From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Mon Jul 10 14:29:56 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6AKTujb026547; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:29:56 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6AKTqlY032666 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 14:29:52 -0600 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k6AHqKFI023918 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:52:20 -0400 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k6AHqKMK023917 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:52:20 -0400 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k6AFDBFI023588 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:13:11 -0400 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k6AHoUav021322 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:50:30 -0600 X-Envelope-From: juanita2@cox.net Mon Jul 10 11:50:30 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k6AHoUjb021311 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:50:30 -0600 Received: from centrmmtao02.cox.net (centrmmtao02.cox.net [70.168.83.82]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k6AHoQWL026562 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:50:27 -0600 Received: from DH433L51 ([24.255.150.191]) by centrmmtao02.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.01 201-2131-130-101-20060113) with ESMTP id <20060710175023.FLQU22014.centrmmtao02.cox.net@DH433L51>; Mon, 10 Jul 2006 13:50:23 -0400 From: "juanita" To: ROOTS-M@rootsweb.com, "Michael Neill" Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:50:37 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <44B24D1D.29584.2331C807@localhost> Priority: normal In-reply-to: <3bf060000607101002i69d1500bibbf991b3b1c87072@mail.gmail.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (4.21c) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Subject: [ROOTS-L] Military Pension files Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com I have a question about a pension that was paid to the veteran of a soldier from Ohio who served during the Mexican War. The widow left their home in Ohio sometime after his death in 1875 and about 1880 or so. I've tracked her to where a daughter and son were living in Jefferson Co. Iowa and also to someone in Jackson Co. KC, not identified in pension record, and finally to Indian Territory to the Choctaw Nation. I have the pension file from NARA with 42 pgs. of affidavits etc. but I don't recognize the names, except for perhaps one, of any members of her family. I do not know why she, a widow who had some married children, but also minor children, several of those were with family members in Ohio and perhaps acquaintances, would have gone off to Indian Territory. I know of no one in her family there. The final piece of paper in the pension file simply states "died 9 Aug 1896". The stamp on the paper indicates the pension was being paid from a Gov't. office in Topeka KS. I'm not positive she actually died in IT...and do not know what area of the country the office would have covered insofar as the pensions are concerned. So I'm uncertain if she actually died in Indian Territory. There are no burial records for her and the small town where she resided became a ghost town later and absorbed into a nearby county. I found her name engraved on the tombstone along with her husband's in Meigs Co. OH but can't find any records about whether she was actually buried there or if she was buried in Indian Territory. Can anyone tell me if the military pensions paid from Topeka KS in the 1890's would have covered those going to veterans or spouses in Indian Territory as well as those who might have lived in Meigs Co.? I can't tell from the pension papers who she was living with in Indian Territory, or if she may have returned to Ohio before she died. I'm actually trying to find one of her married daughters who was also a widow (in 1882 in IA) to see if she, the daughter, had remarried and her mother was living with them in IT. I'm at a loss as to where to look next. Thanks for any suggestions. juanita For those who have never seen complete CW Union pension files, we have > two scanned on our site: http://www.rootdig.com/pensions/ Good Luck. > Michael