MECKLENBURG COUNTY, VA - WIDOW'S PENSION APPLICATION, MRS. L.(LEONORA) L. RUSSELL

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Husband: Joel Henry Russell

1. WHAT IS YOUR NAME? L. L. Russell
2. WHAT IS YOUR AGE: 62
3. WHERE WERE YOU BORN? Lunenburg County, VA
4. HOW LONG HAVE YOU RESIDED IN VIRGINIA? 62 years
5. HOW LONG HAVE YOU RESIDED IN THE CITY OR COUNTY OF YOUR PRESENT RESIDENCE? 35 YEARS
6. WHERE DO YOU RESIDE? IF IN A CITY, GIVE STREET ADDRESS. 
     ____ View
     Mecklenburg County
7. WITH WHOM DO YOU RESIDE? With my children
8. WHAT WAS YOUR HUSBAND'S FULL NAME? Joel Henry Russell
9. WHEN, WHERE AND BY WHOM WERE YOU MARRIED?
     WHEN? 22 Dec 1867
     WHERE? Lunenburg Co., Va.
     BY WHOM? Wm. Wilson
10. WHEN AND WHERE DID YOUR HUSBAND DIE?
     April 19, 1889, Mecklenburg Co., Va.
11. WHAT WAS THE CAUSE OF HIS DEATH? pneumonia
12. GIVE NAME AND ADDRESS OF PHYSICIAN WHO ATTENDED YOUR HUSBAND AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH.
     NAME Dr. L_____
     ADDRESS Now dead
13. HAVE YOUR REMARRIED? No
14. IN WHAT BRANCH OF THE ARMY DID YOUR HUSBAND SERVE? do not know
15. WHO WERE HIS IMMEDIATE SUPERIOR OFFICERS? do not know
16. GIVE THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF TWO COMRADES WHO SERVED IN THE SAME COMMAND WITH YOUR
    HUSBAND DURING THE WAR. 
     W. R. Thomas, Office(?), Va.
17. GIVE THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF TWO PERSONS WHO ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE CIRCUMSTANCES
    OF YOUR HUSBANDS ____ AND DEATH.
     W. R. Thomas, Office, Va.
     H. L. Petty, Union Ford, Va.
18. WHAT ASSISTANCE DO YOU RECEIVE, AND WHAT INCOME HAVE YOU FROM ALL _____?
     only from my children
19. HOW MUCH PROPERTY DO YOU OWN?
     REAL ESTATE  $50.O0
     PERSONAL PROPERTY $none
20. WAS YOUR HUSBAND ON THE PENSION ROLE OF VIRGINIA?
     no
21. HAVE YOU EVER APPLIED FOR A PENSION IN VIRGINIA BEFORE? no
22. IS THERE A CAMP OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS IN YOUR CITY OR COUNTY? yes
23. (no other information given)

NOTARY PUBLIC: H. L. PETTY, MECKLENBURG COUNTY
AUGUST 6, 1910
COMMISION EXPIRES DECEMBER 18, 1910

Note from transcriber? I only included the basic information, usually on page 2 of the digital
images online at the Library of Virginia.