According to the obit, he WAS a Civil War Veteran. She may well have married him in order to collect the widow's pension. It wasn't all that uncommon back then. Marsha L. Ensminger --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kim & Roger Hancock <hancock@link2000.net> wrote: > From: Kim & Roger Hancock <hancock@link2000.net> > Subject: [InMontgo] Hiram Headlee question > To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com > Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 2:39 PM > Answer me this then > Are you sure Dicy Hicks, I have Hiram in 1850 Pensylvania > cenus, Name Hiram > HEDLEY found on ancestry > also found on C'vile library site, one dicey J. Headlle > maiden name HICKS > 2nd marriage, which Hiram died 1915, but this lists her as > 22 years of age, > can not be the same person, she married Newton Clarence > Brown? Means Dicy > Hicks was born 1894, and Hiram 1834 quite an age differance > there. > > Kim > > On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Karen Zach > <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > Thanks muches Kim > > Just FYI - never have been able to find him in a > census spelling of any I > > can contemplate :( > > Good to have his obit though :) > > His widow was Dicy Hicks > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" > <hancock@link2000.net> > > To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:57 PM > > Subject: [InMontgo] Hiram Headlee Veteran Obit please > add > > > > > > > Crawfordsville Daily Journal, September 6, 1915 > > > > > > HIRAM HEADLEE DEAD > > > Civil War Veteran and Well Known Resident of City > Passed Away Sunday > > > Hiram Headlee aged seventy-eight years, a > veteran of the civil war > > and > > > a resident of Crawfordsville for many years, died > at his home, 1020 > > Tuttle > > > avenue at ten-thirty Sunday morning after a > lingering illness. His death > > > had been expected for several days. Mr. Headlee > was born in Pennsylvania > > > in > > > January, 1837. When the war was started he > enlisted with a Pennsylvania > > > company and saw active and valiant service during > the conflict. He was > > in > > > the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Lafayette for > several years and came to > > > Crawfordsville ten years ago. He was active in > the work of Memorial > > > Chapel > > > while he retained his health. > > > He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Vicy G. > Headlee, two sons, Oscar of > > > Indianapolis, and John of this city, and one > daughter, Mrs. Georgia > > > Shelton > > > of Indianapolis. > > > Funeral services will be held from the home > at two this afternoon in > > > charge of Rev. F.B. Solin, pastor of Memorial > Presbyterian Church. > > Burial > > > will be in Masonic cemetery. Members of the > G.A.R. of which Mr. Headlee > > > was > > > a member, will attend the services. > > > > > >> > > > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > > > > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > > > ------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an > email to > > > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > > ------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word > 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and > the body of the message

And have some babies :) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marsha Ensminger" <marshaensminger@yahoo.com> To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [InMontgo] Hiram Headlee question > According to the obit, he WAS a Civil War Veteran. She may well have > married him in order to collect the widow's pension. It wasn't all that > uncommon back then. > > Marsha L. Ensminger > > > --- On Sun, 1/4/09, Kim & Roger Hancock <hancock@link2000.net> wrote: > >> From: Kim & Roger Hancock <hancock@link2000.net> >> Subject: [InMontgo] Hiram Headlee question >> To: inmontgo@rootsweb.com >> Date: Sunday, January 4, 2009, 2:39 PM >> Answer me this then >> Are you sure Dicy Hicks, I have Hiram in 1850 Pensylvania >> cenus, Name Hiram >> HEDLEY found on ancestry >> also found on C'vile library site, one dicey J. Headlle >> maiden name HICKS >> 2nd marriage, which Hiram died 1915, but this lists her as >> 22 years of age, >> can not be the same person, she married Newton Clarence >> Brown? Means Dicy >> Hicks was born 1894, and Hiram 1834 quite an age differance >> there. >> >> Kim >> >> On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Karen Zach >> <karen.zach@sbcglobal.net> wrote: >> >> > Thanks muches Kim >> > Just FYI - never have been able to find him in a >> census spelling of any I >> > can contemplate :( >> > Good to have his obit though :) >> > His widow was Dicy Hicks >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Kim & Roger Hancock" >> <hancock@link2000.net> >> > To: <inmontgo@rootsweb.com> >> > Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:57 PM >> > Subject: [InMontgo] Hiram Headlee Veteran Obit please >> add >> > >> > >> > > Crawfordsville Daily Journal, September 6, 1915 >> > > >> > > HIRAM HEADLEE DEAD >> > > Civil War Veteran and Well Known Resident of City >> Passed Away Sunday >> > > Hiram Headlee aged seventy-eight years, a >> veteran of the civil war >> > and >> > > a resident of Crawfordsville for many years, died >> at his home, 1020 >> > Tuttle >> > > avenue at ten-thirty Sunday morning after a >> lingering illness. His death >> > > had been expected for several days. Mr. Headlee >> was born in Pennsylvania >> > > in >> > > January, 1837. When the war was started he >> enlisted with a Pennsylvania >> > > company and saw active and valiant service during >> the conflict. He was >> > in >> > > the Soldiers and Sailors Home at Lafayette for >> several years and came to >> > > Crawfordsville ten years ago. He was active in >> the work of Memorial >> > > Chapel >> > > while he retained his health. >> > > He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Vicy G. >> Headlee, two sons, Oscar of >> > > Indianapolis, and John of this city, and one >> daughter, Mrs. Georgia >> > > Shelton >> > > of Indianapolis. >> > > Funeral services will be held from the home >> at two this afternoon in >> > > charge of Rev. F.B. Solin, pastor of Memorial >> Presbyterian Church. >> > Burial >> > > will be in Masonic cemetery. Members of the >> G.A.R. of which Mr. Headlee >> > > was >> > > a member, will attend the services. >> > > >> > >> >> > > >> > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> > > >> > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> > > ------------------------------- >> > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an >> email to >> > > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the >> > > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> > >> > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> > >> > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> > ------------------------------- >> > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the >> > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > >> >> http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ >> >> List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word >> 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and >> the body of the message > > > > > http://ingenweb.org/inmontgomery/ > > List Manager - inmontgo-admin@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > INMONTGO-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message