No. 2130

Name Almita E. Lyon
Filed Oct. 20, 1908
Widow of J. R. Lyon
D 19 & 20 Tenn Cav

FILE IS STAMPED Accepted

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STATE OF TENNESSEE
Crockett County

I, Mrs. A. E. Lyon (widow &c) of said State and County, desiring to avail herself of the Pension allowed to Indigent Widows of Soldiers, under Act of General Assembly, approved April, 1905, being Chapter 202 of the Acts of 1905, hereby submits her proofs, and after begin duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your full name and where do you reside? (Give State, County and Postoffice.)
ANSWER: Almita E. Lyon, Alamo, Crockett County Tennessee

2. How long and since when have you been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: All my life

3. When and where were you born and what was your maiden name?
ANSWER: Sept. 30? 185-? near this place. It was then Haywood Co. Tenn. A. E. Vandyke

4. When and where was your husband born -- state his full name, and when and where were you and he married, and who performed the marriage ceremony? (Attach certified copy marriage license in every case.)
ANSWER: Sep 9? 1838 Cottage Grove Henry County Tennessee. We Married March 6 1868 near this place by Esq. Jim Moore. See marriage license attached

5. When and where and in what Company and Regiment did you husband enlist or serve during the war between the States?
ANSWER: He enlisted in Henry County. Co. D. 19 or 20 Tenn Cav.

6. How long did your husband serve in said Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: until close of the war 2 years or ---

7. When and where did your husband's Company and Regiment surrender?
ANSWER: Jackson Tenn I think

8. Was your husband present at the time and place when his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: I think so

9. If not with his command at surrender state clearly and specifically where he was when he left command, for what cause and by what authority?
ANSWER: I dont know as ---- ----- --------?

10. When and where did your husband die?
ANSWER: In or near Cairo Tenn June 4, 1902

11. At the time of your husband's death, were you living with him as his lawful wife?
ANSWER: Yes

12. How many children did you have by your said husband? Give sex and age at this time.
ANSWER: Mrs. Cora Darden age 34 years. H. R. Lyon age 25 years. Thos D. 17 years, -- Girl? ---- twin & the said Twins died in infancy

13. What property, real or personal, or income do you have or possess, and its gross value?
ANSWER: Life estate in 42 1/2 acres, Value $200, some house hold kitchen furniture horse and 4 hogs, all worth about $100.

14. What property, real or personal, did you possess at death of husband or did he leave you, and what disposition, if any, by sale or gift, have you made of the same?
ANSWER: About the same as ----, none sold or given away

15. Have you a family? If so, who composes such family? Give their means of support? Have they any lands or other property?
ANSWER: Myself and son Thomas constitutes my family, the other 2 children are married and have families

(Signed) A. E. Lyon widow of J. R. (Dick) Lyon

Sworn to and subscribed before me, this the 10 day of October 1908
B. H. Harmon, Notary Public
of Crockett County

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Houston County

T. H. Tayloe of the said State and County, having been presented as a witness in support of the application of Mrs. J. R. Lyon's for a Pension under Chapter 202, Acts of 1905, and after being duly sworn true answers to make to the following questions, deposes and answers as follows:

1. What is your name and where do you reside?
ANSWER: T. H. Tayloe, Danville Tenn

2. Are you acquainted with the applicant, Mrs. _____________________
If so, how long have you known her?
ANSWER: _____________________

3. Where does she reside, and how long and since when has she been a resident of this State?
ANSWER: _____________________

4. When and where was she born?
ANSWER: _____________________

5. Were you ever acquainted with her husband?
ANSWER: Yes

6. When and by whom were they married?
ANSWER: _____________________

7. When and where was he born?
ANSWER: _____________________

8. How long did you know him?
ANSWER: 8 or 10 years or more

9. When and where did J. R. Lyons enlist in the war between the States, and in what Company and Regiment did he enlist, and how do you know this?
ANSWER: in Henry County Tenn enlisted in my Co. D. 20 Tenn Cav

10. Were you a member of the same Company and Regiment?
ANSWER: I was Captain of Said Co. D. 20 Tenn Cav under Genl Forest

11. How long did he perform regular military duty?
ANSWER: 2 or more years

12. When and where was his Company and Regiment surrendered?
ANSWER: At Selma Ala but my company was at Jackson Tenn on Special duty at the Surrender

13. Were you with the command when it surrendered?
ANSWER: at Jackson Tenn

14. Was J. R. Lyons the husband of applicant present?
ANSWER: I think so, but dont remember

15. If not present, where was he?
ANSWER: If not with the Co. he was absent by authority

16. When and where did he leave his command? never left without permission
For what cause? ____________
By whose authority did he leave? ____________
How do you know all this? (State fully and clearly) As I said above I was Captain of his company, and I know Dick Lyon was a good soldier and never absented himself with authority

17. When and where did _____________________ die?
ANSWER: _____________________

18. Where did he reside at his death and how long had he been a resident of Tennessee at his death?
ANSWER: _____________________

19. Do you of your own knowledge know that applicant is the lawful widow of ____
ANSWER: _____________________

20. Has she remained unmarried since her soldier husband's death, and is she now his widow?
ANSWER: _____________________

21. What property, effects or income has the applicant, if any, and how do you know this of your own knowledge?
ANSWER: _____________________

22. Has applicant conveyed any property in last two years or given any away, if so, what was it and to whom?
ANSWER: _____________________

NOTE -- Let the witness who can answer the greater number of the questions do so; then let the other witness state in the space below how much of the testimony of the first witness he concurs in, and whether or not he can answer any of the questions not answered by the first witness.
ANSWER: _____________________

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 15 day of Oct 1908

T. H. Tayloe (witness)
S. W. Hashen (Notary Public)

I, Jno H. Perry Trustee of Crockett County, Tennessee, hereby certify that the property assessed on the tax books of this County to Mrs. J. R. Lyons the widow of J. R. Lyons, amounts to $200.00 real estate and $no personal

Jno H. Perry Trustee
For Crockett County, Tenn.

STATE OF TENNESSEE,
Crockett County

I, B. H. Harmon Clerk or Notary Public, in and for said County, hereby certify that the applicant, Mrs. A. E. Lyons resides in said County, and has been a bona fide resident of this State since the ____ day of all her life, 18____, and that the witnesses, Mr. T. A. Tayloe, James? B. Lyons, Miss Fannie Lyon are of trustworthy character, and that their statements are entitled to full faith and credit.

I do further certify that before answering the foregoing questions, the applicant and said witnesses took the oath herein prescribed, and the full text of the affidavits was read to the applicant and witnesses before the same was signed and subscribed.

Witness my hand and official seal this 15 day of October 1908

B. H. Harmon, Notary Public
Crockett County

Marriage Certificate included in file
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Marriage Certificate
State of Tennessee, Haywood County
This Certifies that J. R. Lyon
and A. E. Vandike
were united by J. W. Moore in the
Holy Bonds of Matrimony
On the 5th day of March, in the year of our Lord, 1868.

As appears of record and on file in my office
W. W. Dupree
Clerk of the County Court.

Handwritten letter included in file
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B. H. Harmon.
Attorney-At-Law.

Maury City, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1908

Hon. John P. Hickman
Nashville, Tenn.

Dear Sir:-

I herewith send you an other affidavit of Mrs. --? J. Bowden of Martin Tenn, to be filed in the case of Mrs. A. E. Lyon of Alamo Tenn, an applicant for pension.

It will strengthen her case and trust that it will be suffi---??

Yours very truly,
B. H. Harmon

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Headquarters
Tennessee Board of Pension Examiners.

Nashville, Tenn. Oct 26 1908

Gen. F. C. Ainsworth,
Military Secretary,
Washington, D.C.

Dear Sir:

Mrs. A. E. Lyon who is an applicant for pension under the Tennessee Widows Pension Law, claims that her husband J. R. Lyon was a member of Company D. 19th & 20th Regiment Tenn Cav C.S.A., and was paroled at Selma Ala or Jackson Tenn at the close of the war.

Please give us the record of this soldier.

Respectfully,
George B. Guild
President

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War Department,
The Adjutant General's Office,
Washington, October 28, 1908.

Respectfully returned to the

President,
Tennessee Board of
Pension Examiners,
Nashville.

The name J. R. Lyon has not been found on the rolls, on file in this Department, of the 19th and 20th Consolidated Regiment, Tennessee Cavalry, Confederate States Army; nor has any record been found of the capture or parole of a man of that name and organization.

F. C. Dismuk?
The Adjutant General

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B. H. Harmon.
Attorney-At-Law.

Maury City, Tenn., Oct. 19, 1908

Brief Statement -

Mrs. A. E. Lyons widow of J. R. Lyons decd? applicant for pension.

Application sworn to, supported by Capt. T. H. Tayloe

Copy Marriage License
Miss Fannie Lyon affidavit
Mr. James B. Lyons affidavit
2 Slips of papers found in J. R. Lyons papers, Issued to him by his officers in 1865.

Please examine this proof and if any thing more is needed let me know, and will try to get it up.

Can say that this applicant is a very worthy lady, and enjoys the high esteem of her acquaintances.

Yours very truly,
B. H. Harmon

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I believe these are the "2 Slips of papers found in J. R. Lyons papers, Issued to him by his officers in 1865", as mentioned in the record above. VERY hard to read!

First document:
H. 8 qrts? 19 Tenn Cavalry Oct 23 1864

J. R. Lyon has leave to go home ....

Second document:
Dated ----? 5/65

Can't read rest

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In the case of Mrs. Lyon widow of J. R. Lyon deceased James B. Lyon aged 51 years a resident of Crockett -- Tennessee at Maury City after being duly sworn dep---- as follows:

He was acquainted with J. R. Lyon known as Dick deceased all his life time. He was married to Miss A. E. Vandyke on or about ------------ in what is now Crockett County Tennessee, that he was at the marriage by Esq. Jim Moore, that said J. R. Lyon died June 1902 in said Crockett County that he and this applicant Mrs. Lyon were? living together as man and wife at the time of his death.

That she has not remarried since his death.

That he knows from reputation? and having said J. R. Lyon say that he served

Page 2br> in the late civil war in Co. D. 20th Tenn Regt. Cavalry under Genl. Forrest.

That the said Widow Mrs. A. E. Lyon is a lady of good moral character, is f--- fi-----? and is living on a ---- place where her husband died.

James B. Lyons

Sworn to and subscribed before me this October 17, 1908, and I certify that said witness James B. Lyons is a man of good moral character and his? oath entitled to full faith and c---- and that I have no interest in this claim.

B. H. Harmon
Notary Public

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Miss Fannie Lyon aged 75 residing at Maury City Tennessee States on oath in --lation to the claim for pension of Mrs. A. E. Lyon widow of J. R. Lyon do ----.

That she is a sister of the deceased J. R. Lyon and of c---- knows him since all his life time that said Lyon was a Confederate soldier during the war between the states that he was a member of Co. D. 20th Tenn Cav. in Captain F. H. Tayloes Company, think? he ---- out in the army some time in the year 1863, and staid till the war closed, is the best of her recolection.

That said soldier J. R. Lyon came home on furlough sick some time in February 1865 and went back and staid till the surrender.

He had a skin disease and it disabled him at times, and he finally

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died of that trouble? near Cairo, Tennessee in Crockett County, in June 1902.

She further states that he has known Mrs. A. E. Lyon his widow from since before they married, that she was Miss Vandyke before they married, that she is now living on the little place he died at and she is still his widow and never married any more, and they were living together as man and wife when he died.

She Mrs. Lyon has ---- son, and one daughter living, one single son living with her, the others are married. She is poor and of a good character and I think a good Christian woman.

She further states that she has no interest in the p---- of this claim.

Sworn to before me this

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October 17, 1908
Fannie (her X mark) Lyon

Attest
Mrs. L. E. Booth

Sworn to and subscribed before me this October 17, 1908 and I certify that the witness is a lady of good moral character and her testimony is entitled to full faith and credit as such, and that I have no p----- interest in the pr---- of this claim.

B. H. Harmon
Notary Public

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State of Tennessee
Weakly County

Came before me a Notary Public for said County D. J. Bowden and made oath in relation to the claim of Mrs. A. E. Lyons widow of J. R. Lyons deceased, for pension, under the Laws of the State of Tennessee.

I knew J. R. Lyons deceased quite well, knew him almost through life. He was in Co. D. 20th or 21st Tennessee Cavalry, under General Forest in Capt. T. H. Taylor Company ----- Absent two years as best I can remember, the latter part of the war, and as far as I knew made good soldier. I was in same Regiment & Company with him latter part of the war, the first part of the war I was in Co. H. 5th Tennessee Infantry. Personally I do not know Mrs. Lyon, but I am fully satisfied she is now J. R. Lyons widow and is entittled to a Pension.

I was Born in Henry County Tennessee January 15th 1843, and now reside at Martin Tenn, and have no Interest in ---tion of said claim.

D. J. Bowden

Sworn to and subscribed before me this Nov. 9th 1908, and I certify said witness D. J. Bowden is a man of good moral character & his testimony is entitled to full faith & ____. I have no interest in the prosecution of this claim for pension witness my hand & seal of office of Martin Tennessee November 9th 1908 R. M. ----? Notary Public