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Widows Get Pensions, 1935
Posted By Norman Gasbarro on April 12, 2019
From the Harrisburg Evening News, 1 July 1935:
MANY WIDOWS GET PENSIONS
WASHINGTON, July 1 [1935] — The widows of hundreds of men who served in the Civil War will receive pensions or increases in their grants from the Government when a bill reported favorably by the House Committee on Pensions is formally adopted. Several widows in and near Harrisburg are included:
Mrs. Lottie L. Stoner, 60 years old, f Harrisburg, is the widow of Martin G. Stoner, who served as a Corporal in Company C, Third Regiment, from February 1 1864, to November 9, 1865. Though not entitled to a pension under present law, Mrs. Stoner is incapacitated and with no private income. The committee recommended that she be given a pension of $30 a month.
Mrs. Clara S. Hopple, 74 years old, of Mechanicsburg, is the widow of William C. Hopple, who served as a Private in the Ninth Regiment from August 6, 1862, to May 21, 1863. Though not entitled to a pension, the committee recommended that in view o her incapactation and small private income of $160, that she be given a pension of $30 a month.
Mrs. Catherine Gunderman, 62 years old, of Millersburg, is the widow of Samuel Gunderman, who served as a Private in Company F, of the Forty-sixth Regiment, from February 26, 1864 to March 16, 1865. In view of her present incapacitation and lack of private income the committee recommends that she be given a pension of $30 a month, though not legally entitled to one.
Ms. Annie I. Ritz, 62 years old, of Elizabethville, is the widow of John Ritz, who served as a private in Company C, Sixty-ninth Regiment, from August 1, 1864, to July 1, 1865. In view of her small private income and illness, the committee recommended that she be given a pension of $30 a month.
Mrs. Margaret J. Rinehart, 93 years old of Harrisburg, is the widow of John Rinehart, who served as a Private in Company F, 2nd Regiment, from October 16, 1862, to August 7, 1865. The committee recommended that her pension of $0 a month be increased to $50 a month, as she has no private income and is dependent on the personal attendance of others due to her old age.
Mrs. Elizabeth Campbell, 89 years old, of Middletown, is the widow of Henry Campbell, who served as a Private in Company K, Fourth Regiment, from February 12 to September 6, 1864. In view of the fact that Mrs. Campbell is in need of regular attendance due to her invalided state and lack of private income, the committee recommended that she be given an increase to $50 from her pension rate of $40.
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