Sentence:  After he had <WSD>been</WSD> away from home about a year he wrote : `` [ Dear Wife ] If I did not write and receive letters from you I believe that I would forgit that I was married I do n't feel much like a maryed man but I never forgit it sofar as to court enny other lady but if I should you must forgive me as I am so forgitful '' . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere