This deposition is found in the Civil War Pension File of my third great-grandfather. It was taken nearly two months after his death. Without a marriage certificate, my third great-grandmother had to find other proof of their marriage so that she could continue to receive his pension. A pension he had earned by serving in the Union Army for a short time at the end of the war.
Thomas S. White was 87 years old and lived at 14th and Pine Streets in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He testified that he knew my third great-grandparents and other people in their neighborhood that knew the couple. It was his knowledge that the two were married on or about December 31, 1854 and it was the only marriage for both of them.
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