GENERAL AFFIDAVIT
For the testimony of EMPLOYERS or NEAR NEIGHBORS of soldier, (other than relatives) who have
known him before his enlistment, or since his discharge and return from the army.
State of Michigan……, County of …Ingham…, SS.
In the matter of the application for pension of Mrs Louisa B. Doxtader
Wife of Philander Doxtader late Deceased
ON THIS …25… day of November… A.D. 1886; personally appeared before me, a
Clerk of Circuit Court in and for the aforesaid County, duly authorized to administer oaths
W.D. Longyear…aged…48….years, a resident of…Mason………
in the County of ……Ingham…and State of…Michigan…
whose Post Office address is…Mason…Mich………and
…………………aged………years, a resident of……………
in the County of…………………and State of…………….       
whose Post Office address is…………………………….
well known to me to be respectable and entitled to credit, and who being duly sworn, declare in relation to the aforesaid case as
follows: That …I…have been well and personally acquainted with Philander Doxtader
for about [crossed out] [years, and] 20… years [crossed out] [respectively;] and that I became acquainted
with him in winter of 1868 and that in 
January of 1871 he moved out from the
State of New York and lived in My family
during the winter. That he was troubled
very bad with the catarrh, and was drawing a
Pension on the loSs of his right-hand.
For about two and one half years he lived
with his brother in the Township of
Onondaga & then got married & moved on
a farm acroSs the road from my farm in the
Township of Leslie & lodged there until some
time in 1881 when he sold his farm & moved
to Kent Co Mich and stayed about [illegible] years
and moved back to Leslie. He was at this
time quite corpulent & complained of
Heart troubles & Kidney disease. He at
this time was not able to do but very
little work and in 1885 moved to
Virginia near Richmond and the next
year died there. He was a very ambitious
man and would work when he at times
was hardly able to be around…………