Source: IL Soldiers' & Sailors" Home at Quincy - Admissions of Mexican War and civil War Veterans 1887-1898

No. 4299
Name: Thrash, Stephen S.
Rank: Private
Company: H
Regiment: 87th Illinois
Length of Service in Months: 33
Pension per month: 12 (dollars)
Age: 63
Disability: Hydrocele . . . . .
Admitted from county: Cook
Nativity: Germany
Occupation: Laborer
Married./Single/Wid.: Widower
Read or Write: yes
When admitted: March 29, 1898
Status: Present

Other Sources:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/archives/databases.html
Database of Soldiers' and Sailors' Home Residents (1887-1916)

THRASH, STEPHEN S WHITE MARCH 24, 1898 4299 H 87 IL INF

http://www.ilsos.gov/genealogy/CivilWarController
ILLINOIS CIVIL WAR DETAIL REPORT

Name THRASH, STEPHEN S
Rank PVT Company H Unit 87 IL US INF
Personal Characteristics
Residence WABASH CO, IL Age 27 Height 5' 9 3/4 Hair BLACK
Eyes DARK Complexion DARK
Marital Status MARRIED
Occupation FARMER
Nativity WHITE CO, IL
Service Record
Joined When AUG 14, 1862 Joined Where ALBION, IL
Joined By Whom CPT JACOBS Period 3 YRS
Muster In SEP 22, 1862 Muster In Where SHAWNEETOWN, IL
Muster In By Whom N/A Muster Out JUN 16, 1865
Muster Out Where HELENA, AR Muster Out By Whom CPT NEWCOME
Remarks MUSTERED OUT AS CORPORAL

Note: Eldon Wade adds the following information: "Someone has just now sent me an abstract from the cemetery book for the Home. It appears that his surname is mis-spelled as TRASH but it does appear to be my grandfather. It shows his date of death being July 8, 1911.
Thank you,
Eldon "