Individual Details
Esther Ann "Hetty" MOHNEY
(Abt 1820 - 6 May 1887)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1820 | ||||
| Marriage | Jacob HIMES |  |  | ||
| Census | 1870 | Pierce Post Office, Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Census | 1880 | Freedom, Redbank Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania | | ||
| Death | 6 May 1887 | | |
Families
| Spouse | Jacob HIMES (1807 - 1896) |
| Child | Cristena HIMES (1839 - 1902) |
| Child | Matthew HIMES (1843 - 1911) |
| Child | Adam HIMES (1845 - 1915) |
| Child | William HIMES (1849 - 1860) |
| Child | John HIMES (1852 - ) |
| Child | Susana HIMES (1854 - ) |
| Child | Lavina HIMES (1858 - ) |
| Child | Sarah Jane HIMES (1861 - 1931) |
| Child | Jemima Minerva HIMES (1865 - 1936) |
Notes
Marriage
The following information was taken from the depositions given by Jacob Himes' children in his widow's pension file. The children who gave depositions in 1898 were Christiana Beck, Adam Himes and his wife Rosanna, Matthias Himes, Sarah Jane Snyder, and Jemina M. Vasbinder. According to the depositions, their parents were Jacob Himes and Esther Ann "Hetty" Mohney/Mony. Esther died the 6 May 1887 but there was no stone to mark her grave in North Freedom, Pennsylvania. Jacob Himes married two women while Esther was still living, a widow named Nulf/Nulph and Sarah C. Yale. Jacob Himes returned home to his wife Esther in Armstrong County after the Civil War but only lived with her a year or less when he deserted her.Death
Esther's daughter, J. M. Vasbinder, initially gave an oral affidavit in August, 1897 stating her mother died 1 May 1883. This was given to her stepmother's attorney who filed an application for a widow's pension for her stepmother. She later recanted this in August, 1898 stating she never said that and that her mother died on 6 May 1887. This date was corroborated by other family members.Endnotes
1. Letter with copy of pension papers for Jacob Himes from Samuel G. Lettie, () to Nancy Levitz, 23 June 1987; held in 2012 by Nancy Fowler (formerly Nancy Levitz), , Cary, North Carolina. Pension file for Jacob Himes held by National Archives, Washington, D.C..
2. Deposition of Christiana Beck dated 25 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
3. Deposition of Matthias/Matthew Himes dated 25 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
4. Deposition of Adam Himes dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
5. Deposition of Sarah Ann Snyder dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
6. Deposition of Jemima (Himes) Vasbinder dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
7. 1870 U.S. census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, population schedule, Pierce Post Office, Redbank Township, page 384B (stamped), page 18 (penned), dwelling 130, family 132, Hetty Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 15 December 2012); from National Archives microfilm M593, roll 1301.
8. 1880 U.S. census, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, Red Bank Township, enumeration district (ED) 21, page 12, dwelling 92, family 95, Ester Himes; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com : accessed 24 June 2017); from National Archives microfilm T9, roll 1096.
9. Letter with copy of pension papers for Jacob Himes from Samuel G. Lettie, () to Nancy Levitz, 23 June 1987; held in 2012 by Nancy Fowler (formerly Nancy Levitz), , Cary, North Carolina. Pension file for Jacob Himes held by National Archives, Washington, D.C..
10. Deposition of Sarah Ann Snyder dated 9 August 1898: Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..
11. Deposition of Rosanna Himes dated 9 August 1898 : Sarah C. Himes widow's pension certificate no. 454,105; service of Jacob Himes (private, Company B, 78th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Civil War); Case Files of Approved Pension Applications of Veterans Who Served in the Army and Navy Mainly in the Civil War and the War with Spain ("Civil War and Later Survivors' Certificates"), 1861-1934||Civil War and Later Surviviors' Certiicates; Civil War and Later Pension Files, Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15||VA, RG15; National Archives, Washington, D.C..