GILES COUNTY VA PENSION APPLICATION:  SKEENS, HENRY S. 

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WIDOW OF A DECEASED
SOLDIER, SAILOR OR MARINE FOR A PENSION. 

NAME: Henry S. Skeens, age 85 as of 1933, farmer, resided with son, James
Skeens.  Records from war  department show that he deserted, but a letter
found in files from J. Arthur Adair attests that he was a scout and carried
the mail. It was his Uncle Alex that had deserted.  It is to be noted that
Henry A. Skeens, his uncle, was the deserter, not Henry Sanford Skeens (known
as Sanford to the residents.)  The war department conceded that there may have
been a mistake in the middle initial. A check with library files confirmed
that Henry S. Skeens did serve and did not desert.  Affidavits attesting to
Henry S. Skeen's service and confusion with Henry A. Skeens were sent to
pension clerk from F. E. Snidow, whereupon the confusion with Henry A. and
Henry S. Skeens was settled.

GILES COUNTY, VA--Narrows

MEMBER OF: Infantry, 36th VA Regt., Company I under Capt. Gott,  2nd Kanawha.