In George Solifelt's pension application, he claimed he had been living in Denison City Texas in 1886 when he began his pension application process. Many of the things George claimed in his pension are sketchy and some are just outright lies, but today I found evidence that he was likely in Denison City Texas before March of 1888(at least). A newspaper included a Letter list of those with letters at the Denison City post office on March 24th of 1888; Geo H Solifelt was on that list. So someone had reason to believe that they could reach him by mail there. Did he ever get that letter? Who was it from? And where is the Bosque Co TX marriage record for him? He denied being married repeatedly and then admitted that he had been married but was no longer married. Not sure at this point how many times he was married. Hopefully, more pieces to the puzzle will surface soon.
Source:
"Letter List Denison City, Grayson County, Texas: Date of List, March 24, 1888," The Sunday Gazetteer(Denison, Tex.), Vol. 6, No. 47, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 25, 1888, p 4, col 6, Solifelt Geo H on unclaimed letter list; digital imaged at University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth555506/m1/4/zoom/?q=Solifelt&resolution=1.5&lat=2011.722868720386&lon=4532.198686273052 : accessed March 2, 2025); original newspaper for digitization provided by Grayson County Frontier Village.
George Solifelt(Pvt., Co. E, 20th PA Cav., Civil War), pension application no. 580,089,certificate no. 950,395, Case Files of Approved Pension Applications, 1861-1934; Civil
War and Later Pension Files; Department of Veterans Affairs, Record Group 15; National
Archives, Washington, D.C [George used the aliases George Sullivan & Theodore Sullivan both of which are noted in the Pension Index Cards. He also served in Co. C 2nd PA Inf., Co. H 126th PA Inf., and Co. C 1st PA Prov. Cav.]
