GENERAL AFFIDAVIT
Deposition of: Emanuel Schug
Case of: Charles N Nichols
Date: 28 Jan 1893
State of Michigan
County of Cass
In the matter of the claim for Pension of Charles N Nichols, Pvt. Co G 11"" Mich. Inf.
Personally came before me a Notary in and for the County and State aforesaid, Emanuel Schug of Marcellus, Mich.
a person of lawful age, who being duly sworn, declare in relation to the aforesaid claim, as follows:
I am 52 years of age. I have been well acquainted with the above named claimant for many years. I saw the claimant soon after his discharge and return from the service. I well remember that he then complained of diarrhea and that he appeared to be suffering with that disease being weak, pale and emaciated.
I have lived near him, seeing him on an average of nearly every week for each year from the above date to the year 1892. He has complained of and suffered with chronic Diarrhea more or less every year of my acquaintance with him, and he has been thereby fully __________ disabled for the performance of manual labor.
I further declare that I have no interest in said claim, and I am not concerned in its prosecution.
Signature, Emanuel Schug Witness, William J Kellogg
DEPOSITION: E
Deposition of EMANUEL SCHUG
Case of CHARLES N NICHOLS
Certificate #387,762, April 1900
On this 21st day of April, 1900, at Marcellus, county of Cass, state of Mich., before me, H.L. Rothe, a special examiner of the Bureau of Pensions, personally appeared Emanuel Schug, who, being by me first duly sworn to answer truly all interrogatories propounded to him during this special examination of aforesaid claim for pension, deposes and says:
I am 60 years of age; my post-office address is Marcellus, Mich.
No occupation, I used to be a farmer.
I was in Co. E. 11" Mich. Inf. I enlisted in Aug 1861 and was discharged with the regiment in Sept. 1864.
I became acquainted with Charles N Nichols in the army. He belonged to Co. G. of my regiment. After my discharge, I hired four miles east of here, in the town of Flowerfield, St. Joseph Co., until about 22 years ago. Then I moved into Volinia and from there back to Flowerfield. I have lived here in Marcellus for the past eight years.
I knew nothing about Nichols after my discharge until after I moved into Marcellus, eight years ago. I don't know as I ever saw him between discharge and the time he came back here to Marcellus from the west.
Since I moved here, eight years ago, Nichols used to work considerable, same as myself, but for the last two or three years he has been failing and for a year or two he has done nothing and has been laid on his back a good deal. I visited him when he was sick in bed. I don't know as I can tell what it was that ailed him when he was sick. I think he had some kind of fever. He has complained to me of rupture, since I moved here to town and, if I am not mistaken, of diarrhea. I don't recollect anything else he has complained of. The way it is with me, I have to look after my own ailments.
Has Nichols been having lung trouble or rheumatism, or piles, or catarrh?
Not as I know of.
Has he coughed very much?
Why yes; I have noticed that. He coughs considerable.
Did you ever notice that he was hard of hearing?
I don't know. It appears to me that at times he seemed to be hard of hearing.
Do you know anything about Nichols's health or the nature of his ailments before you came to Marcellus, eight years ago?
No; not since the war, because he wasn't here and I wasn't acquainted with him until after he came back here to Marcellus. He got all out of my knowledge and I forgot there was such a man.
Do you claim to know anything about his health and his ailments in the army?
Yes Sir.
What do you know?
Well, he was sick and we thought we'd have to leave him there, anyhow, same as we did lots of the boys, but he got well and out again. I think that was in Murfreesboro, Tenn., after the battle of Stone River. I think he was in a hospital there. No; I did not visit him in hospital. It was the diarrhea that ailed him then.
How do you know it was diarrhea?
Well, we lay there and I saw him running to the rear, I was running myself.
How did you know about Nichols ailments in service being in another company? Did you know about the ailments of the whole regiment?
Pretty near.
Do you know of anything else that ailed him in service beside diarrhea?
Not that I can recollect.
The affidavit you show me (BJ 38) bears my signature and I went before Kellogg, here in town, to make it. The affidavit is wrong. I knew nothing about the man until after he came back from up north. I don't know whether that affidavit was read to me. I wrote the letter and it is correct, but I don't recall about heart failure, now.
I have understood the questions and my statement, as read to me, is correctly recorded.
Deponent, Emanuel Schug
