John H Copus Civil War Pension

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Hancock Historical Museum

The image depicts an official document from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, dated January 15, 1898, asking John H. Copus to return a circular to the pension agent with answers to questions about his marital status and family. The document includes spaces for responses regarding his wife, Elizabeth Jane Copus, whom he married on January 9, 1870, in Hancock County, with no record of marriage documented. It confirms John had no previous marriage and lists his living children, including David, Charles, Ida, George, Francis, Maggie, and Walter, with their birthdates ranging from 1871 to 1884. The form is signed by him on June 4, 1898.

The image depicts an official document from the Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions, dated January 15, 1898, asking John H. Copus to return a circular to the pension agent with answers to questions about his marital status and family. The document includes spaces for responses regarding his wife, Elizabeth Jane Copus, whom he married on January 9, 1870, in Hancock County, with no record of marriage documented. It confirms John had no previous marriage and lists his living children, including David, Charles, Ida, George, Francis, Maggie, and Walter, with their birthdates ranging from 1871 to 1884. The form is signed by him on June 4, 1898.

Name/Title

John H Copus Civil War Pension

Entry/Object ID

998.100.006

Scope and Content

Letter from Bureau of pensions to John H Copus, North Baltimore, Oh about his Civil War pension, dated Jan 15, 1898.

Collection

Civil War

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Certificate

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects