This Civil War Pension Application was filed on 21 May 1904 by my third great-grandmother, three weeks after my third great-grandfather died. My third great-grandmother was 71 years old at the time. It was filed by her attorney, W. V. Sickel from Philadelphia Pennsylvania.
This lists my third great-grandmother's address as 1416 South 15th Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is the same home she and my third great-grandfather lived in at the time the 1900 census took place. She is identified as the widow of James Odgers, who served in Company I of the 215th Pennsylvania Infantry. This lists his death as occurring in Norristown, Pennsylvania, approximately 20 miles away from his home.
On the right of this form there are some notes that were made over the next couple of years regarding legal transcripts that pertained to the Civil War pension my third great-grandmother would receive after the death of my third great-grandfather.
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