Widow's pension for Susan Eldred, Oneida Township, Eaton County, Michigan


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SUBJECT: Declaration for Widow's Pension for Susan E. Eldred
SUBMITTER: Marsha McCarty
EMAIL: marsmc@msgexp.net
DATE: Mar 20, 1999
SURNAMES: Eldred, Mosher, Maxson, Kent, Peabody, Clark, Tracy
Record from the National Archives
Box # 32041
Cert. 51653
Susan E. Eldred

State of Michigan
County of Eaton

On this Second day of March A.D. 1864, personally appeared before me the
Clerk of the Circuit Court, within and for the County and State aforesaid,
Susan E. Eldred, a resident of the township of Oneida, in the County of
Eaton and State of Michigan, aged nineteen years, who, being first duly
sworn according to law, doth, on her oath, make the following declaration,
in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress,
approved July 14, 1862:

That she is a widow of Aden L. Eldred who was a private in Company G commanded
by Captain John Tyler in the Seventeenth Regiment of Michigan Vol. Infantry
in the war of 1861, who died at Knoxville Tennessee on or about the fifteenth
day of October A.D. 1863, and the cause of his death was the inflamation
of the lungs.

She further declares she was married to the said Aden L. Eldred on the
Sixth day of February in the year 1861 at Oneida, Eaton Co. by one Roswell
R. Maxson a Justice of the Peace; that she believes there is a public record
of her said marriage but no private record of the same, and that she had
but one child by him at his death and that the name, age, and residence
of her child under sixteen years of age, are as follows: Lunar Cormi Eldred,
and was born on the fifth day of October A.D. 1862, and is one year of
age and that she has but one child by her said husband. That her said husband,
the aforesaid, died on the day above mentioned, and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed.

That her post office address is Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan.

She also declares, that she has not in any manner been engaged in, or abetted,
the rebellion in the United States. And she hereby constitutes and appoints
Tracy & Green of Charlotte, Mich., her Attorney to prosecute the claim
and procure a certificate, and to do all other acts necessary in the premises.

Claimant's Signature Susan E. Eldred

Also, personally appeared Nathaniel G. Eldred and Silas Mosher residents
of the township of Oneida, Eaton County, persons whom I certify to be respectable
and entitled to credit, and who, being by me duly sworn, say that they
were present and saw Susan E. Eldred sign her name, or make her mark, to
the foregoing Declaration and Power of Attorney; and they further swear
that they have every reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant
and their acquaintance with her, that she is the identical person she represents
herself to be, and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this
claim. And they further state that they knew her and her said husband before
he entered the said service, and know that they lived together as husband
and wife, and were so reputed, and that she still remains a widow. That
they are acquainted with the name and age of their said child and believe
them to be as stated in said Declaration. That their knowledge of the above
stated facts, and the identity of the claimant as the widow of the said
deceased soldier is derived from the fact that they have been personally
acquainted with Aden L. Eldred deceased and the applicant for at least
eight years last past, and they further state that said Aden L. Eldred
died as stated in said declaration.

Witnesses signatures:
Nathaniel G. Eldred
Silas Mosher