Amos C.
Keepers[1]
Rank: Private
Born/died: March 9, 1841 –
December 21, 1909
Cause of death: Chief:
valvular heart disease; Contributing cause: acute indigestion
Residence at death: Wantage, New Jersey
Served: Company D, 15th New Jersey Volunteer
Infantry, January 4, 1864 – March 27, 1864
Age at enlistment: 22
Claim filed: March 23, 1910, Carrie E. (Shrekagast)
Keepers, widow, age 64, Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey.
Remarks:
Amos served under Captain
James Walker; Amos was discharged early for a physical disability (unnamed). He
was discharged at Brandy Station. His record shows that he was pensioned for
chronic diarrhea; the amount of the pension was not given.
Caroline stated that Amos was
5’11” tall with light complexion, blue eyes and light hair. They were married
on October 25, 1866, at Tranquility, New Jersey. She was receiving $12/mo. as of March 4, 1911, and was entitled
to $20/mo. beginning September 8, 1916.
Apparently, the checks were sent to the post office at Unionville,
Orange County, New York.
In 1928, two letters were
written asking for a pension increase for Caroline. The first, dated September 4, 1928, was from her daughter, Miss
Belle Keepers, Unionville, New York.
The second, dated September 29, 1928, was from a grandson, William A.
Keepers, 3715 Amboy Rd., Great Kills, Staten Island. The petition for a pension increase was rejected because the
discharge was not service related, and Amos had served less than 90 days (83
days). A third letter in the file, in
support of the original application, was from Elizabeth (Abram) Boss, a cousin
of Amos. Elizabeth stated that Henry
Hammell was her father (Amos' uncle), and her father raised Amos. Further, there was a sister of Amos who had
a house in Huntsville, NJ.