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George W. Hennion, Bloomingdale

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George W. Hennion, Bloomingdale

CHahn7386  (View posts) Posted: 24 Apr 2000 12:00PM GMT
Classification: Pension
Surnames: Hennion, Sisco, Mead
Consent in Case of Minor

I, Catharine Hennion do certify, that I am the mother of George W. Hennion, that the said George W. Hennion is nineteen years of age; and I do hereby freely give my consent to his volunteering as a Soldier in the Army of the United States for the period of three years.

Given at Newark
The 16th day of August, 1862

Witness: S/b David Sheldon, S/b Catharine Hennion

Soldier issued: Pouch, 1 waist belt and plate, 1 bayonet scabbard, 1 cartridge box belt and plate, 1 screw driver, 1 wiper, the whole amounting to $3.68.

First Muster Roll Trenton, NJ, August 31, 1862

Private Co. B, 9th RegÂ’t New Jersey Infantry appears on muster roll

Discharged at Greensboro, NC, June 14, 1865, in compliance with G.O. 73.

Note on detachment Muster-out Roll: Soldier to be charged for the following ordinance stores lost through carelessness 1 cartridge box and plate, 1 cap.

Above taken from GeorgeÂ’s Military Records. The following is from his pension record, Certificate No. 815,258

Pension was claimed for rheumatism contracted in the line of duty at Warrington Junction, VA, in 1862 from cold and exposure.

His personal description at enlistment was as follows: Height, 5 ft, 3 in., light complexion, blue eyes, brown hair. He was a farmer. He was born May 12, 1843, in NYC.

The following document was signed January 4, 1898:

Wife: Mary Jane Sisco

Married: July 31,1869, Bloomingdale, NJ, by Rev. W. H. Dickerson, Methodist

Names of living children and dates of birth:

Kitty Hennion, May 29, 1870
Janey Hennion, Oct. 2, 1874
Harrison Hennion, May 6, 1877

A document signed April 6, 1915, lists names and birth dates of all children, living or dead:

Eliza Catharine Hennion, May 29, 1870 (deceased)
Harry F. Winfield Hennion, Nov. 16, 1872 (deceased)
Mary Jane Hennion, Oct. 2, 1874
James Harrison Hennion, May 6, 1877

Declaration of a Widow for Original Pension

Widow: Mary J. Sisco
Soldier's Birth Date: May 4, 1843 (different day of mo. than previous)
Soldier's Death Date: Nov. 4, 1915, at Bloomingdale, NJ

Mary J. Hennion dropped from pension roll due to death on Nov. 7, 1918.

Note: George was the son of Catharine Mead and David Morris Hennion.

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