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STATE OF ARKANSAS,
County of Poinsett
I, Ann C. Shopher do solemnly swear that I am the widow of Rufus N. Shopher who served in
the army of the Confederate States, being a member of The 13th Arkansas Co. "B"
Regiment of Infantry from the State of Arkansas: that he was honorably paroled from such
service on or about the ____ day of May 1865, and did not desert the same; that I am now,
and for the past twelve months have been, a bona fide resident of this State: that I
do not own property, real or personal, or both, or money of choses in action in excess of
the value of $400.00 (exclusive of household goods and wearing apparel), nor have I
conveyed title to any property to enable me to draw a pension, and that I am not in
receipt of any income, annuity, penion or wages for any services, the emoluments of an
office, in excess of $150.00 per year: that my said husband died on the 22nd day of
September 1877 and that I have not since re-married, so help me God.
[signatures]
J.W. Griffin
Ann C. Shopher [her mark]
subscribed and sworn to before me, this
13th day of June 1901
[signature]
B. F. Cole, Clerk
By W. W. Nelms, DC
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STATE OF ARKANSAS
County of Poinsett
We, the undersigned, sitting as a Pension Board for Poinsett County do certify that we
have examined the application of the within named Ann C. Shoffer for pension, under Act of
the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas, as approved March 11, 1901, and the proof
in support of same, and find that said applicant is the widow of a Confederate Soldier, is
in indigent cirsumstances, and that her claim is just, and that she should be allowed
$50.00 pension.
[signatures]
H. M. Ainsworth [seal]
J. M. Harris [seal]
J. A. Stone [seal]
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