The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-17
GREAT STATE FOR KIN.
An Odd Family Trait Peculiar to the
Good Danes of Missouri.

New York Sun.
There are more old families in Missouri
than in any other State west of the Missis-
sippi said a man from that section to the
friends who were entertaining him. "And
mat is why If you spend the day in any old
nome out there you will find before you
leave that you are of kin to the family or
or some one whose name happens to be
mentioned. During the civil war there were
more hnsmen of John c. Breckenridge in
missouri than that individual could muster
IN Kentucky. There are some counties in
Missouri Mis- that We're settled by the next of
they are still living The Todds and Lin
COINS are as thick as hazelnuts in the fall.
That became quite noticeable after Lincoln
was President. There was a gambler in the
town where lived who never amounted to
much until after the election of LINCOLN,
ana then as his name was Lincoln he
Claimed the distant relationship which, in
Missouri, is as good as next of kin. provided
the family with whom kin is claimed is re-
spectacle and has been successful.
For many years after the war wherever
you found Price in Missouri you found a
relative of Pap Price who~had such hold
on the affections of the Southern people of
the state. There are good old women in
Missouri who do nothing but make up fam
lily records, and whenever anybody in the
world comes to the front these motherly old
souls find that the favored ones are their
kin. Just after the Manila fight the news
papers of Missouri had to crowd out war
news and advertisements to make room for
letters from the Deweys in the State, or
from, people related to the Dewey family.
with ID said it was for Dewey.
"A good many years ago 1 was making
a campaign in my district. I got lost one
stormy night, and called out in front OF a
farmhouse for lodging l was informed that
there was no place to sleep While 1 was
wondering which way / would go l heard a
woman ask
What is his name?'
THE patriarch in the door repeated the
question, and / said Craig
Any kin to Gineral JeemS Craig?' asked
the woman inside
Nephew said.
'Alight and come in was the response
Gen. James Craig was a former congress-
man from that district, and had visited
these people and had sent them garden seed,
tention. Any friend of his was welcome
there, and before left the house the good
old woman told me that her mother was a
found that they were of kin.
About ter days ago 1 was in Audrian
county o;n1y' Missouri, buying live stock. Au-
tons of the State. It is next Se to
the county which to this day is
called the Kingdom Of Galloway, and not
far from Pike. There has not been a new
family in either of these counties for fifty
years. | mean a family from any other
State The last night. l was in Audrian
county / stopped at farmhouse where we
talked about the present war. was en-
thusiastic about Hobson. When had made
regular speech about him the old farm
er went to the door of an adjoining room
Ma, here is a man who knows Hobson.
Before l could correct my host his good
old wife was in the room and she began.
So far she had been able to learn she was
no kin to the hero, on her side and none
that she knew of on her husbands side
g But you know Mrs Emily Dill, may
be-? she said. Lives up near Mexico, the
county seat. Well, she is close kin to Hob
son, and she Is one of my best friends And
then there's Judge Persons family He was
judge in our district when l was a girl.
Lived in Mexico and left many descendants
Wen, his people were Hobsons, and Mrs
Dill says they are all of the same family
The Persons and Oils came from Ala
bama, near the Hobsons'
And so, l thought. here ii Is again. Old
Missouri is bound to be in it whatever it is
that is going on. l reckon by the time the
war is over there won't be a successful
general or admiral or commodore who
won't be able TO go to Missouri and live
around among his kin for the rest of his
life for they are powerful hospitable in
Missouri, especially where you are of kim"