SYNOPSIS OF PENSION RECORD OF SILAS WESLEY MCMAHAN; Warren County, Iowa Submitted by Jentami ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net *********************************************************************** Pension # 578269 app. Pension Cert # 340253 Soldier in Co. B. 34th Reg. Iowa Inf.Vol. Discharged as a Sargent Edna, LaBette Co., Kansas Pension was applied for by Almira Snodgrass McMahan (2nd wife) after his death. S ilas was killed by lightining July 1887. His widow and 2nd wife Almira McMahan continued to get the pension. They had a daughter Lora McMahan.Almira married Eliza A. Welch and the pension then went to Lora. His first wife was Mary E. McMahan d. 29 Jan 1869. Order the complete records for the National Archives Washington DC. The above information can be used to request the File.