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From: "Alice J. Gayley" <>
Subject: Re: [PA-Civil-War] Bates ' History of the Civil War
Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2003 20:06:00 -0500
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Jill,

I must have been having a senior moment last night. Of
course his name would be in her pension file. Part of the
Pension approval process was verifying the service record of
the soldier involved. And this verification would have to be
made for each application his mother made. As new Pension
Acts were approved, people had to apply for the pension
under the new act.

Sorry if I misled you.

Alice



Jill Mitchell wrote:
> Would you happen to know if I can find out the name of a Civil War soldier
> from the mothers pension record ?
>
> My gggrandmother collected a pension from her son who died and is buried at
> Gettysburg. The problem is her sons last name was not the same as hers. I
> have no idea what the soldiers name is. I do have her name and she is listed
> as a pensioner in the index. I have the record number and I know where her
> checks were sent
>
> I hired someone to research this for me at the National Archives but they
> found nothing. Any help would be appreciated.
> Jill Mitchell
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alice J. Gayley" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [PA-Civil-War] Bates ' History of the Civil War
>
>
>
>>Speaking for the National Archives, the only parentage
>>information I have every seen has been in Pension Records
>>for cases in which the deceased soldier lived with his
>>parents and was their primarily means of support. It seems
>>as if in cases like these, parents were eligible (under some
>>of the various Pension Acts through the years) to receive a
>>pension.
>>
>>FWIW a better source for determining parents is in a history
>>of the county. Histories for a lot of the counties in PA
>>were written in the last half of the 19th century. All of
>>the ones I've seen had 1, 2 or more chapters devoted to the
>>War of the Rebellion. Another feature of these histories
>>was discussions of the history of the townships and towns;
>>usually names of the residents were included. Most of
>>othese histories also included a biographical section of the
>>families in the county. Don't know if any of the lists of
>>names or biographies were inclusive, but they've helped a
>>lot of people find their ancestors.
>>
>>Alice Gayley
>>
>>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Jason,
>>>Does the civil war archives have any parentage information for the
>>
> soldiers?
>
>>>My gfather Decatur Beck was born in PA in 1776. I believe his father
>>
> was the
>
>>>Decatur Beck of the 61 infantry company H.
>>>If you or anyone has any suggestions on this I would appreciate them.
>>>Thanks
>>>Dave Beck
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>
>>
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