Hannah M Fetterman1

#21731, (circa 1843 - )
Father*Nathaniel Plumer Fetterman1 (1804 - 1874)
Mother*Anna Maria Dillon1 (c 1808 - c 1887)

Family 1

Joseph H Silk b. c 1840, d. 1864
Child 1.Josephine Silk8 (1864 - 1941)

Family 2

Joseph McNeilly b. 1830
Child 1.George Fetterman McNeilly9 (1873 - 1954)
Her married name was Silk.2 
Her married name was McNeilly.3 
Birth*circa 1843She was born circa 1843 at PennsylvaniaG.1 
15 August 1850She appeared on the census of 15 August 1850 in the household of Nathaniel Plumer Fetterman and Anna Maria Dillon at Upper St. Clair Twp., Allegheny Co., PennsylvaniaG, age 8, b. PA.4 
19 June 1860She appeared on the census of 19 June 1860 in the household of Nathaniel Plumer Fetterman and Anna Maria Dillon at Upper St. Clair Twp., Allegheny Co., PennsylvaniaG, as Hanah, age 16, b. PA.5 
Marriage*23 April 1861She married Joseph H Silk on 23 April 1861 at Allegheny Co., PennsylvaniaG.2 
29 November 1865She was awarded a military pension on 29 November 1865 (original application.)2 
11 August 1870She appeared on the census of 11 August 1870 in the household of Virginia D Fetterman and William Henry Blake at St. Louis Twp., St. Louis Co., MissouriG, as Hannah Silk, age 26, b. PA, at home [dau. Josephine not recorded].6 
Marriage*1 January 1873She married Joseph McNeilly on 1 January 1873 at First United Methodist Church (formerly Methodist Episcopal Church), New Bethlehem, Clarion Co., PennsylvaniaG; (may be record only.)3 
6 June 1900She and Joseph McNeilly appeared on the census of 6 June 1900 at West Libert Bor., Allegheny Co., PennsylvaniaG.7 
16 May 1918She was awarded a military pension on 16 May 1918 (reinstatement.)2 

Citations

  1. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census.
  2. [S1433] Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows and Other Veterans of the Army and Navy Who Served Mainly in the Civil War and the War With Spain, compiled 1861 - 1934; Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, District of Columbia, online Fold3.com, Roll WC61133-WC61150, 82 imgs, Box 32, 179. Application No. 79109, Cert. No. 61146, Hannah M McNeilly, née Fetterman, former wid. of Joseph H Silk, Pvt., Co. B, 1st Battalion, 18th Regt., U.S. Infantry. Original claim admitted 29 Nov 1865, pension to commence as of 20 Sep 1864. Hannah M Silk, wid., res. Mt. Lebanon, Allegheny Co. PA, marr. Joseph H Silk 23 Apr 1861 as shown by church record. "The Surgeon General reports that the soldier died Sept 20th 1864, of gunshot wound of left wrist received in action." Widow's declaration of 23 Nov 1864 states that Joseph H Silk was wounded at [illegible] Station near Atlanta, 7 Aug 1864, and d. at General Hospital No. 2, Chattanooga TN, 20 Sep 1864. Names as her attorney N P Fetterman, 137 Fourth St., Pittsburgh PA. Witn. A M Fetterman and C S Fetterman.
    Adjutant General's report states that Joseph H Silk had enlisted 10 Jan 1864, for the period of five years, and d. as described above.
    Affidavit of Hannah M McNeilly, age 75 and res. of Dormant Station, Pittsburgh PA, dated 16 May 1918, requesting reinstatement of her pension. Claimant states that she remarr. to Joseph McNeilly 1 Jan 1873, and that at that time the pension accrued to her dau. Josephine (b. 26 Sep 1864), and that her husb. Joseph McNeilly d. 30 Jan 1918. Further affidavits are made to correct the original application, which stated that Hannah had no children, (which was true at the time of her husband's death). The affiants include her brother Charles (who helped in the preparation of the original application), and Mrs. Anna M Fetterman and Mrs. Rebecca McFarland. Further documents give the soldier's name as Joseph Harrison Silk; his sister's name Elizabeth Silk.
    Viewed online at https://www.fold3.com/image/1/29270760
  3. [S1733] Historic Pennsylvania Church and Town Records, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com, First United Methodist Church, img. 182/201. Joseph McNeilly and Hannah Silk, marr. 1 Jan 1873.
  4. [S20] 1850 U.S. Federal Census. N P (46), b. PA, lawyer; Ann Maria (42), b. PA.
  5. [S19] 1860 U.S. Federal Census. N P (56), b. PA, attorney at law, real estate value $2000; Anna M (49), b. PA.
  6. [S18] 1870 U.S. Federal Census. W H (39), b. MD, steam boat captain, real estate value $15,000, personal estate $12,000; Virginia (33), b. PA keeps house.
  7. [S5] 1900 U.S. Federal Census. Joseph (70), b. Ireland May 1830, parents b. Ireland, farmer, imm. 1854, natlzd.; Hannah (52), b. PA Jan 1848, parents b. PA, 1 child [sic], living; marr. 27 yrs.
  8. [S1433] Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Widows 1861-1934, Record Group 15, National Archives and Records Administration, online Fold3.com, Application No. 79109 of Hannah M McNeilly, née Fetterman, q.v.
  9. [S1570] Pennsylvania Death Certificates, 1906-1963/1964/1966/1968: Year 1954, File No. 80614, Reg. No. 82. George Fetterman McNeilly [sic], b. Pittsburgh PA 8 Oct 1873, son of Joseph McNeilly and Hannah Fetterman; marr., market gardener, res. 110 Fort Couch Road, Bethel Bor., Allegheny Co. PA; d. at res. 23 Oct 1954, age 81, coronary thrombosis; inf. Margaret McNeilly, same res.; bur. St. Clair Twp., Mt. Lebanon Twp., Alegheny Co. PA, Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, online Ancestry.com.