Post by Pat (Friend) Thompson on Sept 12, 2010 14:10:10 GMT -5
William Friend Civil War Affidavit IN
State of Indiana, County of DeKalb, as: In the matter of the application for pension of Elizabeth Friend, widow of William Friend, late of Co. F 44 Regt. IN, on the 7th day of November A.D. 1912, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths , Alpheus Jennings, aged 57 years, a resident of Butler in the County of DeKalb and State of Indiana whose Post Office address is Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana and Elmore Wyatt aged, 69 years, a resident of resident of Butler in the County of DeKalb and State of Indiana whose Post Office address is Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, who know to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declare in relation to the aforesaid case as follows:
We are well acquainted with Elizabeth Friend and William Friend, late of Co F 44th Regt. Indiana. Elizabeth Friend, maiden name was Elizabeth Parks. She married Herman Darling, who died in June 1885. She then married William Friend, on the 3rd day of November 1886. These two marriages were her only marriages. William Friend was married three times. First he married Debra Parshall, who died at Mark Centre, Ohio, then he married Mary E. Cutherston, from whom he was divorced on May 4, 1885. Then he married Elizabeth Darling whom he lived with until is death, which occurred Nov. 13th, 1912. The lived as husband and wife from the date of their marriage until the date of his death, these are the only marriages of Elizabeth Friend or William Friend. They have two children under sixteen years of age, the oldest one Norris Friend was born May 15, 1900 and the youngest one, Lotta Friend, was born March 21, 1906. They reside with their mother and are under her care.
William Friend and his wife Elizabeth Friend were never divorced but they have been as man and wife ever since their marriage. She has not remarried since the death of her husband. Next sentence is illegible.
General Affidavit
Testimony given by Almon G. Darling, age 54, of Woodburn R. F. D. No. 3, Milan Top., Allen County, Indiana –
The said Almon G. Darling and M. W. Darling are brothers of the Herman Darling, deceased, that they attended the funeral of the deceased and that the deceased was twenty three years old at his death, that he died August the 25th, 1885 and was buried August 28th day 1885 and was buried in the Barnett Chapel Cemetery in Milan Twp., Allen County, State of Indiana.
William Friend’s Pension Testimony May 4th, 1898……
Q: Are you married? If so, please state your wife’s full name and her maiden name.
A: Yes, Elizabeth Park, maiden name.
Q: When and where were you married?
A: Nove 1887, ? DeKalb Co. Indiana
Q: What record of marriage exists?
A: Certificate on file in Clerk Office, DeKalb Co., Indiana
Q: Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce.
A: Yes, to M. E. Cuthertson, died 1889 at Butler, DeKalk, Co., Indiana
Q: Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and dates of birth.
A: Leo John, born April 26, 1880; Mikel, born May 16 (I can’t make out the year)
Jacob, born June 17th, 1894.
Signed: William Friend
State of Indiana, County of DeKalb, as: In the matter of the application for pension of Elizabeth Friend, widow of William Friend, late of Co. F 44 Regt. IN, on the 7th day of November A.D. 1912, personally appeared before me a Justice of the Peace in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths , Alpheus Jennings, aged 57 years, a resident of Butler in the County of DeKalb and State of Indiana whose Post Office address is Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana and Elmore Wyatt aged, 69 years, a resident of resident of Butler in the County of DeKalb and State of Indiana whose Post Office address is Butler, DeKalb County, Indiana, who know to me to be reputable and entitled to credit, and who, being duly sworn, declare in relation to the aforesaid case as follows:
We are well acquainted with Elizabeth Friend and William Friend, late of Co F 44th Regt. Indiana. Elizabeth Friend, maiden name was Elizabeth Parks. She married Herman Darling, who died in June 1885. She then married William Friend, on the 3rd day of November 1886. These two marriages were her only marriages. William Friend was married three times. First he married Debra Parshall, who died at Mark Centre, Ohio, then he married Mary E. Cutherston, from whom he was divorced on May 4, 1885. Then he married Elizabeth Darling whom he lived with until is death, which occurred Nov. 13th, 1912. The lived as husband and wife from the date of their marriage until the date of his death, these are the only marriages of Elizabeth Friend or William Friend. They have two children under sixteen years of age, the oldest one Norris Friend was born May 15, 1900 and the youngest one, Lotta Friend, was born March 21, 1906. They reside with their mother and are under her care.
William Friend and his wife Elizabeth Friend were never divorced but they have been as man and wife ever since their marriage. She has not remarried since the death of her husband. Next sentence is illegible.
General Affidavit
Testimony given by Almon G. Darling, age 54, of Woodburn R. F. D. No. 3, Milan Top., Allen County, Indiana –
The said Almon G. Darling and M. W. Darling are brothers of the Herman Darling, deceased, that they attended the funeral of the deceased and that the deceased was twenty three years old at his death, that he died August the 25th, 1885 and was buried August 28th day 1885 and was buried in the Barnett Chapel Cemetery in Milan Twp., Allen County, State of Indiana.
William Friend’s Pension Testimony May 4th, 1898……
Q: Are you married? If so, please state your wife’s full name and her maiden name.
A: Yes, Elizabeth Park, maiden name.
Q: When and where were you married?
A: Nove 1887, ? DeKalb Co. Indiana
Q: What record of marriage exists?
A: Certificate on file in Clerk Office, DeKalb Co., Indiana
Q: Were you previously married? If so, please state the name of your former wife and the date and place of her death or divorce.
A: Yes, to M. E. Cuthertson, died 1889 at Butler, DeKalk, Co., Indiana
Q: Have you any children living? If so, please state their names and dates of birth.
A: Leo John, born April 26, 1880; Mikel, born May 16 (I can’t make out the year)
Jacob, born June 17th, 1894.
Signed: William Friend