In a message dated 11/23/2005 5:02:46 AM Eastern Standard Time Phil writes: > One of the mariages on that list reads as follows: > > On the 8th ult, in Gates > county, North Carolina, > Abraham Redick, aged > eighty nine, to Miss Mary > Hodges, aged fifteen, both > of that county. > > Talk about your May-December marriages... I had read that men that were getting a war pension check would marry their granddaughters so the family could continue the check (as widows pension) Anyone researching this family may want to check into that.

Very interesting. Thanks for posting it. Something to think about. Betty ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: [BALTGEN-L] Re: BALTGEN-D Digest V05 #199 > In a message dated 11/23/2005 5:02:46 AM Eastern Standard Time Phil > writes: > > >> One of the mariages on that list reads as follows: >> >> On the 8th ult, in Gates >> county, North Carolina, >> Abraham Redick, aged >> eighty nine, to Miss Mary >> Hodges, aged fifteen, both >> of that county. >> >> Talk about your May-December marriages... > > I had read that men that were getting a war pension check would marry > their > granddaughters so the family could continue the check (as widows pension) > Anyone researching this family may want to check into that. > > > ==== BALTGEN Mailing List ==== > Please note that hitting reply will send your response to the entire list. > Please respond to people privately and not through the list unless your > response > contains information of general interest. > >