Thomas Harvey Messamore was the son of James Messamore Sr. and Sarah (Sary) Heath.  As such, he was the nephew of my third great grandmother Anna F. Messamore.

Thomas had a very complicated personal history.  I think it would have been very difficult or impossible to unravel all of his wives and children without this questionnaire.

           Department of the Interior
           Bureau of Pensions
                                 Washington, D.C., January 2, 1915

Sir: Please answer, at your earliest convenience, the questions enumerated below.
The information is requested for future use, and it may be of great value to
your widow or children.  Use the included envelope, which requires no stamp.

                                                                  Very respectfully,

                                                                  Commissioner.


Thomas Messamore
Hot Springs, Ark
Civ. War                                (stamped) Pension, Apr 12 1915
Gen Dcl

1. Date and place of birth.
   Answer.  Knox County, Tennessee, August 11th, 1846.
   The name of Organizations in which you served.
   Answer.  7th Tennessee, Mt. Vol.
2. What was your post office at enlistment?
   Answer.   Wilson, Tenn.
3. State your wife's full name and her maiden name.
   Answer.  Julia Chilton Thornton
4. When, where, and by whom were you married?
   Answer.  Clayton, St. Louis County, Mo, August 6, 1913.
5. Is there any official or church record of your marriage?  Official
   If so, where?  Answer.  Clayton, Missouri
6. Were you previously married?  If so, state the name of your former wife,
   the date of the marriage, and the date and place of her death or divorce.
   If there was more than one previous wife, let your answer include all
   former wives.
   Answer.  yes.
            E.A. Webster, Clinton, Tenn. (died May 20, 1869).
            S.E. Long, Clinton, Tenn. died Jun 18, 1893).
            C.A. Weaver, married at Clinton, Tenn. April 16, 1894.
                         divorced 1901 at Clinton, Tenn.
            Mary J. Larkins, married Doniphan, Mo. 1902,
                             divorced Aug 17, 1912 at Williamsville, MO.
7. If any person was married before her marriage to you, state the name of
   her former husband, the date of each marriage, and the date and place of
   his death or divorce and state whether he ever rendered any military or
   naval service, and if so, give name of the organization in which he served.
   If she was married more than once before marriage to you, let your answer
   include all former husbands.
   Answer.  Yes.  Will C. Thornton married at Calhoun County, Illinois,
   Oct. 10, 1896, died at Belleview, Iron County, Mo, April 1, 1906.
8. Are you now living with your wife, or has there been a separation.
   Answer.  Yes
9. State the names and dates of birth of all your children, living or dead.
   Answer.  Sarah E. April 13, 1869;
   undecipherable L.  Jun 22, 1872 (Dead);
   James E. Sept 10, 1873;
   Mary Belle, March 2, 1875 (dead);
   Martha P.  April 18, 1880;
   Nancy O., Jan 30, 1886 (dead);
   Ella J. Mar 24, 1844;
   Thomas R.C. Jul 30, 1886 (dead);
   Andrew J. June 16, 1889.
   T. Roscoe, May 10, 1895.

(signed) April 9, 1914 Thomas Messamore