A Second Marriage

On October 1st, 1881,  as the Pension Bureau was in the midst of processing his reapplication for a pension, Consider Flower married for the second time. It was also a second marriage for his new wife. Lucy Pinkham, like Flower, had divorced her first spouse, Varnum Pinkham, four years earlier, in 1877.

<June 30, 1861: Lucy Plumer married Varnum Pinkham in Dover, New Hampshire; Lucy born in Alton, N H>

<1870 US Census: Lucy (born New Hampshire) and her husband, a shoe contractor, living in Haverhill, MA - Varnum would remain in Haverhill for the rest of his life>

<1850 US Census, Alton NH: Father, Richard, a farmer; 5 older siblings, including three brothers in their teens who were shoemakers>