{"id":2156,"date":"2016-02-18T15:09:47","date_gmt":"2016-02-18T15:09:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2016-02-18T15:09:47","modified_gmt":"2016-02-18T15:09:47","slug":"civil-war-pension-file-for-william-lake-from-missouri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/?p=2156","title":{"rendered":"Civil War Pension File for William Lake from Missouri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lakepension.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2157\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2157\" src=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lakepension.jpg\" alt=\"lakepension\" width=\"930\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lakepension.jpg 930w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lakepension-300x91.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/lakepension-768x233.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/a>I&#8217;ve received my copy of the Civil War pension file for William Lake who served in Company I of Missouri&#8217;s 49 Infantry. There were no real smoking guns in this set of records. We will be discussing the items in this file in a series of posts, but here are a few comments and highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There was a great deal of medical testimony regarding William&#8217;s health, illnesses he suffered during the war and how they impacted him for the duration of his life. This is the bulk of the testimony.<\/li>\n<li>A list of his parents&#8217; children at the time he enlisted. This is somewhat atypical and I&#8217;m not entirely certain why it is in the file.<\/li>\n<li>William&#8217;s birth date as copied from his parents&#8217; family Bible.<\/li>\n<li>The names and dates of birth of William&#8217;s children in response to a survey sent out to pensioners.<\/li>\n<li>A brief discussion of his military service.<\/li>\n<li>A one page widow&#8217;s pension application submitted by Sarilda Lake after William&#8217;s death. There was not a certified copy of her marriage record or the statements from witnesses that are often submitted by widows.<\/li>\n<li>A transcription of the family&#8217;s 1860 census entry from Chariton County, Missouri.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;ve not yet read the file in its entirety. It may be that, after reading the file, I realize why certain evidence was submitted. It&#8217;s not advised to jump to conclusions until the entire file has been read. A quick glance can easily cause things to be overlooked. There&#8217;s probably a reason why the list of William&#8217;s siblings and the family&#8217;s 1860 census enumeration is listed.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve received my copy of the Civil War pension file for William Lake who served in Company I of Missouri&#8217;s 49 Infantry. There were no real smoking guns in this set of records. We will be discussing the items in this file in a series of posts, but here are a few comments and highlights: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2156","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2156"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2156\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2156"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}