CIVIL WAR WIDOW'S PENSION APP. - MARY McLaughlin, JOHN McLAUGHLIN, Okeechobee Co., FL

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Application No. A10037

July 18th, 1929

Mrs. Mary McLaughlin,
Okeechobee, Fla.

Dear Mrs. McLaughlin,

Referring to the Special Act granting you a Pension, I wish to advise that you should furnish 
statement of your residence in this State and also proof of your husband's war service if 
possible, for consideration of the Pension Board, in connection with the Special Law granting 
you a pension.

Respectfully,

Secretary, Pension Board

/B

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St. Cloud, Florida
August 6th, 1929

Mr. Roumelle Bowen, Secretary
Pension Board
Tallahassee, Florida

Dear Sir:

Replying to your letter of July 18th, will say that I am enclosing affidavit giving information 
you request.  Being Tyson and Mr. Bass, being very old do not remember the exact Company that 
my husband was in,

My address at the present time is Fort Drum, Florida.

Very truly yours,

Mrs. Mary McLaughlin

Enclosure

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State of Florida}
County of Osceola}

Personally appeared before me this 6th day of August, A. D. 1929, Joel Tyson and Richard 
Bass, both residents of St. Cloud, Florida, who after being duly sworn, make oath that they 
know that John McLaughlin, deceased, was a member of the Confederate Army, and that his 
widow Mary McLaughlin, has been a resident of the State of Florida, all of her life.

Joel Tyson (SEAL)
Richard Bass (SEAL)

Sworn to and subscribed before me this 6th day of August, A. D. 1929.

L. Vandenbergh
Notary Public

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HOUSE BILL NO. 1005

AN ACT for Granting a Pension to Mary McLaughlin, of Okeechobee County, Florida

WHEREAS, John McLaughlin, late of the County of Okeechobee, State of Florida, died on the 
29th day of March, A. D. 1900, leaving surviving him, Mary McLaughlin, his widow, and 
several children:  and

WHEREAS, During the lifetime of John McLaughlin he served as a Confederate soldier and 
was in said service at the time of the close of the war; and

WHEREAS, During his lifetime the said John McLaughlin was in good circumstances and because 
of that condition never sought a pension; and

WHEREAS, None of his immediate family know in what company he served; and

WHEREAS, He married Mary McLaughlin in 1875, and there is no way to prove his service 
other than by affidavits of those who have talked to him and know that he was in the 
service, but do not know what part of the service he was in, or in what company; and

WHEREAS, The circumstances of Mary McLaughlin have now changed so that she is in very 
distressing financial circumstances, and it is impossible for her to prove by any living 
witness as to the company, etc., that John McLaughlin served in, so as to meet with the 
requirements of the present law; therefore

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:

Section 1.  That the State Board of Pensions be, and it is hereby directed to place the 
name of Mary McLaughlin on the pension roll of the State of Florida, to be paid as a 
Confederate pensioner in the same manner and at the same rate as any other pensions 
of the State are paid.

Section 2.  That all laws and parts of laws in conflict with the provisions of this 
Act be, and they are hereby repealed.

Section 3.  That this Act shall take effect immediately upon its becoming a law.

Became a law without approval of Governor.

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Pensioner No. 10037
Application No. 23495

Mrs. Mary McLaughlin
Fort Drum, Fla.
Okeechobee County
Chapter No. 13753 Act 189
Approved Aug 3 1929
With pay from Jun 10 1929, $480.00 per annum.
Roumelle Bowen,
Secretary, State Board of Pensions