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Sallie Shepard's Civil War Pension Application
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this information. TX CSA pension #22509 by Mrs. Sallie SHEPARD, on the service of her husband, Thaddeus Shepard, who received TX CSA pension #2754 from Marion Co. TX. Filed in Harrison Co. TX 29 Aug 1913. Approved Sept 1, 1913. Pension allowed from Dec 1, 1913. Geo. W. Kyser, Commissioner of Pensions. Source: Texas State Library and Archives, Austin, TX. Form B, For Use of Widows of Soldiers Who are in Indigent Circumstances (501-313-500) I, Mrs. Sallie Shepard, do hereby make application to the Commissioner of Pensions for a pension, to be granted me under the Act passed by the Thirty-first Legislature of Texas, and approved March 26, A. D. 1909, on the following grounds: I am the widow of Thadius Shepard, deceased, who departed this life on the 22 day of July, A. D. 1905, in the county of Marion, in the State of Texas. I have not remarried since the death of my said husband, and I do solemnly swear that I was never divorced from my said husband, and that I never voluntarily abandoned him during his life, but remained his true, faithful and lawful wife up to the date of his death. I was married to him on the 24 day of Dec A. D. 1883 in the county of Harrison, in the State of Tex. My husband, the said T. Shepard, enlisted and served in the military service of the Confederate States during the war between the States of the United States, and that he did not desert the Confederate Service. I have been a resident of the State of Tex since prior to March 1, A. D. 1880, and have been continuously since a citizen of the State of Texas. I do further state that I do not receive from any source whatever money or other means of support amounting in value to the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars per annum, nor do I own in my own right, nor does anyone hold in trust for my benefit or use, estate or property, either real, personal or mixed, either in fee or for life, of the value of one thousand dollars; nor do I receive any aid or pension from any other State, or from the United States, or from any other source, and I do further state that the answers given to the following question are true: 1. What is your age? 50 yrs 2. Where were you born? Harrison Co. Tex 3. How long have you resided in the State of Texas? All my life except 8 yrs 4. How long have you resided in the county of your present residence? And what is your postoffice address? Since Jan'y 1st 1913 - P.O. Marshall, Tex. - Route 1 5. What was your husband's full name? Thadius Shepard 6. What was the date of his death? July 22, 1905 7. In what State was your husband's command originally organized? See his application 8. How long did your husband serve? If known to you, give date of enlistment and discharge: see his application 9. What was the name or letter of the company, or name or number of the battalion, regiment or battery of artillery in which your husband served? If he was transferred from one branch of service to another, give time of transfer, description of command and time of service. See his application 10. Name branch of service in which your husband served, whether infantry, cavalry, artillery or the navy, or if commissioned as an officer by the President, his rank and line of duty, or if detailed for special service, under the law of conscription, the nature of such service, and time of service. Infantry, I think - see his application #2754 from Marion Co. 11. Have you transferred to others any property of any kind for the purpose of becoming a beneficiary under this law? No Wherefore your petitioner prays that her application for a pension be approved and such other proceedings be had in the premises as are required by law. (Signature of Applicant) Mrs. Sallie - her X mark - Shepard Sworn to and subscribed before me, this 16 day of Aug, A. D. 1913 Geo. L. Huffman, County Judge, Harrison County, Texas. AFFIDAVIT
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