Back to the saga of Hannah (Baker) Queen Callahan and her Civil War Widow’s Pension. As mentioned before, Hannah was illiterate. Both she and her second husband Daniel Callahan signed their depositions with an X. She didn’t apply for a pension until 1871, possibly she didn’t know there was such a thing.
One of the first things I learned was that my g-grandma Mattie was NOT the
oldest child. She had an older sister named Jane, who had escaped my notice because my only documentation of the children was the application for guardianship filed by Daniel after he married Mattie. By that time, Jane was nineteen years old and probably married, so not included…