State of Wisconsin, County of Vernon - Margaret DeGarmo Downey

On the 8th day of March 1869 and for said county and State Margaret Downey who being duty sworn doth depose and say that she is the Grandmother and guardian of James T. DeGarmo, Isaac W. DeGarmo and Sarah Ann DeGarmo who make this accompanying application for a pension for her said wards, that she has used due diligence to obtain proof of their births of said wards, but is unable to find such proof other than the family Record of Cushing DeGarmo which is contained in a bible now herewith presented, and states that such records is known to her to be the family record of the said Cushing DeGarmo and kept by him as such in his lifetime, and that there is no other record of the births of the same wards known to exist, and that she firmly believes that all the entrees of marriages, births and deaths contained in the said records are true and correct and asks that a Certified copy of such record be received in as proof of the births of her said wards.

I Carson Graham County Judge in and for the County and State aforesaid do hereby certify that upon due examination of the family bible of Cushing DeGarmo now here presented by Margaret Downey, and attested to by her and by Martin DeGarmo as the family bible of Cushing DeGarmo. I find the following family record in said bible contained all the items whereof I transcribe from the said record in my own hand writing as follows to wit:

I further certify that the age and appearances of the entries in the said bible indicate that they were made at or about the time of the births of their said children and that the said entries appear genuine and made for the sole purpose of a family record, and that I have no interest in any claim the heirs of the said Cushing DeGarmo has against the United States for a pension nor am I concerned in the prosecution of any such claim.

On this the 13th day of March 1869 personally appeared before me a County Judge in and for the County and State above mentioned Martin DeGarmo whom I certify to be a reputable and creditable person and who being duly sworn on oath doth depose and say that he knows the bible now here presented to me by Margaret Downey guardian of James T. DeGarmo, Isaac W. DeGarmo and Sarah Ann DeGarmo minor children of Cushing DeGarmo who was a Private in Company I in the 12th Regiment of Wisconsin Volunteers and that he knows the said Bible to have been the family Bible of the said Cushing DeGarmo in his lifetime, and that the record of Marriages and Births therein contained is the record of the family of the said Cushing DeGarmo made by him in his lifetime, except the entry therein contained relating to the death of the said Cushing DeGarmo, which is and appears to be in a different handwriting from the others, and that he verily believes the record in said Bible contained relating to the births of the said minor children is true and correct and that he knows such were made before the deceased of the said Cushing DeGarmo, and before he entered the service. Informant further states that he is disinterested the said minors have for a pension.

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