Military: CWR: Cable, William and Cable, William Mrs. of interest in Somerset
County, PA
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Cable, William
* Private Co. A 39th Regiment 10th Pa. Reserves Corps
* Enlisted Oct. 18, 1862 at age 24 in Somerset Co. Pa.
* Mustered in Oct. 29, 1862 at Harrisburg, Pa
* Transferred to Co. I 191st Regiment Pa. Infantry June 1, 1864
* NOTE: does not show in 191st Regiment
* Widow Pension: Applied Mar. 9, 1865, Application #85542, Certificate #92624
* Widow Pension lists the following: Died Nov. 3, 1864 at Camp Lawton, Georgia
of scurvy while a prisoner of war; Widow - Mary; Maiden name of Mary was
Shumaker born July 8, 1837; Mary was admitted to a pension of $8 per month
commencing Nov. 3, 1864; Mary A. married Samuel P. Shale who left her without
support on Apr. 6, 1868; Mary was granted a divorce on Dec. 20, 1902; She
applied in 1902 to have her pension restored; On Oct. 19, 1903 Mary received a
pension of $12 per month, note on certificate states that she is entitled to $20
per month commencing Sept. 8, 1916; Mary A. Shale who was last paid Apr. 4, 1919
at the rate of $25 per month was dropped from the pension roll due her death
Apr. 12, 1919.
SOURCE:
* 1906 County History, Somerset Co. Pa.
* Muster Roster Co. A
* Veterans Card File
* Fold 3, Civil War and Later Veterans Pension Index
* Military Affairs Register Pa. Volunteers, Roll 0295745
* Widow Pension, Fold 3 [Listed under Reserve Infantry 10th Regiment and
contains 51 pages of Family information]
* Soldiers Monument, Somerset Courthouse, Somerset, Somerset Co. Pa.
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Cable, Mrs. William
* Fifty cents per Commissioners' note dated Jan. 2, 1864
SOURCE:
* Somerset Past Vol. 6 No. 2, Board of Relief Vouchers