Affidavit for Commissioned Officer or Comrade
State of West Virginia
County of Marshall
     In the Pension Claim Oscar L Allison personally came before me, a Clerk of the County Court in and for aforesaid County and State John M Flanagan late a Pvt in company A of the 12th Regiment of W Va Volunteers, whose Post-office address is Moundsville, County of Marshall, State of West Virginia, and who, declares in relation to the aforesaid case as follows:

     That Oscar L. Allison, late a Corp’l in Company “A” of the 12th Regiment of W. Va. Volunteers of the war of 1861, while in the military service of the United States, in the line of his duty, and without fault or improper conduct of his sometime between June 1st and August 1st, 1864, at or near Snickers Ferry I remember that the ambulance brought him up to the Regiment and that the Regimental Surgeon Dr Bryan pronounced him ruptured(?) and I knew he was for I myself drew the rupture(?) and I know that for some time afterward he was not fit for duty.

And he further declares that he has no interest, direct or indirect, in this claim, and that he makes the above statement from personal knowledge being personally present and seen the applicant after he was injured

(X) Mark of John M Flannagan

Two persons who write their names MUST sign here as witnesses to affiant’s signature if he sign by mark.

J E Hootan
A G Mathews

Dept of Interior Questionnaire
3-402
Certificate No. 255824
Name, Oscar L. Allison
Department of the Interior
Bureau of Pensions
Washington, D.C., January 15, 1898

Sir:
In forwarding to the pension agent the executed voucher for your next quarterly payment please favor me by returning this circular to him with replies to the questions enumerated below.
Very Respectfully
H Clay Evans
Commissioner

First. Are you married? If so, please state your wife’s full name and her maiden name.
Answer. Yes. Mary E. Wheatley

Second. When, where, and by whom were you married?
Answer. Mar 9, 1870, Johnson Co. Missouri Rev McLeary

Third. What record of marriage exists?
Answer. Recorders office, Warrensburg, Mo.

Fourth. Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce.
Answer. No

Fifth. Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and the dates of their birth.
Answer. May Andrews. Mar 9 - ‘71 Ella Johnson Jan 7 - ’73 Addie Miller-Dec 22 ‘75 Harvey Allison 14 - ’77 Ossie Allison, Sept 4, ‘79

Oscar L. Allison
(Signature)

Date of Reply, May 4th, 1898

Affidavit (typed)
State of Missouri
County of Johnson

I, C. A. Boyles, Clerk of the County Court within and for the county of Johnson, State aforesaid, the same being a Court of record, do hereby and certify that I am the legal custodian of all Assessment lists of said County. I further certify that there appears on file in my office an assessment list made out by Oscar L. Allison, as of June 1905, showing a complete list of all his then property which consisted in nothing more than “personal property,” which is listed at Twenty Dollars,($20.00). I further certify that no list appears on file in my office in the name of said party, the year said Oscar L. Allison nor in the name of his wife, Mary E. Allison for the year 1904, and that the above list naming property in the sum of $20.00 is all and covers all property on file by either or both, the said Oscar L. Allison and Mary E. Allison, for the years, 1904 & 1905. I further certify that the assessed valuation is about one third of the true or cash valuation.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF: I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court. Done at office in the city of Warrensburg, Missouri; this the 30th. day of October, 1905

C. A. Boyle
Clerk of the County Court.

Affidavit (Stamped “US Pension Office Nov 20 1905”)
State of Missouri
County of Johnson

In the matter of the Pension Claim of Mary E. Allison (No. 834418 widows) widow of Oscar L. Allison late corp. in Co. A. of 12th Reg’t of W. V. Infantry.

On this second day of November A.D. 1905 personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for said County and State Annie R. Lemley aged 58 years a resident of Johnson County Missouri. Who being by me duly sworn according to law in reference to the above mentioned claim testifies as following to wit:

“My name is Annie R. Lemley. My age 58 years last August reside with my husband and family on our farm about a little over four miles south of Knob Noster in the County of Johnson and State of Missouri where we have resided since the year 1866. I knew Oscar L. Allison the above named soldier in his lifetime. His father and my father lived as neighbors in Marshall Co. West Virginia. I knew him even since he was ten years old. We played together as children and attended the same school. My husband and I moved to Missouri in 1866 and Oscar L. Allison came to our place a few months later and worked for us about two (2) years. In the Spring of 1870 he married Miss Mary E. Wheatley, this claimant, and they lived as man and wife in this county ever since and up to the time of his death which occurred last August in Knob Noster. I have known the said Oscar L. Allison even since he was about ten years old and I know he was never married to anyone else than this claimant and that they lived together as husband and wife up to the time of his death. I have known this claimant Mrs. Mary E. Allison ever since 1866. Her name before her marriage was Mary E. Wheatley. Her family owned and lived on the farm adjoining our farm. She [Copy of page cut off mid sentence]

married Oscar L. Allison. If she had then from my acquaintance with the family I should have known it. I have been intimately acquainted with Oscar L. Allison and his family and circumstances from his marriage down to his death and I know that all that he left in the way of property was his household goods and that his widow, this claimant, has had no proper income, except the household goods above mentioned and the income arising from the sale of a part of them, since Sept. 12th 1905. this claimant sold a part of her household goods here in Knob Noster since her husbands death and removed with the balance to Holdine, Johnson County, Missouri where she now resides with her daughter Mrs. Addie Hagemeyer. I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution. Witness my hand and seal this second day of November 1905.”

Annie R Lemley

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 2nd day of November 1905. And I hereby certify that the affiant Mrs. Annie R. Lemley is a respectable person and entitled to credit and that the contents of the above affidavit were fully read, explained, and made known to the said affiant before signing and swearing thereto and that I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim. In testimony whence - I herewith sign my name and affix my notarial seal on the said 2nd day of November 1905

Edwin ? ????? Notary Public Johnson County Missouri
my commission expires July 4, 1908

Widows Claim No. 834418
Claim of Mary E. Allison Widow of Oscar L. Allison
Late corp. Co. A. 12th Regt W. V. Infantry
Affidavit of Mrs. Annie R. Lemley

Affidavit (Stamped “US Pension Office Dec 4 1905”)
State of Missouri
County of Johnson

     In the matter of the Pension Claim of Mary E. Allison (W.C. No. 834418) widow of Oscar L. Allison late corporal Co. “A” 12th Regiment W.V. Inf.
     On this 30th day of November A.D. 1905 personally appeared before me a notary public within and for the county and state aforementioned, Nathaniel B. Shepherd, aged 63 years a resident of Johnson County near Knob Noster Missouri, who being duly sworn according to law makes the following statement in regard to the above claim.
     “My name is Nathaniel B. Shepherd. I reside in Johnson Co. Missouri about five miles southeast of Knob Noster. My post office address is Knob Noster Johnson Co. Missouri. I came to Missouri in 1865. I was raised in Marshall Co. West Virginia and resided there until I came to Missouri in 1865 and have lived here ever since. I knew the above named soldier, Oscar L. Allison, in his lifetime. We were raised in the same county in West Virginia. His father’s family and my father’s family lived near and traded at the same town in West Virginia. This town was Cameron. I knew the family of Oscar L. Allison very well - though not intimately - ever since he was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years of age. I moved out to Johnson Co. Missouri in 1865 and Oscar L. Allison, this soldier, came out to this country in 1866. He resided within a few miles of Knob Noster and in Knob Noster up to the time of his death which occurred last August. Some years after he came out here he married Mary E. Wheatley, this claimant. Since their marriage they at no time lived more than five or six miles from me. Oscar L. Allison, to the best of my knowledge was never married until he married Mary E. Wheatley, this claimant. My acquaintance with the said Oscar L. Allison has been such that if he had ever been married before he married this claimant I should have known it. Oscar L. Allison and this claimant lived together as husband and wife from the time of their marriage continuously to the time of soldiers death and raised a family of six children who are all alive but one, and were never divorced from each other. If they had ever been separated or divorced from each other, living in the same neighborhood, I should have known it. I have no interest in this claim and am not concerned in its prosecution.

Nathaniel B. Shepherd

Sworn to and subscribed before me this thirtieth day of November A.D. 1905, and I hereby certify that the contents of the above affidavit were fully made known and explained to the affiant, Nathaniel B. Shepherd, before signing and swearing thereto, and that the said affiant is a respectable and credible person and that I have no interest direct or indirect in this claim and that I am not concerned in its prosecution.

Given under my hand and notarial seal at my office in said county on the day and year aforesaid.

Jesse L. Kelly
Notary Public
Johnson Co. Missouri

My commission expires apr 6 - 1908
P.O. Knob Noster Mo.

Bureau of Pensions Widows Pension Application
3-007
Act of June 27, 1890, as amended by act of May 9, 1900

DECLARATION FOR WIDOW’S PENSION
State of Missouri
County of Johnson
     On this 1st day of September, A.D. one thousand nine hundred and five personally appeared before me, a Notary Public within and for the county and State aforesaid, Mary E. Allison, aged 64 year, a resident of Knob Noster, County of Johnson State of Missouri, who, being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to obtain pension under provisions of the act of Congress approved June 21, 1890, as amended by the act of May 9, 1900.
     That she is the widow of Oscar L. Allison, who was enrolled under the name of Oscar L. Allison at________on the 11th day of August, 1862 as a private in Company “A”, 12th regiment of W. Va Inf. Vol. And honorably discharged June 16th 1865, having served ninety days or more during the late war of the rebellion. That the soldier not in the military or naval service of the United States except as stated above.
     That she was married under the name of Mary E. Wheatley to said soldier at house in Johnson Co. Mo. On the 9th day of March, 1870, by Rev.---- McCary; that there was no legal barrier to the marriage; that she had not been previously married; that the soldier had not been previously married.
     That the said soldier dies August 10, 1905, at Knob Noster Johnson Co. Mo., that she was not divorced from him; that she has not remarried since his death; that she is without other means of support than her daily labor and an actual net income not exceeding two hundred and fifty dollars per year.
     That the said soldier left the following-named children who are now living and under sixteen years of age, to wit:

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     That she has not heretofore applied for pension
     That she hereby appoints S.G. Kelly of Knob Noster Johnson Co. Mo., her true and lawful attorney, to prosecute this claim.
     That her post-office address is Knob Noster County of Johnson, State of Missouri

Mary E. Allison
(Claimants signature)

Attest: (1) James Horner {last name unclear}
(2) A.P. Winteler {last name unclear}

Bureau of Pensions Widow’s Pension Form

3-361
Soldier Oscar L. Allison
Rank Corporal, Co A
Regiment 12” W Va Vol Inf

Widow’s Pension 834,418
Claimant Mary E. Allison
P.O. Holden
County Johnson, State Missouri
Rate, $8 per month, commencing September 5, 1905

{The document is stamped: Entitled to $20.00 per month commencing Sept. 8, 1916, under act of Sept. 8. 1916. Age of seventy years Nov 14 1916}

Recognized Attorney
Name Samuel G. Kelly
P.O. Knob Noster Missouri
Fee $ 10.00. Agent to pay
Articles Filed

Approvals
     Submitted for Admission Dec 7, 1905, Jesse Laconn, Examiner
Approved for Admission under the Act of June 27, 1890 as amended by the Act of May 9, 1900 Dec. 11, 1905
M. S. Roberts Reviewer
December 15, 1905
S. Tangender Reviewer

The soldier was pensioned at $10 per month for ?????? Enlisted August 12, 1862
And honorably discharged June 16, 1865
Reenlisted not
Soldiers app’n filed May 27, 1880
Died August 10, 1905
Declaration filed September 5, 1905
Clt’s app’n under other laws none
Former marriage of neither
Death of former none
Clt’s marriage to soldier March 9, 1870
Cl’t not r