Seward: Where did you find that pension paper? I have the application papers for Sophia to obtain a widows pension and for several of the younger kids to receive a pension when Jacob Hornbeck was killed at Bottom's Bridge, Va. in fevruary 1864. I got these papers at the National Archives in Washington. In these papers, she had to prove she was married and she attested to being married at Chapman's Hotel in August 1844 by Rev. Hedtrom (misspelled) and a few people had to attest with her. I haven't reviewed these in some time, but I don't recall ever seeing that Hedtrom was an elder, nor do I recall a church being mentioned. (I do wonder what building was actually Chapman's Hotel.) Gary -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Seward Osborne Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYGREENE] Sophia Tompkins On one of the pension papers of Jacob Hornbeck, Sophia states that she and Jacob were married "by Hedstrom[sp] Elder of the Methodist Church of that place".[Prattsville] So perhaps he was not a traveling minister! Seward R. Osborne ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Gary, It is on a paper, the second of four, about half way down the page, dated October 9, 1867, County of Sullivan. Seward ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Dufel" <[email protected]> To: "Seward Osborne" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 7:31 PM Subject: Re: [NYGREENE] Sophia Tompkins > Seward: > > Where did you find that pension paper? > > I have the application papers for Sophia to obtain a widows pension and > for > several of the younger kids to receive a pension when Jacob Hornbeck was > killed at Bottom's Bridge, Va. in fevruary 1864. I got these papers at > the > National Archives in Washington. In these papers, she had to prove she > was > married and she attested to being married at Chapman's Hotel in August > 1844 > by Rev. Hedtrom (misspelled) and a few people had to attest with her. > > I haven't reviewed these in some time, but I don't recall ever seeing that > Hedtrom was an elder, nor do I recall a church being mentioned. (I do > wonder what building was actually Chapman's Hotel.) > > Gary > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Seward Osborne > Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 3:01 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [NYGREENE] Sophia Tompkins > > > On one of the pension papers of Jacob Hornbeck, Sophia states that she and > Jacob were married "by Hedstrom[sp] Elder of the Methodist Church of that > place".[Prattsville] So perhaps he was not a traveling minister! > > Seward R. Osborne > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message