River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1894-12-27
NINE AGED PENSIONERS.
They All Are Widows of Revolu-
tionary Soldiers.
Interesting Extracts from the Records of
the Pension Oniee-story of ths
Virgin Widow of a Grateful
Hero of the Revolution.
rspeeial Washineton letter !

The soldiers of the war of the revolu-
ton have long since departed this life,
/ and not one of them remains ON the
/ pension roll. The war for the indie
I pendence of the colonies from Great
/ Britain. and for the establishment of
/ the United States, was closed one hum
4 dred and thirteen years ago. The men
who camped with Washington at Val
ley Forge, who fought with Gates at
/ Saratoga, who engaged in the combat
at the Cowpens, who mingled their
/ blood with the waters of Brandywine,
who compelled the surrender of Lord
/ CORVALLIS, have all passed over the
I dark river and entered that bivouac of
honor and fame which only the angels
/ have seen and known.
But, although the veterans of the
1 revolutionary war have gone to the
/ Land o the Leal, there is still pen
I sion list which is mnemonic of that
memorable war grapple which resulted
| In the establishment in the new world
/ of a government of the people, by the
people and for the people. The gov
eminent is paying monthly pensions to
1 nine widows of revolutionary soldiers,
+ as shown by a list furnished by the
| first deputy commissioner of pensions,
Hon. Dominick /. Murphy. 1t is as
/ follows:
Mary Brown, aged 50, residing in
/ Knoxville, Tenn; pensioned for the
/ Services of Joseph Brown in the Penn
/ sylvania troops; pension commenced
February 8, 1853; amount, S12 per
/ month.
! Nancy Cloud, aged 81, residing in
Chum. Va; peIsioned for the services
of William Cloud in the Virginia troops;
pension commenced February 3, 1853;
amount, S12 per month.
| Esther 5. Damon, aged so, residing
| In Plymouth Union, Vt: pensioned for
| the services of Noah Damon in the Mas
sachusetts troops; pension commenced
| July 2; 1853; amount, S12 per month.
| Nancy Jones, aged so, residing in
| Jonesboro, Tenn, pensioned for the
| services of Darling Jones in the North
/ Carolina troops; pension commenced
February 3, 1853 amount. Sl2 per month.
Rebecea Mayo, aged 81, residing in
/ Newborn, Va; pensioned for the serv-
| ices of stephen Mayo in the Virginia
/ troops; pension commenced February
! 8 1853; amount, S12 per month.
Patty Richardson, aged 93, residing
ut East Bethel, Vt; pensioned for the
services of Godfrey Richardson in the
| New York troops; pension commenced
| April 81, 1854; amount. Sl2 per month.
Mary Snead, aged 7S. residing in
| Palksley, Va: pensioned for the serv-
ices of Bowdoin Snead in the Virginia
tfoCps; pension commenced February
8, 1858; amount, $50 per month.
Asenath Turner. aged 80, residing in
Mar chester, n. y. pensioned for the
services of Samuel Dunham in the Con-
necticut troops: pension commenced
Dune 3, 1870; amount, $50 per month.
Nancy Weatherman. aged 81. resid-
ing at Lineback, Tenn; pensiOned for
the services of Robert Glascoclz in the
Vir rinia troops; pension commenced
April 10, 1859; amount, Sl2 per month.
II will be observed that seven of
these widows receive sic each per
me nth, while the other two receive $50
each per month. This makes total of
81. 72S per annum. 1t is a very small
sur. and yet, although it is an honor
able pension roll, made honorable by
tnc work and suffering and hardships
or Iured by those pioneers of patriot
n, it is not entirely a worthy pension
It. The history of each case is Oh file
in the pension office, and it shows that
s3me Of the widows married old sol
diers on the brink Of the crave. For
tunately, however, the list is better and
more worthy to-day than it was few
years ago. Several revolutionary sol
diers' widows who ere married to dy-
ing veterans when they were but little
past rirlhood. have died and left on
the roll more aged rclicts of the revo-
lutionary veterans
Mary Brown. of Knoxville, Tenn, is
&C years of age. She was married many