Michael Gallagher, son of John and Martha Gallagher, was the second husband of Cassie Ann Rosenberry, my great great grandmother. Her first husband was Orson Patchen (Patchin) with whom she had two children, Edgar and Nettie. Nettie (Annette MaryJane Patchen) was my great grandmother. Orson Patchen died in the Civil War. Cassie then married Michael Gallagher. They had no children. Michael also died in the war and Cassie applied for his widow’s pension. These are some of the forms from that file.
Civil War pension files can have wonderful information in them. In this one, it lists parents’ names, verifies the marriage, and indicates no children. The best tip I learned about getting the file was to request the entire file to be copied. Otherwise someone is going to choose which pages you get. Disclaimer: I got these files many years ago, so the procedure might have changed.
As Michael’s widow, she did get a pension of $8.00 per month.
These are the proofs offered in her claim.
This page has great information on it – parents, dates, marriage!
And more info here.
My favorite part is seeing her signature on the sheet above.
This I Leave 
Two things I find interesting…first, her father’s name which doesn’t show up on the plat maps (online on the Sauk County Historical Society site; her mother’s property just shows “Widow Rosenberry” which interestingly is adjacent to the property of her first husband’s parents), and her second husband also died of disease (as did her first husband?).
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Yes, Orson and Michael both died of disease. Her third husband was a veteran – that one survived the war. I would guess that all the men in her world had served in the war.
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