Private John Sponcler:
1915 Application for Pension
Submitted by
Gary Zeller
3-389
Department of the Interior Bureau of Pensions Washington, D.C.
January 2, 1915
Sir: Please answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions
enumerated below. The information is requested for future use, and
it may be of great value to your widow or children. Use the
enclosed envelope, which requires no stamp.
Very respectfully, __________Commissioner.
John Sponcler Ritzville, Wash. 126219 act May Box 623
No. 1. Date and place of birth? Emmitsburg, Maryland.
The name of organization in which you served? Captain
Buckingham’s Company "C" 1st Regiment of Potomac Home
Brigade Cavalry.
No. 2. What was your post office at enlistment?
Emmitsburg, Maryland.
No. 3. State your wife’s full name and her maiden name.
Mary Elizabeth Houglass.
No. 4. When, where, and by whom were you married? Rev.
McHarold, Clarksburg, Md, August 1, 1867.
No. 5. Is there any official or church record of your
marriage? Church was seriously destroyed by fire.
No. 6. Where you previously married? If so, state the name
of your former wife, he date of the marriage, and the date and
place of her death or devoice. If there was more than one previous
marriage, let your answer include all former wives. No other
marriage
No. 7. If your present wife was married before her marriage
to you, state the name of her former husband, the date of such
marriage, and the date and place of his death or devoice, and
state whether he ever rendered any military or naval service, and
if so give the name of organization in which he served. If she was
married more than once before her marriage to you, let your answer
include all former husbands. No other marriage.
No. 8. Are you living with your wife, or has there been a
separation? Wife died August 13, 1893.
No. 9. State the names and birth of all your children,
living or dead.
- Mary Fadelia Sponcler born August 29, 1869
- Lizzie May Sponcler Born October 28, 1872
- William Isaac Sponcler Born September 1875
- Sarah Aberta Sponcler Born September 25, 1877
- George Walter Sponcler Born December 19, 1879
- John Henry Cloy Born March 7, 1885
- Lewis Coss Born September 1, 1887
- Cieil S. Born March 8, 1891
Date April 12, 1915
Signature John Sponcler
