This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/jEC.2ACE/1358.1.1.1.1.1.1.1 Message Board Post: Bill ~ I just did a quick check of online databases for you and pulled up the following information on the parents of your Emma Eugenie Pier (including Sedate's maiden name): (1) from WI MARRIAGES INDEX, PRE-1907: Emma's parents: George M Pier married Sedate Windecker on 25 Nov 1867 in Fond Du Lac Co., WI. (2) from CIVIL WAR PENSION RECORDS: PIER, GEORGE M. State:WI Year:1890 County: Marathon County Township: E.D. 125 Wausau Page:002 Database: WI 1890 Veterans Schedule (Wife: Sedate) Civil War: Company A 38 Wisconsin Infantry. Private; 2nd Lieutenant Residence: Byron, Wisconsin Service Record: Promoted to Full Sergeant Promoted to Full Sergeant 1st Class Enlisted as a Corporal on 31 March 1864 Enlisted in Company A, 38th Infantry Regiment Wisconsin on 31 March 1864 Promoted to Full Lieutenant 2nd Class on 10 November 1864 Mustered out on 27 July 1865 Sources: Roster of Wisconsin Volunteers: War of the Rebellion. (WIRoster) Published in 1886. Applied for disability pay in August 1891; Widow applied for death benefits in 1899. Looks like you got a lot of good information from your query readers on this one, Bill. I'm sure all this information on Emma's family will take you far. Best, Kathe Cunningham