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Subject: [LATTA] Sarah J. Latta 1852-1939, Branch 1
Date: Fri, 8 Jun 2001 00:12:33 EDT

Hi! I have been busy researching my wife Karen's ancestor Sarah Josephine
Latta. She is of Branch One, the daughter of Robert Seegar Latta (1826-1900)
and his wife Mary Tumbleson (1828-1907). Sarah was married three times. The
first marriage of Sarah was in 1874 to Hiram Turner Davis (1850-1907), my
wife's direct line. Then Sarah married in 1886 to Saul Marsters (1831-1903).
Then Sarah married in 1907 to John L. Evinger (1840-1917).
Sarah and Hiram Davis were from Noble and Elkhart counties in Indiana.
Saul Marsters and Robert S. Latta moved to Loup County, Nebraska. John
Evinger married Sarah in Leavenworth County, Kansas. John died in Polk
County, Arkansas. Sarah lived with any relative who would take her in all
over the country.
The part that I have intensively researched is the fact that Saul
Marsters was in the 22nd Indiana Regiment in the Civil War. I managed after
trying for a year to obtain his complete pension file last month. Saul
received a pension until his death. Then Sarah received the pension from
1903-1907. Then Sarah and Saul's minor daughter Josephine (born 1894)
received the pension from 1907-1910. Then from 1917 to her death Sarah again
received the pension. The resulting pension file is a gold mine of
information these families. It cost me $37, but it details many affidavits
from almost every relative and friend Sarah ever had, death records, changes
of addresses, marriage records, Bible records, lists of children and their
birth dates, divorce records, applications, medical records, etc. There are
over a 100 pages.
If anyone is researching anyone who lived during the Civil War
(1861-1865) in America, you simply must try and find a record of their
military service. That way you can look for the real gold, the pension file.
If anyone is descended from these families, please contact me.
Your friend,
Doc
7 June 2001

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