This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: farwellwalter Surnames: Jennings Classification: immigration Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.iowa.counties.fremont/894.2.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: James: Quite a few years ago, I posted what information I had on Isaac Jennings. I had no death cerificate, but there was a note that he had served in the Civil War. Since some of his children were minors, his widow undoubtedly filed a claim with the government for aid for the dependent children of former Civil War veterans. I have read a number of such claims and distinctly remember that often widows had to prove the death of the husband and give information about any dependent children. Have you ever sent for the pension records of Isaac Jennings held at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.? Maybe these records would show where Isaac was born, and then you could search the census for that place at a time when he would have been living with his parents? Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.
I have sent for the civil war records for my Gr. Gr. Gr. Grandfather. He died very early in the war, 1862, at Rolla Missouri. His wife applied for widows pension and pension of minor children. I figured that he died so early there was probably a very small amount of information in the file. Wrong. The file is over 100 pages of information and statements. Although his parents were not mentioned nor that of any relatives so to speak other than his wife and children, it gave her maiden name, which we never had. It also gave the county, day and date in which they were married. Unfortunately all records for that county prior to 1880's are non existent having been burned twice, once in the 1860's and again in about 1882. However several people made statements as to witness of the marriage of the couple, and those who knew her to be Sarah Brown and that she married Thomas Morris 1844 in Taney Co. Missouri. It also contained a statement from the Widow of where she lived during her marriage and after her husband died. So it made tracking her possible. She also remarried and I confirmed that despite the family she married into denies their ancestor ever remarried. I have the proof of her marriage, and who she married other than the marriage license. I also have the date of her death. The children, my gr. Gr. Grandfather is now a confirmed child of Thomas and Sarah Morris and a daughter Amanda is also confirmed a daughter. The daughter had been arugued that she belonged to someone else and not this Morris. Some of the statements were from some of the neighbors that were present at the birth of the children, or visited after t he birth, knew the family and knew the civil war soldier before he went off to war. Regardless the file contained a wealth of information. Well worth the $75.00 it cost to get it. Nancy M. Boyd