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f AN, INDIANA, MAKtn 28, 1923.AGTrou-bg me, k so cl the nlac,” made, well-reffer-a big off to 'as so id got ion so that I iu ally. WOVil-eelingy feel 11 re-lounds happy nly is tc gotdrug-501.*!.ftI 41‘WAR OF 1812’WIDOWS STILLDRAW PENSIONS^ OOOOOOOOGMAS*TIRESTUBPottedNsGardenFor thi laiYou ca anRoller , Large Virgini Galvan Glass ( Galvan One loi thWashington, D. C., March 18.—The government is still paying pensions to forty-one widows of soldiers of the, war of 1812, although 108 years have elapsed, according to the department of the interior. jThere are no longer any soldiers who actually fought in the war of 1812 on the pension rolls, the last one being Hiram Crook, who died in Ava, N. Y., in 1905, having attained the age of 105 years.The oldest of the forty-one widows is Mahala Huff, of Louisa, Ky., who is \104 years old. Her husband was a ! private in a Virginia company of militiamen.Several of the widows live in the middle west. They are:Marion A. Clark, 87 years, Iowa City, la., widow of John B. Clark, private, Capt. McClellan’s company, Massachusetts militia.Martha Critser, 87 years, Nineveh,Ind., widow of Henry Critser, private,Capt. John ShetCs company, Ohio militia.Cordelia Mid ford, 97 years, Oxford,Mich., widow of Jacob Mulford, private, Capt. Benjamin LiniHey’s company, New Jersey militia.Margaret A. Weed, 76 years, soldiers’ home, Lafayette, Ind., remar- j ried widow of Samuel Henry, Capt. B. j Bacon’s company, Kentucky militia. |All told approximately 35,000 widows of soldiers of the war of 1812: were granted service pensions, the j high water mark being readied in J 1879 when there were 18,177.Other figures show fifty-seven vet- \ erans and 1,177 widows of soldiers of | the Mexican war drawing pensions. |The last soldier pensioner of the revo- 1 lutionary war was Deniel F. Bake man, who died at Freedom, N. Y., in 1869, at the age of 109 years, while the i Finger widow of a pensioner of the revolu- I The tinge tionary war was Asther S. Damon,! ment. In C widow of Noah Damon, who died at! as receiving Plymouth Union, Vt., in 1906, at the J was about 1 age of 96 years. found on n:OOOOOOOttAThree lilt zoo; one go: there were i fooling witl and barely his prayers of dice a in other ymmj away.—Ch'ui Homer menGood Job Work a Specialtyon his herrings, lloi:
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Sullivan Union
Sullivan, Indiana, US
Wed, Mar 28, 1923
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