I just rechecked the form I got back from NARA - I left out the sentence in their reply in the previous posts which says regarding CALVIN - "His widow was LUCY PORTER" ----------------------------------------------- "We did not locate a file which matches exactly the information that you provided, we did locate a pension application file for WC 54,145 for a soldier named Porter, Calvin who served in Co. B. 125th inf for the Civil War. He was b. Troy, Renss Co. NY and died Feb. 1, 1907. ****His widow was Lucy Porter **** If this is your subject, please fill out the enclosed NATF FORM and resubmit." [dated Feb. 1, 2005] ------------------------------------------- http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrensse/pension4.htm Rensselaer County Pension Roll of 1885 [among others listed] Porter, Jane E. - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1866 (054,145) Porter, Lucy - Troy - widow - $8.00 - Dec. 1870 (044,144) Now I see the possible problem - Lucy is probably the widow of Calvin Porter who died in 1907 and NARA told me that he is 054, 145 so is Jane, Widow of Claudius 044,144 - are the numbers on the website reversed or is NARA reversed or neither???? We'll soon find out! Gee Maybe Jane and Lucy were sisters-in-law - wouldn't that be a rip! Ginny -----------------------------------------