The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-09-26
A L0ST'hTHER FOUND.


~ Dead-uc Believes Her Un-
1@ SsSby a Daughters Efforts
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cSting sory with IN Eauch Arden
ilavor {. it. When SiIrrman'S army
entered Atlanta. among the residents
, her" WIS Mr.. Shackclrord. who waS
the fahcr Of Il handsome Young lady,
/ Miss Hllic ShackClfurd. Among the
officers iii the army was Major
! llavIlud Tompkins from Illinois.
lie fl III love with Miss SaIlir. and
: when t. inhabitantS were ordered to
vacatc he city he went to her father
and tol,him that he would see that he
was prCccted if he would consent To go
to Louiville with him, he having been
ordercdto report there for duty. Mr..
| Shackclord consented, and soon after
his arrial in Louisville lis daughter
was maticd to the Yankee major.
They livdhappiy together for a few
years, bs stehee the ~+S closed in
NhpXpc 10 farose that swept them
apart. Someelatives Of the major's
wife murder1 several Yankee guards
and, although the war WAS over. they
were court-nt nttialcd and condemned
to death. Th&Iaior was lawyer. To
save his wits friends, he went to
! Washington nd succeeded. after IN
interview viii President Johnson. iii
securing Il rprievr for three months
/ for the dnOmd men
They werrall vc'y wealthy and Ma.
/ ior rOmpkils. witt the assistance of
another notable counsel. succeeded in
saving then on thrground that Il court
martial hal no authority in condemn
ing men t. die after the war was over.
! For some unacCOuntai,!r reason these
men refused to pay the attorneys fees.
amounting To S2J!OO. and they took Il
violent hatred to Major VompkinS. He
returned to his wit" and remained cor
Il time and ,hrn accepted u position
with the Americas Law Times, his
duties hciFt to travel through the
country S~rct StraHg" law cases
To - prlntu IN the !lmCS.
Nhlr =. WAS away, his wife in Il
joking WAY wrote that She and the
baby Lena woull sue for Il ,hvorC" II
Ma jnr'S prosecutors learned of this ana
wrote hm that she was preparing to
get Il divorce. Ills letters to her were
int"rcvi,ivl. ana believing that she
really meant what she said. rs he could
not hear from her. Major TOmpkinS
wrote her To 20 ahead and get i divorce
if she wanted to and he would not
object.
Two years passed and no tidings
came from the Major to his wife and
daughter. Finally she received Il letter
from his prosecutors saying tha: the
Major was dead, they having read a
notice of his death iii u New York
paper. Mrs. TOmpkinS. although un-
used TO work, was compelled to take in
sewing for herself and her little daugh-
ter. They came to Atlanta, and it WAS
given out that she was widow.
AS Miss Lenaigrew older her sensi..
ssr tlxe fasb y 49, srse'e 81 ssHafate1i Ti
She 6SE aasaf &isuasS IiNh ere .he was
death. SSsBs1me Miss Lena Sc
lie schools.
Determined to learn something of her
father she began writing letters to the
different places in Illinois, the State
from which her father enlisted in the
army.
At last one of her letters reached
Fairfield, H.. and the gentleman 60
| whom it was sent wrote her that there
! was Il lawyer there known rs II. T0mp-
/ i>inS. Miss Lena lci: Atlanta ut once
for Fairfield, iSl, on arriving there
found that the II. TompkinS WaS really
her father. His prosecutors, whose no.