Selected transcriptions and abstracts from the Civil War pension paperwork of Colonel Franklin "Frank" Lane Wolford (1817-1895) and his widow, Elizabeth W. Bailey Wolford (1837-1914),  pension claim # 157.625 & widow's claim # 623.799.

 

The original pension claim record of Colonel Frank Lane Wolford consists of 132 pages of forms, letters, depositions, and other documents.

 

*Please note that in many of the following transcriptions and abstracts, punctuation has been added and minor grammatical errors have been corrected without note for clarity and ease of reading.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Physical description of Col. Wolford (from Examining Surgeon Reports)

 

27 September 1877: age 60; 157 pounds; five feet, eight inches tall; dark complexion.

28 October 1879: age 62; 161 pounds; five feet, eight inches tall.

7 December 1892: age 75; 195 pounds; five feet, seven and one-half inches tall.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of Silas Adams, "late Lt. Col of the 1st Regiment of Kentucky Cav'y", 9 July 1877

 

...Frank Wolford while in the line and discharge of his duty as a soldier, contracted a gun shot wound in left hip and lower bowels... during an engagement with the enemy. Also, on or about the 5th day of May 1862 at... Lebanon... Tennessee, [he] contracted bronchitis under the following circumstances: while suffering with his wound [he] was carried off in the rain by the enemy for several miles [??]before he was retaken...

/s/ Silas Adams

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of G.W. Sweeney, 11 July 1877 (this document is very light and is difficult to read)

 

I, G.W. Sweeney, late Capt. of Co. A, First Ky. Vol Cavalry, do state that Frank Wolford was Co'l of my regiment and as I am informed is an applicant for an invalid pension. That on or about the 5th day of May 1862 at a place called Lebanon in the state of Tenn., while in the line and discharge of his duty as a soldier contracted a gun shot wound in his left hip and lower bowels. I was present and by his side when he received the [?]shot under the following circumstances, to wit -- during an engagement with the enemy. In a very short time after receiving said shot the enemy commenced retreating. In trying to cut off the retreat, said Wolford got in ahead of said enemy and ahead of his own men and was so far in advance of his men that he was captured by the Rebs and carried off by them and twelve miles. His men continued the charge the whole distance and recaptured him at a place called Rome. Said Wolford's horse was killed and the enemy left him in the road.

It was raining all the morning and he -- Wolford -- was left for several hours exposed to the rain and [?]inclement weather before he could be taken care of, from which exposure he contracted a disease from that date until the present time...

/s/ G.W. Sweeney, late Capt., Co. A, 1st Ky. Vol.

Subscribed and sworn before me this 11th day of July 1877.

/s/ T.W. Wash, clk., Casey Co,. Court

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Certificate of Disability: Affidavit of James C. Riffe, "late a surgeon of the 1st Regiment of Kentucky Cav'y", 14 July 1877

 

[O]n or about the 5th day of May 1862 at or near... Lebanon... Tennessee [I treated] the said Frank Wolford... for a gun shot wound he received in the left hip and lower bowels. Immediately after receiving the wound he made a charge to cut off the retreat of the enemy and got to the enemy in advance of his own men and was carried off by them in a run the distance of twelve miles. It was raining. He was left in the road wet for several hours and was then taken back to Lebanon and treated at the house of Dr. Owens. From this exposure he had pneumonia in both lungs and bronchitis followed, which he has had ever since I resigned shortly after treating him for this wound but I knew him well before he went into the army and have been well acquainted with him ever since. He was sound and free from disease up to the 5th of May 1862....

/s/ James C. Riffe, Late Surgeon, 1st Ky, Cav.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of Frank Wolford, given 14 August 1877.

 

State of Kentucky, Casey County

 

I have three disabilities for which I claim that I ought to receive a pension. The first, a gun shot wound received on my left hip and bowels on or about the 5th day of May 1862 at Lebanon in the State of Tennessee. This wound refused to heal for several years and my hip is still sore and stiff from its effects. It also caused my lower bowel to fall and swell up which still continues. This is not a rupture. The second is Bronchitis which was caused by my having to ride very fast for about 12 miles while suffering with a wound in the [?]groin and then lying in the road wet for several hours on the 5th of May 1862 after which Pneumonia set up in both lungs from which I contracted Bronchitis which I have had ever since, often very bad. The wound was received in a fight with the rebels under command of John H. Morgan and the exposure was from the same cause. The third disability was caused by a wound on my right leg close [to] the knee [?]received in a fight with the rebels under Pegram near Monticello in the State of Kentucky on or about the 10th of June 1863. This wound has never been cured and is very painful from its effects. My leg often swells to such an extent that I cannot walk. After I received the first wound until I left the army I was, although almost all the time ___iding with my command, seldom able to mount my horse or dismount from [?]him without help. Since the war I have practiced law with difficulty and in pain. I had to resign the office of Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky because my wounds hurt me so that I could not discharge its duties.

/s/ Frank Wolford

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Certificate of Disability: Affidavit of James C. Riffe late ass't. surgeon of the 1st Regiment of Ky. Cavalry, 5 November 1877

 

[O]n or about the 5th day of May 1862, at or about a place called Lebanon in the State of Tennessee the said Frank Wolford while in the line and discharge of duty as a soldier, I treated him for a gun shot wound. I treated him for pneumonia in both lungs and I also treated him for bronchitis. He was wounded in the fight at Lebanon and after being wounded was captured by the enemy just as they commenced retreating and was carried off with them twelve miles in the rain and left in the road. He was brought back to Lebanon when I treated him for the wound. Pneumonia set up in both lungs caused by weakness and exposure. After pneumonia subsided bronchitis was developed for which I treated him for some time.

My post office address is Hustonville, County of Lincoln, State of Kentucky.

/s/ J.C. Riffe

Subscribed and sworn to before me this fifth day of November 1877...

/s/ D.B. Edmiston, Clerk, Lincoln Circuit Court.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Deposition of Dr. C.R. Prewit, a resident of Boyle Co., given in Casey Co. on 9 October 1878:

 

State of Kentucky, County of Casey, SS

 

In the case of Col. Frank Wolford: Personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for aforesaid county and state, Dr. C.R. Preuit a citizen of the County of Boyle, State of Kentucky, well known to me to be reputable and entitled to credit and who being duly sworn declares in the aforesaid case as follows:

That he has been a practicing Physician since 1856, that he practiced medicine in Liberty, Casey County Kentucky from the 5th day of April 1861 to the 22 day of May 1876 and that he was the family Physician of Col. Wolford during all my stay at Liberty and my opportunities have been good to know that he was a sound man when he enlisted in the army in 1861. While in the Army in September 1863 he was at home and sent for me and I found him suffering with acute bronchitis for which I gave him treatment and at the same time he was suffering from a wound in his left side by gun shot, the ball having entered the cavity and fractured the crest of the hip bone. He also had a severe wound in the right leg caused by a piece of a shell from a cannon. The bone was fractured and even pieces of bone had to be removed. I treated his wounds during his stay at home for 7 or 8 days.

[Wolford] returned home in April 1864 after he was discharged from the army and sent for me and I found him suffering with chronic bronchitis and his wounds were still discharging freely for all of which I treated him daily until the last of days of May when he left home and as I understand was arrested and carried to Washington City and then to Louisville Ky.

In September 1864 he returned home when I treated him for bronchitis and his wounds for a few days. He then left home and saw him no more until November 1864 when he came home and staid about 3 weeks, during which time I treated him for chronic bronchitis and his wounds. He was then arrested and carried to Covington Ky. and returned home in January 1865 and I treated him for bronchitis and his wounds during summer and fall every few days. His wound on his hip healed over in June 1865 but still remained very painful all the time and frequently rises and discharges pieces of bone.

Commissioner of Pensions:

Frank Wolford was mustered into service Oct. 28, 1861, as Colonel 1st  Kentucky Cavalry.

The records show him to have been "wounded May 5, 1862, at Lebanon, Ky. [sic], in a fight with John Morgan." The regiment was in action at Norman's Landing [sic], Kentucky, June 10, 1863, but there is no record of his being wounded thereat.

He was dismissed March 24, 1864, by War Dept. G[eneral] O[rder] 117, of that date, from this office, but the disability incident thereto was removed by Act of Congress approved March 3rd, 1877;

/s/ Thomas M. _____t,

Ass't. Adjutant General.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of Frank Wolford, State of Kentucky, County of Casey. Taken on 11 November 1878.

 

On this 11th day of November A.D. 1878... personally appeared Frank Wolford, aged 61 years, a resident of Liberty in Casey County, State of Kentucky, who being by me duly sworn according to law, on oath declares that "The order dismissing him from the service reached him in April 1864 when it was dated he does not recollect. He has lost or mislaid it. Since that time he has not been in the service Military or Naval of the United States."

/s/ Frank Wolford

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Statement of Silas Adams (formerly the Lt. Col of the First KY Cavalry) of Liberty, Casey Co. KY, given on 18 December 1878:

 

On or about the 10th day of June, 1863, at Monticello KY, Frank Wolford "received a gun shot wound in his right leg about the knee under the following circumstances: in a fight with the Rebel forces under Gen. Pegram the above wound was received. I was present and in the fight and saw him immediately after he was wounded..."

* * * * * * * * * *

 

(Transcriber's note: the following document is printed.)

 

[Private -- No. 291]

 

An act granting an increase of pension to Frank Wolford.

 

  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to place on the pension-roll, subject to the provisions and limitations of the pension laws, the name of Frank Wolford, late colonel of the First Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry, and grant him a pension of fifty dollars per month, in lieu of the pension he is now receiving.

 

Document is stamped:

Department of the Interior, Mch 16, 1889

The above is a true copy of the original as certified by the Department of State.

/s/ [appears to be] Ger A. Howard, Chief Clerk.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of Colonel Frank L. Wolford, State of Kentucky, County of Adair.

 

On this 8th day of December 1891 personally appeared before me a county court clerk in and for the county and state aforesaid Frank Wolford, aged 74 years and a resident of the town of Columbia, County of Adair and state of Kentucky who being duly sworn according to law declares as follows: viz:

I am a pensioner of the United States...and my present physical condition is such that I believe I am entitled to an increase of pension... My disability from wounds has increased.. I have lost control of my urine and my kidneys act involuntarily and I have been so afflicted for years; and at times I have no control of my bowels... I am so afflicted from my said wounds that I require the constant aid and attendance of another person and very often require the aid of two persons. I am unable to dress and undress without assistance and I am not able to travel in safety without the aid of another person and am often unable to get in or out of a buggy without assistance and a great deal of the portion of my time unable to walk about and frequently confined to my bed and room, sometimes in a critical and dangerous condition -- and further I am subject to fainting spells... I further declare that my first certificate was issued and dated my pension from the 20th day of March 1864 at the rate of $15 per month...

I believe that my pension of $15 per month was not commensurate with my the disability and that my pension for $22.50 a month [as of 1879] was not commensurate with my then disability and $30 [as of 1887] was not commensurate and that fifty dollars per month [as of March 1889] was not  commensurate with my then disability and I hereby apply for an increase of pension and for a re-rating of my pension from the 20th day of March 1864 up the present time...

/s/ Frank Wolford

***

 

This claim for an increase was rejected on February 13, 1892 on the grounds "that claimant is now furnished at a rate fixed by special act of Congress and is not entitled to increase under the gen[eral] law. (Decision of Hon. Secy. of Interior of April 9, 1891)"

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of Mary E. Wolford, State of Kentucky, County of Adair, 8 December 1891.

 

The claimant is my father and I reside in the family with my father, never having married... My Mother has been waiting on him and dressing his wounds ever since the war... my brothers assist my mother in her attentions to him when necessary. We are not willing to risk him away from home alone, feel uneasy him and of late he never goes away from home without someone with him... I further declare I have no interest in said case except as a daughter and am not concerned in its prosecution.

/s/ Mary E. Wolford

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of S.M. Wolford, State of Kentucky, County of Adair, 8 December 1891.

 

Claimant Frank Wolford is my father. I resided with my father until some 16 or 18 months ago when I married and soon went to housekeeping and have resided within 40 or 50 yards of him since I commenced housekeeping. I have seen his wounds many times and saw my Mother dress them when they were running sores...

(Undated statement)  State of Kentucky, County of Casey, sct:

 

I, I.C. Dye of the Casey County Court do certify that I have examined the records in my office and find that Frank Wolford was on the 6th day of April 1865 married to Elisabeth W. Bailey by A.J. Gibony, County Judge. I further certify that previous to year 1887 no marriage certificates were recorded in this office, only a record kept giving names of parties, date of marriage, and by whom married as follows: Frank Wolford to Elisabeth W Bailey April 6th, 1865 by A.J. Gibony, County Judge.

/s/ I.C. Dye, Clerk

by S. Wesley, D.C.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Statement of Elizabeth W. Wolford, given on 14 November 1895, Adair Co. KY.

 

On this 14th day of November personally appeared before me the undersigned authority -- one Elizabeth W. Wolford, widow of Frank L. Wolford, a late Colonel of the 1st Ky. Cavalry who being duly sworn makes the following statement and app--------- to obtain the accrued pension due her husband at the time of his death. "I am the widow of Frank L. Wolford who was a pensioner of the United States duly enrolled at the Louisville pension agency at the rate of fifty dollars per month & he died the 2nd day of August 1895 and was due him from June [it appears the word July was first written, then partially obliterated and June written over it] 4th 1895 until the 2nd day of August 1895, near a month's pay [sic]. His pension certificate is No. 157625 & that my Post Office Address is Columbia, Adair County Ky. and ask the amount due he be paid me his widow."

/s/ E.W. Wolford

 

Also appeared before me T.C. Davidson and J.B. Coffey of Columbia, Adair County who being duly sworn states that they are well acquainted with Elizabeth W. Wolford and know her to be the identical person she represents herself to be & that she has not remarried since the death of her husband & we further swear that we have no interest in the prosecution of this claim.

/s/ T.C. Davidson            /s/ J.B. Coffey

 

Sworn and subscribed before J.H. Judd, C.A.C.C., by [signature illegible], D.C.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of J.H. Grady, M.D., given on 10 January 1896

 

...I was the family physician of Frank L. Wolford and was attending him in his last illness and the principal cause of his death was his wounds in my opinion... About one year previous to his death the wound in [his] groin closed up and quit discharging... [and] I believe produced slow blood poisoning or septicemia, contributing largely if not entirely to immediate cause of death. He died in comatosed condition and was in this condition for about 48 hours previous to death...

/s/ J.H. Grady, M.D.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of John W. Whipp, County of Casey, State of Kentucky.

 

I John W. Whipp on oath state that I was well acquainted with Frank L. Wolford in 1846, that he and I were Soldiers in the Mexican War, that we were mustered into the U.S. Service at Louisville Ky. on the 9 day of June 1846 and served for one year. We were both high [?]prvits. Frank L. Wolford belonged to Capt. Dorety's company 2nd Ky Vol in command by Col Wm. McKey and Lieutenant Col. Henry Clay. I have forgotten the letter of his Company, mine was Company K, I know that Frank L. Wolford made a good soldier. I was with him nearly every day for 12 months as his company and mine were clost together. I write this Statement myself from my own knowledge of the service of Frank L. Wolford, and I have no in[tere]st whatever in this matter January 17th 1896.

/s/ John W. Whipp

* * * * * * * * * *

 

(Italics indicate printed portions of this document; words underlined as in original document.)

 

20 March 1896, Department of the Interior, Bureau of Pensions

 

Respectfully returned to the Chief of the Record and Pension Office, War Department, requesting a full military history of the soldier.

Prior service alleged in Capt. Dorsey's [sic] Co., 2[nd] , Ky. Inf., from June 9, 1846 to June 9, 1847.

Widow [pension claim #] 623.799.

 

23 March 1896 Record and Pension Office, War Department

 

Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions. The rolls show that Franklin Woolford [of] Capt. Daugherty's Co. 2[nd] Reg't, Ky. Inf., Mex. War, was enrolled May 21, 1846, mustered in June 9, 1846 at not shown (enr. at Louisville Ky.) and M.O. as Franklin L. Wolford June 10, 1847 at New Orleans as of Co. G., above Reg't. and that the stations of the Company between muster-in and the last-named date were as follows:

August 31, 1846, on S. Boat Panola.

Oct. 31 1846, Sevalo, Mex.

Dec. 31, 1846, Monteray, Mex.

Feby 28, 1847, Camp Taylor, Mex.

April 30, 1847, Buena Vista, Mex.

The rolls do not show soldier absent except as follows: June 9 to Oct. 31, 1846 [appears to be] Per A. not stated, Feby 28, '47 next on file, same, April 30, '47, not of file. Also borne Franklin L. Woolford. designation of Capt. Daugherty's Co. 2nd Reg't, KY. Inf. was changed to Co. G. 2[nd] Reg't. Ky. Inf. between Feby 28 and June 10, 1847.

In the case of Frank Wolford, 1 Reg't Ky. Cav. mil records furnish the following information in addition to that contained in the former report herewith.

Roll Aug. 31, '62, present, was wounded May 5, 1862 at Lebanon Tenn. in a fight with John H. Morgan and left wounded and sick at Lebanon by the Regt. where he remained until June 7, '62 when he when he started to on sick leave, and so recovered as to join the Reg't. at Reynolds Station, Tenn. Aug. 4, '62, and was not able in consequence of said wound to join the Reg't at any earlier date.

Name Frank L. Wolford not found upon rolls of either of above organizations.

It does not appear from the records of this office that such an organization as Capt. Dorsey's Co., 2[nd] Ky. Inf., (Mex. War) was mustered into the service of the United States.

No medical record found.

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of J.W. Whipp

 

On this 21st day of May 1896... J.W. Whipp... makes the following statement in pension claim of Elizabeth W. Wolford No. 623,799: I am and was well acquainted with Elizabeth W. Wolford. I knew her before she married F.L. Wolford. her maiden name was Bailey & I know she was never previously married I know this by reason of living in the same town (Liberty KY). I [have] known her since she was a girl... I was well acquainted with Col. F.L. Wolford's former wife and know she is dead. She died with consumption. I do not remember the date. She died one or two years before he [?]remarried. I was at his first wife's burying. My age is 68 years, my post office address is Liberty, Casey Co. Ky....

Sworn and subscribed to before me by J.W. Whipp...

/s/ T.R. Stults Clerk Adair County Court

by T.A. Murrell, D.C.

 

[Transcriber's note: John W. Whipp, 32, appears in the 1860 Casey County KY census, microfilm page # 476, household # 832. Elizabeth Bailey, 22, appeared two houses away (page # 477, household # 834) in the household of Samuel and Rebecca Bailey, and the Franklin L. Wolford family appeared five houses away (page 477, household # 839) from the Baileys.]

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of A.J. Giboney, Casey County Ky.

 

On this 26th day of October 1896 personally appeared before me the undersigned authority one A.J. Giboney who being sworn makes the following statement...:

I was well acquainted with Col. Frank L. Wolford ad his first wife. She was a Dever, Nancy Dever before she married Wolford & I know she is dead by reason of living in 200 feet of them at the time of her death...

/s/ A.J. Giboney

 

Transcriber's note: Andrew J. Giboney, age 21, appeared in 1860 Casey Co. KY census in the household of Andrew J. & Lydia Giboney. They were in household # 822, page 475. See note following affidavit of John W. Whipp, above.)

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Affidavit of L.B. Hurt, given on 19 January 1897.

 

... I am a near neighbor to Elizabeth W. Wolford & knew her husband Frank L. Wolford & was present when said Frank L. Wolford died & staid with his remains from Fryday morning until he was buried on Sunday evening nearly constantly. I kept ice around his body to keep it from decaying until it was ready for burying. He died on the 2nd day of August 1895... I further swear...my post office address is Columbia Ky, my age is 39 years & that this affidavit was written by N.M. Tutt in my presents and from my oral statements...

/s/ L.B. Hurt

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Statement of Elizabeth W. Wolford, 12 May 1897 (date stamped 15 May 1897 at U.S. Pension Office and 18 May 1897 at the "U.S. O.W. & N." (Old War & Navy).

 

On this 12th day of May 1897 personally appeared before me the undersigned authority one Elizabeth W. Wolford, widow of Frank L. Wolford, who is an applicant for pension -- her pension claim is No. 623.799 -- who being duly sworn makes the following statement:

I have the record of the birth of Mabel N. Wolford, my youngest child; it is in a bible, date of publishing is 1892. The original record was in a bible that was burnt up. The bible was old and nearly all to pieces and the page that had the record on it was taken out and was peserved from the fire and from that record this was made and is correct & I herewith send a certified copy of the record....

/s/ Elizabeth W. Wolford

***

 

Undated document, date stamped 18 May 1897 at the "U.S. O.W. & N."

 

State of Kentucky}

County of Adair   } Sct.

 

I, J.H. Judd, Clerk of the Adair Circuit Court, do certify that [in] the Bible containing the record of the births of the family of Frank L. Wolford appears the name of their youngest child, a daughter, M.N. Wolford, and the date of her birth was March 16th, 1881, which is worded as follows: "M.N. Wolford was born March 16, 1881." I further certify that I have examined the bible [and it] was published in the year 1892....

/s/ J.H. Judd, Clerk, Adair County Court

* * * * * * * * * *

 

Documents relating to the death and burial of Elizabeth W. Wolford:

 

Letterhead: T.A. Blanford, Funeral Director, 2815 Fourth Ave. [Louisville KY] Cumb. South 2447-Y, Home Phone 2142.

 

Dated March 12, 1914; date stamped June 20, 1914 at the U.S. Pension Office.

 

March 12            Casket             $55.00

"           "            Dress                   5.00

By cash on account            $30.00

 

Thirty dollars cash paid by Frank L. Wolford.

***

 

Statement:--All Accounts Due When Presented

 

Columbia Ky, 3/14 1914

 

M[r]. J.B. Jones, Columbia Ky. in Account With Goff Bros. Livery and Feed Stable, Phone 99.

 

Mch 13            Hurse team                 3.00

         "              Surrey & Team            3.50

        14            Hurse team                 1.50    

          $8.00

Hurse                              6.00

Received payment this Mch 14th 1914 /s/ Goff Bros.   

***

 

On "T.A. Blanford Funeral Director and Embalmer, Louisville Ky." letterhead.

 

At top of page:

March 25 1914

 

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sir: We had charge of the funeral of Mrs. Elizabeth Wolford who was receiving a pension and had thirty-eight dollars due her at time of her death, will you send us the paper necessary, and if not will you please advise us what steps are necessary to procure this money.

Yours truly, /s/ T.A. Blanford

 

Stamped in middle of the page:

 

To identify case return this letter giving full name of pensioner, certificate, number, and Company and Regiment, if Army service, of, if Navy, so state.

 

At bottom of the page:

 

Mar 31/14 Enclosed find certificate which I am mailing you and after you finish with it mail it back to me, she died Mar 12/14 @ 12 pm.

Yours truly, /s/ T.A. Blanford

***

 

"Received of John Stone ($17.00) dollars in full for Mrs. Elizabeth W. Wolford burial expenses this 14 day of Mch 1914."

/s/ J.B. Jones

Digging Grave            5.50

Lumber for vault     1.00

Hearse team                 4.50

Hearse             6.00

          17.00

***

 

Application for Reimbursement (brief abstract)

 

On 30 April 1914, John Stone, 42, of Highland Park, City of Louisville, Jefferson Co. Ky., son-in-law of Elizabeth W. Wolford, stated Mrs. Wolford was the widow of General [sic] Frank L. Wolford; that she lived "at home of affiant"; that she was, during her last illness, cared for by Mildred G. Stone, "daughter of deceased and wife of affiant"; that Mrs. Wolford died from pneumonia; and that she was buried in Columbia Ky. John W. White and R. Karnes attested they had known Mrs. Wolford for 35 years and 15 years, respectively. On 19 May 1914, Dr. F.L. Cessna stated Mrs. Wolford's daughter served as Mrs. Wolford's nurse, and that she "will make no charge" for the service.

 

[Transcriber's note: Mildred Wolford. age 21, married John Stone, age 21, on 20 March 1890 in Adair Co. KY. John's occupation was given as "liveryman". Source: Adair Co. Vital Statistic Records (marriages).]

***

 

30 April [1914]: bill from Dr. F.L. Cessna, located at Park Boulevard, between Wampum nad Hiawatha Avenues [Highland Park, KY] for $12.00 for services rendered from "Mch 8 to Mch 12- 1914". Date stamped at U.S. Pensions Office on 20 June 1914.

***

 

Reim[bursement] Sec[retary]

A. & N. Division

July 15, 1914

Mr John Stone, 215 Mohawk Street, Highland Park, Kentucky

 

Sir:

In your claim for reimbursement in the case of Elizabeth W. Wolford, certificate No. 447,350, you should state the amount of transportation charges on pensioner's remains and for one attendant to Columbia, Ky, the place of burial, and who paid the bill; if there were no such charges you should so state.

If there were any cemetery expenses at Columbia, bill for same should be filed, receipted to show by whom paid, or if unpaid, certified over signature of the creditor that you are held responsible for payment. If there were no such charges, you should so state.

The enclosed certificate should be signed by Dr. Cessna, undertaker Blanford and J.B. Jones.

Very respectfully,

[stamped 'signature'] G.M Saltzgaber, Commissioner.

***

 

On T.A. Blanford, Funeral Director and Embalmer letterhead.

 

(Letter isn't dated, but date stamp indicates it was received at the U.S. Pension office on Aug. 1, 1914.)

 

Commissioner of Pensions:

Dear Sirs: Enclosed find paper signed by the three parties you instructed to sign it, now then about the transportation expenses they got passes for the corpse & family as Stone works for the L & N R.R. Co., thanking you for past favors I remain

Yours truly, /s/ T.A. Blanford

***

[undated; date stamped August 1, 1914, at U.S. Pension Office; underlining indicates handwritten portion of printed form]   

REIMBURSEMENT

I hereby certify that I hold John Stone responsible for any claims which I may have for services rendered, supplies furnished or money expended during the last sickness and burial of Elizabeth W. Wolford (deceased), late a pensioner by certificate number 447 350.

(This need not be sworn to.)

/s/ F.L. Cessna, J.B. Jones, T.A. Blanford

***

 

Law Division

August 5, 1914

Mr. John Stone, 215 Mohawk St., Highland Park, Ky.

 

Sir:

In your claim for reimbursement in the case of Elizabeth W. Wolford, Cert. No. 447,350, the enclosed certificate should be signed by Frank L. Wolford and returned for filing with the case.

Very Respectfully,

[stamped 'signature'] E.G. Tieman, Acting Commissioner.

***

 

On T.A Blanford, Funeral Director and Embalmer letterhead

Aug. 20 1914

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sirs: Recd your letter asking Frank L. Wolford to sign certificate now Mr. Frank L. Wolford has been dead about fifteen [sic] years so we don't know who should sign this certificate so please let us know by return mail. Thanking I remain

Yours truly, /s/ T.A. Blanford

P.S. Please answer at once so we cant get this business straightened up.

***

 

A & N Div.

Reim[bursement] Section.

 

August 25, 1914.

 

Mr. John Stone, 215 Mohawk Street, Highland Park, Ky.

 

Sir:

In your claim for reimbursement in the case of Elizabeth W. Wolford, Widow's certificate No. 447,350, and in reply to your letter of the 20th instant, relative thereto, you are informed that there appears on the bill of undertaker Blanford on file, a credit of $30. paid by Frank L. Wolford. If, as now claimed, this is a mistake, it should be satisfactorily explained and the name of the person who made this payment signed to the enclosed certificate.

Very respectfully,

[stamped 'signature'] E.G. Tieman, Actg. Commissioner.

***

 

On T.A. Blanford, Funeral Director and Embalmer letterhead:

 

Louisville, KY

Aug 29, 1914

 

Commissioner of Pensions

Dear Sir: Enclosed find certificate signed by John Stone who paid the $30 on the funeral expenses, and who is the son-in-law of Frank L. and Elizabeth W. Wolford, Deceased. Hoping this is satisfactory. I remain

Yours truly, /s/ T.A. Blanford

***

 

(Transcriber's note: printed form; undated; underlining indicates handwritten portion.)

REIMBURSEMENT