This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JRi.2ACEB/338.339.661.663.1.1 Message Board Post: Pat, William was born ca. 1825. He authored an affidavit on behalf of my great great grandfather's brother, James Cousins. James' widow was applying for increased Civil War pension benefits in 1896. The affidavit supplied by William Henry listed his age as 71. Bob