http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/11/05/civil-war-pension-treasures-affadavit-of-john-s-baker-half-brother-to-james-baker/ One Branch at a Time Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:32:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/2011/11/05/civil-war-pension-treasures-affadavit-of-john-s-baker-half-brother-to-james-baker/comment-page-1/#comment-1808 Debi Austen Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:59:24 +0000 http://www.climbingmyfamilytree.com/?p=4150#comment-1808 I received the pension file for my 3rd great grandfather and his ailment was “piles caused by eating green corn”. Hemorrhoids

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Ha! My husband’s parents live outside of Lawrence, KS – not too far from Kansas City, but I’ve never really done anything in KC before.

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