The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1880-01-03

Win number Of brave officers and
men Were SO cruelty butchered at the
n''.ie Big Horn, in 1876, by Sitting
DUH ana his savage warriors. In this
national disaster The good old man
iosI Two sons, a grand son and SON.
n,iaw. The whole cotinty knows
al this Is history, but the ancestors
VI zen. Custer, and their locality,
are not SO we'll known. We had the
Measure several times to meet the
ola gentleman last winter aud had
considerable conversation:with him !;
iound him TO be a man of intelli.
gence' Character and sound princi
pies IN every respect, to all of which
nc auded the full traits of a profess
sing Christian. He is very modest
IN MS demeanor and meyer mentions
Tue name of his distinguished son
except When questioned. OF course
ne mas a Just pride in his sacrificed
chlidren, but it is sore subject for
MIN 10 converse about. The glory
attached to their name does not com.
pehsate him for the agony he en-
dures on account of their tragic
death. Though man of retired
manners he has much influence.
The greet war Secretary, Stanton,
was devoted friend to him. More
than 1EN during the late war when
a Maynard soldier would get into
trouble, Emanuel Custer would help
him out by appealing to the Score.
tary of Wars who would say famili-
arly, "Well, Manuel, what must l
do now??" But Emanuel was too
good and logical to ask for anything
improper. All the Clusters have
long since disappeared from the Ores.
aptown region.
Emanuel Custer, uncle to the ia.
ther of General Custer. died as al
ready stated, fifty years ago, leaving
eight sons, Adam, Jacob, Daniel,
John, David, Samuel, Peter and Jer-
eltiiah, all good Bible names; and
Catherine, an only daughter, long
since dead. None of this large num-
Der 6t sons now survive but Samuel
-nOW sixty-three years of age, liv-
ing on the beautiful old homestead,
leading a farmers life, amiable and
gentle in his disposition, good citi.
zen, we'll liked and respected, (de-
servedly so) by all who know him.
One of these brothers (DanieD when
yeta young man came to violent
death by having his brains dashed
out, by being thrown from sleigh
against tree, sleighing in those
days being very common amuse-
ment in the long snowy winter.
Another brother dropped dead in a
harvest field in Washington county,
from n-stroke. David, who died
some four years ago, was perhaps
the strongest and most energetic.
All were married except three, some
of them leaving very large families,
so this branch Of the Custer family
will not soon fade away from Garrett
county as the other has done in Allie
gany. Jere, the youngest OF the
family, died a long while ago, in the
verv first years of his manhood. He
was bright. quick and susceptible,
but eccentric. The Custer family
were well disposed people and good
citizens-nOt strong in constitution
nor long lived. General Custer GER.
tainly did not trace his high mill
tary and chivalric traits from this
amiable source, and it would be diff
ficult to discover them in his sedate
and unobtrusiye father; perhaps it
radiates from the Ohio mother.
Only last summer we passed by
the little palisade enclosure where
are the remains of "Maney" Custer.
He followed in the dealt wake of the
good father of the writer only about
four months. They were friends
and neighbors. l respect the MEM
DRY of the one, and reverence that of
the other.
EVANSVILLE.