John Bass, Soldier's Application For Pension
Rapides Parish Louisiana
Submitted by Chere Lee
Date: April 26, 2012

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11. If a prisoner, in what camp, and when were you released, and
    to where sent?
    Answer: Never was a prisoner
12. Did you take the oath of allegiance to the United States 
    Government at any time during the war?
    Answer: No
13. If so, when, where and under what circumstances?
    Answer: No
14. How long have you been resident of the State of Louisiana
    next preceding the date of this application? Where have you
    resided during that period?
    Answer: All my life, living in St Landry & Rapides Parishes 
15. Are you married or have you been married?
    Answer: Been married twice, am a widower now
16. If so, what is the size of your family?
    Answer: Got no family
17. What are the respective ages of your wife and children?
    Answer: No wife have one child a girl 27 years of age 
    who is married and living apart from me
18. How any children have you, and how many of each sex?
    Answer: One girl
19. Are you engaged in any business? If so, what do you earn?
    Answer: Farming-earn a unreadable scant living
20. Have you any estate in your own right, real or personal,
    and what is its value?
    Answer: None
21. Has your wife any estate in her own right, real or
    personal and what is its value?
    Answer: [blank]
22. How have you derived support for yourself and family if
    you have one, for the last five years, and what prevents
    you from earning a living now?
    Answer: By a little farming and attending to stock for
    different people
23. Do you use intoxicants to any extent?
    Answer: Not at all
24. Have you an attorney to look after this application?
    Answer: No
25. Give his name, address, and the compensation agreed between
    you.
    Answer: None
26. Give names of two or more of your comrades with their 
    postoffice addresses.
    Answer: Hon J.C. Wise, Alexandria La. Tim McCann
    Welchtin La.
27. Give your postoffice address and that of the two witnesses.
    Answer: Pineville La, Witnesses Jonas Rosenthal and A
    Jarreau - Alexandria La