Henry Lightfoot Civil War Pension Records

The image depicts an official document titled "Declaration for the Increase of an Invalid Pension," dated December 19, 1891, from Hancock County, Ohio. It involves Henry Lightfoot, a fifty-five-year-old resident of Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio, who claims an increase in his military pension due to disabilities incurred during his service in Company K, 21st Regiment of Ohio Infantry. The disabilities listed include "catarrh of head” and “resulting slight deafness of both ears and disease of liver.” The document mentions the pension agency in Columbus, Ohio, indicating a pension rate of 17 dollars per month. The declaration is signed by Henry Lightfoot, with witnesses J. W. Dana and Elisa Lottridge, and appoints C. A. Stockton of Findlay, Ohio, as his attorney to manage his claim, with a post office address at 518 W Lincoln St., Findlay, Ohio.