Iowa County WI Archives Military Records.....Tyrer, Elisha October 18, 1911 Civilwar - Pension ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/wi/wifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Nancy Poquette npoq@hotmail.com January 1, 2007, 4:22 am Pension Application Declaration for Invalid Pension: “On this 18th day of October, 1911, personally appeared before me…ELISHA TYRER, age 75 years, a resident of Bell Center, County of Crawford, and state of Wisconsin, being duly sworn according to law, declares that he is the identical ELISHA TYRER who was enrolled August 20th, 1862 at Dodgeville, WI in Co. ‘C’, 31st Regiment, WI, Volunteer Infantry in the service of the United States in the War of the Rebellion, and served at least ninety days and was honorably discharged at Madison, WI at the close of the war, and has reached the age of 75 years on the 14th October, 1911, and applies for pension at the rate of twenty dollars per month…Personal description 5 feet 10 inches; complexion, dark; eyes, black; hair, black; age 26 at enrollment, born October 14, 1836 at Ft. Attick, KY and that he is a pensioner under certificate No. 532093 and since leaving the service, he has resided as follows: Platteville, WI, Dodgeville, WI and Bell Center, WI, etc…” File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wi/iowa/military/civilwar/pensions/tyrer12gmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wifiles/ File size: 1.6 Kb