Civil War Pension: Martin KLING (1907); Clinton Co., PA



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County of Clinton, State of Pennsylvania

On this 1st day of November, A.D. 1907 appeared before me, Justice of the Peace 

within and for the County and State aforesaid, Martin Kling, who, being duly 

sworn, declares that he is 75 years of age and a resident of Porter township, 

county of Clinton, and that he is the identical person who was enrolled at Samai 

township under the name of Martin Kling, on the 9th day of August, 1862 as a 

Private in Company E, 137th Regt. Penna. volunteers in the service of the United 

States in the Civil War and was honorably discharged at Washington, D.C. on the 

8th day of December, 1862. That his personal description at enlistment was as 

follows - height 5 feet 9 inches; complexion, light; color of eyes, dark; color 

of hair, dark; that his occupation was laborer; that he was born October 28th, 

1832 at Lancaster county, Penna.. That his several places of residence since 

leaving service have been: Cedar Springs, Clinton county, Penna., 3 years; 

Mackeyville, April 1st 1866; Nittany, April 1st 1868; Mackeyville, April 1st 

1880. That he makes this declaration for the purpose of being placed on the 

pension roll of the United States under provisions of the act of February 6, 

1907. That his post-office address is Mackeyville, County of Clinton, State of 

Pennsylvania.

[signature} Martin Kling

Attest: (1) W.J. Williams (2) Stephen Transire

Subscribed and sworn this 1st day of November, A.D. 1907 M.A. _____, Justice of 

the Peace.



Bureau of Pensions, Office of Disbursing Clerk, July 4, 1914

To the Chief, Finance Division: You are hereby notified that check No. 5836918, 

for $63.00 dated Oct. 4, 1914 in favor of Martin Kling, Mackeyville, Pa., 

Certificate #224405, Class: Act May 11, 1912, Section One, has been returned to 

this office by the Postmaster with information that the pensioner died July 19, 

1914.

Guy O. Taylor, Disbursing Clerk

[then a notation} Plate destroyed, Pensioner dropped, Dept. of Interior, Bureau 

of Pensions.



The above are from Soldier's File #224405, U.S. National Archives and Record 

Center, Washington, D.C.