Physician's Affidavit
State of New York
County of Dutchess
In the pension claim of Helena Fingar Widow of Montgomery Fingar late of Co. C. 128th Regt New York Inft Vols
Personally came before me a Notary Public in and for the aforesaid County and State
Thomas J Barton a citizen of the town of Red Hook in the County of Dutchess and
State of New York well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn
declares in relation to the aforesaid case as follows:
That he is a practicing physician, and that he has been acquainted with said Soldier for about 32
years, and that I knew him previous to his enlistment + up to the time of his departure for the war he was
sound + healthy. That I saw him immediately on his return from the army being called in to prescribe for him
That I found him suffering from an attack of rheumatism the result of exposure while in the army. The
rheumatism affected his heart + was the cause of his death. I was present at the autopsy + his heart was
damaged by Rheumatic Endocarditis.