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Pension Office list of documents necessary to prove marriage for widow's pension application

Lists documents that need to be included in a widow's pension application as proof of marriage to the deceased soldier, if the amount of accrued pension is large. Stamped by the Pension Office.

Summary of evidence of Maria's marriage to Horace and his death

The claimant is Maria Rice, who lives in Hastings, Minnesota. Unnamed witnesses testify that Horace and Maria were married and that Horace died on March 17, 1884. The evidenced is summarized by examiner Mark Tillor. M.B. Johnson approved the…

List of witnesses who filed evidence of Maria's marriage to Horace and his death

Witnesses and those who filed statements to prove marriage and death include Maria Rice, W. Thorne, Gilbert Thorne, Chas. Houghtaling, and Chas. Barnum. All of those who filed are from Minnesota and four out of the five from Hastings, where Maria…

Declaration of a Widow for Original Pension When No Child Under Sixteen Years of Age Survives--verification of information related to Maria's marriage to Horace and his death, as stated by Maria

Horace held the rank of Private when he died of bowel inflammation due to colic and has no surviving minor child. Horace and Maria were married in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Owen Austin and M.H. Sullivan are witnesses and Arvin Rice is Maria's attorney.

Letter from a pension agent that informs the Commissioner of Pensions that Horace has been dropped from his pension because he died

The letter is addressed to W. W. Dudley, Commissioner of Pensions at the US Pension Agency.

Certification from a clerk that he made Maria and her witness aware of the content of the declaration

A clerk from Dakota County, Minnesota made the applicant and her witness aware of the content of the declaration.

Letter from Horace's physician to the Pension Office that verifies Horace's cause of death and claims that his death was a result of his war injury

Horace died of bowel inflammation due to an attack of colic. Thorne wrote Horace prescriptions for colic attacks over the last five or six years of his life. Horace told Thorne that he never had any colic attacks until after he recovered from the…

Verification by a notary public that Horace's neighbor said he was in the room when Horace died

The witness is Gilbert Thorne, Horace's neighbor.

Verification by a notary public that Horace's neighbor said he was in the room when Horace died, and verification of the legitimacy of the notary public

The witness is a Charles Houghtagling, a second neighbor of Horace's who was in the room when he died.

Title page of additional evidence related to widow's pension claim

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

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