Yes, I sent everyone a blank page. Not intentionally, I assure you. I attempted to attach a word file to the e-mail and obviously did something wrong. This is in regard to Abel Thomas Hatcher. I have a copy of the Pension File for him. The file is about 1 1/2 inches thick and is full of claims, affidavits and documents. The gist of it is that Able contracted Yellow Fever when he was with the army in Kentucky during the Civil War. He spent some time in the hospital in Louisville. It appears that the army mustered him out when it appeared he could not return to active duty. He spent the rest of his life unable to work because of the continuing effects of the disease. He repeatedly applied for a pension which the army initially rejected but finally after several tries, he was granted $12 a month. After his death, his widow applied for a widow's pension and seemed to go through the same run-around with the government. I came across some interesting facts in the Declaration For Widow's Pension. Elizabeth Hatcher, aged 60 years a resident of Rushsylvania, County of Logan, State of Ohio made the following declaration: that she was the widow of Abel T. Hatcher enrolled under the name of Abel T. Hatcher at Rushsylvania, O on the 30th day of August 1862 as a Sergeant in Company K 121 Regiment Ohio Infantry and honorably discharged June 25, 1863. Also stated in the application was that she was married under the name of Elizabeth Patrick to said soldier at Rushsylvania on the 11th day of November 1855, by Daniel Hatcher J.P.; that there was no legal barrier to the marriage; that she had not been previously married; that the soldier was previously married to Jane Eichelbarger who died January 19, 1855 at Rushsylvania, Ohio. Witnesses to this application were Casper L Hatcher and Fred Hatcher, both of Rushsylvania. Several things came up during this process. Elizabeth had to send affidavits of acquaintances to swear that she was the same Elizabeth as Phoebe Elizabeth Patrick. She once stated that she had gone by the name Elizabeth Hatcher for many years because she did not like the name Phoebe. Another interesting thing in the affidavits' is that some testified at being at the funeral of Abel's first wife. One, signed by Jane Hatcher said: " I was at Abel T. Hatchers home (where or when) his first wife died on the 19th of January 1855. Included is a Certified Copy of Marriage Record of Abel T. Hatcher and Phebe E. Patrick signed by D. Hatcher J.P. Widow's Pension Document states that Elizabeth was entitled to $20 per month, commencing Sep. 8, 1918. Wife during Civil War service. Note* This is 10 years after Abel's death. Her pension was to be increased to $50 per month on Oct 25, 1926. A copy of a letter from Elizabeth's son, F. Hatcher is included inquiring why his mother had not received the increased amount in her checks. I have more pages to go through including the wills of Abel and Elizabeth and will share anything meaningful. On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:19 AM, nelhatch <[email protected]> wrote: > > HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com > HALL DNA project: > http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm > "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a > brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld > > Shirley, > > You sent a blank msg to the list. > > Nel > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

HATCHER website: http://hatcherfamilyassn.com HALL DNA project: http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~nhatcher/hall/HDNAtest.htm "One of the tragedies of life is the murder of a beautiful theory by a brutal gang of facts" - La Rochefoucauld Big 'ol WOW! That's exactly the stuff we need to nail this down, Shirley! BUT! You can't send attachments to the list. If you can send them to me, I will get them online. I know what you mean by inches thick. So choose only the most important docs that actually provide meaningful names, dates, places. Nel