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From: "dawn cerf" <>
Subject: Re: [PaCambri] Andersonville POW'S
Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 09:36:06 -0700
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My ancestor's brother died at Andersonville also. He was William H.
Connelly from Millville in Johnstown. I just got a copy of his pension file
from the National Archives. He never married, so his mother applied for his
pension after his father died. The paperwork back and forth was surprising.
The government kept telling her she didn't provide something or that she was
already receiving a pension. She hired attorneys to represent her, but in
the end they denied her a pension. Then she died. I wonder if parents
everywhere had a difficult time receiving a pension from the government for
a son who died in the Civil War. Has anyone else seen this problem?

Dawn in California
(Researching Connelly, Baker, Whelan, Sweeney in the Johnstown area)

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From: "gayle" <>
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Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 8:21 AM
Subject: [PaCambri] Andersonville POW'S


> Did Cambria County have a number of soldiers who were held at
Andersonville?
> My Enos Ellis JR from Wilmore, Summerhill Twp, Cambria Co, PA died
there.
> I often wondered if he had comrades there and if he might be mentioned in
> their diaries or letters home.
>
> Gayle in Kansas
>
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