Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 March 1915 — Widow of Elias Hammerton To Receive $l2 Pension. [ARTICLE]

Widow of Elias Hammerton To Receive $l2 Pension.

Attorney Edward P. Honon insti- • gated special legislation thorugh Senator. B. F. Shively and secured for Mrs. Elias Hammerton a pension of sl2 per month. He received a telegram today from Senator Shively that President Wilson had signed the bill. Mrs. Hammerton’s first husband was John L. Sullivan and after his death she married a man named Stanley from whom she procured a divorce. In December, 1907, she married Elias Hammerton, who died some time ago. Mrs. Hammerton badly needed the pension, as she had been v to some extent dependent on charity.