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From: "Elissa Scalise Powell" <>
Subject: RE: [APG] Re: Civil War Widows Pensions
Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 11:16:41 -0400
In-Reply-To: <12c.3eda9f4d.2da55089@cs.com>


I did have one of these contested files in my family. The widow had been
married before and could not prove a divorce before the marriage to the
veteran and with no PA marriage records in 1861 she could not prove a legal
marriage to the veteran. After much paperwork, affidavits from their
children and neighbors and due diligence to find the first scoundrel who
just up and left her, they declared that the first marriage had officially
ended and the second marriage was legal. But of course they came to these
conclusions just months after the poor widow had died destitute.

Yes, get the whole file. It makes fascinating reading.

-- Elissa

CGRS and Certified Genealogical Records Specialist are Service Marks of the
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> -----Original Message-----
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> Ann...these contest widow cases are full of genealogical gems. The files
> are
> usually voluminous. Be sure to get the complete file! Investigators were
> often
> sent out to interview everyone who knew the family - relatives, friends,
> neighbors. The files are fascinating. And, as Paula said, these cases are
> more
> often than you might think.
>
> Christine
> [Christine Rose, CG, CGL, FASG]
>
>
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