It may be that he couldn't write at the time (or wasn't present?), because I have seen a Civil pay chit that he signed for. It wasn't "his mark", it was a signature. I may try to get a copy of it. > -----Original Message----- > From: sromanek [mailto:sromanek@salisbury.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:24 PM > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Dover] William Alfred Dover Last Proven date alive > > According to pension application papers that I have copies > of, the last date I can confirm that William Alfred Dover > was alive was July 1, 1901. He was examined on that date > according to his application and was unable to attend a > hearing concerning his application due to the fact that he > was paralyzed and had been so for over a year. It also looks > as though he could not write since he signed his name with > "His Mark" which was an X. > > > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net > Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, > Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen > > It's 2005... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents are? > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Genconnect board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover >

I will look closer at what I have. I may have the same thing Randy. Thanks, Cousin Sharon Sharon Dover Romanek Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen It's 2005... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents are? ----- Original Message ----- From: Randy Dover To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:39 PM Subject: RE: [Dover] William Alfred Dover Last Proven date alive It may be that he couldn't write at the time (or wasn't present?), because I have seen a Civil pay chit that he signed for. It wasn't "his mark", it was a signature. I may try to get a copy of it. > -----Original Message----- > From: sromanek [mailto:sromanek@salisbury.net] > Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:24 PM > To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [Dover] William Alfred Dover Last Proven date alive > > According to pension application papers that I have copies > of, the last date I can confirm that William Alfred Dover > was alive was July 1, 1901. He was examined on that date > according to his application and was unable to attend a > hearing concerning his application due to the fact that he > was paralyzed and had been so for over a year. It also looks > as though he could not write since he signed his name with > "His Mark" which was an X. > > > Sharon Dover Romanek > Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net > Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com > > Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, > Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen > > It's 2005... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents are? > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Genconnect board > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== Dover Genforum http://genforum.genealogy.com/dover/

If he had had a stroke (which usually leaves one side of the body paralyzed), he probably would not have been able to write. I would suspect if the paralysis was caused by a stroke that he would not have lived long after that occurred. The fact that he lived a year without being able to walk is remarkable. Marjorie Dover Stansel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Randy Dover" <7_rddover@comcast.net> To: <DOVER-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:39 PM Subject: RE: [Dover] William Alfred Dover Last Proven date alive > It may be that he couldn't write at the time (or wasn't present?), because > I > have seen a Civil pay chit that he signed for. It wasn't "his mark", it > was > a signature. I may try to get a copy of it. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: sromanek [mailto:sromanek@salisbury.net] >> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2005 11:24 PM >> To: DOVER-L@rootsweb.com >> Subject: [Dover] William Alfred Dover Last Proven date alive >> >> According to pension application papers that I have copies >> of, the last date I can confirm that William Alfred Dover >> was alive was July 1, 1901. He was examined on that date >> according to his application and was unable to attend a >> hearing concerning his application due to the fact that he >> was paralyzed and had been so for over a year. It also looks >> as though he could not write since he signed his name with >> "His Mark" which was an X. >> >> >> Sharon Dover Romanek >> Primary e-mail: sromanek@salisbury.net >> Secondary e-mail: sromanek@hotmail.com >> >> Researching: Romanek, Gucwa, Dover, Shrader, Tyner, Johnston, >> Williams, Edge, Smith, Kirksey, Demers, Murphy, Allen >> >> It's 2005... Do you know where your g-g-great grandparents are? >> >> >> ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== >> Genconnect board >> http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec?htx=board&r=rw&p=surnames.dover >> > > > ==== DOVER Mailing List ==== > Dover Genforum > http://genforum.genealogy.com/dover/ >