Clearfield County PA Archives News.....In Luck September 16, 1904
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Penfield Press, 16 Sep 1904 September 16, 1904
A few days ago, Mrs. Mary Hopkins, an aged lady of this place, received a 
check, the first payment of a pension.

Thirty years ago her husband went away, and long after, believing herself to 
be a widow, she applied for a pension through W.W. Hoover, but was advised 
that David C. Hopkins was receiving a pension at Stanton, Michigan.

In February, 1902, he died at Stanton, Michigan. A special examiner visited 
here and in Stanton, and after a lot of trouble the Department was convinced 
that Mrs. Hopkins was the lawful widow of the dead soldier, although they 
had lived as strangers for so many years, and a check was issued for the 
arrears of pension due since Hopkins' death.  She will receive $12 per month 
during the remainder of her life.

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