Bartholomow County Indiana STROCKSDILL, Dr. John Arnold pension "State of Indiana , county of Bartholomow In the matter of claim ? No. 831366 of William Strocksdill, Co. K  3o Regt  Ky Vol. Inf. Personally came befo4e me a Norary Public  in and for said county and State, Jno. W. Arnold, age 59 years whose post office address is 422 1/2 5th str Columbus Indiana  County of Bartholomew , State of Indiana, well kow to me to be reputable and entitled to credit,and bein duly sworn, declares in relation to the aforesaid case as follows: I herevyh certify thaty ai have know William Strodksdill for the past six or seven years and know him to be deaf in left ear iwth increasing deafness of right ear which places him in danger of being run down by all kinds of conveyances. disease of lungs;- We find left lung filled with mucus wiht the exent that he gets little oxygen into the blookd from it, thereby weeadening the who system also the heart, he has moist  rales in the right lung so we find very bad aeriation, hence a diblitated conditon which prevents him from performing manual labor, however light.  I fidn his disibilities equa to or greater than the loss if hand or foot, which is due principally to disease of lungs.               Signed Jno W. Arnold.  ( It was received by the pension office  Oct. 14,1912) A John Hall and a George B.Walker from C?? ?tville, Clark Co. also made a statement in his behalf. Also a Samuel W. Daughtery on 19 June,1889 form Sellersburg made a statement also to the effect that he had know Wm for 16 years and knew him to be deaf. Another man from Sellersburg also made statement- Jasper Wood.  2nd of Nov. 1887 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ File contributed for use in USGENWEB Archives by Nancy Lloyd (© 2000 Nancy Lloyd)