Thank you so much Shelly, I don't have Ancestry but that's Delos. He was postmaster of the LaSalle Post Office and died in 1906. His wife was Eliza. Delos was born in New York, moved to Kirtland, Ohio with his Mormon family, his mother was Charlotte(nee) Young. Then in route to Utah his mother died (where? When?) and he and his sister Celestia settled between Walworth Wisc. and LaSalle Ill. Those files could be lengthy considering he filed then she filed. Just to let those on this line know in the event you didn't It is true, virtually all of the POPULATION schedules were destroyed in a fire in 1921 (and apparently portions of some other years as well), but the Special census, while taken at the same time, were different schedules and were handled differently. I think there are a few counties in the U.S. that were salvaged after the fire. While the census was never intended to count Confederate veterans or veterans of other conflicts, many were included on the schedules. Mexican War veterans were often listed-- it is known that for every state where the schedules still exist, Confederate veterans were included and in some locales, particularily in the South, some schedules were entirely Confederate veterans and widows. In summary, veterans and widows(even occassionally mothers of veterans) of either side or of any military service whatsoever, are known to have been listed. http://www.arealdomain.com/history.html Info taken from this above site from Gordon Byers. Ancestry does have the indexed pension file cards on their pay site. Thanks again Shelly you been a big deciding factor for sending for Delos papers. Have a nice day, Cindy P.S. LaSalle does have a 1883 pensioners file index online that includes vets from the War of 1812 The pensioners were primarily Union veterans from the Civil War and survivors of the War of 1812 but also included other service as well. In addition to the veterans themselves, family members receiving pensions based on said service were also included. Pensioners on the Roll was prepared from the official government records of the time, so this listing is likely to be one of the most complete and accurate records of the time. http://www.arealdomain.com/pensioners1883.html Cltiv8tr@aol.com wrote: Hi Cindy - Do you have access to Ancestry? You can view the application the widow made. Here's what I see. . . On June 24, 1889, there was a filing that stated he was an invalid. Clearly, he was still living at this point, therefore, there may be testimony that he made in the file. This differs from the three files I have in which the widows all filed for pensions after their husband's died. Then there is a widow's filing, wife's name Eliza. If I'm reading this correctly, it is dated Mar. 5, 1914. I can't be 100% sure of that date as the J from the June loops way down into that part of the form. It does NOT look like an 0, however. The length of the enlistment was fairly long - 1862 - 1865. He was mustered out rather than sent out on disability. Because of this, there is a chance that the widow had a difficult time proving that her husband was indeed disabled from his service in the war, which might create an nice environment for a lot of testimony. Also, if the 1910 Delos in LaSalle County is your guy, that record notes that this is a second marriage for both he and Eliza. A friend who ordered the full file from NARA received the marriage date and death date of her ancestor's first wife. This helped her to be able to put the various children in the correct family. The 1910 census states that Delos and Eliza had been married for 43 years, which would put their marriage AFTER his return from the war. It also may mean that the children Ida and Eugene from the 1870 census are children from his first marriage. I realize I'm probably telling you something you already know but I'd rather toss these out here in case you need the info. Shelly Could someone tell me if Delos ROBINSON is listed on the 1890 census. He died in LaSalle in 1906 and fought with the 129th infantry of Ill. Thanks, Cindy For what it's worth (and you may already know this), there was a fellow of the same name in the 1910 census: ROBINSON DELOS 75 M W NY IL LASALLE MISSION TWP 1910 ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com