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We continue with the War of the Rebellion Widow's Pension (Original With Increase) page 103/220
Chicago Pension Office, case 184.488
Catherine Reif now Geeting, widow of Ernst Reif, Priv., Company H, 34 IL Vol.
Resident of Ogle County, State of Illinois, Post Office of Forreston,
Attorney, JP Jones, Rockford, Winnebago County, Fee of $ Twenty-five. having been filed Feb. 19, 1872
Rate of pension $ Eight per month, commencing October 20, 1867, day after soldier's death, (ending June 6, 1875 the date of widow's remarriage) and two dollars per month additional for each child as follows:
Child : Mary Born August 2, 1867 Commencing October 20, 1867
Sixteen on August 1, 1883
Admitted and approved by Examiner, June 5, 1879 and Reviewer June 12, 1879
Dates Shown by Papers :
Enlistment Sept , 1861
Muster into pensionable rank Sept 7, 1861
Discharge June 4, 1863
Death Oct 19, 1867
Invalid app. filed Oct 13, 1863
Invalid last paid to Sept 4, 1867
Widow's app. filed Oct 28, 1878
Right accrued Oct 19, 1867
Claim completed Oct 28, 1876
Former marriage of soldier NONE
Death of former wife NONE
Claimant's marriage to soldier Oct 4, 1863
Claimant's remarriage June 6, 1875
Handwritten comment : Minor's claim heretofore allowed
Cause of death Erysipelas result of GSW (gunshot wound) Place of Death House - after discharge
Page 104/220 Incidental Matters
Handwritten :
Minor in receipt of pension from the date of widow's re-marriage.
Widow's claim formerly rejected, on the grounds that it was barred by limitation.
Atty. JP Jones made inquiry Dec 19, 1878, relative to the date of commencement of pension which is regarded equivalent to re-opening the claim.
Page 105/220 Summary of Proof, No Former Marriage of Soldier
as shown by declaration of widow
Marriage of Soldier to Claimant
The marriage of Ernest Reif to Catharine Foy
is shown by certified copy of Public Records
Re-Marriage to Simon Geeting, June 6, 1875,
by certified copy of Public Record
Dates of Birth of Children
By the affidavit of attending physician
Dates of Deaths of Children
None
Page 106/220 Proof As To Death (of Soldier)
Reports and Testimonies of Adjutant General, Surgeon General Officer, Fellow Soldiers Army Surgeon, Attending Physician, Certificate of Disability, Other Testimony
Soldier was pensioned at rate of $4 - contraction of left leg
Surg. Gen. USA March '78 : Reports soldier admitted to Hospital with GSW of the thigh and discharged from service on June 4, or 6, 1863 by reason of GSW
Certificate of Disability, July 2 '63 shows the same as above as to cause of disability
Lieunt. Hanselods (sp?) Nov. '63 shows that wound was received in line of duty while advancing under the fire of the enemy
Dr. Frazey, Oct 28, 1876 Soldier was sound at enlistment, was his physician after his return home to date of
death - Oct 19, 1867, cause of death was the result of GSW
Same Physician, Feb 19 '77 and May 23 '78 Soldier a constant sufferer from said wound prior to his death, died Oct 19, 1867 of phlegmonous erysipelas, the result of long continued suffering and low vitality which continued from the time of his return from the army until his death, entirely incapacitated for labor.
Same Physician Oct 26, 1878 writes direct to this office that in his opinion the erysipelas was caused by the wound in the leg or hip, - Am positive that the erysipelas was developed by the condition produced by the wound, (For full particulars see Minor's Brief)
To Be Cont.
UP NEXT : It is revealed that Catherine Foy and Ernst Reif married before the War in 1861, but the license was never filed
AND
Catherine remarried to Samuel Nietz, who deserted her and her child, and she filed for divorce, two years later.....
A Soap Opera Indeed
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