Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1890-11-28

make their report to the board on Mon
day, the Sth day of December 1890.
On motion the auditor is directed to
draw warrant for tl!e sum of SI2 month
ly, commencing with September 1890, ill
favor Of John Delecatour, for raintcn-
auce of \. y. Ranger, until such time as
this order shall he revoked.
Following bills for per diem and mil
cage were paid:
K A Brewer, Sdays, 30 miles ......s 50 90
Thos Prather, S days................. So co
b B Smith, ! days, 4omiles.......... 20 on
John p Tweed, days................ ~ 90
Board adjourned to Monday, Sth day
of December, 1890.
JouN p. TWEED,
Clerk of Board.
4 Family OF Fighters.
"If it came within the line Of his
inquiries" said W. c. Moycr, OF st.
Clairsville, w. Va, "thc census emu
meratur for Moundsvillc, near where
| live, must have found about as won
dcriul domestic history as any
enumerator will run against elsewhere
in this country. | refer to a family
of the name of Brandon. The father
of that family, Charles Brandon, died
when he was 90 years old, but his
youngest child was then less than Il
year old. He died just as the civil
war broke ont from a broken heart,
his wife having refused to live with
him any longer, and brought suit for
divorce against him. lie had ut that
time 81 living children, and had been
married three times. His first wife
bore him only two children. His
second wife died after bearing him Is.
At the age Of - he married Sarah
Barker, she being 1G, and the young
est OF l6 children. She lived with
him 81 years, bearing him - children,
and then left him, taking her ycar-old
baby with her, and sued for Il divorce
on the grounds OF incompatahility of
temper. Brandon was then still hale
and hearty, but the dcsertion OF his
wife broke him down, and he died
within month after she left him.
When his third wife married him
the oldest OF his 90 children by his
two previous wives was 30, and the
entire 20 lived under the same pater-
nal roof. The young wife reared all
OF the 20 that were young enough to
need rearing besides caring for 10 oi
her own, the oldest of whom was but
20 when SC left their father. The
family of 81 kept together for many
years after their fathers death, and il
the patriai chal Brandon had lived
few months longer he would have
seen IL of his sons enlist in the Union
army. 1t is a question ii in this or
any other country an instance can be
found where one family ever con-
tributed II sons to their cOuntry's
service. There were two Charleses
and two Johns among these brothers.
The names of the other l3 were
Simeon, Evans, Peter, Josephus,
Hiram, james, Van Buren,, Jacob,
Abraham, Alexander, David, Andrew
and Ruse. Besides these, three of
Charles BrandOn's sons served in The
Mexican war. The II brothers were
all in Ohio and Indiana regiments.
Two of them, one Of the Johns and
one Of the Charleses, were sons of the
third Mrs. Brandon. They were both
taken prisoners at the battle of
Chickamauga and placed in Anderson
Vile prison. Charles was there 81
months when he escaped. All the
rest of the sons were children OF the
second wife. They were in every inn
portanb battle of the war, and all
lived to get home when the war was
over, except Peter, who was killed at
Shiloh.
"These boys all came of good fight
ing stock, for their ia; her was famous
Indian fighter himself, and n veteran
of the war Of 1872 and the Mexican
war. When Pennsylvania was the
frontier, and the Indian fighter was
the most important and Indispensable
person in the settlements, Charles
Brandon, according to all tradition,
was one of the best and most daring
of all tie active foes of the red men
His father was killed by Indians when
Charles WAS only three years old
He himself was made prisoner, and
lived with the Indians u years, hat
ing them more the longer he was
with them. At the age of 15 he
escaped, and, after learning his mother
tongue, spent all his time until they
were driven away to more remote
settlements in hunting and killing
Indians. He was 81 years of age
when the war OF 1872 broke out, and
was in it when peace was declared.
He was "A when he enlisted in the
Mexican war.
"The third wife of this virile old
fighter is living at Moundsville, hale
and hearty, at the age of e. She is
over six feet high and rs straight as
as an arrow. OF her 35 children, and
step-children, she knows positively OF
the whereabouts of but 10. The rest
are scattered about the country and
de ad. The So children were all sons"
THE latest religious invention is the
church on wheels, lately constructed
at Chicago under the direction OF
Bishop Walker OF the North Dakota
diocese OF which he has charge. 1t is
car very similar to Pullman, and is
sixty feet in length and ten feet wide.
The Bishop will visit the various towns
under his jurisdiction that are not able
to support a regular pastor, announc-
ing his appointment several days in ad-
vance of his visit.