Pittsylvania County, VA - Civil War Pension Application, Ellen P. Russell, widow of Hausen G. Russell

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pertinent information has been extracted for this transcription.

STATEMENT OF WIDOW
Who is a Petitioner under act of March 7, 1900, to be filed before Circuit or Corporation
Court, or Judge thereof in vacation.

I, Ellen P. Russell, of the county of Pittsylvania, in the _____ of Virginia, do ______
swear that I am the identical person in the original application _______ on this 3d day of May, 1900 ____
[offical form wording follows]....

Resident of the County of Pittsylvania
She is 70 years old.
Husband died ___ January 1889 resulting from pneumonia in typhoid form.
Died at Scottsburg, Halifax County, VA.
Signed: Ellen P. Russell

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Resident of Peytonsburg, Pittsylvania County, Va.
Widow of Housen G. Russell who was a member of Laurelville Company 38th Va Regiment.



I do further swear that the following answers are true:

1st. What was the name of the applicant's deceased husband?
Ans. Hausen G. Russell

2nd. When and where, as nearly as nearly as can be ascertained, did the applicant's husband
     die and from what cause?
Ans. Died 22 January, 1889 near Scottsburg with pneumonia & fever.
3d.  When and where were the applicant and her deceased husband married?
Ans. 25th Nov. 1856 near Laurelgrove

4th. Has the applicant ever married again?
Ans. No.

                                                         Ellen P. Russell
Witness: Asford Anderson


I, J. A. Calley, a Justice for the County of Pittsylvania, do certify that
Ellen P. Russell, whose name is signed to the foregoing application, personally appeared
before me  .........

Given under my hand this 9th day of July, 1888.

                                                         W. H. Perry