Military: CWR: Burkett, Cyrus of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Burkett, Cyrus

* He was arrested and convicted of perjury for fraudulently receiving a Civil 
War pension. He was never in the service. It was shown that he obtained a 
pension by falsely swearing that he was Levi Burkett, a member of Co. D 63rd 
Regiment Pa. Infantry, and served through and was wounded in the Rebellion. He 
was tried in U. S. District Court in Pittsburgh. 
* He has not yet been sentenced and his age may plead powerfully in his case for 
the mitigation of his sentence.

SOURCE:
* Meyersdale Commercial July 21, 1898 
* Meyersdale Commercial Oct. 27, 1898 
* NOTE: This may be Cyrus Burket, who was drafted Sept. 26, 1864, listed in 
Deserters and Non Reporting Men