Title: 1849-02-09 +ANN ARBOR MICH---WASHTENAW CO---RED CDS AND FREE---FREE FRANK---TO HON. ALPHEUS FELCH, M.C. AT WASHINGTON D.C. FROM ABEL PARKHURST (1850 CENSUS, B. VERMONT 1805, D. 1855, SERVED THE UNION IN CIVIL WAR 4TH REGIMENT, MICHIGAN INFANTRY, WIFE, LYDIA PARKHURST, CHILDREN, ELIAS PARKHURST, JOHN D PARKHURST, JULIETT PARKHURST, RYERSON PARKHURST) AT ANN ARBOR WRITING ON BEHALF OF MISS ELIZA MILLER "WIDOW OF HIRAM MILLER WHO ENLISTED AT JEFFERSON BARRACKS AUGUST 1846, AS A SOLDIER FOR THE MEXICAN WAR, AND DIED AT FORT POLK, POINT ISLAND APRIL 18 1847, HE WAS IN COMPANY F 1ST DRAGGONS, DIED OF THE CHRONIC DIARRHEA, BORN IN SENECA CO, N.Y...HIS WIDOW IS POOR AND HAS ONE CHILD TO SUPPORT,AND IS DESIROUS OF OBTAINING INFORMATION AS TO THE STEPS TO BE TAKEN IN ORDER TO OBTAIN WHAT MAY BE DUE HER FROM THE GOVERNMENT AS MILLER WIDOW...." REQUESTING GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE AS HIS WIDOW---GENEALOGY 4----1PG---PRIVATELY OWNED—COURTESY OF HAYES I/WHITFORD AUCTIONS 2013 $25 More..
Year: 1849
Date: 1849-02-09
County: Washtenaw
City: AnnArbor
Category: MI Covers , MI Free Franks , MI Genealogy , Michigan Stampless Letters , Women's Correspondence , Letters Containing Correspondence , Privately Owned
Associated Pages: 1