CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - TEMPIE FUQUAY CALTON WARD, WIDOW OF JAMES CALTON, 
DIXIE CO., FL

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Widow's Pension Claim
Under General Pension Law Of Florida

FORM A

State of Florida,}
County of Dixie}

On this 23rd day of March, A. D. One Thousand Nine Hundred and thirty-one, personally 
appeared before me a Clerk Circuit Court in and for the County and State aforesaid 
Tempie Calton Ward, a resident of Old Town, County of Dixie State of Florida, who 
being duly sworn according to law, makes the following declaration in order to 
obtain a pension under the provisions of the General Pension Laws of Florida.

That she is the lawful widow of James Calton, who enlisted under the name of James 
Calton, on the ____ day of ____, 186_, in Company ____ Regiment of the State of 
Alabama and who was honorably discharged in State of Virginia, 186_, on account of 
war ended.

(Here give complete statement of other service, if any.)

That he also served no other service.

State here if husband drew a pension, and when.)

Husband did not draw pension.

That she was lawfully married to the said James Calton under the name of Tempie 
Fuquay in the County of LaFayette State of Florida, on the 7th day of August, 1898, 
and that she was not divorced from him before his death, which occurred on the 3rd 
day of February, 1911, in the County of Duval, State of Florida, at hospital in 
Jacksonville.

Wife has remarried since death of James Calton, but husband is also dead, and she 
is forty-eight years of age.

That she is a resident of Dixie County, Florida, and has continuously resided in 
the State of Florida since the 5th day of May, 1898, or every since birth.

That her Postoffice address is Old Town, County of Dixie, State of Florida.

Tempie Calton Ward

Attest:

(1) O. O. Edward
(2) L. L. Barber

Sworn and subscribed before me this 23rd day of March, A. D. 1931.  I hereby certify 
that the above declaration, etc., was made known and fully explained to the applicant 
before swearing, and that I have no interest, direct or indirect, in the prosecution 
of this claim.

L. L. Barber
Clerk Circuit Court

(a)

State of Florida
County of LaFayette

I, E. S. Winburn, County Judge, of LaFayette County, Florida, hereby certify that 
the records in this office show that a marriage license was issued to James Calton 
and Tempie Fuquay on the 5th day of August, A. D. 1898. 

The records further show that the above named parties were married on the 7th day 
of August, A. D. 1898, and that the ceremony was performed by Rev. Dave Ward, 
Baptist Minister.

E. S. Winburn
County Judge LaFayette County, Florida

(b)

State of Florida
County of Dixie

Before me, a ____, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
R. J. Fuquay, who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says each for 
himself that he was present at the marriage of James Calton and Tempie Fuquay which 
occurred at Mallory, Fla. on the 7th day of August, A. D. 1898, in the County of 
LaFayette, now Dixie, State of Florida, and that the ceremony was performed by Rev. 
Dave Ward, Baptist Minister.

R. J. Fuquay

Sworn and subscribed before me this 4th day of March, A. D. 1931.

L. L. Barber
Clerk Circuit Court

(c) 

State of Florida
County of Dixie

Before me, a ____, in and for the County and State aforesaid, personally appeared 
W. J. Ward and Joe Dixon who, being duly sworn according to law, deposes and says, 
each for himself, that he knows of his own personal knowledge of the death of James 
Calton which occurred at Jacksonville, County of Duval, State of Florida, at Duval 
Hospital on the 3rd day of February, A. D. 1911.

W. J. Ward
Joe Dixon

Sworn and subscribed before me this ____ day of March, A. D. 1931.

L. L. Barber
Clerk Circuit Court

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Report of County Commissioners

We, the undersigned, County Commissioners in and for the County of Dixie, Florida, 
do hereby report that at a meeting of the Board of County Commissioners held this 
day, the foregoing application of Mrs. Tempie Calton Ward for a pension under the 
Laws of Florida, was investigated by us; that we are satisfied that the applicant 
has been a bona fide citizen of the State of Florida for eight years just preceding 
the date of this application, and that the representations made in the petition and 
affidavits are true, and that a pension should be granted the applicant.

Witness our hands this 7th day of May, A. D. 1931.

(1) O. M. Anderson, Chairman
(2) J. E. Moriarty
(3) Geo. F. Green
(4) C. C. Douglas
(5) A. J. Sauls
County Commissioners

By the County Commissioners.  Attest:

L. L. Barber
Clerk Circuit Court

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McKinney & Edwards
Attorneys-At-Law
Cross City, Florida

J. Mahlon McKinney
Orren O. Edwards

May 13th, 1931

Hon. Ernest Amos,
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Sir:

Enclosed you will find Widow's Pension Claim of Mrs. Tempie Calton Ward.

Very truly yours,

McKinney & Edwards

M-E:O

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May 14, 1931

Messrs. McKinney & Edwards,
Cross City, Fla.

Gentlemen:

I wish to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 13th inst. enclosing application 
for pension of Mrs. Tempie Calton Ward.

The Law requires an applicant for pension to furnish proof of the soldier's war 
service upon which the claim is based, by affidavits of comrades serving with him 
the affidavit of commissioned officer under whom he served, or transcript from 
Washington.

If you will advise the Company and Regiment in which Mr. Calton served I will be 
glad to try to obtain an official record of his service from Washington.  You did 
not give the Company and Regiment in which he served, in the application for pension 
nor give the date of his enlistment, which is very necessary.

Yours very truly,

Secretary, Pension Board

RB:ACG

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August 14, 1931

Mrs. Tempie Carlton [sic] Ward,
Old Town, Fla.


Dear Madam:

With reference to your application for pension, I regret to inform you that same 
was denied by the Pension Board yesterday afternoon, on account of the fact that 
you have submitted no proof of your husband's war service.

The Pension Law requires specific proof of service, and the Board does not have the 
authority to grant a pension unless proof of service is established by affidavits 
of comrades serving with the soldier, by official record of his service or his 
honorable discharge.

Yours very truly,

Secretary, Pension Board

RB:G

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Claim For Pension
By
Mrs. Tempie Calton Ward
Of Old Town, Dixie County
Widow of James Calton
Filed In Pension Department
May 14, 1931
Denied By Pension Board
Aug. 14, 1931