William Harrison Temple, 18381917 (aged 78 years)

Name
William Harrison /Temple/
Birth
Birth of a sister
Death of a father
Census
Marriage
before 1860 (aged 21 years)
Census
Death of a wife
Marriage
Note: Married by James McCaslin
Birth of a son
Birth of a son
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Calculated from age at death.
Census
Census
Death of a mother
July 30, 1884 (aged 45 years)
Marriage of a son
Death of a son
Note: Benjamin is not mentioned in his father's pention papers as a living child.
Burial of a son
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Morrison Cemetery
Death of a child
before 1900 (aged 61 years)
Death of a child
before 1900 (aged 61 years)
Census
Death of a brother
Source: Find a Grave
Burial of a brother
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Morrison Cemetery
Census
Death of a wife
Source: Find a Grave
Burial of a wife
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Morrison Cemetery (Find A Grave Memorial# 32297314)
Death
Burial
after January 12, 1917 (0 days after death)
Source: Find a Grave
Note: Morrison Cemetery
Family with parents
father
mother
18001884
Birth: about 1800Virginia
Death: July 30, 1884
Marriage MarriageOctober 2, 1817Williamson, Tennessee
11 months
elder sister
1818
Birth: August 20, 1818 30 18 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
2 years
elder sister
1820
Birth: September 22, 1820 32 20 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
2 years
elder brother
1822
Birth: September 23, 1822 34 22 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1825
Birth: March 30, 1825 37 25 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
elder brother
1825
Birth: March 30, 1825 37 25 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
3 years
elder brother
1827
Birth: October 28, 1827 40 27 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
3 years
elder brother
18301905
Birth: June 2, 1830 42 30 Tennessee
Death: March 2, 1905Crawford, Arkansas
3 years
elder brother
1833
Birth: March 10, 1833 45 33 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
2 years
elder sister
1835
Birth: February 15, 1835 47 35 Williams, Tennessee
Death:
4 years
himself
18381917
Birth: August 25, 1838 50 38 Davidson, Tennessee
Death: January 12, 1917Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas
3 months
younger sister
1838
Birth: November 13, 1838 51 38 Tennessee
Death:
sibling
Family with Phebe N Henderson
himself
18381917
Birth: August 25, 1838 50 38 Davidson, Tennessee
Death: January 12, 1917Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas
wife
18401866
Birth: about 1840 39 30 Virginia
Death: July 1866Crawford, Arkansas
Marriage Marriagebefore 1860
Family with Winnie (Nancy) McCaslin
himself
18381917
Birth: August 25, 1838 50 38 Davidson, Tennessee
Death: January 12, 1917Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas
wife
18381917
Birth: October 1838 32 28 Arkansas
Death: 1917Crawford, Arkansas
Marriage MarriageFebruary 18, 1867Crawford, Arkansas
11 months
son
18681954
Birth: January 20, 1868 29 29 Arkansas
Death: July 9, 1954
18 months
son
18691890
Birth: July 19, 1869 30 30 Arkansas
Death: August 14, 1890
child
child
Marriage

Married by James McCaslin

Burial

Morrison Cemetery

Shared note

In the 1850 US Federal Census for Van Buren, Crawford, Arkansas, 28-year-old Tennessee-born farm laborer Frederic Temple is head of a household, which contains his 50-year-old Virginia-born widowed mother Mary [Lee] Temple and his Tennessee-born siblings, 19-year-old farm laborer Francis M, 15-year-old Mary, 12-year-old William and 9-year-old Eliza. Frederick owns no land of value. Mary Lee Temple is illiterate.

In the 1860 US Federal Census for Cedar Creek, Crawford, Arkansas, 21-year-old Tennessee-born farmer William Temple owns $50 of personal property, but no land of value. He and his 19-year-old Virginia-born wife Phebe M [sic] [Henderson] Temple have in their household two Arkansas-born children, 4-year-old Mary E Seagraves and 3-year-old William Seagraves whose relationship to William and Phebe I do not know. William and Phebe are living next door to her parents and siblings.

On 1 Jul 1862 William enrolled in Co D, 1st Ark. Vol. Cav. at Springfield, Missouri. He was mustered out on 23 Aug 1865 in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Phebe died July, 1866. On 18 Feb 1867, William and Winnie were married by her brother, James McCaslin who was a Justice of the Peace.

In the 1870 US Federal Census for Cedar Creek, Crawford, Arkansas, 33-year-old Tennessee-born farmer W M [sic William H] Temple owns $300 worth of real estate and $400 worth of personal property. He and his 32-year-old Arkansas-born wife Winny [sic Nancy] [McCaslin] Temple have in their household their Arkansas-born children, 2-year-old F M [Francis Marion] and 1-year-old B F [Benjamin Franklin]. William is a male citizen of the USA who is 21 years or older.

On 15 May 1876, William Temple was granted a Homestead Land Patent of 120 Acres in Crawford County, Arkansas. The description of the land was:
SSE 4/ 10-N 31-W No 5th PM AR Crawford
NESE 4/ 10-N 31-W No 5th PM AR Crawford

In the 1880 US Federal Census for Cedar Creek, Crawford, Arkansas, 41-year-old [sic] Tennessee-born farmer William and his 41-year-old [sic] Arkansas-born wife Winnie [Nancy McCaslin] Temple have in their household their Arkansas-born children, 12-year-old Francis and 10-year-old Benjamin, and William's 75-year-old [sic] Virginia-born widowed mother, Mary [Lee] Temple. Francis and Benjamin have attended school in the past year, but cannot read or write. William's father was born in Georgia and his mother in Virginia, Winnie's parents were born in Indiana [sic] Mary's parents were born in Virginia and the children's father in Tennessee and their mother in Arkansas.

Applied for a pension 15 Jul 1890, letter of rejection sent 23 Sep 1893. William reapplied. One of the pieces of information asked for was an affidavit to prove that he had not served in the Confederate Army.

On 4 Apr 1898, William Temple filed an affidavit for his Civil War Pension stating that " I was not in the confederate Army. I was in a militia Company Early in 1862. James Brown was Captain of the Company, James King Col. later on this same James King Commanded a Regiment in the Confederate Army. This I was not in having previously left the Country to avoid being Conscripted in the Confederate Army. I do not know the letter of the Compamy as I was but a Short time with the Company."
Transcribed by Lois Johnson with no corrections.

On another form William lists the names of his "comrades" in his Company of the Arkansas Volunteer Cavalry. They are W Knotts, J Yoes, J W McCaslin, G W McCaslin and R Centers.

William was rejected for a pension again on 1 Mar 1898. On 10 Jul 1890, his new application for a pension states that he has appointed James Tanner, a Washington DC lawyer as his attorney. James McCaslin signs this document as a witness to William's signature.

He got his pension which paid $3 a month for "partial inability to earn a support by manual labor". He asked for an increase to $6 a month on 4 Feb 1905 due to being "wholly unable to earn a support by manual labor". His disability was caused by rheumatism, disease of heart and catarrh

In the 1900 US Federal Census for Oliver Springs, Crawford, Arkansas, 61-year-old Tennessee-born William and his 61-year-old Arkansas-born wife Winnie [McCaslin] Temple have been married 33-years. Winnie has born four children but only one, Francis Marion Temple, is living. William is farming land he owns free of mortgage. Both William and Winnie can read, write and speak English. William's father was born in Georgia and his mother in Virginia; Winnie's parents were born in Indiana.

William's pension started at $6 a month, paid from 7 Jun 1905, $10 a month, from 10 May 1908, $12 a month, from 29 Aug 1908, $15 a month, from 19 Jun 1912, $25 a month, and finally from 25 Aug 1913, $30 a month.

In the 1910 US Federal Census for Oliver Springs, Crawford, Arkansas, 71-year-old Tennessee-born William and his 71-year-old Arkansas-born wife Winnie [McCaslin] Temple have been married 43-years. This is a second marriage for William, but a first for Winnie. Although William owns a farm, free of mortgage, he has retired and is living on his own income. Both William and Winnie can read, write and speak English. William's father was born in Georgia and his mother in Virginia; Winnie's parents were born in Indiana.

William Temple's tombstone in the Morrison Cemetery, Rudy, Crawford, Arkansas reads "Wm. Temple, Co. D, 1 Ark. Cav."