Name/Title
Letter concerning the pension of Joseph Cahoon from the Dept of the Interior to Ida Cahoon.Entry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.349Scope and Content
Letter from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions to Ida Cahoon reporting that Joseph Cahoon had applied for a pension in August 1832, for his service in the Revolutionary War.
Typed in Blue and Black ink:
C.W. & M. Div. Department Of The Interior
F.S. Bureau of Pensions
M.E.C. Washington, D.C. March 18, 1896
W. 20837.
Madam:
In returning herewith your letter of March 5, 1896, you are advised that Joseph Cahoon [not of Dover] made an application for pension on August 29, 1832, at which time he was residing in Coventry, R.I., and seventy-six years of age, and his pension was allowed for nine months' actual service as a private and nine months' actual service as a sergeant in the Rhode Island troops, Revolutionary war; a part of the time served under Capt. Reuben Whitman and Col. Joseph Cook.
Very Respectfully,
WM. Lockner
Commissioner.
Mrs. Ida M. Cahoon,
1916 Broadway,
Cleveland, Ohio.Collection
Early Family Papers: CahoonRelationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Cahoon, IdaPerson or Organization
Lockner, WilliamPerson or Organization
Cahoon, JosephPerson or Organization
Whitman, Rueben, CaptainPerson or Organization
Cook, Joseph, ColonelRelated Entries
Notes
2000.FIC.02.330, 2000.FIC.02.331, 2000.FIC.02.332, 2000.FIC.02.341, 2000.FIC.02.342, 2000.FIC.02.343, 2000.FIC.02.344, 2000.FIC.02.345, 2000.FIC.02.346, 2000.FIC.02.347, 2000.FIC.02.348