Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 13933, for Daniel Miers, New York
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(3 - 1776)
SERVICE
New York
Miers, Daniel
NUMBER
S. 13933

CONTENTS
carded
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20,008
New York
Daniel Meirs
of Orange in the State of N. York
who was a Serg in the Comp commanded
by Captain Jackson of the Regt commanded
by Col.___ in in N.York line for 19 months

Inscribed on the Roll of N. York
at the rate of 95 Dollars - Cents per annum,
commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.

Certificate of Pension issued the 24 day of July
1833 and sent to the Hon. S.J. Wilkins, Goshen

Arrears to the 4th of Mar 33 -  $190
Semi-anl. allowance ending 4 Sep 33 - $42.50
[total] $232.50

{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.}
Recorded by
Go. C. Stiles, Clerk
Book E, Vol. 3,  Page 68

Paid at the Treasury under the
act of the 6 April 1838
4 September 1834 to 4 March
1835 Agent notified 27 July 18[cut off]

Date of death
not on
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Daniel Miers
of
New York
admd
6.17.5

Sep. 23 '33
p. 212
Hon S. J. Wilkin
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BRIEF in the case of Daniel Miers of
Orange County in the State of New York
(Act 7th June, 1832.)

1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? Court
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he?
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.

(1) May in In 1776
Duration of Service: 4 months
Rank: as a Serg't
Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served:  Capt. Jackson, Gen'l Putnam
(2) Apr. 1777
Duration: 1 month
Rank:  Serg't
Names of Officers: ditto [as above]
(3) June 1777
Duration: 1 month
Rank:  Serg't
Names of Officers: ditto [as above]
(4) Apl. 1778 
Duration: 6 months
Rank:  Private
Officers: Capt. Westfall
(5) May 1781
Duration:  6 months
Rank:  Serg't
Officers:  ditto [Westfall]

5. In what battles was he engaged? in New York when Washington was driven out. Minisink
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Orange County New York
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditionary evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls?
Traditionary
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? Defective.  Names of Officers under whom he served req'd.
Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
J.S. Wilson, Examining Clerk
by 181833
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Daniel Miers'
Pension Papers
A. S. Benton
Atty

Admd.
19 mo. Serg't
$95
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In the matter of the Application
of Daniel Miers for a Pension
under the Act of Congress passed
June 7th 1832

State of New York
County of Orange } ss:
Personally appeared before me the undersigned a Justice of the Peace in and
for the County of Orange aforesaid, who being
duly sworn deposeth and saith, that by
reason of old age and the consequent loss of
memory, he cannot swear positively as to all
the particulars of his service, but according to
the best of his recollection he served the periods mentioned below in all cases as Sergeant and and under the Officers
mentioned below. 
[5 mo.] That in the year 1776 he served for the period of five months as a volunteer, under Lieutenant Vance and Miller, and Captain Jackson -- while in New York under Gen Washington. While at Peekskill under Gen Putnam (as he thinks).
[1 mo.] That in the year 1777 and in the Spring, he served a period of one month, (having been drafted) at Ramapo, under Captain Suffern, the Officers at that place were strangers and he cannot now recollect the names of any others. [1 mo.]  That in the year 1777 and in the summer he served a period of one month
at Fort Montgomery, on the North river - cannot recollect the name of his captain. Colonel Montgomery commanded the regiment and Gen James Clinton had command of the
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Fort - 
[6 mo. ] That in the year 1778 he served at
Peenpack and other places on the Indian Frontiers the period of six months under Lieutenants English and Ross and Captain Westfall.  Colonel Hetfield commanded the
regiment under Gen. Hathorn - 
[6 mo.] That in the year 1781 he served a period of six months on the same Frontiers at Peenpack and under the same officers - And for such service he claims a Pension.
[signed] Daniel Miers
Sworn Before me this 6th day
of April 1833-
H W Elliott J Peace

State of New York
Orange County } ss: 
I, Asa Dunning Clerk of the said County Do Certify that Horace W Elliott Esq, before whom the forgoing affidavit was sworn was at
the time a Justice of the Peace in and for said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing and that the signature subscribed to the said affidavit is his genuine signature-
Witness my hand and seal of
office this 6th day of April 1853
Asa Dunning Clerk
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In the matter of the
Application of Daniel
Miers for a Pension under the
Act of Congress passed June 7. 1832.

State of New York
Orange County }  ss:
Isaac B. Overton and David Christie both of the town of Minisink, County and State aforesaid
being duly sworn do depose and say, the
said Isaac, that he has resided in the neighbourhood of the said Daniel upwards of thirty years and the said David that he has resided in the said neighbourhood upwards of forty years.  That they have been well acquainted with the said Daniel for the said periods.  That the said Daniel has always sustained a good character for truth & veracity. That it is generally understood and believed in
the said neighbourhood that the said
Daniel was a soldier in the service of
the United States in the revolutionary war
in which they concur - It is generally
understood & believed in the said neighbourhood that the said Daniel was a brave man that rendered very important
services as a soldier in the revolutionary war.
That they would suppose him to be seventy four years of age & upwards.
That they never have heard the revolutionary services of the said Daniel doubted in the said neighbourhood or in any other place -
[signed] Isaac B. Overton
[signed] David Christie

Subscribed & Sworn in open Court the
4th day of September 1832

Asa Dunning Clerk
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In the matter of the application of Daniel Miers
for a pension under the act of Congress passed June 7. 1832
State of New York
Orange County } ss: 
Thomas Waters of the town of Goshen, County & State aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he was acquainted with the said Daniel Miers in the revolutionary war
and knows that he was in the battle at
Minisink with the Indians on the 22d
July 1779 -- deponent has no recollection
of being out with said Miers on any other
occasion, but said Miers was always
reputed to have done much service in
the revolutionary war and bore the character
of a brave & good soldier -- deponent also
says that said Miers is reputed to be a man of integrity & truth.
[signed] Thomas Waters

Subscribed & sworn in open
Court the 4th day of September
1832 before me
Asa Dunning  Clerk
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State of New York
Orange County } ss:  
On this fourth- day of December 1832
in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two personally appeared in open Court before the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas (being a Court of Record) now sitting in and for the said County of Orange, Daniel Miers, a resident of the town of Minisink, Orange County, N.Y. and State aforesaid who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th 1832.
That he entered into the service
of the United States under the following named officers and served as herein
stated.
Who states that in May 1776 he entered the
service of the United States in the five 
months service as a volunteer under Captain
John Jackson of Goshen in the aforesaid
County of Orange - Vance and Miller Lieutenants -  and Deponent was appointed 2nd Sergeant - Went to New York, stayed in
New York until the American Army was
driven from that place -- received a furlough
of two months by reason of sickness -- stayed home one month -- being better returned to his Company at Peekskill where he remained until the five months had expired -- when he was discharged and returned
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home -- Gen. Washington and Gen. Putnam
were both at New York  -- Gen. Putnam was
also at Peekskill.
That in April 1777 he was drafted into the service for one month and was ordered to Ramapo on the route to New York.  Deponent acted as Sergeant during this term and served over the whole term.  The Officers at Ramapo were strangers to Deponent -- he does not recollect their names.  At the end of the month deponent was discharged and returned home.
That in  June 1777 and shortly after his return from Ramapo, he was drafted to go to Fort Montgomery -- Deponent thinks every fourth man was drafted -- he went to the fort with several others where he remained one month as Sergeant.
That in April 1778 - or in May 1778, Deponent volunteered for six months under Captain Abraham Westfall, Lieutenants English and Ross, was stationed at Peenpack on the frontiers, west of the Shawangunk mountains at Dewitt's Fort and at Chambersford.  Deponent was sent out - frequently sent out to reconnoiter the woods to ascertain if the Indians were out.   Deponent remained in the service at that time six months- Whilst we were at Dewitt's Fort,  there were several houses burned by the Indians about six miles off.
That Deponent's next service was
in the year 1781 under the same officers at
the same place that he was in the service
at this time six months - was drafted
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drafted and acted as Sergeant - Went out
about the first of May.
Deponent further saith that he was
in the battle of Minisink on the 22d of
July 1779 - but was out at that time only
three days.  A great many officers and
Men were killed, and also many Indians.
- Our troops were commanded by Colonel
Hathorn; John Davis was deponent's Captain;
Samuel Cole, Lieutenant; Colonel Benjamin Tustin was there and Major John
Woodhall - And many others.
1st - That he was born in Morris County New Jersey in 1757 -
2nd - Has a Record of his age at home in
the Town of Minisink
3rd - That he lived in Minisink when called
into service; that he has ever since resided
and still resided there
4th -That he was called into the service as
above stated
5th That does not now recollect any other
officers than those already stated
6th - Never received a written discharge
and has no documentary evidence
7th - That [he] is known to Caleb Howell,
Ebenezer Mead and Peter Hotbue who
can testify as to his truth and veracity
and their belief of his services as a
Soldier of the Revolution.
He hereby relinquishes every
claim whatever to a pension or annuity
except the present and declares that his
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name is not on the Pension roll of the
Agency of any State.
[signed] Daniel Miers
Subscribed & sworn the 4th day 
of December 1832
Asa Dunning, Clerk

The above declarant being now sworn doth further depose and say that except Thomas Waters whose affidavit is annexed he does not know of any person who can prove his revolutionary services, all his old Companions in arms, being either dead or having removed to places unknown to this Declarant; and he further says that he cannot procure the certificate of a Clergyman
as to his services as a soldier of the Revolution
derived from reputation. That the
Clergyman who now officiates in the neighborhood of Declarant, [is] a young man & has officiated as such Clergyman only three
or four months -  that he can not speak
of the reputation of this Declarant as such
soldier as aforesaid.
[signed] Daniel Miers
Subscribed & sworn in open
Court the 4th day of December
1832 before me 
Asa Dunning Clerk
of Court of Comm. Pleas

[written sideways] Daniel Miers
Pension papers
Allowed

And the said Court do hereby declare their
opinion after the investigation of the matter
and after putting the Interrogations prescribed by the War Department, that the
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above named applicant was a revolutionary
soldier and served as he states.
And the Court further certify that it appears
to them that Isaac B Overton, David Christie
and Thomas Waters who have signed and
Sworn to the preceding affidavits are residents
of the place mentioned in their respective
affidavits, that they are persons of credibility
and that the statements are entitled to credit.
I, Asa Dunning, Clerk of the
Court of Common Pleas in and for the
County of Orange do certify that the
foregoing contains the original proceedings
in the matter of the application of Daniel
Miers for a pension - In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my name and
seal of office the thirteenth day of
December 1832-
Asa Dunning, Clerk
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[handwritten note:]
Copied E.E. Luke's
hist of 7-16-35

January 31, 1940.

BA-J
Daniel Miers
S. 13933

Mr. Maynard Mires
Sherburne
New York

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter relative to Daniel Miers, a soldier of the Revolutionary War.
The data which follow were obtained from the papers on file in the Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13933, based upon the military service in that war of Daniel Miers.
Daniel Miers was born in 1757, exact date not shown, in Morris County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Minisink, Orange County, New York, Daniel Miers volunteered and served with the New York troops as follows: from May, 1776, five months in Captain John
Jackson's Company, marched to New York City, where he remained until after the evacuation of the city by the American army; in the spring of 1777, one month at Ramapo,
in Captain Suffern's Company; in June, 1777, one month at Fort Montgomery, under Colonel McGlanery possibly meant for McClaughry): from April, 1778, six months in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Hatfield's Regiment; this service
was rendered on the frontier against the Indians: in 1779, three days in Captain John Davis' Company, Colonel Hathorn's
Regiment and was in the battle of Minisink on July 22, 1779; from May 1, 1781, six months in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Hatfield's Regiment; all of his service was
rendered as a sergeant.
Daniel Miers was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1832, while residing in Minisink, New York . He signed "Miers."
Children were referred to; their names and the name of soldier's wife are not shown.
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In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name of person paid and possibly the death date of soldier, you should address the Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records Division, Washington, D. C. and cite the following data:  "Daniel Miers, Certificate No. 20008, issued July 27, 1833, rate $95.00 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency."

Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER

Executive Assistant
to the Administrator
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Daniel Miers
of
New York
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BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims, of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Daniel Miers which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? Yes
II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? Yes
III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so?
IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? Yes
V. *Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? Yes
VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? No
VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yes
VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yes
IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yes
X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? Yes
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XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? No
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? yes
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
Has
XIV. If the applicant has produced a witness or witnesses as to his service, has the magistrate who administered the oath certified that he, she, or they are persons of credibility?
Has the official character and signature of the magistrate been certified by the proper officer under his seal of office?
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service?
XVI. Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? Are
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered?  5th - Not

EXPLANATORY NOTES.
*QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection
he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades: For___year
____months and___days, I served as a_______.
For____months and ____days, I served as a____; and for such service I claim a pension."
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It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which the applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase 'about three or four months' is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable.
QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which be belonged. The magistrate who may administer
the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticated the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the end of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
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Treasury Department
Second Comptroller's Office
July 23, 1838

Sir:
Under the act of the 6th of April, 1838, entitled "An act directing the transfer of money remaining unclaimed by certain
Pensioners, and authorizing the payment of the same at the Treasury of the United States, the children of Daniel Miers, deceased, a Pensioner on the Roll of the New York City Agency, at the rate of ninety five Dollars and "___"Cents per annum, under the law of the 7th June 1832 has been paid at this Department, from the 4th of September 1834 to the 4th of March 1835.
---
Respectfully, yours,
Albion K. Parris, Comptroller


To the Commissioner of Pensions
Present.
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1935. July 16 Hist to
W. J Coulter  -EL.
---
1940 Jan. 31.  Hist. to Maynard Mires.  
Copied E.E.L.

13.933
INVALID.
Rev War
File No. 13933
Daniel Miers
Sergt. Rev. war
Act: June 7th 1832.
Index: -- Vol. 1, Page 256
[Arrangement of 1870.]
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W. J. COULTER
GENEALOGY FOR ENJOYMENT
PHONE EX 4929

86 WATKINS AVENUE
MIDDLETOWN, N.Y.

July 1st, 1935.

Pension Bureau,
Revolutionary War Section
Washington, D.C.

Gentlemen:-

Some time at your convenience, would you be
good enough to give me the information that you have on the pension record of Thomas Northrup of Mt. Salem, Sussex Co., N.J., whose wife Lydia Doyle Northrup was receiving a pension on his services in the War of
1812, according to newspaper records here of 1883.
Also, at your convenience would you send me the pension record of Daniel Myers who died about 1835 and is buried on the Smith farm in Wantage, Sussex Co., N.J. but who lived just over the line in the Town of Minisink,
Orange Co., N. Y. Daniel Myers was at the Battle of Minisink in 1779.
Thomas Northrup happens to be my great grandfather and Daniel Myers is the great, great, great grandfather of my wife.
Very truly yours,
[handwritten:  "signature?"]

W.J. Coulter

No hurry about this, any time at your convenience
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Sherburne, New York
January 17, 1940

Veterans Administration
Washington, D.

Gentlemen:

I believe you have custody of the U.S. pension
records. Could you furnish me with the war record of Daniel Miers of Minisink, Orange County, N.Y. who served in the Revolutionary War in the Battle of Minisink, and died March 6, 1835?
Very truly yours
Maynard Mires
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July 16, 1935
XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mr. W. J. Coulter
86 Watkins Avenue
Middletown, New York

BA-J/EEL
Daniel Miers-S. 13933
Thomas Northrip-W.C.13422

Dear Sir:

Reference is made to your letter in which you request information in regard to Thomas Northrup, of Mount Salem, Sussex County,
New Jersey, whose wife, Lydia Doyle Northrup, received a pension on account of his services in the War of 1812, and Daniel Myers, of
Minisink, Orange County, New York, who served in the Revolutionary War, was in the battle of Minisink, and died about 1835.
The records of those soldiers are furnished you herein.

Daniel Miers
S. 13933
The data which follow are obtained from the papers on file in Revolutionary War pension claim, S.13933, based upon the military
service of Daniel Miers in that war.
Daniel Miers was born in 1757, exact date not shown, in Morris County, New Jersey. The names of his parents are not shown.
While residing in Minisink, Orange County, New York, Daniel Miers volunteered and served with the New York Troops, as follows:
from May, 1776, five months in Captain John Jackson's Company, marched to New York City, where he remained until after the evacuation
of the city by the American army; in the spring of 1779, one month month at Ramapo, in Captain Suffern's Company; in June, 1777, one
month at Fort Montgomery, under Colonel McClanery (possibly meant for McClaughry); from April, 1776, six months in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Hatfield's Regiment; this service was
rendered on the frontier against the Indians: in 1779, three days in Captain John Davis' Company, Colonel Hathorn's Regiment and was in the battle of Minisink on July 22, 1779; from May 1, 1781, six months in Captain Abraham Westfall's Company, Colonel Hatfield's Regiment:  all of his service was rendered as a sergeant.

[handwritten note in margin] "Did not find
sol. in N.Y. books except once & not under these officers. Found all officers except Capt. Suffern."
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Daniel Miers was allowed pension on his application executed December 4, 1832, while residing in Minisink, New York. He signed
"Miers."
Children are referred to their names and the name of soldier's wife are not shown.
In order to obtain the date of last payment of pension, the name and address of person paid and possibly the date of death of
the Revolutionary War pensioner, Daniel Miers (S.13933), you should address The Comptroller General, General Accounting Office, Records
Division, this city, and cite the following data:
Daniel Miers, Certificate No. 20008, issued July 27, 1833, rate $95 per annum, commenced March 4, 1831, Act of June 7, 1832, New York Agency.

Thomas Northrip
W. C. 13422
Thomas Northrip was born near Blooming Grove? (not clearly written), New York. The date of his birth and the names of his
parents are not shown.
Thomas Northrip enlisted at Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey, and served from September 8, 1814 to December 5, 1814, as a private in Captain Thomas Teasdale's Company of New Jersey Militia.
In 1850, he was residing in Wantage Township, Sussex County, New Jersey and then gave his age as sixty years.
He was allowed pension on his application executed April 29, 1872, at which time he was a resident of Mount Salem, Sussex County,
New Jersey, and gave his age as eighty years.
He died February 15, 1875, at Mount Salem, New Jersey.
The soldier married August 17, 1816 or 1817 (both dates are shown) at Wantage, New Jersey, Lydia Doyle. Neither had been
previously married. The date and place of her birth and the names of her parents are not shown.
Soldier's widow, Lydia, was allowed pension on her application of
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May 23, 1878, at which time she was aged eighty-four years and resided at Sparrow Bush, Orange County, New York, to which place she
had moved after the death of her husband.
She died September 14, 1882, at the home of her son-in-law, William C. Van Sickle, in Sparrow Bush, New York.
In 1878, the widow's daughter, Emily Van Sickle was aged fifty-four years, and her granddaughter, Carrie Van Sickle was aged nineteen years. Both resided in Sparrow Bush, New York. No other names of children are shown.
Very truly yours
A. D. HILLER
Executive Assistant to the Administrator.