The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-11-06
A ROMANCE In REAL LIFE.
THE STRANGE STORY OF TWO SISTERS
Orphaned and Separated in Childhood.
They Find Each other BY Accident
After Long Years-An Incident
Connected With the War.

During the war, says the american Trib-
une, a man by the name of McCloud en-.
listed from Marshall county Indiana, and
died in the service. Shortly after Mrs.
McCloud died, and the children found
homes among strangers. One of the little
girls, Annie, went to the home OF Dexter
Brooks, in Wabash county, and a young
sister, Mary, was given TO William Craven
of Fulton county. Years came and went,
and the memories of the past faded from
their minds, though recollection of other
homes was not altogether obscured. DIary
remained in Fulton county till she grew
up to womanhood. In 1873 she married
William Sturgeon, near Rochester, and
seven years ago they moved to Kokomo.
Ind, where they have since resided. They
have three children.
Annie was taken TO Rush county in
1870, Two years later she married ]. K.
Galloway Of that place, and they, too, came
to Kokomo later on, and have been living
there for the past year, residing on Free
mont-st. They have five children. The
two sisters who have not seen each other
since infancy and whose memories Of
early childhood were as but dream. were
thus brought almost face to face. For
the past several months they have
many times, doubtless, passed each other
on the street. They have worshiped in
the same church, and their children have
mingled together in the same schools and
Fairgrounds, yet they knew not that thew
were kin. Chance brought them together
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of one of the sisters, and Mr.. Spurgeon, a
brOther-in-law of the other, were at work
together in the northwest part of town.
Sturgeon was walling well, while Gallo
way was painting house. In passing
the well Galloway accidentally let piece
OF brick fall in. Sturgeon then remarked
that he knew man in Marshall county
who came near being killed that way.
This allusion to Marshall county, the
original home of his wife, led Galloway to
inquire If he ever lived in that county or
was acquainted there, to which the former
replied that his brother married girl
named Mary McCloud, who was born
there. This, with few following remarks,
convinced Galloway that the lost waG
found. and he rushed home TO convey the
glad tidings to his wife. The Joy brought
by this news was only equaled by that of
meeting the long lost sister, which was
only a few minutes later. And what a
meeting it was. AS they laughed and
talked through their tears, the memories
of the past came up before them with tho
vividness of but day. Incidents oftwenty-
five years ago, when they last looked into
each others eyes, came back TO them
the little old cradle in which their U-7ther
rocked them to sleep; the trundle-bed in
which they slept. and of the times when
they were hustled into it early by older
sisters when their beaus came to see them.
This happy discovery reunites the sur
viving members of the family. The older
children have passed to their long home.
There are two brothers living Ia fact
known to Mary, but a revelation to Annie
who, after as diligent search as she was
able to make, concluded that all her rela-
tives were dead. The brothers and sisters,
likewise, had given up Annie as lost.
There will be family gathering as soon
as the brothers can be summoned to re-
joice over the discovery of the long lost
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