Wife of Henry C. Apel who she married at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York on 8/13/1868. The Reverend Charles Kelsey officiating.
Susan and Henry are found in the 1880 US Census living in East Chester, Westchester County, New York. Henry is recorded as being a piano maker and both he and his wife are 38 years old.
After Henry's death in 1893, Susan, had to fight with the government to receive a widow's pension for Henry's Civil War service in the Union Navy. The government first claimed Henry did not die from a service connected disability and denied her claim. But in 1895 she won her claim and received $8.00 a month in a Widow's Pension, with payment back to March of 1893. In her application file, she noted that Henry suffered from a "abdominal rupture" from his service in the Navy and that he was in a sick bed for a year after he came home. He had to wear a belt around his abdomen, probably a truss of some sort, and after awhile gave up working all together due to the pain he suffered.
Her claim for a pension was based on her own failing eyesight which prevented her from doing any significant work. Two witnesses, Mary L. Archer and Louisa Murphy were witnesses on her behave and lived at the same address as Susan. UPossibly, they were all possibly related to each other. Susan was fairly destitute after Henry's death and her only possessions were her personal items such as clothing ($100.00 total value) and she earned roughly $2.00 a week gteaching music when someone wanted a lesson.
She received her pension at 307 West 147th St In New York City until her death on 3/11/1914.
Susan and Henry are found in the 1880 US Census living in East Chester, Westchester County, New York. Henry is recorded as being a piano maker and both he and his wife are 38 years old.
After Henry's death in 1893, Susan, had to fight with the government to receive a widow's pension for Henry's Civil War service in the Union Navy. The government first claimed Henry did not die from a service connected disability and denied her claim. But in 1895 she won her claim and received $8.00 a month in a Widow's Pension, with payment back to March of 1893. In her application file, she noted that Henry suffered from a "abdominal rupture" from his service in the Navy and that he was in a sick bed for a year after he came home. He had to wear a belt around his abdomen, probably a truss of some sort, and after awhile gave up working all together due to the pain he suffered.
Her claim for a pension was based on her own failing eyesight which prevented her from doing any significant work. Two witnesses, Mary L. Archer and Louisa Murphy were witnesses on her behave and lived at the same address as Susan. UPossibly, they were all possibly related to each other. Susan was fairly destitute after Henry's death and her only possessions were her personal items such as clothing ($100.00 total value) and she earned roughly $2.00 a week gteaching music when someone wanted a lesson.
She received her pension at 307 West 147th St In New York City until her death on 3/11/1914.
Wife of Henry C. Apel who she married at the First Methodist Episcopal Church, Mount Vernon, Westchester County, New York on 8/13/1868. The Reverend Charles Kelsey officiating.
Susan and Henry are found in the 1880 US Census living in East Chester, Westchester County, New York. Henry is recorded as being a piano maker and both he and his wife are 38 years old.
After Henry's death in 1893, Susan, had to fight with the government to receive a widow's pension for Henry's Civil War service in the Union Navy. The government first claimed Henry did not die from a service connected disability and denied her claim. But in 1895 she won her claim and received $8.00 a month in a Widow's Pension, with payment back to March of 1893. In her application file, she noted that Henry suffered from a "abdominal rupture" from his service in the Navy and that he was in a sick bed for a year after he came home. He had to wear a belt around his abdomen, probably a truss of some sort, and after awhile gave up working all together due to the pain he suffered.
Her claim for a pension was based on her own failing eyesight which prevented her from doing any significant work. Two witnesses, Mary L. Archer and Louisa Murphy were witnesses on her behave and lived at the same address as Susan. UPossibly, they were all possibly related to each other. Susan was fairly destitute after Henry's death and her only possessions were her personal items such as clothing ($100.00 total value) and she earned roughly $2.00 a week gteaching music when someone wanted a lesson.
She received her pension at 307 West 147th St In New York City until her death on 3/11/1914.
Susan and Henry are found in the 1880 US Census living in East Chester, Westchester County, New York. Henry is recorded as being a piano maker and both he and his wife are 38 years old.
After Henry's death in 1893, Susan, had to fight with the government to receive a widow's pension for Henry's Civil War service in the Union Navy. The government first claimed Henry did not die from a service connected disability and denied her claim. But in 1895 she won her claim and received $8.00 a month in a Widow's Pension, with payment back to March of 1893. In her application file, she noted that Henry suffered from a "abdominal rupture" from his service in the Navy and that he was in a sick bed for a year after he came home. He had to wear a belt around his abdomen, probably a truss of some sort, and after awhile gave up working all together due to the pain he suffered.
Her claim for a pension was based on her own failing eyesight which prevented her from doing any significant work. Two witnesses, Mary L. Archer and Louisa Murphy were witnesses on her behave and lived at the same address as Susan. UPossibly, they were all possibly related to each other. Susan was fairly destitute after Henry's death and her only possessions were her personal items such as clothing ($100.00 total value) and she earned roughly $2.00 a week gteaching music when someone wanted a lesson.
She received her pension at 307 West 147th St In New York City until her death on 3/11/1914.
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