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Name: Milton Vandike
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Place of Birth: Mt. Washington Bullitt KY
Year of Birth: 1843
Occupation: Farmer
Eyes: Dark Hair: Dark Complexion: light
Height in Feet: 5 Inches: 5
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Enlistment Date: July 9, 1864
Enlistment Place: Louisville
Enlistment State: KY
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Congressional District: 5th
Company: G
Regiment(s): 108th USCI
Mustered Where: Louisville
Mustered Out Date:
Rank at Muster Out: Private
Notes:
Milton Vandike was discharged from service on 13 December 1865 for physical disability, at Okolona, MS, by order of Major General Th. J. Wood. Milton Vandike did not muster out with his company and regiment at Vicksburg, MS. The certificate of the soldier’s discharge is included as page 21 of his CMSR file. A contributing cause to his disability was described as . . . “The soldier seems to have been broken down at hard labor while a slave.” Milton’s physical disability was described as phthsis, an older term for pulmonary tuberculosis.
The CMSR noted that Travers Matticks was name of the enslaver.
Milton may have been aboard the USS Maria Denning, a boat used to transport 108th soldiers to Vicksburg.
Died in war? No
Military Death Date:
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Death Date: December 1, 1910
Cause of Death:
Death Certificate
Pension Card Link: Pension Card
Pension Application Date: May 5, 1888
Application No.: 654594 Certificate No.: 1067203
Alternate First Name: Alternate Last Name: Vandyke
Widow Pension Card: Pension Card
Widow Application Date: January 26, 1911 Application No.: 957020
Certificate No.: 721601
No other family pension card found
Pension File:
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Pension Notes:
Milton Vandike was documented as Milton Simmons on his invalid pension index card, and his wife was named as Fannie Simmons. Both Milton and his wife were approved for the invalid and widow’s pension benefits, respectively. Both individuals filed from the state of Kentucky; Milton filed 5 May 1888, and Fannie filed on 26 January 1911.
No Freedman’s Bank information found
Notes from Freedmen’s Bureau Documents:
Was a witness to Sgt William Cooper in his company
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Wife #1 First Name: Ellen Maiden Name:
Wife #2 First Name: Fannie Maiden Name: Johnson
Wife #3 First Name: Maiden Name:
Children: William Dennis 1867
Fannie Simmons 1873
Morris Simmons 1878
Annie Simmons 1891
Family Notes:
Milton’s first wife, Ellen is only noted in their son’s death certificate. She is listed as Vandike as last name. Unsure if this was a marriage during slavery and it is unknown what happened to her. Upon William’s death, his last name was noted as Dennis.
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1870 Census Link: View
1870 Profession: Laborer
1870 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1870 Real Estate Value: 1870 Personal Estate Value:
1870 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1870 Census Notes:
Fanny, Milton’s presumed wife was listed as a domestic servant in 1870. The census enumerator made notes in Column 13 – Born within the year of census; however the writing is not legible.
1880 Census Link: View
1880 Profession: Laborer
1880 Live with/near former enslaver? No
1880 Ability to Read? Unknown Ability to Write? Unknown
1880 Census Notes:
Milton and Fannie were enumerated in the 1880 federal census in Jefferson County, KY, using the surname Simmons, as noted on the pension index card. A daughter, Fannie, born about 1873 and a son, Morris was born about 1878. Fannie’s occupation was listed as “Keeping House”. Milton’s listing did not note that he could not read or write.
1890 Census information not found
1900 Census Link: View
1900 Profession: Hostler
1900 Ability to Read? Cannot read Ability to Write? Cannot write
1900 Own/Rent: Rent 1900 Home Free/Mortgage: Unknown 1900 Farm/House: House
1900 Census Notes:
Milton and Fanny Simmons were enumerated with their son, Morris (22) and his wife Mary (22) and son Aron (40). A younger daughter, Anie M age 10 also resided in the household. Fanny was listed as a washerwoman, and Morris was listed as a day laborer. The Simmons family resided on Hancock Alley, according to the census enumeration.
1910 Census information not found
1920 Census information not found
Name: Traverse Matticks
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Previous Enslaver:
Enslaver Notes:
No data was retrieved for the named enslaver during this search.
1850 Census information not found
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1870 Census information not found
Compensation Application not found
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