ELIAS DOPSON ~ The following is from a pension file I received for my Great Grandfather Elias Dopson who was in the war.
Descriptive and Historical Register of Enlisted Soldiers of the Army during the War with Mexico under the Acts approved January 12th and February 11,1847
Name - Dopson,Elias
Age - 29
Description - Eyes: Gray
Hair: Brown
Complexion: Fair
Ft: 5 In: 9 ¾
Where Born - State, Empire, or Kingdom: Missouri;
Town, Country or Province: Cole
Trade or Occupation-Miner
Enlisted - When: 1847, Oct 01
Where: Galena
By whom: Ramsey
Regiment and Company - 16 Inf. D
Discharge - Date of: 10 Mar 48
Cause of: Frden(sp?)of General Wood
Died: Blank
Deserted: Blank
Apprehended: Blank
Enlistment - Blank
Remarks - U(or M)Monterey Mexico AProCole(?Spelling)
Submitted by: Joseph Dopson
