I'm trying to find information re Chaplain Elon Jones Way. His Widow, Mary R Way received a pension in 1890 Feb 7, Application No 414687, Certificate No. 320,809. Filed in DE. We are hoping the pension file will provide information regarding the Chaplain's military appointment and his military service dates. If someone could view the pension records, pull out the information, and maybe even make copies, it would be much appreciated. There is a file on the Chaplain at the Fort Delaware Society and while there is info about him before and after the war, very little is known about his military appointment. Thanks in advance Jayne _http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com_ (http://www.bitsofblueandgray.com) **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004)

Jayne, I took a look at the original pension index files on both Ancestry & Footnote, and it surprised me I found two different forms. On Footnote, it had the following: DEAD. Name of Soldier: Way, Elon J. Service: Last Rank - Chap. Co. - Post Chap. Regt.- USA Date of Filing: 1890, Feb. 7 Widow: Application No. 414.687 Law - O&J Certificate No. 320.809 On Ancestry, it had the following: Name of Soldier: Way, Elon J. Widow: Way, Mary F. Service: Chaplain US Vols Date of Filing: 1890, Feb 7 Widow Application No. 414.607 Certificate No. 320.809 State from which filed - Del I also checked both to see if I could find any other information, but was unable to locate anything, other than census records on Ancestry. To find more about his service, I would suggest getting a copy of his original Service Record instead of the Pension File. The Service Record would probably show and have more information on his actual service than the Pension Record would. Hopefully, if someone has access, they can check the Service Record for you. Edward

----- Original Message ----- From: <BitsOBlueNGray@aol.com> > I'm trying to find information re Chaplain Elon Jones Way. His Widow, > Mary > R Way received a pension in 1890 Feb 7, Application No 414687, > Certificate > No. 320,809. Filed in DE. ------------------------------ Jayne, He's in the roster in "Faith in the Fight: Civil War Chaplains" (John W. Brisfield et al, Sackpole Books, Mechanicsville PA, 2003). Gives year of death as 1886 and posted at Ft Delaware DE. Entries for year of birth and denomination are blank. Judging from that, he must have been a post rather than a regimental chaplain. No mention of him in the other two books (Religion and the American Civil War; Faith in the Fight: Civil War Chaplains) I have discussing US chaplains. Sorry. Dennis