Hi Susan,
Some Sniffen info you might enjoy:)
Apparently great-great grandfather William enlisted in the civil war when his youngest of eight children, our great grandfather George, was just four months old... William died 6 months after he enlisted at age 40.
Joyce

Adjutant Generals Office
Washington, DC
Feb 24, 1863

Sir:
I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt from your ofice of its application for pension file 12540 and o return it herewith with such information as is furnished by the files of this office.
It appears from the rollson file in this office that William Sniffen was enrolled on the 2nd day of Oct 1861 at Hartford in Co. I, 10th Regiment of Conn Volunteers to serve three years or during the war and mustered into service as a musician on the 2nd day of Oct 1861 at Hartford in Co. I 10th Regiment of Conn. Volunteers to serve three years or during the war. On the muster roll of Co. I of that Regiment for the months of May and June 1862 he is reported as died in Hospital at Newbern June 16th 1862. Cause of death not stated no further records on file.
The Commissioner of Pensions

Name of Applicant: Sarah Sniffen
Address: Round Hill, Fairfield Co., Conn


July 6, 1863
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
On this 6th day of July AD 1863 personally appeared before me, Augustus Mead of the Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut
Judge of Probate Court for the district of Greenwich in said County and State,
Widows Army Pension
Sarah Sniffen a resident of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield and State of Connecticut aged 37 years who being first duly sworn according to law,doth on her oath make the following declarations, in order to obtainthe benefit of the provision made by the Act f Congress approved July 14th 1862, that she is the widow of William Sniffen who was a drummer in Company I commanded by Daniel M.Mead in the 10th Regiment of the Connecticut Volunteers in the War of 1861, who on or about the 16th day of June, 1862 came to his death by reason of Eycasyaclas (sp?) contracted in the line of his duty.
She further declares that she was married to the said William Sniffen on the 12th day of August in the year 1845 that her husband the aforesaid William Sniffen died on the day above mentioned and that she has remained a widow ever since that period as will more fully appear by reference to the proof hereto annexed. She also declares that she has not in any manner been engaged in or aided or abetted the rebellion in the United States
her
Sarah X Sniffen, Claimant
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Witnessed by Samuel Close and John Dayton


July 10, 1863
This may certify that William Sniffen and Sarah M. Loudon both of Greenwich were lawfully united in marriage by te inscriber August 12th 1844
Chauncy Wilcox
Pastor of the Church of North Greenwich
Recorded by Samuel Close, Town Clerk

note: above certified by Mr. Close in court July 13, 1863


July 28, 1863
I hereby certify that William Sniffen, a drummer in Company I of the 10th Regiment of Connecticut Volunteers died at the Regementere(sp?) Hospital Newbern,North Carolina on the fifteenth day of June, 1862 of Ensepehs (sp?) of fthe head while in the line of his duty. Said disease contracted while in the service of the United States.
Dated at Morris Island, SC
The 28th day of July 1863
Benjamin Wright
Lieut. Co. A 10th CT Vol

June 29,1868
State of Connecticut
County of Fairfield
Stamford Probate District
the 29th day of June 1868
Pierre R. Holly, M.D. being by me duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he is and has been for the past ten years a practicing physician residing and doing business in Stamford, Connecticut.
That on the 24th day of April, 1861 this deponent attended in a professional capacity Sarah M. Sniffen, the wife of William Sniffen and delivered her a male child whose name is George H(olly) Sniffen.
That deponent made an entry of such birth in his regular account book and that the foregoing statement was made by him after careful examination of said book and that said statement he knows to be true. Deponent is not interested in this matter.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 29th |
day of June 1868 by said deponent whom I | signed
certify to be a physician of good repute in | Pierre R. Holly M.D.
his profession I am not interested in this |
matter.
Julius B. Curtis
Justice of the Court of Probate for
District of Stamford & Acting Clerk of said Court

note:declarations for other children from two other doctors


Jul 31, 1897
US Pension Agency
Boston,Mass
I do hereby report that the name of Sarah Sniffen Widow of William who was a pensiner on the rolls of this agency under certificate # 5612 and who was last paid $12. to Mch 4, 1897 has been dropped because of reported death.
Pension Agent