This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: HAMILTON, JESTER, SHREVES, SHRIEVES, BURGER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Cm.2ADI/154 Message Board Post: Rachel Hamilton Jester Shrieves/Shreves applied for a widow's pension in Blue Hill, Mitchell Co., KS around 1890. A Wm. Hamilton signed the application. Rachel lived in Holt Co., MO until the death of her 2nd husband, Napoleon Bonaparte Shrieves or Shreves. She unexpectedly turns up next in Mitchell Co., KS where a man with the same last name as her maiden name was also born in PA, had an Irish father and even resided in WV. Is there anywhere I can find out more about Wm Hamilton? His children, Henry, William S. (md. Emma Burger), Archie, and Adda also resided in the area in the 1900 census. Is there a death index for the early 1900's that I can check for Rachel? Her widow's application was not completed and she doens't seem to be anywhere in the 1900 censuses. Thanks--Susan