!RELATIONSHIP: Obituary of Hannah Gary Henry, MOUNDSVILLE DAILY ECHO; 1912; Dated Friday, November 15, 1912; ; phtocopy in poss of Pat Geary, Harrisonburg VA.

From Simon's Civil War pension file from the National Archives. He served in Company A, 140th Pennsylvania Regiment. He enlisted in Waynesburg, Pa., on August 18, 1862. He was discharged in Washington, D.C., in July 1865 with a 2/3 disability because of a gunshot wound in the right elbow. (The right arm later atrophied, and by 1873 --at age 41 -- it was bent permanently at the chest and he had no use of the arm.)
The Xeroxed 1865 U.S. Army disability certificate copy I have of Simon's has a photo of him superimposed on it. He is thin with short blonde hair, wearing a long open cloak with arms. It's obvious his arm is damaged. The certificate says his address is Wheeling, W.Va.In 1866 Simon was sued for "libel in divorce" by his ex-wife, Frances Geary, and he paid $11.55 (Court of Common Pleas, Greene County, Pa., May 10, 1867). In 1890, he appeared before Pension Board medical examiners in West Union, W.Va., and said he lived in Oxford, Ritchie County, W.Va. On July 4, 1898, Simon (from Oxford, Doddridge, W.Va.) declared to the Pension Board he was married to Hannah Geary (maiden name Hannah Miller), and that they were married in Greene County, Pa., in 1872. He said his previous wife's name was "Fanney." He said his living children were Emma, Missouri E., Lucy V., and Hattie J. He signed his name in full. He wrote an affidavit in 1912, from Scottdale, Pa., that since his military discharge he lived in Greene County, Pa., and "Richey" County, W.Va. At that time he said he had "no regular residence at this time." He signed with an "x." W. H. Geary witnessed the document. In 1914 he was living in the YMCA in Connellsville, Pa. A friend who also lived in the YMCA wrote the federal Pension Board to support a pension increase, saying, "He was born Aug. 9, 1831, and is feeble and does not have any friends to look after him, his right arm in which he was wounded is shrunken and of no use to him. He tells me he gets $30 a month and has hard work to live on it."In 1917 there is correspondence about Simon's pension between the Pension Department and U.S. Senator Howard Sutherland. Evidently after Simon's death, Hannah is seeking the widow's pension. I only have the letter to Sutherland. It said in 1912 Simon signed an affidavit saying he had no wife, and the public record of his death showed that he was divorced. The Pension Department said it needed evidence Simon was not divorced to pay the widow's pension.In 1920, Attorney Samuel Prunty, Harrisville, W.Va., wrote the Pension Department on behalf of Simon's widow, Hannah, of Oxford, Ritchie County, W.Va. He said Simon's son, S. W. Garey of Champion, Pa., refused to give her Simon's pension papers, and therefore it was difficult to apply for a widow's pension. Prunty said she lived "upon a little tract of mountain land" with her daughter, and they "have a difficult time." In 1920 Hannah Geary, in a claim to the Pension Board from Ritchie County, W.Va., said Simon's first wife, Fanny Geary, left him during the Civil War. She certifies she was married before Simon to a Samuel Miller, "killed (?) in Pennsylvania."From the letters and affidavits I have, it appears Frances and Simon married around 1858. During the Civil War, they separated and later divorced. In 1866, Frances sued Simon for "libel in divorce." Frances died. He then married Hannah Miller in 1871 or 1872 in Greene County, officiated by Mr. Stephen White. They separated but apparently did not divorce. Simon lived alone and in some poverty. He died and was buried in Rockwood, Pa. The son, Samuel Wilson Geary, seemed to harbor ill will towards Hannah.

• Divorced: Y
• Married: ABT 1858

1. Elizabeth GARY b: 28 Sep 1857 in Aleppo Twp., Greene County, , Pennsylvania
2. Samuel Wilson GAREY b: ABT 1860 in , , Pennsylvania
3. Elijah GAREY b: 1860 in , , Pennsylvania

• Married: ABT 1872 in , Greene County, Pennsylvania

1. Emaline GAREY b: 1874 in Aleppo Twp, Greene, Pennsylvania
2. Lucy Viola GARY b: 17 Mar 1882 in Deep Valley, Greene County, Pennsylvania
3. Hattie M. GARY b: 21 Sep 1884
4. Ella GARY
5. Martha GAREY b: 1877 in Aleppo Twp, Greene, Pennsylvania
6. Ellen Missouri GAREY b: 27 Jul 1879 in Aleppo Twp, Greene, Pennsylvania
7. Tommy GARY b: 17 Oct 1866

1. Repository:
   Name: Family History Library
   Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   
   Title: 1880 United States Census
   Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
   Publication: Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service
   Page: FHL Film 1255133; National Archives Film T9-1133; Page 364B
2. Title: Family Records: Vey, Sara
   Author: Vey, Sara
   Publication: E-mail message frm Sara Vey , dated March 2004
   Note: I have an obituary in front of me for my great-
   great grandfather, Simon Garey. When I google his name, I receive
   information for Simon Gary which is nearly identical to the info in this
   obit. Unfortunately, some of the newspaper has long since deteriorated.
   Basic info is as follows: Simon Garey, Civil War veteran. born 9 Aug
   1831 - died 7 Apr 1915
   son of Peter and Eva Hensel Garey, grandson of Peter Garey, Sr., a fifer of
   revolutionary War fame.
   Married twice - first to cousin , Frances Garey in 1856 - ( my grandma told
   an interesting story here - they had 4 children, one of whom was her mother,
   Elizabeth Garey McCracken. When 2 of the children died suddenly, Frances
   rode off on a horse to find and tell Simon, but was never heard from again.)
   second to Mrs. Hannah Miller , widow of Samuel Miller - it mentions I think
   3 surviving children - this is where the paper gets really bad. It goes on
   to mention some of the battles Simon fought in and that he was "dangerously
   wounded at Hatcher's Run". Internment at the IOOF cemetery and here again
   the paper is gone.
3. Title: Cemetery Inscriptions: Rockwood IOOF Cemetery, Milford Twp., Somerset Co., PA
   Author: Copyright © 1998 by Linda Simmons This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives.
   Publication: Internet Web Site
4. Title: 1870 United States Federal Census. [database on-line]
   Author: Ancestry.com.
   Publication: Provo, UT: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003-.
   Page: Series: M593 Roll: 1348 Page: 425
   Note: GARY, SIMON (1870 U.S. Census)
   PENNSYLVANIA , GREENE, SPRINGHILL TWP
   Age: 38, Male, Race: WHITE, Born: PA
   Listed with two children NO WIFE
   Living next door was a James Nuss family. daughter Elizabeth later married a James Nuss.
5. Repository:
   Name: Family History Library
   Salt Lake City, Utah 84150 USA
   
   Title: 1880 United States Census
   Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
   Publication: Copyright (c) 2000, 2002 FamilySearch (TM) Internet Genealogy Service
   Page: FHL Film 1255133; National Archives Film T9-1133; Page 364B
   Text: Extract: 1880 United States Census
   Census Place: Springhill, Greene, Pennsylvania
   Source: FHL Film 1255133; National Archives Film T9-1133; Page 364B
   Household:
   Rel Sex Marr Race Age Birthplace
   Simon GARY
   Self Male M W 47 PA
   Occ: Farmer Fa: PA Mo: PA
   Hannah GARY
   Wife Female M W 34 PA
   Occ: Keeping House Fa: PA Mo: PA
   Emeline GARY
   Dau Female S W 6 PA
   Fa: PA Mo: PA
   Marthey GARY
   Dau Female S W 3 PA
   Fa: PA Mo: PA
   Ellen GARY
   Dau Female S W 11M PA
   Fa: PA Mo: PA