Hello Karen Have you trired looking to see if his wife Elizabeth applied for a Civil War Pension after his death? I ran into this same situation and got a copy of the penison application which had a lot of information on it. Confederte soldiers and their widows of the Civil War were permitted to apply from the state where they lived. Give it a try. Here is what I found on A F Cryer 1860 Rapides Parish, Alexandria, LA. census A F Cryer age 34 b LA Farmer wife Elizabeth " 24 ?? " son Thom " 14 " William H " 12 " Sarah Ann " 9 " Caroline " 7 " Son Plumer " 6 " Dtr Cynthia Ann " 3 " Mary I " 3mo. " Hope thtis helps Marguerite

Margaruite, thank you so much....this was very helpful. Another question....where do I write to get this Civil War Pension info....? Is it available on-line? Do you have an address I could write to? Please point me in the right direction....thank you again, Karen in FL ----- Original Message ----- From: <MZcar4@aol.com> To: <LARAPIDE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 11:29 AM Subject: Re: [LARAPIDE] CRYER/CRYOR in Civil War > Hello Karen > Have you trired looking to see if his wife Elizabeth applied for a Civil War > Pension after his death? I ran into this same situation and got a copy of the > penison application which had a lot of information on it. Confederte > soldiers and their widows of the Civil War were permitted to apply from the state > where they lived. Give it a try. > Here is what I found on A F Cryer 1860 Rapides Parish, Alexandria, LA. census > > A F Cryer age 34 b LA Farmer > wife Elizabeth " 24 ?? " > son Thom " 14 " > William H " 12 " > Sarah Ann " 9 " > Caroline " 7 " > Son Plumer " 6 " > Dtr Cynthia Ann " 3 " > Mary I " 3mo. " > > Hope thtis helps > Marguerite > > > ==== LARAPIDE Mailing List ==== > Have you backed up your data lately? > >