Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-11-29
emily of Fighters.

!. ..me within the line Of Hist
said ". c. Meyer, ois
~. ". Va, 1.-THE censusenu-
,o,lor Moundsville, near where
MI have lound about as won
domestie history as any
Tar will run against else,
n this country. ! refer 10 "A
a,the namo ofBrandon. The
ottbat family, Charles Bran
IA when he was 9G years old,
| h Youngest child was then less
var old. He died just as the
ar broke out from IA broken
4. wife having refused TO live
Nm any longer, and brought
I, divorce against him. lie
THAT time 80 living children,
IA been married three times.
M aie bore him only two
His second vile died after
Lion rs, AT the age OF 10
,,.ss Sarah Barker, she being
-I,be Youngest oi l6 children.
NTH him u years, bearing
1 I, children, and then let him,
~ yenr-old baby with her,
1 IN ii divorces ON tile grounds
woatablligy Of temper. Bran
a, then still hale and hearty,
4. -srtlOn OF his wife broke
lssn and be died within "A
sltpg she left him
IA third wir married him
Il 49, 3. his 20 children by his
gs,i5u, wives was 80, and the
9l,Yed under the same pa
,O5l Tie young vito reared
4 ~ that we're young enough
parIng BESIDES caring Tor
Ia own, thu oldest of whom
Il n aarn she !e.t their father
Il nlg 0i s. kept together Tor
M, alter gheir father $ death,
i Htriauhnl Brandon had
Il months longer h. would
/ va Il DfLls sons enlist tn the
Fmy Il isn question u ia
4 ssry other eountry an instance
Il olgi where one family ever
/ contributed l 7 sons 10 their
Il lvs mryicr There Mcrc two
1 w. anIian Johns among these
Il n. Tbs nAiurs 81 the other ! 3
\ Ws Evans Peter. joss - -.
1 James Van hnren, Jacob.
\ a Alexander. David, Andrew
d e Besides these. thr,v at
n y janl0ns sous served in the
Ne SAT. Tho Il brothers were
4 0aio and indiana regiments,
I iazn. one 81 tho Johns and
n iiss Chnrlrss.s, RrrV suEs ~ the
i NnBrnul0n They wcrp both
4 wsnuen nj tie battle 81
4 al1assa aud plnr-d In Au1er
1 s prsoa John died in the
lhAglys aus there 81 months
h b mfap~i III the r-st 81 the
se gh,idNu ~ ibv second wife
/ Ftfs IL every important battle
n FN and an lived 90 got home
lss aag 3as otter. excerpt Peter,
& FliG...ed NJ shiloh.
. gss hoYa al catue 81 good
q Tor their father was a
1 q inilIan fighter himself, and a
4 % a the unt 81 1872 and tho
na Eng When Pennsylvania
4 q frontier and the Indian
F va 'a most important aud
& 5ssaii!e poraou Ia the settle.
4 \ lhnrira brandon. according
Il Tradition. was one oi the bcAt
nast daring ~ all the active
Hiss rel men. His father was
d " Indians when Charles was
! 'aps Years I'D lie himself was
4 aprtsnuer, aud lived with the
" Years. hating them more
~ hs vas with them. Atihr
n & - be cHcaprd. and, alter
n smother tongue, spent nil
until they were driven away
remote settlements in hunt.
= kllling Indians. lie was ~
h q ago when the war 81 1919
II olt and he wns one uf tbs
& . mln Tho American army. and
II \ when pence WIS declared
n H u when h. enlisted IN the
h aa war.
Third vito of this virilc Old
81 nlIying at MoundsyilIe. hal,
Y saFty ct tho age oi Ga She !,
y ''ct high and aa straight ~,
d 'eE NJ her 10 children. ans
4 lalfen' she knows positivrl,
VbcTrnhuuts uf but II. Tht
" scattered about the country
h @aa The % children we're III