Name/Title
Ida Cahoon's Letter to US Pension OfficeEntry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.247Scope and Content
Ida Cahoon wrote the US Pension Office concerning Joel Cahoon's Revolutionary War payment for service in the Rhode Island militia.
1916 Broadway
Cleveland, O.
Mar 5 1896
U.S. Pension Agent
Dear Sir.
I find upon the Revolutionary Pension Roll from Kent Co. R.I. the name of Joseph Cahoon as belonging to the militia from that Co. He is said to have been put upon the pension roll in 1835.
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Can you tell us if he was given the pension and to what town and state it was forwarded? Also does your list tell in what regiment & c he belonged?
My grandfather, Joseph Cahoon was in the R.I. Militia during the Revolution but in1835 lived in
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Dover, O. We do not know of his having received a pension and for historical reasons wish to have the facts from headquarters.
Your attention will be gratefully received.
Respectfully
Ida M. Cahoon
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Three Postmarks:
Blue Circle Postmark Stamp: PENSION / U / MAR / 10 / 1896 S / OFFICE
Red Rectangular Postmark Stamp: Army & Navy Survivors / MAR | 11 | 1896 / DIVISION
Purple Rectangle Postmark Stamp: OLD WAR & NAVY / MAR 12 1896 / FILES,Collection
Early Family Papers: CahoonRelationships
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Cahoon, JosephPerson or Organization
Cahoon, Ida M.
