October 26, 1889 Sarah Jennie Jefferson married Civil War Veteran John C, Phelps in Mankato, Minnesota. Two sons were born in Mankato - Carlin in 1892 and Tommy in 1894. By 1900 the family resided in Maine Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where John worked as a farmer when he was healthy enough to work. In 1898 he was granted a Civil War pension as an invalid. He died on October 20, 1906 – the cause of death listed as “congestion of the liver”.
Jennie filed for her widow’s pension. The Pension Department’s investigation determined he owned no real estate and his personal property at the time of his death was valued at $53: two old horses, a cow, and heifers – all of which had been sold to pay expenses of his last illness and part of the funeral expenses.
Jennie and the boys were destitute. The State of Minnesota paid $35 toward the remaining burial expenses and the Otter Tail County Agent gave Jennie the $8 a month she would receive as a widow’s pension until the filling was approved. Jennie received an additional $2 a month for each of the boys since Carlin was 15 and Tommy was 12. Jennie and the boys left Otter Tail County to live with her family in Minneapolis. Tommy died in 1915 after an operation. Jennie lived until age 89 and is buried at Pilgrim’s Rest in Mankato.
John’s grave remained unmarked until the Second Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery Reenactors with the help of the Otter Tail County Historical Society were able to work around the cemetery’s two years of missing burial records and ordered a veteran’s marker for John’s grave. The marker was dedicated on July 26, 2015. - Information courtesy of Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society.
Note:
Minnesota Deaths & Burials state Jennie’s father Adam Jefferson, mother Jane Gazelle.
Minnesota Deaths & Burials : Thomas born April 9 1894 – Minnesota died Mar 10, 1915 – Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN, buried Mar 13, 1915 – Mankato (possibly Pilgrim Rest Cemetery?)
Minnesota Death Index: Carlin Adam Phelps born May 30 1892 – mother Jefferson, died Feb 25, 1970 - Hennepin County MN.
Jennie filed for her widow’s pension. The Pension Department’s investigation determined he owned no real estate and his personal property at the time of his death was valued at $53: two old horses, a cow, and heifers – all of which had been sold to pay expenses of his last illness and part of the funeral expenses.
Jennie and the boys were destitute. The State of Minnesota paid $35 toward the remaining burial expenses and the Otter Tail County Agent gave Jennie the $8 a month she would receive as a widow’s pension until the filling was approved. Jennie received an additional $2 a month for each of the boys since Carlin was 15 and Tommy was 12. Jennie and the boys left Otter Tail County to live with her family in Minneapolis. Tommy died in 1915 after an operation. Jennie lived until age 89 and is buried at Pilgrim’s Rest in Mankato.
John’s grave remained unmarked until the Second Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery Reenactors with the help of the Otter Tail County Historical Society were able to work around the cemetery’s two years of missing burial records and ordered a veteran’s marker for John’s grave. The marker was dedicated on July 26, 2015. - Information courtesy of Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society.
Note:
Minnesota Deaths & Burials state Jennie’s father Adam Jefferson, mother Jane Gazelle.
Minnesota Deaths & Burials : Thomas born April 9 1894 – Minnesota died Mar 10, 1915 – Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN, buried Mar 13, 1915 – Mankato (possibly Pilgrim Rest Cemetery?)
Minnesota Death Index: Carlin Adam Phelps born May 30 1892 – mother Jefferson, died Feb 25, 1970 - Hennepin County MN.
October 26, 1889 Sarah Jennie Jefferson married Civil War Veteran John C, Phelps in Mankato, Minnesota. Two sons were born in Mankato - Carlin in 1892 and Tommy in 1894. By 1900 the family resided in Maine Township, Otter Tail County, Minnesota, where John worked as a farmer when he was healthy enough to work. In 1898 he was granted a Civil War pension as an invalid. He died on October 20, 1906 – the cause of death listed as “congestion of the liver”.
Jennie filed for her widow’s pension. The Pension Department’s investigation determined he owned no real estate and his personal property at the time of his death was valued at $53: two old horses, a cow, and heifers – all of which had been sold to pay expenses of his last illness and part of the funeral expenses.
Jennie and the boys were destitute. The State of Minnesota paid $35 toward the remaining burial expenses and the Otter Tail County Agent gave Jennie the $8 a month she would receive as a widow’s pension until the filling was approved. Jennie received an additional $2 a month for each of the boys since Carlin was 15 and Tommy was 12. Jennie and the boys left Otter Tail County to live with her family in Minneapolis. Tommy died in 1915 after an operation. Jennie lived until age 89 and is buried at Pilgrim’s Rest in Mankato.
John’s grave remained unmarked until the Second Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery Reenactors with the help of the Otter Tail County Historical Society were able to work around the cemetery’s two years of missing burial records and ordered a veteran’s marker for John’s grave. The marker was dedicated on July 26, 2015. - Information courtesy of Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society.
Note:
Minnesota Deaths & Burials state Jennie’s father Adam Jefferson, mother Jane Gazelle.
Minnesota Deaths & Burials : Thomas born April 9 1894 – Minnesota died Mar 10, 1915 – Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN, buried Mar 13, 1915 – Mankato (possibly Pilgrim Rest Cemetery?)
Minnesota Death Index: Carlin Adam Phelps born May 30 1892 – mother Jefferson, died Feb 25, 1970 - Hennepin County MN.
Jennie filed for her widow’s pension. The Pension Department’s investigation determined he owned no real estate and his personal property at the time of his death was valued at $53: two old horses, a cow, and heifers – all of which had been sold to pay expenses of his last illness and part of the funeral expenses.
Jennie and the boys were destitute. The State of Minnesota paid $35 toward the remaining burial expenses and the Otter Tail County Agent gave Jennie the $8 a month she would receive as a widow’s pension until the filling was approved. Jennie received an additional $2 a month for each of the boys since Carlin was 15 and Tommy was 12. Jennie and the boys left Otter Tail County to live with her family in Minneapolis. Tommy died in 1915 after an operation. Jennie lived until age 89 and is buried at Pilgrim’s Rest in Mankato.
John’s grave remained unmarked until the Second Minnesota Battery of Light Artillery Reenactors with the help of the Otter Tail County Historical Society were able to work around the cemetery’s two years of missing burial records and ordered a veteran’s marker for John’s grave. The marker was dedicated on July 26, 2015. - Information courtesy of Vickie Wendel, Anoka County Historical Society.
Note:
Minnesota Deaths & Burials state Jennie’s father Adam Jefferson, mother Jane Gazelle.
Minnesota Deaths & Burials : Thomas born April 9 1894 – Minnesota died Mar 10, 1915 – Mankato, Blue Earth County, MN, buried Mar 13, 1915 – Mankato (possibly Pilgrim Rest Cemetery?)
Minnesota Death Index: Carlin Adam Phelps born May 30 1892 – mother Jefferson, died Feb 25, 1970 - Hennepin County MN.
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