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Need advice re: ordering pension file

I apologize in advance for this only tangentially involving Missouri in the Civil War, but I want to know if I order this pension file, will I also get the widow's applications? Here's the link to the card on Ancestry. Fold3 didn't have this same card:

http://interactive.ancestry.com/4654/32959_032764-03070/416832?backurl=http%3a%2f%2fsearch.ancestry.com%2f%2fcgi-bin%2fsse.dll%3fdb%3dcivilwarpension%26h%3d416832%26ti%3d0%26indiv%3dtry%26gss%3dpt%26ssrc%3dpt_t38704704_p29118049440_kpidz0q3d29118049440z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&ssrc=pt_t38704704_p29118049440_kpidz0q3d29118049440z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid&backlabel=ReturnRecord

The first widow, Elizabeth A Carlton, is actually Mary Elizabeth Steakley, sister of Sgt. James C Steakley, Co. K, 3rd MSM Cavalry. If you look at the card, you can see that J C Steakley is listed as Attorney. As far as I know, he was serving as a Justice of the Peace at this time (1889/90), but not an attorney. The first widow's application was made from Kansas while Richard Courtright alias Edward Carlton was still living. In fact, he didn't die until 9 Dec 1929, and his second wife Ida filed a contested pension application (or an application contesting the first widow's pension?). Neither widow's pension has a certificate number associated with it. Does that mean they didn't receive pensions?
So, if I order this pension file, will I get both widow's applications? I'm trying to sort out what happened to Mary Elizabeth Steakley after 1880.
Thanks for reading and I appreciate any help you can give.

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