	Wallace, Edward E
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Lt. Col. 91 Pa. Inf.
	B [?] 20. Pa. Inif.
	Old wars
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1902 [??] May 12	Invalid	1285448	1047555	Pa.
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	N [?] V Sickel [?]
REMARKS	C2536933

Joseph Welch

NAME OF SOLDIER	Welch, Joseph
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow
	Minor
SERVICE	Chapl 91 Pa Inf
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1904 July 11	Invalid	1320545	1095761	Pa
	Widow
	Minor
ATTORNEY	M B Steven
REMARKS	C2508595

William W Widdifield

[the right side of the card is cut off]
NAME OF SOLDIER	Widdifield William W
NAME OF DEPENDENT	Widow	Widdifield Sallie C
	Minor
SERVICE	QMS + Mus D + A 91 Pa
DATE OF FILING	CLASS	APPLICATION NO	CERTIFICATE NO	STATE FROM WHICH FILED
1906 Aug 28	Invalid	1351.891	1127232	Pa [?]
1916 Sept [?] 22	Widow	1075140	819898	Pa [?]
	Minor
ATTORNEY	W J Wray
REMARKS	XC 26919 [the rest of the number is cut off]