Civil War Pension Abs.: NELSON BARCUME/SALINA "ELLEN" DEAMO 
BARCUME; Gratiot  
Co., MI

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NELSON BARCUME
Private, Co D, 24th Michigan Infantry
Cert. No. 785,799 / Widow's Cert. No. 1,107,054
Enlisted Mar 10, 1865
Discharged Jun 30, 1865 at Detroit, MI

Description at enlistment: age 33 years, height 5' 7", complexion light, hair  
brown, eyes blue, occupation butcher.

NELSON BARCUME
b. Jul 15, 1833 at Massena, NY
d. Aug 23, 1917 at Ashley, Steuben Co, IN

Married Sep 7, 1857 at Hogansburgh, NY by Rev. Shean, Catholic priest at St.  
Patrick's Church;
witnesses Edward Revier and Sophia Raymond

SALINA "ELLEN" DEAMO
b. Sep 18, 1839 at Rigo, Canada
d. aft. Jul 2, 1918 (date of last doc in file)

Children of Nelson and Ellen Barcume (living or dead, questionnaire Apr 5,  
1915):
JULIUS  b. Jul 10, 1860*
GEORGE R.  b. Jul 20, 1863
ALONZO H.  b. Jun 6, 1866
JULIA I.  b. Sep 11, 1868
LUCY  b. Sep 28, 1870
JENNIE I.  b. Oct 18, 1872
MYRTLE P.  b. Jan 14, 1876

*Questionnaire Dec 15, 1898 asking only for living children does not list Julius  
b. Jul 10, 1860.


Affidavits, etc. in support of pension claims:

Sep 16, 1892--NELSON BARCUME, aged 60 years, resident of St. Louis, Gratiot Co,  
MI; declaration for invalid pension; stated he is unable to earn support by  
reason of rheumatism, kidney disease and heart disease; witnesses NANCY WOOD and  
GILBERT E. HALL, both residents of St. Louis, MI.

Dec 20, 1893--NELSON BARCUME, aged 61 years, resident of St. Louis, Gratiot Co,  
MI; stated that while on duty at Culpeper, VA in Mar 1865 he contracted  
rheumatism and chronic diarrhea; stated that since leaving the service he has  
resided in Monroe Co and Gratiot Co, MI; witnesses WALDO H. LITTLEFIELD and  
HENRY SHAUS.

Feb 11, 1907--NELSON BARCUME, aged 73 years, resident of Twining, Arenac Co, 
MI;  
declaration for pension increase; stated he was born Jul 15, 1833; witnesses  
MAUDE MOSHER and LILLIE M. TWINING, both residents of Twining, MI who have 
known  
claimant for two years.

Mar 4, 1916--NELSON BARCUME, aged 82 years, Ashley, IN; request for pension  
increase; stated he was born Jul 15, 1833.

Mar 20, 1917--NELSON BARCUME, aged 83 years, resident of Lincoln Street, Ashley,  
Steuben Co, IN; declaration for pension; restated birthdate and description at  
enlistment, as above; witnesses IVA HECKTHORN and JOHN C. STAFFORD, both  
residents of Ashley, IN.

Aug 25, 1917--ELLEN BARCUME, aged 78 years, resident of Ashley, Steuben Co, IN;  
declaration for widow's pension; stated she was born Sep 18, 1839 at Rigo,  
Canada; that she married the soldier Sep 7, 1857 at Hogansburg, NY and that  
neither had been previously married; that NELSON BARCUME died Aug 23, 1917 at  
Ashley, IN; witnesses LUCILE B. BRANCH, resident of Ashley, IN and BERT KEMP,  
resident of Forest Hill, MI.

Jan 21, 1918--FRANCINKEY KEMP, resident of Gratiot Co, MI; stated she has known  
NELSON and ELLEN BARCUME for 25 years; that the Barcumes had resided at Coe 
Twp,  
Isabella Co, MI for 2 years, St. Louis and Twining, MI for 16 years, and Ashley,  
IN for 7 years.

Jan 21, 1918--GEORGE L. KEMP, resident of Gratiot Co, MI; statement identical to  
the above by FRANCINKEY KEMP.

Jun 17, 1918--JAMES B. HALL, aged 64 years and MARY A. HALL, aged 60 years,  
residents of St. Louis, Gratiot Co, MI; stated that they have lived in St. Louis  
for the past 3 years and formerly lived near the city of St. Louis, MI for 38  
years; that NELSON and ELLEN BARCUME lived as husband and wife up to the time 
of  
his death.

Jun 19, 1918--EDWARD H. BRANCH, Ashley, IN, attorney for ELLEN BARCUME; 
letter  
to Pension Bureau stated "I am enclosing a certified copy of the marriage record  
of Nelson Barcume and Salina Demo [sic], Salina being her French name she having  
changed her name to Ellen."

Jul 2, 1918--SALINA BARCUME, Ashley, IN; letter to Commissioner of Pensions;  
stated that her "correct Christian name is Salina, widow of Nelson Barcume";  
letterhead reads 'Globe Indemnity Company, New York'.