<div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Need to unsubscribe?<a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank"> Manage here</a>. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">20 February 2026</font></div></div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Stubs for Teeth and Vinegar for Scurvy</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Consultations</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** Recent Genealogy Tips of the Day</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">** FamilySearch Library Catalog</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Stubs for Teeth and Vinegar for Scurvy</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------------</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">I am making my way through the pension file of Emerson Randles of Coshocton County, Ohio. Emerson married a Mary J. Rampley whose first \u201cappearance\u201d in any record is on when they marry. The hope is that there is something in the pension file that provides some clues as to her family of origin.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%">But pension files can contain all sorts of clues. In Emerson\u2019s testimony about his health, he mentions numerous places where he was stationed, involved in skirmishes, or imprisoned. All these locations are somehow tied to some sort of illness or injury, which is the real focus of most of the lengthy statement  Emerson made in New Bedford, Ohio, on 18 June 1889. It is in this statement that Emerson states:<br style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%"></font></p><blockquote class="gmail-wp-block-quote gmail-is-layout-flow gmail-wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-align:initial;max-width:100%;border-width:2px;border-color:rgb(0,115,170)"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.8;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">&quot;I had the scurvy so bad in Victoria Texas that I had to drink vinegar. My teeth began getting loose, and the gums to shrink soon after I came home and the teeth have dropped out one by one until I have only 6 stumps of teeth left, and they do not amount to anything.&quot;</font></p></blockquote><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><img width="640" height="222" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/no-teeth.jpg" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-8846" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom; display: block; text-align: initial; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s;"></font><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">This deposition was contained in Emerson\u2019s pension file which was located at the National Archives. The image used in this post was created from a digital scan made of the original deposition.</font></p><div class="gmail-wp-block-image" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 1em;padding:0px;outline:0px;max-width:100%;text-align:initial"><img width="400" height="221" src="https://rootdig.genealogytipoftheday.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/rampley-randles-civil-warpension.jpg" alt="" class="gmail-wp-image-8847" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px auto; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; max-width: 100%; height: auto; vertical-align: bottom; display: block; text-align: initial; transition-property: background, padding, margin, border, transform, box-shadow, opacity, color, fill, font, border-radius, max-height, max-width, filter, -webkit-transform, -webkit-box-shadow, -webkit-filter; transition-duration: 0.5s;"></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Even statements that appear to be entirely medically related can contain some good clues.Some of these details could be documented in Emerson\u2019s service record. In this case, I\u2019m not going to obtain a copy of his service record as my real focus is on Emerson\u2019s wife and I don\u2019t think his service record will shed any light (bright, faint, or anywhere in between) on her family of origin.</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">But it was interesting to learn about Emerson\u2019s teeth\u2013that\u2019s an image one doesn\u2019t even get from photographs during this time period as mouths in pictures from this era are usually closed.</font></p><div><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">-------------------------------------------------</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Genealogy Research Consultation Sale--save $40</font></p><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">--------------------------------------------------</font></p><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Need some guidance with your research, but don&#39;t need a class, don&#39;t need to hire a researcher for $1000 or more? </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Just need someone to look at what you have and give you ideas on what to do next?<br><br>That&#39;s exactly what a genealogy consultation is for and we&#39;re having a sale on ours.</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Save $40! We are offering a limited number of consultations at this reduced price--normal price is $140. </font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">More details about our consultations are available at:</font></div><div><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/consultations-with-michael/" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/consultations-with-michael/</font></a></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Space at this reduced rate is limited! </font></div></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Email me if you need to schedule a consultation you have signed up for and you have not heard from me. </font></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><p><span style="color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">---------------------------</font></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Recent Genealogy Tips of the Day</font></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 16px;padding:0px;outline:0px;line-height:1.6;color:rgb(37,41,42);text-align:initial;max-width:100%"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">---------------------------</font></p><ul style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;list-style-type:none;list-style-position:inside;color:rgb(70,112,127)"><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/22/omitting-the-obvious/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Omitting the Obvious</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/21/the-widow-may-not-the-mother-be/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">The Widow May Not the Mother Be</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/20/did-the-courthouse-transcribe-that-record-for-you/" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:0px;outline:0px;text-decoration-line:none;line-height:1.5;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">Did The Courthouse Transcribe that Record For You?</font></a></li><li style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;padding:4px 0px;outline:0px;color:rgb(37,41,42)"><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/index.php/2026/02/19/from-the-clerks-perspective/" style="box-sizing:border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t-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">be aware of all geographic levels for a specific location, </span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">determine what indexes and finding aids are available</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline">see how common record types are frequently cataloged,</span></p></li></ul><br>Presentation made by Michael John Neill</span></font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=248898&amp;method_id=271851" target="_blank"><font color="#222222"><br></font></a><p style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><u><a href="https://michael-john-neill.dpdcart.com/cart/add?product_id=248898&amp;method_id=271851" target="_blank">Purchase for immediate download</a></u></p></font></div></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><p><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">----------------------</font></p><div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">Unsubscribing?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif">----------------------</font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><b>Need to unsubscribe? Do so at:</b></font></div><div><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><b><a href="https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank">https://genealogytipoftheday.com/mailman/listinfo/genealogy_genealogytipoftheday.com</a></b></font></div></div></div></div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4"><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline">------------------------------------<br>Michael John Neill<br>Genealogy Tip of the Day</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">PO Box 17, Henderson, IL 61439</font></div><div><a href="http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com" target="_blank"><font face="georgia, serif" size="4">http://www.genealogytipoftheday.com</font></a></div></div></div></div>