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Witness Charles Barnum worked with Horace in a warehouse in Hastings from 1869 to 1874. He says Horace complained of pain in his left hand and sometimes had to discontinue work because of the pain.

Arvin Rice is Maria's attorney. Stamped by Pension Office.

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The clerk is the clerk of the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota

Witnesses include L. Van Slyck and Lucy Van Noble.

This document includes both the original application rejection and the later rejection of Maria's second application. The Board of Review rejects the first application because the attorney has not included evidence that Rice's cause of death, acute…

The document is signed by an examiner

Horace's doctor testifies that Horace said he didn't have any attacks of colic until after he recovered from typhoid in service. The fact that he had typhoid hasn't been proven. Robish writes that Thorne wanted to know whether or not the fatal…

A medical examiner verifies that Horace did have typhoid during his time in the service, but it didn't cause the colic attack that killed him. John Campbell, medical referee, approves the medical examiner's statement. The letter is returned to Mr.…

Maria's pension application is rejected because death by acute bowel inflammation cannot be attributed to any disease or injury Horace contracted during his service. The rejection includes a timeline of relevant information: Horace enlisted October…