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Within this publication, you can search approximately 20,000 approved pension applications of widows and other dependents of US Navy veterans who served between 1861 and 1910, originally filmed by NARA. Search for a name, ship, place, or keyword. Or, use the browse menus to locate a sailor by surname. Case files include where and when a man served, details of his service, his life before the war, and his family, including information about his widow, children, and sometimes his parents.…More
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Annotation added: U.S. Naval Hospital, Warrington, Florida
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Annotation added: U. S. Naval Hospital , Warington, Florida
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Annotation added: Sloop of war "Dale"
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Annotation added: Medical Department University of Louisville Kentucky
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Annotation added: Hennepin Co., Minnesota
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Case file of widow award of Emma Louise Benedict, widow of Hiram Edward Benedict, Navy veteran of Asotin County, Washington; documents in file include his certified death, their certified marriage, his original Navy discharge, and interesting land records; veteran and widow are both buried at the Asotin Cem in Asotin, Asotin County, Washingtonpnwnecrology said about this Image. (15 Jul 2010)
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This file is for COLBURN, not Collins
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Annotation added: Sarah E Rogers Whiting
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Annotation added: Charles G Whiting
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Annotation added: Walter Rogers Whiting
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Mathew Elmore Navy Survivors and Navy Widow's...
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Veteran Surname is ELMORE
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Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Dependents of Civil War and Later Navy Veterans (Navy Widows' Certificates), 1861-1910. Original data from: The National Archives
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