Cordelia B WASGATT

1813 - 1897  (83 years)

• Name	Cordelia B WASGATT
  Birth	25 Dec 1813	Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Census	15 Jun 1870	Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States
  Residence	Between 1878 and 1893	Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [2]
  Census	8 Jun 1880	Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States
  Misc	17 Apr 1888  [3]
  	Approval of Pension, CORDELIA EMERY. April 17, 1888.—Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed. Mr. Bliss, from the Committee on Pensions, submitted the following REPORT: [To accompany bill S. 1343.] The Committee on Pensions, to whom was referred Senate bill No. 1343, granting a pension to Cordelia Emery, have examined the same, and return the bill to the Douse, recommending its passage, and adopting as its report the statement of fact of the Senate committee, as follows: The claimant is the widow of Nahum Emery, late of Hampden, Me., a soldier of the war of 1812. The pension is rejected by the Pension Office on the ground that the husband of the claimant was a teamster and not a soldier. There are two comrades, Simeon Mayo and Andrew Parr, aged respectively eighty-four and eighty-eight years, both of Hampden, Me., who testify that— "They were both present and participated in the Hampden battle in the war of 1812; that we served in the company under command of Captain Newcomb, and that we are in receipt of a pension under the act of March 9, 1878; and we further state that we were well acquainted with Nahum Emery, who volunteered and did serve in the company of Massachusetts militia commanded by Capt. John Emery; that he was detailed by the commander to haul guns from the United States frigate Adams to a position on 'the hill;' that he was present in the engagement, taken prisoner by the British, detained several days, and then released on parole." It appears that Private Emery acted only temporarily in the capacity of teamster, and then by command of his superior officer. The bill is reported favorably, with a recommendation that it do pass.
  Death	18 May 1897	Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [4, 5, 6]
  	Pension index card states died prior to 23 Jan 1897; however, Record of Death provides date of 18 May 1897.
  Burial	19 May 1897	Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [5, 6]
  Person ID	I1598	Stanwood Family
  Last Modified	9 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas WASGATT,   b. 21 Jun 1774, Mount Desert Island, Hancock, Maine, United States d. 5 Dec 1825, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 51 years)
  Mother	Polly FRYE,   b. Between 1775 and 1784   d. 11 Nov 1820, Eden, Hancock, Maine, United States (Age 45 years)
  Marriage	24 FEB 1793
  Family ID	F797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nahum EMERY,   b. Abt 1792, Massachusetts, United States d. 23 Jul 1868, Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1831	Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States   [2, 7, 8]
  Children	1. Andrew J EMERY,   b. 20 May 1832   d. 27 Jul 1891 (Age 59 years)   2. Jeannette Hannah EMERY,   b. 20 Jan 1834   d. 27 Apr 1918, Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States (Age 84 years)   3. Nahum A EMERY,   b. 28 Feb 1837   d. 10 Feb 1915, Hampden, Penobscot, Maine, United States (Age 77 years)   4. James EMERY,   b. 30 Dec 1840   5. Mary EMERY,   b. 10 Nov 1844   6. Freeman EMERY,   b. 12 May 1847   d. 1925 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Dec 2024

  
  

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• Sources

  [S1644] DB: Maine Birth Records, 1621-1922, 7 December 2011; entry for Cordelia Wasgatt b. 11 25 Dec 1813. WASGATT_Cordelia_b1813_birth_001 [S173] "United States, War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910", for Nahum Emery, spouse Cordelia (Wasgatt) Emery, accessed 7 December 2011. Citing military unit Teamster Capt John Emery's Co Mass Mil, NARA microfilm publication M313 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 840,460 EMERY_Nahum_1792_War_of_1812_001 [S666] The Reports of Committees of the House of Representatives For the First Session of the Fiftieth Cong, Report No. 1766; Cordelia Emery, widow of Nahum Emery; database online; 7 December 2011. [S1652] DB: Maine, Death Records, 1617-1922, 7 December 2011; entry for Cordelia B. Emery, 18 May, 1897. WASGATT_Cordelia_b1813_death_001 [S372] USGenWeb Archives, Compiler, Locust Grove Cemetery Transcription, entry for Cordelia Emery, d. 18 May 1897, accessed 10 December 2011. Citing Locust Grove Cemetery, Maine Road South (Route 1A), Hampden, Maine, transcribed by Mike Desmarais, email ElToro182@cs.com. [S1166] Find A Grave, 10 December 2011; memorial page for Cordelia Emery ( - 1897), Find A Grave Memorial no. 82,089,670. Citing Locust Grove Cemetery, Hampden, Penobscot County, Maine; the accompanying photographs submitted by Dale and Patti Mower provide a legible image of the inscrivbed data. WASGATT_Cordelia_b1813_grave_001 [S916] Vital Records of Hampden, Maine Prior to 1892, p. 80. [S916] Vital Records of Hampden, Maine Prior to 1892, p. 321.