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Show Last of Famous Company Daniel Frederick Bakeman, who was a resident of Freedom, N. Y., and who died In 18C9 at the age of one hundred and nine years, six months and eight days, was the last survivor of the Revolutionary war. Bakeman served the last four years of the Revolution Revo-lution under Captain Van Arnum and Colonel Willett of the New York troops. Two years before his death congress passed a special act pensioning pension-ing I'xkemnn at the rate of $500 a year. The last Revolutionary war pensioner, pen-sioner, according to the pension office, was Mrs. Phoebe M. Palmeter of Brookfield, N. Y., who died in 1911. She was the daughter of Jonathan Wooley, who served in a New Hampshire Hamp-shire comtjHuy under Wsliim.'i. |