This General Affidavit is found in the Civil War Pension File of my third great-grandfather. It was filed over two months after his death as my third great-grandmother was trying to file for a Widow's Pension. He had qualified for the pension because he had served as a Union Soldier in Company I of the 215 Regiment of the Pennsylvania Infantry of Volunteers for a short time at the end of the war.
To receive a Widow's Pension, she had to prove that she actually had been married. As she was unable to provide a marriage certificate, she needed to provide other means of proof. This General Affidavit from Thomas S. White tries to do that.
Mr. White was 87 years old and a resident of Ocean City, New Jersey. He testified that he had known my third great-grandparents since they were youths. He said that they had gotten married in December 1854 and it was the only marriage for either of them.
Every ancestor is more than just a name. Every one of them has a story. We are connected genetically, physically, and emotionally. We are who we are because of who they were.
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