This letter has been copied and pasted without any corrections to keep it original

MY DEAR MRS. MCLEMORE

     I KNEW THAD AND FELIX MCLEMORE OF COMPANY C 17 REG COMMANDED BY COLONEL ALLEN WALKERS DIVISION. I WILL BE GLAD TO SIGN YOUR PAPERS FOR YOU BUT I AM 10 MILES FROM TOWN AND THE ROADS ARE IN SUCH CANT ----?IT. MAY BE SOME TIME BEFORE I CAN SEE TO IT FOR YOU . BUT WILL DO IT JUST AS SOON AS I CAN. WISHING YOU EVERY SUCESS

            I AM RESPT.             A.J. OLIVER            SAN SABA, TX

RT #4  SAN SABA  TEXAS

   NOV 7, 1919 

MRS. T. G. MCLEMORE 

MY DEAR MRS. MCLEMORE, 

            MY FATHER WAS TAKEN SICK AFTER WRITING YOU AND WAS BURRIED BEFORE YOUR LETTER CAME. I WENT TO THE JUDGE TO AST. IN HIS PLACE BUT I WOULDN’T DO . MY FATHER KNEW CAPT. MCDOWELL AND WILEY CARPENTER OF LOCKHART  TX . THEY WASN’T IN COMPANY C I DON’T BELIEVE BUT THEY SAID FATHER WAS ASSOCIATED TO DURING THE WAR AND IT MAY BE THEYMS. MCLEMORE               RESPECTFULLY YOURS,                  EDNA OLIVER               FOR MY FATHER

 OUR COUNTY JUDGE SAYS YOU CAN GET YOUR PENSION WITH ONE SIGNER

 ENNIS NOV 13 TH 1919 

MR. T TI ? WILSON,   WAXAHACHIE , TX 

KIND SIR I AM SENDING MY PENSION PAPERS WITH A LETTER FROM MR. OLIVER NOW DECEASED . HE DIED THE DAY I SENT THE PAPERS TO HIM. I AM SENDING HIS LETTER

TO LET YOU KNOW  I TRIED TO GET TWO WITNESSES AND HOPE YOU CAN PUT IT THROUGH.WITH ONE WITNESS.IF NOT NOTIFY ME AT ONCE AND WILL TRY AGAIN . I AM SENDING HIS DAUGHTERS LETTER ALSO . I HOPE IT IS AS SHE SAYS ONE WITNESS WILL DO . PLEASE DO WHAT YOU CAN AND OBLIGE 

T.G. MCLEMORE T G MCLEMORE ENNIS RT #5 

TEXANNA MCLEMORES WIDOW’S APPLICATION WAS APPROVED DEC. 17, 1919 FILE #36387

BACK