The men and women on this page was either drowned or knew someone that was drowned. The people on this page drowned during some war, and a family member is asking for help from the government.
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1777, Monsr. Du Coudray, a French Officer of Artillery, who was lately made an Inspector General of Artillery and military Manufactures with the Rank of Major General. He was drowned in the Schuylkill, in a strange manner. He rode into the Ferry Boat, and road out at the other End, into the River, and was drowned. His Horse took fright. He was reputed the most learned and promising Officer in France. He was carried into the Romish Chappell, and buried in the Yard of that Church.
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1792, Robert Byers, of the State of Pennsylvania, was presented to the House and read, praying compensation for four wagon horses, which were drowned while in the service of the United States, during the late war.
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AN ACT
April 25, 1872.
For the relief of Elizabeth Ziuhan.
Whereas Jonathan Ziuhan, late a private in the Ninety-third Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, in his lifetime, established his right, under act of June seventeenth, eighteen hundred and seventy, to an artificial arm, by reason of the loss of the left arm in the service of the United States, and, under the provisions of section two of said act, elected, instead, the commutation in money provided in said section: and Whereas the Acting Commissioner of Pensions, on the eighth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, directed the pension-agent at Philadelphia to pay said commutation to said Ziuhan; and Whereas said Ziuhan was accidentally drowned on the sixteenth day of May, eighteen hundred and seventy-one, and before said commutation-order was received; and Whereas said order has never been paid, and the officers of the Government refuse to pay the same: Now, therefore.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 jives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Commissioner of Pensions be, and he is hereby, authorized and dIrected to pay, or cause to be paid, to Elizabeth Ziuhan, widow of said Jonathan Ziuhan, the sum of fifty dollars, commutation-money as aforesaid, to which said Ziuhan was entitled in his lifetime. Passed the House of Representatives April 24, 1872. Attest: EDWARD McPHERSON, Clerk,
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1802, Alexander Gardner and Thomas Pinckney, of South Carolina, praying compensation for two negroes, their property, stated to have been drowned in the public service
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1866, The petition of E. M. Gouler, widow of Charles Gouler, late a private in company F, ninth regiment New Hampshire volunteers, who was drowned in the Delaware river October 24, 1864, while absent from the hospital on leave, praying a pension
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The petition of H. Catlett, a post surgeon in the army, praying compensation for a negro boy, who was drowned in June, 1814, whilst ascending the Ohio with the United States troops.
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1816, A petition of Henry Williams, praying to be paid for two horses impressed into the military service during the late war, and which were drowned in crossing a river.
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1856, A petition of Alison Logan, mother of Henry J. Paul, late a lieutenant in the navy, who was drowned in the Gulf of Mexico, praying to be allowed a pension.
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1813, A petition of Margaret Arundel, widow of Robert Arundel, late a sailing master in the navy, stating that her late husband was severely wounded in an engagement with the enemy on the lakes, and was afterwards knocked overboard and drowned, leaving his family destitute, and praying relief.
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CHAP. XXXVII.—An .Act for the relief of Cornelius Huson.
Be it enacted, &c,, That the proper accounting officers of the treasury department be, and they are hereby, authorized and directed to pay unto Cornelius Huson or his legal representatives, the sum of two hundred and fifty dollars, the value of a pair of horses impressed into the service of the United States, in February, one thousand eight hundred
and thirteen, and drowned in Lake Ontario while in said service; the same to be paid out of any moneys in the treasury not otherwise appropriated.
APPROVED, April 26, 1822.
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1809, A petition of Lucy Bates, of the State of Massachusetts, praying a grant of money to support herself and family, in consequence of the death of her husband Levi Bates, who was drowned while building a public pier on Plymouth beach.
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1852, A the petition of Mary Woodward, widow of an officer of the United States revenue service, who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying a pension.
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1828, A. petition of inhabitants of Harrodsburg, in the State of Kentucky, praying that provision may be made for the relief of the widow and children of Gabriel Alexander, who was drowned near that place
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1822, A petition of Robert Wright, praying that he may be allowed the expense attending the transportation of the servants and baggage of his son, Major Clinton Wright, who was drowned whilst descending the Flint river, then assistant adjutant general of the United State
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1854, A petition of Margaret Chandler, mother of Walter S. Chandler of the army, who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying a pension.
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1866, A petition of Sabina Himpelman, widow of the late Julius Himpelman, private company H, 46th regiment New York volunteers, who was drowned at Cincinnati, Ohio, on the 22d of March, 1864, while absent from the general hospital on a furlough, praying to be allowed a pension
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1848, A memorial of Emily Maria Pinkney, daughter of a naval officer who was drowned while in the discharge of his duty, praying to be allowed a pension
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1818, A petition of Hanson Catlett, a surgeon in the army of the United States, praying compensation for a negro slave, who was drowned while attending him as a servant, during the late war with Great Britain.
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1866, A petition of Messrs. Schley and Emery, of Baltimore, Maryland, praying that a pension may be granted to Mrs. Agnes W. Laughlin, widow of William Laughlin, late of company C, third Maryland cavalry, who was drowned by the sinking of the United States steamer North America in the month of December, 1864, while absent from his regiment on furlough, on account of sickness contracted in the service.
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1846, A memorial of Sarah Ann Hart, widow, and Monmouth B. Hart, Joel Kelly, and William Close, sureties of Benjamin F. Hart, deceased, a purser in the navy, who was drowned at sea, praying to be allowed a credit equal to the balance appearing against him on the settlement of his accounts; and that the pension to his widow may be continued.
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1834, A petition of John Hall, of the State of Georgia, praying to be paid the value of a negro man owned by him, which negro man was drowned while in the service of the United States engineer department, and while engaged in public works on the Appalachicola harbor.
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1847, A petition of Lieutenant David D. Porter, in behalf of Eliza Bache, window of the late Lieutenant G. M. Bache, praying remuneration for the property and money of her late husband, which was swept overboard from the United States brig Washington, when he was drowned.
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1850, A petition of Eliza C. Bache, widow of George M. Bache, deceased, a lieutenant in the navy, praying that a gratuity may be extended to her in consideration of the death of her husband who was drowned at sea whilst in the execution of his duty.
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1829, petition of Reeside, Robinson, & Company, contractors for carrying the mail of the United States on a route in the State of Virginia, praying payment for two horses drowned in crossing a water course while carrying the mail
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1870, Whereas on the night of Sunday, January 2, the American schooner Statesman was wrecked on Rockaway Beach, Long Island, and in a heroic and successful attempt to rescue the crew of said vessel, Frank Abrams, of Rockaway, one of the crew of the life-boat from the government life-saving station on that beach, while in the actual effort to snatch from death a sinking fellow-man, fell overboard and was himself drowned, leaving a wife and one child in straitened circumstances; and whereas similar instances of gallant self-sacrifice in the cause of humanity have heretofore occurred on the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey, where these life-saving stations are located: Therefore,
Be it resolved, That the Committee on Invalid Pensions be, and they are hereby, instructed to inquire into the expediency of reporting a bill granting a suitable pension to the widow of the said Frank Abrams during the continuance of her widowhood; and also further to consider the propriety and advisability of a general bill granting pensions to all such members of the crews of life-saving stations, on the said coasts, as shall hereafter lose their own lives in similar efforts to save the lives of others.
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1838, A petition of Jasper Strong, George Terrill, and Jackson Morton, praying remuneration for three slaves who were drowned at the navy yard near Pensacola, while in the employ of Government.
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1873, A petition of Margaret C. Bell, widow of the late Rear-Admiral H. H. Bell, drowned in Osaka Harbor, Japan, praying for relief;
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1842, A petition of citizens of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, praying that suitable provision be made for the widow of David Ross Crawford, a passed midshipman, who was drowned in attempting to save the life of a seaman.
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1834, A petition of Sherlock S. Gregory, praying an inquiry into the causes of the death of the Creek Indians who were drowned in the Mississippi river in October last by the explosion of a steamboat.
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1838, A Memorial of Opothle-yo-ho-lo a, chief of the Creek nation of Indians, praying to be indemnified for the loss of a negro, drowned in the service of the United States.
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Henry C. Fillebrown.
A BILL
December 18, 1871,
Authorizing the payment of a sum of money to , the widow of Henry C. Fillebrown, a civil engineer, who lost his life by drowning in the Coosa River, in the State of Alabama, when engaged in the service of the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and llonse of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assemble, That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed, to pay unto , the widow of the late Henry 0. Fillebrown, civil engineer, who lost his life by being drowned in the Coosa River, in the State of Alabama, when employed in the service of the United States, such sum of money as the said Henry C. Fillebrown would have been entitled to receive had he lived and continued in the service of the United States until the expiration of twelve months from the day, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one, when he entered upon such service: Provided, however, That no money shall be paid in pursuance of this act except at the rate of the salary at which the said Henry C. Fillebrown was employed at the time of his death, to be shown by the certificate of the Chief Engineer of the Army; which certificate, besides stating the salary at which the said Henry C. Fillebrown was employed, shall also state the day on which, in the year eighteen hundred and seventy-one,- his term of service began.
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1832, The death of Charles C. Johnston, one of the Representatives of the State of Virginia, which took place at Alexandria, in the District of Columbia, on the 17th instant, by drowning.
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1837, The memorial of John Gardiner, tendering to Congress the purchase of his right to an invention to preserve persons from drowning.
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