| Affiant further states that the said Annias Reedy, her husband served in the Union Army from August 1862 to July 12, 1865 in Co. A. 126 Reg. Ill. Inft. And that she was married to said soldier on the 7th day of December A.D. 1865 and lived with him, as his wife, from that day until the day of his death which was on Dec. 23 1897, when he departed this life near Kirksville, Moultrie County, Illinois. And that his body is buried in the Camfields Cemetery. That afterwards on the 9th of January, the affiant was married to one Samuel S. McCown by James A. Johnston, Justice of the Peace, and that the said Samuel S. McCown departed this life March 19, 1929. That said Samuel S. McCown had previously been married to one Martha Ellen Reedy, who had died some four years before the marriage of this affiant to the said Samuel S. McCown. That neither she, the said Samuel S. McCown nor Annias Reedy had been married otherwise than herein stated. Affiant further states that she is now 84 years of age, past, that she lived with the said Samuel S. McCown from the day of their marriage until the day of his death, that she has no child or children under the age of 16, that she is a resident of Moultrie County, State of Illinois, where she has resided everysince (sic) she was about 11 years old. Affiant hereby makes application to the Pension Department to be plced on the pension rolls of the U.S. as the widow of Annias Reedy, deceased, that her second husband rendered no services in the Army. That her post office address is Sullivan, Moultrie County, Illinois, R.R. 5. Attested ZT Deeds WA Short Signed with her mark Eliza Jane McCown 26 March 1929 ZT Deeds, age 81 years and W.A. Short, age 78, both residents of Moultrie County, Illinois, on otath state that they have known the applicant for more than 60 years, that they know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be, that they were well acquainted with Annias Reedy in his lifetime and knew of his death at the time stated in her applications, and also were well acquainted with Samuel S. McCown and know of his death at the time statd in her applications, and that the facts stated in her application are true. Also In Pension File are copies of the following records: Death Cert: Ananias Reedy, male, white, abt 60 yrs, Occupation Farmer, Date of Death 23 Dec 1897, married. Nationality and Place of Birth: American = Ohio; Resident of this State (IL) 48 years; Place of Death: Sullivan tp. Ills; Cause of Death: Pneumonia; Duration of Complications/Disease: Ten Days; Place of Burial: Camfield Cemetery; Name of Undertaker: C A Corbin, Sullivan. Signed by A.D. Miller, MD Death Cert: Samuel McKown (19 Mar 1929 Moultrie Co., IL) Marriage Cert: AR and Eliza J. Pasco, by John Perryman, JP, 7th Dec 1865 Marriage Cert: Samuel S. McKown and Eliza J. Reedy, by Jas. A Johnston, JP, Shelbyville, 15 Jan 1902 |
| Ananias Reedy's Pension Papers pg. 7 |