Civil War Pension, KITCH, Shelby County, Illinois


On the 1st day of March A.D. 1878 personally appeared before me, a clerk
of the county court within and for the County and State aforesaid, Samuel
A. Kitch aged 43. years, a resident of Shelby County, Ill who being by
me first duly sworn upon his oath according to Law deposes and says that
he is the same and the identical Samueal A Kitch who enlisted as a Private
of Co. H of the 7th Regt of Ill Cavalry Vols ??? of 61 + 65 and that he
was promoted 2nd Lieutenant that he enlisted in said Co. H on the 7th day
of September A.D. 1861 and that he was honorably discharged as a 2nd 
Lieutenant on the 15th day of October A.D. 1864. He further states that 
while in the Service of the United States and while in the line of his 
duty as a soldier at Belmont Mo on or about the 1st day of May A.D. 1862 
He was taken with chronic diarrhea causing piles of which he is now and 
has been afflicted with since the day and the date of the ???? as aforesaid
that since leaving the service his occupation has been that of a farmer and
he hereby certifies and appoints T L Reynolds of Shelbyville Illinois his 
true and his lawful attorney to attend to his claim and that his post office 
box is at Shelbyville Ill.

S. A. Kitch
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State of Kansas County of Pawnee ss
On this 5th day of September, one thousand eight hundred and ninety, 
personally appeared before me, a clerk of the District Court, a court of 
record in and for the County and State aforesaid Samuel A. Kitch, aged 56 
years, a resident of Grant Twp. County of Pawnee State of Kansas, who, being
duly sworn according to law declares that he is the identical Samuel A. 
Kitch, who was enrolled on the 7th day of Sept., 1861, in Shelby Co., Ill 
as Private in the Co. H 7th Regt Ill Cav Vols Promoted to 2nd Lt. Nov. 11, 
1862 in the war of the rebellion and served at least ninety days, and was 
honorably discharged at Springfield Ill on the 15th day of Oct, 1864. That 
he is wholly unable to earn a support by reason of Chronic diarrhea, Piles,
Scurvey, Rheumatism + general debility. That said disabilities are not due 
to his vicious habits, and are to the best of his knowledge and belief, 
permanent.

That he has applied for pension under application no. ______. That he is
a pensioner under certificate No. 168959 now drawing pension $6 from the
Chicago Agency. That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being
placed on the pension roll of the United States, under the provision of
the Act of June 27, 1890.
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Pensioner Dropped

United States Pension Agency
Topeka, Kansas

Aug 1, 1910

Certificate No. 596,116
Class Widow
Pensioner Julia A Kitch
Soldier Samuel A Kitch
Service Sgt + 2nd Lt. H 7 Ill Cav

The Commissioner of Pensions.
SIR: I have the honor to report that the above-named pensioner 
who was last paid at $12, to 4 May, 1910, has been dropped because
of DEATH, July 29, 1910 

Very Respectfully,
Wilder B Metcalf
United States Pension Agent
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Appearing as witnesses to the infirmities, and supplying affidavits 
were F H Whipple, aged 59 in 1904, of Rozel, KS., and J A Franz, 
aged 54 in 1904 of Rozel, KS. W G Smith of Grant Twp., Pawnee, KS. 
aged 27 in 1903, and A A Fox of Grant Twp, Pawnee, KS, and Will R 
Uhland of Shiley Twp., Pawnee, KS aged 52 in 1905 and R F Hazlett 
of Shiley Twp. Pawnee, KS aged 42 years in 1905.