AnaniasReedyPensionRecordpg6

1900:

Testimony Mattie McKown and W. H. Reedy
Only child under age 16 born to AR and ER was Edward A. Reedy
Signed 12 Jan 1900
1906:

Pensioner Dropped
Nov 21 1906
Widow Eliza J. Reedy
Last paid $8 on 4 Jany 1902
Dropped for failure to claim pension for 3 years
1926:

Testimony of Cordelia Ritchey, dau of Martha McKown
48 yrs, Moultrie Co.
19 years old at mother's death and mother was wife of Samuel S. McKown who
remarried Eliza J. Reedy, widow of AR.
Mother Martha McKown died 1 May 1900 at Kirksville, IL
Buried at Camfield Cemetery
Signed Cordelia Ritchey, 30 Mar 1926 (should this be 1929? Probably)
1929:

Widow Pension
Cert #489.296
Renewal
Eliza J. McKown, former widow of Ananias Reedy
Pvt Co A 126 Ill Inf
Rate $40/month, commencing 28 Mar 1929
1929:

Remarried Widow #489.296
Act May 1 1920
Eliza J. McKown
RR5, Sullivan IL
Widow AR who died nr Kirksville, IL 23 Dec 1897
Dated 6 Apr 1929

1929:

Remarried Widow
Widow $8/mo June 27 1890
Soldier $10/mo General Law
Enlisted 7 Aug 1862
Honorably Discharged 12 July 1865
Died 23 Dec 1897
Claimant does not write.
Claimant's marriage to soldier: 7 Dec 1865
Claimant remarried: 15 Jan 1902
Death of last husband: 19 Mar 1929 (no military service)
1929:

Testimony of Z. T. Deeds, 81 yrs old, lived in Moultrie all his life.
Personally acquainted with Martha McKown, wife of Samuel McKown. Martha
McKown departed this life 1 May 1900. Samuel McKown departed this life on
19 Mar 1929. Was at funeral of Samuel S. McKown and "saw his body deposited
in Camfield's Cemetery"
Signed ZT Deeds, 30 Mar 1929
1929:

Application for Re-Married Widow for Pension
State of Illinois, Moultrie County
On this day (the 26th day of Markch 1929) personally appeared before me an
officer authorized to administer oaths in said County and State, Eliza Jane
McCown (note: file also contains some documentation re: misspelling of name
McKown), who being duly sworn upon her oath states that she was born May 11,
1844, in the state of Iowa, and that she was married to Annias (sic) Reedy
Dec 7th 1865 and that the said Annias Reedy departed this life on Dec 23,
1897.