Correspondence concerning Wilson L Starkey's Marriage to Eleanor Stone
Information found in these documents
- Wilson L Starkey marriage to Eleanor Stone
- Eleanor Stone's death
- Wilson L Starkey enlistment
- Wilson L Starkey has no living child or children
Wilson L Starkey married Eleanor Stone about 1860. Eleanor died March 1860. Thus at the time of his death he was not married.
First letter from Joel c Stone dated 27 May 1864
State of Illinois
County of Winnebego Joel C. Stone of Rockford in said County of Winnebego, being duly sworn according to law, on his said oath doth depose and say, that he well knew Wilson L. Starkey, late of Company C. of the 15th Regiment Illinois Infantry Volunteers, who died in the Hospital Boat Red Rover near Memphis, Tennessee, on the 26th day of July, A.D. 1862: that he this deponent knew and was acquainted with said Wilson L. Starkey from about ten years ago up to said date of his death: that said Wilson L. Starkey was never married but once, and then to a daughter of this deponent: that she the said wife died long before the aforesaid Wilson L. Starkey, to wit: in March, A.D. 1861, leaving no child or children her surviving: & that said Wilson L. Starkey continued single and unmarried up to the time of his death, leaving no widow or child or children surviving. Joel C. Stone Subscribed and sworn on this 27th day of May, A.D. 1864, before me. And I certify that I well know the said deponent to be a reputable person, and a credible witness, and that I have no interest in the persecution of any claim for bounty, pay or pension on account of any services of said Wilson L. Starkey. William Hulin Clerk County Court, Rockford, Winnebego County, Illinois. Notary Seal Affixed Transcribed By: Betty-Lu Burton 6 Oct 2009 |
Second Letter from Joel Stone and Electra Stone dated 2 August 1864
State of Illinois
County of Winnabago Joel Stone and Electra Stone of the County aforesaid being duly sworn according to law, on their said oaths do testify and say, that they were acquainted with and well know Wilson L. Starkey, late of Rockford in said county: that the said Wilson L. Starkey married Eleanora R. Stone, the daughter of these deponents: that said Wilson L. Starkey in the year 1861, and after the commencement of the present War, enlisted in Company “C.”, 15th Regt. Illinois Infantry, Volunteers, commanded by Capt. Edward T. W. Ellis: and deponents further say, that their said daughter, the wife of said Wilson L. Starkey, died in the month of March, 1860, leaving no child or children of said marriage her surviving, and that to the best of their knowledge, information and belief, the said Wilson L. Starkey never married before his said marriage to their daughter, nor after her death, and left no child or children him surviving. And as to what happened to the said Wilson L. Starkey after he left said County to serve under said enlistment, they can only speak upon information and belief, and what they learned from a newspaper publication: that from those sources they learned that the said Wilson L. Starkey served with his said Company and Regiment up to and through the Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh in the State of Tennessee, in April, 1862, and after that event was detailed for military, naval or gunboat service on the Mississippi River, and died while in the service of the United States in the Hospital Boat Red Rover of disease contracted in said service and in the line of his duty, and that said death occurred on the 27th day of July, A.D. 1862 from congestive chills. Joel Stone Electra Stone Subscribed and sworn to this second day of August, A.D. 1864, before me. And I certify that said deponents are reputable persons, and credible witnesses, entitled to belief; and that I have no interest in the prosecution of any claim for any services of the said Wilson L. Starkey against the Government of the United States or in any payment that may be received form said Government for or on account of services rendered by the said Wilson L. Starkey. William Hulin Clerk County Court, Rockford, Illinois Transcribed By: Betty-Lu Burton 12 Sep 2009 |
Letter to Pension Office 20 Nov 1866
State of New York County of Niagara
Mary C. Lewis being duly sworn declares she is the same person described in the following copy Letter. Pension Office July 14 1866 Sir in the case of Mary C. Lewis, Elizabeth Dunlap should renew her affidavit in the presence of two witnesses, and the Justice of the Peace will Certify to her credibility, and that her statement was read and explained to her before making her mark See circular enclosed. Joel and Electra Stone should testify that they have no interest in the Claim. I am respectfully Your Obt servant Jos. H Barrett Mr. J. F. Baldwin Lockport N. York JDW That she wrote to Rockport Illinois to obtain the evidence required of Joel and Electra Stone after receiving the letter above copied and her letter returned to her from the Dead Letter office after along time. She then wrote to Rockford to ascertain said Joel & Electras Residence & learned they had removed. That she does not know their residence. That she never saw them and they were strangers to her family except the deceased son, and had no interest whatever in her application for pension. That she respectfully submits the evidence on file should now be adjudged sufficient without any affidavit of said Joel and Electra Stone, and believes sufficient other evidence in the case already furnished. That she has heretofore requested the Number of her application and receives the request, by reason of the Receipt having been destroyed with the office of her attorney, by fire, and by reason of her age and needy circumstances, as well as the great amount of evidence furnished in the case desires a full examination of the evidence on file together with the annexed affidavit of Eliza Dunlap certified as required and she further states she has heretofore furnished evidence required and then received requisitions of further evidence which treatment she submits an examination of the case will show is not deserved. Mary C. Lewis Sworn to and subscribed before me this 20th day of November 1866, and I certify the statements of Mary C. Lewis the applicant are entitled to full credit and I have no interest whatever in her claim for pension. A. Torram Justice of the Peace Transcribed By: Betty-Lu Burton
6 Oct 2009 |