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Marriage License of Horace Rice and Maria Mussey

Maria and Horace were married Dec 3, 1867 in Minnesota

Statement returned to Maria that asks her to prove she has not remarried

Asks Maria to prove that she has not remarried since Horace's death

Transcription of document that states Maria's whereabouts before and after Horace's death

Maria lived with Horace in Minnesota until his death in 1884, then continued her residence there and in Wisconsin until 1890. In 1891, she moved to Missouri, and now the only proof of her continuous widowhood comes from two residents of St. Joseph,…

Witness statement that says Maria never remarried

Witness statement from W.E. Mussey swearing Maria Rice never remarried

Official Notations of Horace that includes information about his death and discharge

Horace Rice was discharged July 17, 1865 and died March 17, 1884

Application for reimbusement from Hattie L. Beach

Application for reimbursment containing detailed breakdown of Maria's medical expenses

Claimant's Oath of Allegiance that swears Hattie Beach withholds the law

Claimant's Oath of Allegiance from Hattie claiming that she upholds the laws of the US government

Deceased Pensioner Certificate that contains a list of expenses

Deceased Pensioner Certificate containing a list of expenses and William Stubien's opinion on them

Deceased Pensioner Certificate that contains a list of expenses

Deceased Pensioner Certificate containing a list of expenses and A.S. Long's opinion on them

Funeral bill for Maria's death

Funeral bill detailing the expenses of Maria's funeral and death

Live-in nurse bill

Requests payment from Maria for what seems to be some sort of live-in nurse or hospice-like care

Rejection of widow's pension application

Rejection of widow's pension application from WO Brown

Pension rejection titled: Form 3-218a

Appears to be a rejection. Contains addresses and dates

Rejection of Maria's widow's pension application

Rejects Maria's application, claiming she did get remarried

Affidavit from neighbors that says Maria died

Affidavit from A.S. Long and Ann R. Rollar saying Maria died on April 1, 1891

Cover Letter of Application for Accrued Pension

Horace Rice is the pensioner. Cover letter of Maria's widow's pension application

Form of a Pension Application that shows Horace appointed a lawyer

Horace was a farmer before his time in the service and worked as a clerk in Dakota County, Minnesota after the service

Form of a Pension Application that shows Horace appointed a lawyer

Horace lived in Dakota County, Minnesota and was a clerk. The document also lists all things necessary in order to receive pension

Examining Surgeon's Certificate for Pension Application

Contains what Horace looks like and a description of his injury from Malvern Hill

Summary by examiner that shows the medical examiner is of the opinion that Horace's pension should be admitted

Shows that the medical examiner is of the opinion that Horace Rice should be admitted for pension because of the gunshot wound to his left middle finger

Letter from surgeon general's office that requests the report of hospital treatment of Horace Rice

Letter that requests hospital documentation of Horace's treatment of injury

Letter from the Adjutant General's Office that explains all of Horace's time in the Hospital

Briefly talks about transfers and injury to left middle finger

Malvern Hill Map

Shows the area of eastern Henrico County, Va., where the battle of Malvern Hill was fought. The landscape gave the Union forces a strong natural position from which to fend off the Confederate attack.

America's First Social Security System: The Expansion of Benefits for Civil War Veterans

Skopcol describes the nature, development and allocation of the American government's Civil War pension system and argues that its expansion was partially a reflection of 19th-century American politics

Voyant Image for Maria

Graph showing the frequency of certain words relating to Maria used in our documents

Hospital no. 7, Beaufort, S.C., during Civil War

Civil War Hosptial in Beaufort, South Carolina

Base or General Hospitals During the Civil War

Article that details new hospitals that began to emerge during the American Civil War, and the problems they encountered