Williston served in Company F 2nd Minnesota Cavalry during the Civil War.
A digest of the laws of the United States
By United States Pension Bureau.
Ruling No. 155. December 5, 1885.
Soldier died in October, 1874 [sic-1877], leaving a claim for invalid pension pending. He had married in 1869, and subsequently separated from his wife, who, in March, 1874, went through the ceremony of marriage with another man, with whom she has lived ever since as his wife. A minor child of the soldier now claims pension in his own right, as well as the accrued pension due under the invalid claim.
The Commissioner held, "that when the facts set up in any case bring it within the operation of the rule deduced by Bishop (I Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, sec. 505) as governing the instantaneous arising of the marriage relation when a legal impediment thereto has been removed, there is no period of widowhood entitling the former wife of the soldier either to a pension in her own right or to the accrued pension unpaid in the invalid claim. When, in such case, the soldier left a child or children entitled, their pension will commence from the date of the widow's remarriage, which, under the circumstances named, would be the date of the soldier's death. Such child or children will also be entitled to receive any accrued pension which may be allowed under the invalid claim."
Invalid, No. 166,039. Minors, No. 300,240. Williston Jennison
A digest of the laws of the United States
By United States Pension Bureau.
Ruling No. 155. December 5, 1885.
Soldier died in October, 1874 [sic-1877], leaving a claim for invalid pension pending. He had married in 1869, and subsequently separated from his wife, who, in March, 1874, went through the ceremony of marriage with another man, with whom she has lived ever since as his wife. A minor child of the soldier now claims pension in his own right, as well as the accrued pension due under the invalid claim.
The Commissioner held, "that when the facts set up in any case bring it within the operation of the rule deduced by Bishop (I Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, sec. 505) as governing the instantaneous arising of the marriage relation when a legal impediment thereto has been removed, there is no period of widowhood entitling the former wife of the soldier either to a pension in her own right or to the accrued pension unpaid in the invalid claim. When, in such case, the soldier left a child or children entitled, their pension will commence from the date of the widow's remarriage, which, under the circumstances named, would be the date of the soldier's death. Such child or children will also be entitled to receive any accrued pension which may be allowed under the invalid claim."
Invalid, No. 166,039. Minors, No. 300,240. Williston Jennison
Williston served in Company F 2nd Minnesota Cavalry during the Civil War.
A digest of the laws of the United States
By United States Pension Bureau.
Ruling No. 155. December 5, 1885.
Soldier died in October, 1874 [sic-1877], leaving a claim for invalid pension pending. He had married in 1869, and subsequently separated from his wife, who, in March, 1874, went through the ceremony of marriage with another man, with whom she has lived ever since as his wife. A minor child of the soldier now claims pension in his own right, as well as the accrued pension due under the invalid claim.
The Commissioner held, "that when the facts set up in any case bring it within the operation of the rule deduced by Bishop (I Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, sec. 505) as governing the instantaneous arising of the marriage relation when a legal impediment thereto has been removed, there is no period of widowhood entitling the former wife of the soldier either to a pension in her own right or to the accrued pension unpaid in the invalid claim. When, in such case, the soldier left a child or children entitled, their pension will commence from the date of the widow's remarriage, which, under the circumstances named, would be the date of the soldier's death. Such child or children will also be entitled to receive any accrued pension which may be allowed under the invalid claim."
Invalid, No. 166,039. Minors, No. 300,240. Williston Jennison
A digest of the laws of the United States
By United States Pension Bureau.
Ruling No. 155. December 5, 1885.
Soldier died in October, 1874 [sic-1877], leaving a claim for invalid pension pending. He had married in 1869, and subsequently separated from his wife, who, in March, 1874, went through the ceremony of marriage with another man, with whom she has lived ever since as his wife. A minor child of the soldier now claims pension in his own right, as well as the accrued pension due under the invalid claim.
The Commissioner held, "that when the facts set up in any case bring it within the operation of the rule deduced by Bishop (I Bishop on Marriage and Divorce, sec. 505) as governing the instantaneous arising of the marriage relation when a legal impediment thereto has been removed, there is no period of widowhood entitling the former wife of the soldier either to a pension in her own right or to the accrued pension unpaid in the invalid claim. When, in such case, the soldier left a child or children entitled, their pension will commence from the date of the widow's remarriage, which, under the circumstances named, would be the date of the soldier's death. Such child or children will also be entitled to receive any accrued pension which may be allowed under the invalid claim."
Invalid, No. 166,039. Minors, No. 300,240. Williston Jennison
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