FamilySearch has released the next in a great lineup of California Projects, The US, California, Sawtelle—National Homes for Disabled Soldiers, 1866–1938. These records give military history (unit(s), enlistment date, discharge date); personal history (birth date and place, description, occupation, religion, residence after discharge from home); history while in the home including reason for discharge; and general information which can include pension number and more.
The Sawtelle Veterans Home was a care home for disabled American veterans in what is today part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area . The Home, formally the Pacific Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, was established in 1887 on part of Rancho San Vicente y Santa Monica lands donated by Senator John P. Jones and Arcadia B. de Baker. By 1900 with over 1000 residents a new hospital was built. This in turn was replaced in 1927 by the Wadsworth Hospital." (Wikipedia)
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posted by Sandra Gardner Benward for Military Monday
Wow! My 4th great uncle lived here from 1901 until his death in 1926. I just recently put a given name my elusive "Uncle Doc(k)". He was born Adam Clark in Ohio. He served in the Civil War and later became a miner in Arizona and various towns in California before he moved to Sawtelle. I don't know how he got his nickname.
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