Mary A. Albertson (abt. 1854)

Born about 1854 in Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

Mary was born about 1854, in Pennsylvania, to Enoch Albertson and Ann Eliza Hunt. ^[1]

In 1860, she was living with her parents in ward 23, Philadelphia. ^[1]

On 20 May 1899, her mother said that she depended on Mrs Mary E Barnett, whom she had lived with for 20 years, and had no one legally obligated to support her. ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1860 U.S. census, ward 23, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, population schedule, p. 548 stamped = 110 penned, family 752; image copy, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GBSC-928R : accessed 1 January 2020); citing National Archives, microfilm series M653, roll 1174; FamilySearch records all names on this page as 'illegible'.

   Enoch Albertson, 38, male, $500 in personal property, born N. Jersey

   Ann, 39, female, born New Jersey

   Enoch, 14, male, born Penna

   Mary, 6, female, born Penna

   Mary Davis W [?], 54, female, born Penna

   George, 17, male, farmer $500 in personal property, born Penna

   James, 14, male, born Penna

   Andrew, 20, male, laborer, born Penna

2. ↑ Pension Documents Packet, Ann Eliza Penn; widow's pension application no. 698,805, certificate no. 532,958; service of Enoch Penn (Pvt., co. G, 179th PA Vol. Inf. and co. K, 119th PA Vol. Inf., Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications ..., 1861-1934; Civil War and Later Pension Files; Record Group 15: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, National Archives, Washington D.C.

   William Ramsey, minister of Cedar Street Church (Presbyterian Church in the USA), Philadelphia, married Enoch A M Pen [sic] and Ann Eliza Hunt (both of Philadelphia) on 22 January 1844

   married Lucy Smith at Pittsburg Penna on 28 June 1861 by Magistrate Wilson; 'the soldier had been previously married not to my knowledge'

   Enoch Albertson was enrolled in G 179 Pa D Mil Inf 8 Nov 1862

   age 39, height 5 feet 6 inches, blue eyes, dark hair, light complexion

   31 Dec 1862 muster roll: deserted Camp Philadelphia 24 Nov 1862

   arrested 13 Jan 1865 by provost marshall 6th district Phila PA whil engaged in brokering substitutes

   assigned to K 119 PA on 23 Feb 1865 when he returned from desertion, to serve for 8 months and 15 days (the time lost by desertion)

   joined K 119 on 27 March 1865

   mustered out on 19 June 1865 from K 119 PA

   Enoch applied for a pension on 29 Sep 1890: 64 years old, enrolled 8 Nov 1861 in K 119 PA, discharged at Philadelphia on 19 June 1865, partly unable to earn support by manual labor because of 'Rupture of both sides', never applied before, mailing address 1946 Dean St, ward 1. witnesses to identity: Edward W Powers, Henry Brunner Jr

   15 Jan 1898: married to Lucy Knox Smith, 28 Nov 1862, Harrisburg, by Chaplain Kelley (of Camp Curtin), not previously married; living children: William E (born 23 May 1867), Chalkly R (born 25 May 1871), Aquila N (born 30 Jan 1875), Struther (born 10 Jan 1878), Violet (born 13 July 1881)

   Enoch Albertson, last paid at a rate of $12 per month through 4 February 1899, was dropped from the pension rolls because he died on 30 April 1899, at Philadelphia. died 30 April 1899, Philadelphia, of hepatic abscess, carpenter, 2016 S 9th St, buried 7 May 1899 Fernwood.

   20 May 1899, Ann Eliza Penn swore that neither she nor Enoch were married before their married on 22 Jan 1844, that he was not in the military before 9 Nov 1862 or after 15 Jun 1865, that she had no income, no property, and depended on Mrs Mary E Barnett, with whom she had lived for 20 year, and that no one was legally bound to support her

   28 Jan 1901: Thomas C Jones, 804 Sears St, Philadelphia, knew Ann Eliza Penn and Enoch Albertson from 1850, knew that they lived together as husband and wife until the war broke out, and that he was in K 119th PA and died on 30 Apr 1899

   22 Jan 1902: Ann Eliza Penn, 5926 Thompson St, swore that they weren't married before, that she didn't know anyone who could provide evidence, that she had no income, and was entire dependent on others for her support, and that she knows of no life insurance on her husband

   2 March 1902: George W Johnson, 57, of 5134 Ridge ave, swore that he attended Enoch Albertson's funeral, and that he served in K 119 PA under the name 'Enoch Albertson'; Johnson was 1st sergeant of co. K 119

   4 March 1902: Enoch's sister Emma Partenheimer, post office address 'Wissinoming or 4806 Paschall Ave West Phila', swore that Enoch Penn was the Enoch Albertson who died on 30 Apr 1899, and was buried from 2016 S. 9th St

   2 April 1902: Emma Partenheimer, 4806 Paschall Ave, swore that she attended Enoch A M Penn's funeral on 7 May 1899, knew that was her brother, who also went by 'Enoch Albertson' ('Albertson' being one of his middle names), assumed to escape the master to whom he was indentured to learn shoemaking; not friendly when he assumed marital relations with a another woman while he was alive; saw him when their mother was dying (after a long time of not seeing him); their mother wanted her to treat him kindly; about his military service know only what he told me

   8 April 1902: Frances Gardiner, 842 Sears Street Philadelphia (9th street below Wharton) swore that her husband Alexander Gardiner couldn't reply because he died on 13 Dec 1901 , but she knew Enoch Albertson well, and knew that he also went by 'Enoch A M Penn'; he once told her he was going to see his relatives who had a store about 19th and South, and when she said 'why that is Penn's store', he said he went by both names; she was passing the Jones Hotel on Chestnut Street above 6th in 1862 and saw him as he was going to the recruiting office for the 119th PA

   Ann Eliza Penn, widow of Enoch A M Penn, last paid at a rate of $8 per month through 4 November 1902, was dropped from the pension rolls because she died

   on 23 Oct 1911, Lucy Albertson, 66, 911 WInton St Philadelphia, applied for a pension under the Act of 19 April 1908

   'I have had 7 children by him, but about 1880 he informed me that he had once lived with another woman before our marriage in 1861. I lived with him continuously as wife from 1861 until the time of his death. The other woman died about 10 or 11 years ago.' 4 living children.

See also

• Enoch Albertson, in FamilySearch's Family Tree