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This is a transcription of the Widow's
Penison claim of Jane Eliza (Surname not given) "Bockus" of Charleston.
Transcribed by Maryann Stalpers
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/31.623
Adjutant General=s
Office,
Washington, D.C.,
November 25, 1863
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your Office of application
for Pension No. 31.623, and to return it herewith, with such information
as is furnished by the files of this Office.
It appears from the Rolls on file in this Office, that George H.
Bockus was enrolled on the 26th day of September, 1861,
at Charleston, Pa., in Co. AG@
45th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, to serve three years,
or during the war, and mustered into service as a Private on the 14th
day of October, 1861, at Harrisburg, Pa., in Co. AG@,
45th Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers, to serve three years,
or during the war. On the Muster Roll of Co. AG@
of that Regiment, for the months of August and September, 1863, he is reported
a private ADied at Milldale,
Miss., August 1, 1863.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Signed/Sam Kreck,
Assistant Adjutant General
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington, D. C.
Memoranda.
Name of applicant, Jane Eliza Bockus
Address Wellsboro, P. O. Tioga Co.,
Penna.
WAR OF 1861
Acts of July 14, 1862 and July 25, 1866.
CLAIM FOR MINORS= PENSION
WITH TWO DOLLARS PER MONTH ADDITIONAL
Brief in the case of Delane Bockus, Jeremiah Bockus, Clarisa Bockus,
Ida Bockus, William Bockus and Amy Bockus
Minor children of George H. Bockus
Pri Co. G 45th Pa. Vols.
Residence of Guardian: Tioga County, and state of Pennsylvania
Post Office address: Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pa.
DECLARATION AND IDENTIFICATION IN DUE FORM.
PROOF EXHIBITED.
Service. A______ Reports enrollment and _______, as a private, Oct.
14, 1861. On Return
Death. for 3 2 1863, he is reported ADied
Aug. 1, 1863, at Milldale, Miss. Of disease
A________
Widow pensioned and paid to Oct. 16, 1864.
Marriage
of Parents: Afft. Witness showing marriage of George H. Bockus and
Jane Eliza Rockwell,
Sept. 1, 1840.
Death or Afft. Of clergyman showing marriage of Hiram Mossman and
Eliza Jane Bockus,
remarriage Oct. 16, 1864.
of mother.
Names and Delane Bockus born Oct. 14, 1852
dates of birth Jeremiah Bockus Aug. 16, 1855
of minors. Clarisa Bockus Oct. 16, 1856
Ida Bockus May 16, 1858
William Bockus April 5, 1860
Amy Bockus Feb. 12, 1862
Proof of
Ages. Determined from discrepancies of witnesses. See Ret.
Guardian- notes: appt. Of Charles Coolidge, under seal of court
ship
Agent, and
his P O address: Jerome B. Niles, Esq., Wellsboro, Pa.
Issue certificate for 8.c dollars per month, commencing October 17, 1864,
ending January 31, 1878, and two dollars per month additional for each
of the above-named children, commencing July 25, 1866, and payable to Charles
Coolidge, Guardian.
Signed/ S. Holtzlander, Examiner.
Passed July 17, 1867.
App=d. 7 /c
WIDOW ARMY PENSION
STATE OF Pennsylvania )
)
County of Tioga )
On this twenty-sixth day of August a. D. 1863, personally appeared before
me the Prothonotary of the Common Pleas Court of the said County and State
Jane
Eliza Bockus a resident of Charleston township in the County of Tioga
and State of Pennsylvania aged thirty six years, who being first duly sworn
according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration, in order
to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the Act of Congress, approved
July 14th, 1862, that she is the widow of George H. Bockus
who was a private in Company AG@
commanded by Capt. R. G. Richards in the 45th Regiment of Pennsylvania
Volunteers in the War of 1861, who died at or near Milldale Mississippi
on the first day of August A. D. 1863 of disease contracted while in the
service.
The further declares that she was married to the said George H. Bockus
on the first day of September in the year 1840 that her husband the aforesaid
George
H. Bockus died on the day above mentioned and that she has remained
a widow ever since that period, as will more fully appear by reference
to the proof hereto annexed. She also declares that she has not, in any
manner, been engaged in, or aided or abetted the rebellion in the UNITED
STATES and that there is no record evidence of her said marriage.
Signed/ Jane Eliza X Bockus, Claimant.
Also, personally appeared George W. Peake and Paulina A. Peake residents
of Charleston township in said County and State persons whom I certify
to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being by me duly sworn,
say that they were present and saw Jane Eliza Bockus sign her name
to the foregoing declaration; and they further swear that they have every
reason to believe, from the appearance of the applicant, and their acquaintance
with her, that she is the identical person she represents herself to be;
and that they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/ George W. Peake )
) Witness.
Paulina A. Peake
Sworn to and subscribed before me, this twenty-sixth day of August,
A. D. 1863 and I hereby certify that I have no interest, direct or indirect,
in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/ J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
I hereby Authorize Jefferson Harrison of Wellsboro, Tioga Co. Pennsylvania
my Agent and Attorney in fact, to present the foregoing claim, and to receive
and receipt for, in my name and stead, the money, certificate, or warrant
payable under it.
George H. Peake ) Signed/Jane Eliza Bockus
) Witness.
Paulina A. Peake
State of Pennsylvania ) Personally appeared Jane Eliza Bockus
whose name is
) ss. Signed to the foregoing Power of Attorney, and acknowledged
County of Tioga ) the same to be her free and voluntary act, for the
purposes
Therein named.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss.
County of Tioga )
On this 26 day of August AD 1863 personally appeared before me the Prothonotary
in and for the said County and State. Jane Eliza Bockus of Charleston
township in the said County and State who being duly sworn - declares and
says that she is the widow of George H. Bockus - who was a private
in Company AG@
of the 45th Reg. Pa. Volunteers and who died at Milldale, Mississippi
on the first day of August AD 1863 - that she has made application for
a pension under the pension Act of July 14, 1862 - that she is the mother
of eight children who are under sixteen years of age who are the only children
of said George H. Bockus under sixteen years of age and whose names and
ages are as follows respectively - to wit:
Susan Bockus aged 15 years 29th day of Apr. 1863
Silas G. Bockus 12 years 20th day of Sept. 1862
Delane Bockus 11 years 3rd day of Oct. 1862
Jeremiah Bockus 8 years 6th day of Aug. 1863
Clarisa Bockus 7 years 8th day of Aug. 2863
Ida Bockus 5 years 13th day of May 1863
Devillo Bockus 3 years 6th day of April 1863
Ama Bockus 1 year 16th day of Feb 1863
That their residences are all at Charleston township in the County of Tioga
and State of Pennsylvania.
Signed/ Jane Eliza Bockus
Also personally appeared George W. Peake and Paulina A. Peake who being
duly sworn say that they are and have been for many years well acquainted
with Jane Eliza Bockus and George H. Bockus - deceased -
and with their children above named and that the date must in the, foregoing
affidavit of Jane Eliza Bockus is true and correct to the best of
their knowledge and belief.
Signed/ George H. Peake
Paulina A. Peake
Sworn and subscribed before me the 26th day of August 1863.
Signed/ J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
Also personally appeared on the same day, Syman Thompson, sergeant of
company AG: in the 45th
Regiment Pa. Volunteers who being duly sworn says that he has been for
many years well acquainted with George H. Bockus who was a private
in the same company and that the said George H. Bockus died and
was buried on the lst day of August 1863 at Milldale, Mississippi - and
that he knows the fact of his death from personal observation, all of which
is true and correct to the best of his knowledge and belief.
Signed/Seyman Thompson
Sworn and subscribed before me this 26th day of August 1863.
Signed/J. T. Donaldson, Prothy.
Also personally appeared Thos Rockwell a resident of Charleston in Tioga
County and State of Pennsylvania who being duly sworn declares and says
that he is well acquainted with Jane Eliza Bockus and that he was
present at her marriage to George H. Bockus which took place on
the lst day of September AD 1840 - at Stratford in Fulton County and State
of New York that the marriage ceremony was performed by Bradley Bennett,
Esq. A Justice of the Peace in and for the said Fulton County that there
is no record of the said marriage - all of which is true and correct to
the best of his knowledge and belief.
Signed/Thomas V. Rockwell
Sworn and subscribed before me the 28th day of August AD
1863.
Signed/J. T. Donaldson, Prothy.
State of Penna. )
) ss
County of Tioga )
Personally appeared before me George Peak and Paulina Peak, residents of
Charleston, Tioga Co., Penna who after being duly sworn deposth and saith
that they were well acquainted with George H. Bockus in his lifetime
being a near neighbor to him for many years before and at the time he entered
the service, and that they were not only well acquainted with him, but
with the different members of his family. That they have been informed
and believe that his wife, Jane Eliza Bockus was married to Hiram
Mossman, on October 16, 1864, and that the following named are the only
legitimate children left by the said George H. Bockus at the time of his
decease under the age of sixteen years: Silas Bockus, aged 15 years, Lena
Bockus, aged 13 years, Jeremiah Bockus, aged 11 yrs., Carissa Bockus, aged
9 years, Ida Bockus, aged 7 ys., Derilla Bockus aged, 5 years, Amy Bockus,
aged 4 years, C That no
public record was or is kept of the births of children of this state neither
is none now or then required to be kept by law. That the above named on
the children of the above named Jane Eliza Bockus C
and that they have no interest, in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/George Peake
Paulina A. Peake
Sworn and subscribed before me this March 6, 1866, and I have no interest
in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
On this 22d day of September 1879 personally came before me a clerk of
the Court this same being a court of record within and for said County,
Susan Pake, who being duly sworn declares that she is 29 years of age the
29th day of April 1879: that she is a child of George H.
Bockus who enlisted in Co. AG@
45th Regiment Penna. Volls. And who was mustered into the service
of this united states in said organization on the 18th day of
September 1861. And who died while a member of said organization and in
line of duty at Milldale, Miss. August 1st 1862 -- Declarant
further states that a pension was granted by the United States to her mother,
Jane
E. Bockus, and after her marriage to her brothers and sisters, viz.
Clara, Jerry, Ida, William and Lana Bockus and that her name was not included
by the guardian, Charles Coolidge, and consequently she has never applied,
nor been applied for by guardian for pension due her on account of the
death of her father, neither has she ever received a pension from the United
States. She therefore makes this application for the purpose of receiving
the pension due her as such child from the time of her said fathers death
in the Army until her arrival at the age of sixteen years, that she was
born on the 29th day of April 1850 - and she hereby appoints
Henry M. Fort of Wellsboro, Tioga County, Pa. Her true and lawful attorney
to pursue this claim. That her residence and post office address is Little
Marsh, Tioga Co., Pa.
Signed/H. M. Foot
Signed/Susan Pope
Also personally appeared before me Mary McInvoy of Wellsboro, Pa. And
Edward McInvoy of same place residents of __________ persons whom I certify
are ___________ to credit and who being duly sworn and they were present
and saw Susan Pope sign her name to the ______- declaration, that from
their knowledge and acquaintance with her they believe her to be the identical
person she represents herself to be and that they have no interest in her
claim.
Signed/Mary McInvoy
Signed/Edward I. McInvoy
Sworn and subscribed before me this 22d day of Sept. 1879 and I certify
that the contents of the foregoing affidavits were fully made known to
claimant and witness before _________ and that I have no interest whatsoever
in this claim.
Signed/Robert Alex Clark
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
On this sixteenth day of February AD. 1864, personally appeared before
me the Prothonotary in and for said County --John Bockus of Stratford
in Fulton County and State of New York C
who being duly sworn does declare and say that he is the brother of George
H. Bockus late of Tioga Co. Pennsylvania, deceased, and was present
at the marriage of said George H. Bockus and Jane Eliza Rockwell
which took place at the town of Stratford aforesaid and that the said marriage
was solemnized by Bradley Bennett Esq. One of the Justices of the Peace
for said County C on the
first day of September 1840 C
that said Bradley Bennett is now dead C
that he has every reason to believe that there is no record of said marriage.
Sworn and subscribed before
me this 16 February 1864. Signed/John Bockus
Signed/ J. T. Donaldson, Prothy.
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
Personally appeared Prothonotary of the Court of Common Pleas before me
for said County and state, Mrs. Clarissa Hardy, a resident of Charleston,
Tioga Co. Penna a person whom I certify to be respectable and entitled
to credit, who after being duly sworn deposeth and saith, That she has
been a near neighbor to Jane Eliza Mossman (formerly Jane Eliza
Bockus) for the last thirteen years, and that the following named children
of her, by the said George H. Bockus, which I certify are the only
children of the said George H. Bockus who were under sixteen years
of age at the time of their father=s
death, vis Silas Bockus, aged 15 yrs., Lena Bockus, aged 13 yrs., Jeremiah
Bockus aged 11 yrs., Clarissa Bockus, aged 9 yrs., Ida Bockus aged 7 yrs.,
Derilla Bockus aged 5 yrs, and Amy Bockus aged 4 yrs. She also deposeth
and saith that she was personally present at the births of all but the
two first born of the above named and that the ages are correctly given,
as above. That the attending physician Dr. C. K. Thompson, has left the
County and that his address is unknown, being engaged in some of the southern
hospitals and that I have no interest direct or indirect in the prosecution
of this claim.
Signed/Clarissa Hardy
Sworn and subscribed before me this March 6, 1866 And I have no interest
in the prosecution of this claim. The erasure in the 7th line
from top and the insertions between 14th and 15th
lines, made before signing.
Signed/J. T. Donaldson, Prothy.
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
On this 6th day of May 1880, personally appeared before me Susan
Pope who being duly sworn declares that she is a daughter of George
H. Bockus who was a member of Co. AG@
45th Regt. Penna. Volls and who died while a member of said
organization and in line of duty--on or about the first day of August 1863.
That affiant was born on the 29th day of April 1850: That she
has never received a pension from the United States on account of the death
of her said father, and she herewith files her application for the purpose
of securing this arreage of pension due her from the time of her said father=s
death until she arrived at the age of sixteen years--that her post office
address is Ansonia, Tioga County, Pa. And her residence is Shippen Township
in said County.
Signed/Susan Pope
Also personally appeared Elijah Peake and Eva Robbe residing in Tioga
Co Pa. Persons whom I certify are respectable and entitled to credit and
who being duly sworn say they were present and saw Susan Pope the claimant
sign her name to the foregoing declaration and from their knowledge and
acquaintance with her believe her to be the identical person she represents
herself to be and they have no interest in her claim.
Signed/Elijah Peake
Eva Robbe
Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th day of May 1880 and
I certify that the contents of the foregoing affidavit were fully made
known to affiant and witness before signing and that I have no interest
in this claim.
Signed: Jerry C. Cox, Deputy Clerk
County of Tioga )
) ss
State of Pennsylvania )
On this 8th day of November A.D. 1866, before the undersigned
Prothonotary of the court of Com. Pleas within and for the County and state
above named personally appeared Amos Chapman aged ____ years a resident
of Charleston, Tioga Co., Pa who being duly sworn says that he is a minister
of the Gospel residing at Charleston Tioga County Pa and that as such minister
he did unite in marriage Hiram Mossman and Eliza Jane Bockus at
Charleston Tioga County, Penna on the 16th day of October 1864.
That there is no public record of said marriage as deponent verily believes
that deponent neither made nor authorized to be made any public church
record of said marriage. That it was not customary among the people of
said County at the time of said marriage to record marriages in town or
County records, nor required by the laws of said County or state as deponent
is informed and believes. And that deponent derives the facts of said marriage
from a written memorandum made by himself at the time of said marriage
And that he has no interest in this claim.
Signed/Among Chapman
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written and I certify that
the said Amos Chapman is a minister of the Gospel and that I have no interest
in this claim.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
Personally appeared before me Prothy of the Court of Common Pleas in and
for the County and state above named, Joseph Mossman and Adaline Frost
who after being duly sworn say that they have for more than ten years been
acquainted with the family of George H. Bockus, late a private of
Company G of the 45th Regiment Volunteers, having lived during
that whole time in the same neighborhood with them, and have seen their
children almost every day or week, and believe that the statement above
made, by their mother, Eliza Jane Bockus, (now Eliza Jane Mossman)
to be a true and correct statement of their ages, and they form this opinion
from their appearance, size, and the way they are generally respected in
the neighborhood. And that we are not interested in this application.
Signed/Joseph Mossman
Adaline Frost
Sworn and subscribed this November 8, 1866.
Signed/ J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
Tioga County )
) ss
Pennsylvania )
Personally appeared before me the subscriber prothonotary of the court
of Common Pleas, Amos Chapman, a minister of the Gospel who after being
duly sworn deposeth and saith that he has been a minister of the gospel
for and during the last thirty years, and as such by the laws of Penna
is duly and legally authorized to perform the marriage ceremony. And that
as such he publicly joined in marriage on 16th October A.D.
1864 one Hiram Mossman and Jane Eliza Bockus widow of George
H. Bockus at his residence in Charleston Tioga Co., Penna. That he
has no public record of said marriage and that none is required to be kept
by the laws of Pennsylvania, and that he has no interest either direct
or indirect in the prosecution of this claim. That he has a private record
of which the following is a copy AHiram
Mossman. Eliza Jane Bockus, October 16, 1864.@
Signed/Amos Chapman
Sworn and subscribed before me this March 6, 1866, and I have no interest,
direct or indirect in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
County of Tioga )
) ss
State of Penna )
Before me the subscriber, Prothy of the Court of Common Pleas of Tioga
County, personally appeared Eliza Jane Mossman who being duly sworn says,
that she was formerly the widow of George H. Bockus, late a private
Co. J 45th Reg. Pa. Vols. Who died August 3, 1863, and the names
of her children by the said George H. Bockus under 16 years of age
and their ages are as follows and that they are the only ones under 16
years:
Delane Bockus, born October 4, 1852
Clara Bockus, born October 16, 1856
Ida Bockus, born May 13, 1857
Wm. Derilla Bockus, born April 6, 1860
Amy Bockus born Feby 16, 1862. And that she has since, to wit, October
sixteenth A.D. 1864, again married to one Hiram Mossman and that Mr. Charles
Coolidge has been appointed guardian of the above named children.
Attest: Signed/Eliza Jane Mossman
J. B. Niles
C. N. Beach
Sworn and subscribed this Nov. 8, 1866 and I have no interest in this
application.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy
Tioga county, ss: the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
I, DARIUS L. DEANE, Clerk of the Orphans=
Court in and for said county, do hereby certify that on the 20th
day of July 1865, Charles Coolidge, was appointed by said Court Guardian
of the persons and estate of Delane Bockus, Clara Bockus, Silas Bockus,
Ida Bockus, William Bockus and Amy Bockus minor children of George Henry
Bockus late of said County deceased; that he has given bond approved
by said Court and has not been discharged from said Guardianship.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the said
Court at Wellsborough, this Sixth day of February A.D. 1867.
Signed/D. L. Deane,
Clerk Orphans= Court.
No. 16,920
Pennsylvania
Jane E. Bockus
widow of George H. Bockus
Rank Private
Company AG@
Regiment 45h Pa. Vols.
Philadelphia Agency.
Rate per month, $8
Commencing lst, August >63
Certificate dated 24th March >64
and sent to Jefferson Harrison
Wellsboro
, Pa.
Act 14th July, 1862.
Book A Vol. 5 Page 6
County of Tioga )
) ss
State of Penna )
Personally appeared before me one of the Justices of the Peace in and for
the County and state above named, this seventh day of November 1866, Dr.
C. K. Thompson, a person whom I certify to be a respectable physician and
surgeon, and in active practice, who after being duly sworn according to
Law, deposeth and saith, That he was well acquainted with George Bockus
in his life time, who was a member of Co. AG@
of the 45th Regiment, Penna Vols. That he was the family physician
of the said George Bockus, and as such attended his wife, Eliza
Jane Bockus, in the birth of the following named children:
Delane Bockus, Born, October 4, 1852
Clara Bockus, Born October 16, 1856
Ida Bockus Born May 13, 1857
That the said Eliza Jane, at the births of her other minor children
was attended by Mrs. Jenny Peake, who was a midwife and attended her as
such, as he has been informed and believes, and that the said Jenny Peake
is now dead, and that he has no interest in this prosecution.
Signed/C. K. Thompson, M.D.
Sworn and subscribed the day and year above written and that I have
no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/S. B. Smith, J Peace
County of Tioga )
) ss
State of Penna )
Before me, the Subscriber, Prothonotary of te Court of Common Pleas of
Tioga County personally appeared, Ephriam Jeffers, a resident of Charleston,
Tioga Co. Pa. A person whom I certify to be respectable, and entitled to
credit, who after being duly sworn according to Law, deposeth and saith,
That on the first day of August, A.D.1863 he was Second Lieutenant of Company
AG@
of the 45th Regiment Penna Infantry Volunteers, and was in the
United States Service for about three years. That George H. Bockus
was a member of said Company AG@
and was well and intimately acquainted with this deponent and had been
for several years. That at the time the said Geo. H. Bockus entered
the service he was a strong healthy man, and performed well his duties
as a soldier until the siege of Vicksburg, Mississippi, when and where,
owing to impurity of water, and unhealthines of the climate he contracted
the chronic diarrhea from which, after suffering very much, he died, August
first, 1863, and was buried in the Mississippi on the same day, and that
he knows personally that the disease of which he died was contracted in
the service of the United States, and in the service of his duty, and that
he has no interest in the result of this application.
Signed/Ephriam Jeffers, Late 2nd Lieut.
Co AG@
45th Regt. P.V
Sworn and subscribed this March Seventh A.D. 1866, and I certify that
I have no interest in the result of this application.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
Tioga County )
)
Penna. )
Jennet Peaek being duly sworn deposeth and saith that she attended as mid-wife
before Mrs. Geo Henry Bockus, at the birth of the following children
to wit, Clarissa Bockus who was born Oct. 16 A.D. 1856. Ida Bockus who
was born May 16 A.D. 1858, William Bockus who was born April 6th
A.D. 1860 and Amy Bockus who was born Feby 1862 That she attended the birth
of the above named in a professional capacity and testifies from a personal
knowledge.
That the above were children of Geo. Henry Bockus who was a private
in Co. AG@
45th Reg. Pa. Vols., who is reported to have died in Mississippi
on the first day of August 1863 and has no interest in this claim.
Signed/Jennet Peake
Sworn to and subscribed before me this twenty-fifth day of July A.D.
1865 And that I have no interest in this claim.
Signed/Charles Close, J Peace
State of Pennsylvania, County of Tioga, ss.
I, John F. Donaldson, Clerk of the Common Pleas Court in and for said
county and State, do hereby certify that Charles Close, Esq., before whom
the foregoing affidavits were taken, was at the time of taking same, a
Justice of the Peace for said county and State, duly commissioned and sworn,
and that his signature thereto is genuine.
In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed my official
seal, this 31st day of July A.D. 1865.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
On this twentieth day of July, A.D. 1865 the Prothonotary of the Court
of Common Pleas, in and for the County and State above named, personally
appeared, Charles Coolidge a resident of Charleston township, in the County
of Tioga, and state of Penna aged fifty-five years who being first duly
sworn according to Law, doth on oath make the following declaration as
guardian of the minor children of Geo Henry Bockus deceased, in
order to obtain the benefits of the provisions made by the act of Congress,
Approved July 14, 1862, granting pensions to minor children under sixteen
years of age of deceased officers and soldiers, That he is the guardian
of Silas Bockus, aged 14 yrs, Delane Bockus aged 12 yrs, Jeremiah Bockus,
aged 9 yrs, Clarissa Bockus, aged 8 yrs., Ida Bockus, aged 7 yrs, and Derilla
Bockus aged 5 yrs, Amy Bockus aged 3 yrs. Whose father was a private in
Company AG@
Commanded by N. Whitney in the 45th Regiment of Penna Volunteers
in the war of 1861. And that the said George Henry Bockus died in
Mississippi on the first day of August A.D. 1863. That he died of chronic
diarrhea That the mother of the children above named again married being
now the wife of Hiram Mossman, having been married on the sixteenth day
of October A.D. 1864. That they were married by the Rev. Amos Chapman of
Charleston, Tioga County, Penna. That his P.O. address is Wellsboro, Tioga
Co., Pa. And he hereby appoints Jerome B. Niles of Wellsboro, Tioga Co.
Pa his attorney to prosecute this claim and receive the certificate when
issued.
Signed/Charles Coolidge
And also personally appeared Thomas Allen and Henry S. Archer residents
of Tioga Co. Pa. Persons whom I certify to be respectable and entitled
to credit, and who being duly sworn say that they were present and saw
Charles Coolidge sign his name to the foregoing declaration and they further
swear that they have every reason to believe from the appearance of the
applicant and their acquaintance with him that he is the person he represents
himself to be and they have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/Thomas Allen
H. S. Archer
Sworn and subscribed before me the day and year above written and I
certify that I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
Tioga Co. )
)
Penna )
Charles K. Thompson, being duly sworn deposeth and saith that he is a physician
and surgeon, and that as such he attended Mrs. Geo. Henry Bockus
at the birth of her son, Jeremiah Bockus, which took place on the 16th
of August, A.D. 1855. Also at the birth of Lana Bockus which took place
in October 14th, 1852, That these children were the children
of Geo. Henry Bockus who was a private of Co. G 45th
Reg. Pa Vols. Who is reported to have died in Mississippi in August 1863,
and that I have no interest in this claim.
Signed/C. K. Thompson, M.D.
Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 22nd day of July
A.D. 1865 and I have no interest in this claim.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothy.
Surgeon General=s Office,
Washington City, D.C.,
Jany 28th, 1864.
Sir:
I have the honor to return herewith application for Pension, No. 31623,
with such information as is furnished by the records of this office. Priv
George H. Bockus Co. G, 45th Regiment Penn Vols., is reported
to this office by Surgeon Therdore S. Christ, as having died Aug. Lst 1863,
at Milldale, Miss. Of Chronic diarrhoea.
Very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Act Signed/J. J. Woodward,
By order of the / Surgeon General: Asst. Surg. U.S.A.
The Commissioner of Pensions,
Washington D. C.
Tioga County )
) ss
Pennsylvania )
This is to certify that I have for the last thirty years been well and
intimately acquainted with Charles Coolidge No. 104,634, the above applicant
for an Pension having lived the whole time in the adjoining township and
having seen him every few days during the whole time, and personally know
that the said Charles Coolidge has ever been, and is now an eminently loyal
citizen, and that he has never, in any way, shape or manner, aided, co______
or abetted the Rebellion, That during the whole of the late civil war,
he, the said Charles Coolidge has aided and assisted the National Government,
in its struggle to overthrow Rebellion by his means and his votes. That
Mr. Coolidge is one of our best citizens and is a farmer by occupation.
Witness my hand and seal of office this the fifteenth day of November,
1866.
Signed/J. F. Donaldson, Prothonotary.
State of Pennsylvania )
) ss
County of Tioga )
I, Henry S. Archer, Clerk of the Orphans Court in and for the county aforesaid,
so hereby certify that Charles Coolidge was duly appointed by said court,
guardian of Delane Bockus, Clara Bockus, Silas Bockus, Ida Bockus, William
Bockus, and Amy Bockus, minor children of George Henry Bockus, late
of said county, dec-. That he has given bond approved by said court and
that he has not been discharged from said guardianship. In testimony whereof,
I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said court at Wellsborough
this 29th day of July A.D. 1865.
Signed/H. S. Archer, Clk.
WAR OF 1861. Phil. 16,920
Brief in the case of Jane E. Bockus, widow of George H. Bockus,
decd - Pri. Co. G 45 Pa. Vols--Tioga County, and State of Pa --
Act of July 4, 1862.
Post Office address of Applicant, Wellsboro, Pa.--
Claim for Widow=s Pension.
Declaration and Identification in due Form.
PROOF EXHIBITED.
Affdt. Of brother of decd soldier that he was present at the marriage
of the parties by a Magistrate who is dead C
and that he believes there is no record of said marriage.
Adjt. Genl. Reports enrollment, Sept. 26, 1861, muster in Oct 14, 1861
and died at Milldale, Miss. Aug. L, 1863.
Surg. Genl. Reports chronic diarrhoea.
Names and ages of children, given.
Admitted Mar. 2, 1861, to a Pension of $8.00 per month, commencing Aug.
L, 1863.
Jefferson Harrison, W. E. Gapen.
Wellsboro, Pa.
No. 97.659
104,634
Act of July 14, 1862.
Charles Coolidge
Tioga Co. Pa.
Guard minor of
George H. Bockus.
Priv. Co. G, 45 Pa. Vols.
Died at Mis.
Augt. 1, 1863, diarrhoea.
Pension Office,
Oct. 16, >64, 186.
Respectfully referred to the Adjutant
General. For official evidence of service
and death.
Signed/Joseph H. Bassett
Commissioner.
Widow 31.623
Received, August 4, 1865.
Signed/Jerome B. Niles
Wellsboro
Pa., Attorney
16.920
No. 31.623
ACT OF JULY 14, 1862.
Jane E. Bockus, Tioga Co., Penna.
Wid. Of George H. Bockus
Pri. Co AG@
45 Penn Vols
Died at Milldale, Miss
Aug 1, 1863, Chron diarrhoea
Signed/Theodore L. Christ, Surg
Pension Office,
Sept 2, 1863.
Respectfully referred to the Adjutant
General, for official evidence of service
and death.
Signed/Joseph H. Bassett
Commissioner.
Paid to Oct 16/64
Received, Aug 31, 1863.
Signed/.Jefferson Harrison
Wellsboro
Penn,
Attorney.
AF@
No. 97659
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Agency.
Delane 13 Oct. 1868
Jeremiah 15 Aug, 1871
Clarissa 15 Oct. 1872
Ida 15 May 1874
William 5 Apl. 1876
Amy 31 Jany 1878
MINORS OF
George H. Bockus
Rank Private, Co. AG@
Reft. 45 Pa
Rate per Month, $8
Commencing 17 Oct. 1864
Ending 31 Jany 1878
Additional sum of $ per Month for each
of the above-named children, until arriving at the
age of 16 years, commencing 25 day
of July, 1866.
Certificate dated 25 July 1867
Sent to J. B. Niles
Wellsboro, Pa
Acts July 14, 1862.
Book C, Vol. 13, Page 72
Mayse
Adjutant General=s
Office,
Washington D.C.,
Dec 5th, 1865.
Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your Office of application
for Pension No. 104 634, and to return it herewith, with such information
as is furnished by the files of this office.
It appears from the Rolls on file in this Office, that George H.
Bockus. Was enrolled on the 26th day of Sept, 1861, at Charleston
Pa. In Co. G, 45th Regiment of Penna Volunteers, to serve 3
years, or during the war, and mustered into service as a Private on the
14th day of Oct 1861, at Harrisburg, Pa., in Co. G 45th
Regiment of Penna Volunteers to serve 3 years, or during the war. On the
quarterly Return of deceased Soldiers of that Regiment, for the 3d Quarter
of 1863, he is reported ADied
Aug 1st 1863 at Milldale Miss of disease.@
Nature of disease not stated.
I am, Sir, very respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
Signed/Sam. Breck
The Commissioner of Pensions, Assistant Adjutant General.
Washington, D. C.
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