The herald., 1896-08-31
AFTER HALF A CENTURY
Romantic Reunion of a Long Separated
Family
An O.d Laty's Long Search for Her Kin.
folks - She Finds Them Through tho
Kindness OF Capt. W. I. Rob,f.s

little story given to the press by
Captain Roberts of the police
force last winter has been the
means of reuntng u family of
brothers and sisters who were separated
for more than half a century. The cap
tain was several days ago handed
letter from Mrs a. \. Stateler of Louis
vile. Ky, to Mrs. Lewis Miller of this
city. in which occurred this paragraph:
ASK Mr.. Miller to step in to see Cap
tain Roberts at the police station and
thank him for mother and tell him TIE
little story he wrote has been the means
of mother finding her people. The paper
was sent to some one in st. Clair coun-
ty, Mo. and the story was republished
there in a county paper. Mothers cous-
in, Amos Roberts of Babbtown, received
a copy from daughter he has living
there. He gave it to her brother Johns
SON who wrote to Captain Roberts, and
in that way the relationship was traced
up. We are certain now that We have
found them"
The letter then goes on to name long
list of newly found relatives. consisting
OF brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews and
cousins, living in Missouri and other
western states. tells of letters received
from them. proving beyond a doubt
that they are the long lost relatives
and adds: Mother has now her cor
rect age: her sister law sent it to iier.
She has a record of all the births and
deaths in the family. According to this
mother was s. years old the 20th of last
February. We will make a visit to ths
old homestead some time in September.
| Uncle Francis, one Of mothers brothers,
has invited Us to visit his family. We
Will stop in Jefferson City to visit Uncle
Georges widow" etc.
The old lady who has thus been re-
stored To her kinfolk is the mother-in- law
of Lewis Miller, a bookkeeper in tho
auditors Office of the Southern Califor-
MIA railway. Her maiden name was
Roberts, but her mother dying when
she was very young, she was adopted by
another family, who emgrated from her
old home. Her father remarked, and
with his other children and those born
| of the second union cmigrated to O.
| different part of the country. Thus she
| became lost to her people. She grew up
among strangers was ma led, ard
| reared a family of her own, but during
her whole life she kept up constant in
| quiry for some trace of her fathers fam-
| lily. She met many people named Rob-
erts during her long career, but could
establish no relationship.
While visiting her daughter, Mrs. Mil
| It1, Ill llIS CITY lbSl ytdi, Slit llolittu tHo
name of Captain W. G.. Roberts in the
newspapers. She called upon him and
related her story in the vague hope that
| he might be one of the missing brothers.
| The captain could trace up no relation
| ship. but he interested himeslf enough
! in the case to write out her statement
and gave it to the reporters. A copy
! of a paper containing the article was
sent to Missouri by her son-in-law, Mr..
Miller, with the result already stated,
The heroine of the romance is a very
| estimable lady. She returned to the
| home of her other married daughter, Mrs
Stateler at Louisville, Ky, some months
ago, and her friends here have Just been
! informed of her good fortune in being
put in communication with her long
lost kindred through the publication
of Captain Roberts article No one re-
joices more over the happy outcome of
| the romance than Captain Roberts him
| Snlf