, 1859-11-11
Reunion of 4 Han aud Wife after 4
Separation 0foye- Forry.seycn years.

lkc'un1on Of Han aud Wife after =
Separation OF oEe- Forfy.segcn years.
IF1oto the Burlington do1a) Ha~keycl
Some time during the month OF February las,
Messrs. SHEPPARD s 0yerton, Attorneys at Lar.
in this city, we're applied to by q son Of Mrs,
Cru1l, Of Louisa county in this STATE tn, if nos
sible, obtain for her dowry in certain lands
supposed to te part Of the Military Tract ci
the State OF Illinois. This tract Of land. thc
reader will rrcolect, embraces large part Of
the western part OF that State, and was Sc,
apart By the United States Us part compepsa.
ton to the soldiers Of the war of 1872. Tha.
her husband was i soldier iu that war, having
enlisted in tho army while on visit of business
to the city Of Philadelphia, his residence beiuc
q few miles out Of the city, aud in the Stale ot
Pennsylvania Since his enlistment Mrs. Crull
has heard nothing from him, except mere ru.
taor lint be was Eilled ia IN engagement with
tie enemy near Lake Champlain, and Is Mrs,
Crult had never married again, she would. as
his widow, be entitled to at least dowry in auy
lands her husbaud might be entitled to as sucl,
soldier.
Messrs. S. { O. Immediately set themselves
to work to find the land 10 which her right Of
dowry would uttacl. After long and thorough,
search among government, ttate and county
records, they ascertained thst the land in oues.
lion was situated in Hancock county, ILL.,. and
that it bad been entered Ly a laad.warraut br
3lr. CFull himself, in the year 1918, thus plauly
showing that he was not killed rs reported, and
that perhaps he might still be alivc. Tier con.
sequently set about finding the lost man. This,
ns mny he imagined, was no small task. The
government records at Washington show ed that
he had served his country faithfully .dprinr the
war. ard at its close had beer houorably dis
charged. i land warrant had been issued to
und locsted by him, as before statcd-that DUR
ing the same year he sold his certificate Of entry
to q man living in the northern part Of the Stale
n Nrtr EarE Rrf nj hiyY, I~Jn
make out from government or county records,
ashis wife nor any other of his acquaintanccs had
ever heard from him further than the records
showed; it seemed pretty clear that he was no.
alive.
But his death was not sufficiently established
for their purpose. Messrs. S. s O. addressed
letters to their numerous correspondents in the
States Of New York and Vermont, near where
Crnli's Company would be likely to have been
stationed during the Wat, making inquiries
for him, Among The many answers received
by them, was Que from Irwin II. Near, Esq.
OF Clayton, Jefferson County, y. T., containing
a letter from the long lost man, stating thai
he was yet alive aud il good health, and was
surprised aud nearly overcome with Ioy to
learn that his wife and children were still alive,
This settled tie question Of the DOVER MS well
AS the receiving by Aessrs. S. & O. the fees
for obtaining it Tor Mrs. Crull. Although
disappointed IN the, to u lawyer, best part of u
tpt0 VI AAA kA<Sy LIE 4ENEFA41u III u SLUG lie.
toey were determined no: TO give it up, but
Wcnt at work in earnest to bring abous q re-
union Of the now ancient and long lost couple.
for lost They really we're to each other This
was easily effected, as both parties had never
married again. although both supposed each
other long since cead. 1t seems mat soon NJ
ter the enlistment Of Cruil, Mrs. Cruil, find
ing It difficult to support herself and her two
stnail children, enc ycuug babe, removed to
another part Of the State, md there hearing
that ler husband was killed, made no further
efforts 10 learn Of him. And he, after bis
discharge, returned TO the town where he for
mcrlv resided, aud was there told that his wife
md children had moved away aud siucs died.
believing himself alone IN the world, be left
forever his old residence aud associates andtook
up his abode IN Jefferson county, y. T., where
he has since resided, ever cherishing in fond
remembrance his now, to him, forerer lost fam
ily. Alter years Of hard toll and successful el-
fort; and marriage Of her only daughter, Mrs
Crull. in company with her son aud son in-law,
!noEed to thls State and settled in Wnpe'lo,
Louisa county, " here she has tincc resided in
the family Of her daughter.
4 tcT days since Ar. crull arrircd in Wapel-
10 eager to see her whcm be had nlourned as
dead. and once again behold his children. But
shat chsnge totty.seveu years had brought
about. uinl*cli and wife then Young, now old.
his children, whom he only recoilected rs mere
play things, now looking almost as old as him
self. And wheu brought into each others prs
ence the old man looked in vain for some fanil.
lar mark or tone By which to distinguish tie
early partner Of his bosom, whose sacred nenl-
OFT half century had failed 10 extingu;sh- 4
formal introduction was needed 10 acquaint
shose who should have spent their iives toxeih.
eE. Times cfacipg finger hid pressed less hear
ify upon The old man, and the DIM eyes Of his
wife could family discern some traces Of the
manly bearing Of him she had we'd loog years