Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1859-11-15
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Ese-uHion Of a Wan and Wife after sePa-
ration Of ever FOrty-Seven Years.


ration Of over Forty-Seven Years.
TFron thu Buriiuvnn, (Iessl HaWksys, Kcv.zl
Sometime during the month Of February last,
Messrs Shepard Overton, Attorneys at Law in this
CITY, were applied TO by Of Mrs. Crnll, of Lou
isa county In this STATE to- if possible obtain for her
3 dowry in certain lands, supposed TO be part Of
the Military Tract OF the State of Illinois This
trsct of land the reader viii recollect embraces
large part Of the Western part of that State, and
set apart by the United States, part compen-
satiOn to the soldiers of the war Of 1872 That her
husband was soldier II that war, having enlisted
in the army while on visit Of business the city
of Philadelphia. his residence being few miles out
of the city, and in the State of Pennsylvania Since
his enlistment, Mrs. CTull had heard nothing from
him except mere Fumor that he was killed in an
engagement with the enemy near Lake Champaign
and as Mrs Crul had never married again. she would
as his widow be entitled to at least dowry in any
lands her husband might be entitled TO as such
soldier.
Messrs s. & o. immediately set themselves to find
the land TO which her rightof dOwery would attach
After long ard thorough search among Govern
ment, State and County records, they aseertained
that the land in question was situated in Hancock
county, Illinois, and that il had been entered with
land warrant by Mr. Crull himself in the year 1875
thus plainly showing that he was not killed,
ported, and that perhaps he might still be alive
They consequently set about finding the lost man I;
but no further trace OF him could they make out
from government county records, as his wife nor
ANY OLlef OF MS acQualuL&LSes uAQ ever ue&IQ
him. further than the records showed il seemed
pretty clear that he was not alive. But his death
not sufficiently established for their purposes
Nessrs. S. & .. addressed letters TO their numer-
Gus correspondents IN the States of New York and
Vermont near where CrUlls company would be
likely TO have been stationed during the war making
inquiries for him Among the many swers re-
ceived by them, was one from irwin w. Near ESQ.,
of Clayton Jefferson county, n. Y, containing lei
ter from the long lost man, stating that he was vet
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nearly with joy learn that his wife and
children were still alive. This settled the question
ofthe dover well as the receiving by Messrs s. d
u, the fees tor obtaining il for AIRS. Cru Although
disappointed IN the to lawyer, best part OF good
or bad case, the reception OF snug fee, they were
determined not to give it up but went to work in
earnest to bring ABOUT re UNION of the now ancient
and long lost couple, Tor lost they really were to
each other. This was easily effected, neither of
the parties had married again, although both sup
posed each other long since dead 1t seems that soon
after the enlistment OF Mr. CTull Mrs. Crull finding
it difficult support herself and her two small chill
dren, one a babe, removed TO another part of the
State and there hearing that her hueb9nd was killed
made no further efforts to learn of him. Aud he
after his discharge returned TO the town where he
formerly resided, and was there told that his wife
and children had moved away, and since died be-
heving himself alone in the world, he left forever
his old residence and associates, and took up his
abode in Jefferson county, New York. where he has
since resided ever cherishing in tond remembrance
his now to him. forever lost family After wears OF
hard toll and successful efOr: and the marriage of
her only daughter, Mrs. CrulI in company with her
son and sonln-law, moved to this state and settled
In MappeDo, Louisa county, where she has since
resided in the family of her daughter
A few days since Mr.. Crull arrived in Wapello CO.
ger TO see her whom he had mourned as dead and
once again behold his children. But what chance
forty-seven years had brought about a IL email o..
PRODUCTION was needed to acquaint those who should
have spent their lives together.