[Genealogy] Stubs for Teeth and Recent Genealogy Tips

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20 February 2026

** Stubs for Teeth and Vinegar for Scurvy
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Stubs for Teeth and Vinegar for Scurvy
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I am making my way through the pension file of Emerson Randles of Coshocton
County, Ohio. Emerson married a Mary J. Rampley whose first “appearance” 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.


But pension files can contain all sorts of clues. In Emerson’s 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:

"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."

This deposition was contained in Emerson’s 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.

Even statements that appear to be entirely medically related can contain
some good clues.Some of these details could be documented in Emerson’s
service record. In this case, I’m not going to obtain a copy of his service
record as my real focus is on Emerson’s wife and I don’t think his service
record will shed any light (bright, faint, or anywhere in between) on her
family of origin.

But it was interesting to learn about Emerson’s teeth–that’s an image one
doesn’t even get from photographs during this time period as mouths in
pictures from this era are usually closed.

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