The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-02-08
WHO KNEW
THIS WOMAN !?

William L. S0ngeF, whose post
office address is Box III, Mound
City, Illinois, wants information
concerning California (or Fern)
Songer. formerly Slocum, and will
give s25 for the date and place of
her death, or if still living viii give
$50 for. her post office address.
In about 1855 a lady about II
years Of age left near Wait station
close to Slocum landing on the Ohio
river, in Scioto county, Ohio, not
lfar from Sciotoville,- by the name
tCalefernia Slocum (she was often
called Fern Slocum.) She was a
daughter of Moses and Elizabeth
t(Squires) Slocum, of same county.
She had sisters and brothers named
! Elizabeth and Clarinda, Ellen, Sarad
Martin and Norman Slocum, and
those that are not dead now live in
Iowa and Nebraska. Calefernia
iSlocum came to Illinois in 1856 to
or near Shawneetown. ILL.,, to visit
her sister and to visit a family by
name of Brooks, near Shawneetown.
This sister was Ellen Slocum or
Iongwell. In December, 1855, this.
Ilady of whom the information is de-
sired went to Metropolis, ILL.,, and
married one William c. Songer, and
lthey returned to or near Shawnee
town, where they remained until
1858 or 80, when they returned to
or near Metropolis. ILL.,, and lived
until about 1862. While there they
had two children 8 or years Old
girl named Mary Jane or Jane
Songer; the boy named Tom or
Thomas Songer. About November.
l1S62, the husband of this Calefernis
Songer, who was William or VIM. G.
Songer, went into the Union army,
lin Co. Fl, 131 regiment Illinois in
fantry iii 1868, transferred to Go. c
of same regiment, and in the latter
part of 1868 or ga was transferred
| to Co. Il, 29th regt. Ills. vols. Dur
ing said period it is said that the
woman in question lived part OF the
time in Metropolis, H., and padu
leah, NY. and while in Paducah her
Ison Tom or Thomas Songer died.
In 1864 when the Co. Il, 29th regt.
ILLS. Vols, returned to Paducah.
lthis woman went and saw her SAID
husband, VIM. or VIM. G. Songcr.
The regiment was son ordered away
and this woman with her girl child
lclaimed she was going 10 Wait Sta
ltion or Scoitoyille, Ohio and. she
after said company and regiment
left Paducah, in 1864, nor the girl
lchild have ever been heard of. She
Twas in 1864 about 26 years of aee
land a good looking woman, and it is
believed that she died in Paducah,
Ky. or some OF the river towns from
Metropolis to Paducah, Ironton or
SeiotoviIle, Ohio, or still lives or
remarried, and the girl also died or
Twas married at some of the above
lplaces, or was adopted by some per-
Ison. The husband, William or VIM.
lC. Songer, about December. 1866,
returned to Metropolis, H., and
never heard of the wire and child.
land finally died in 1883, in Pulaski
bounty. Ill. Some members Of Co.
iE 29th regt. I'll. infantry, who knew
1.-THE said soldier while in Illinois,
may know something Of the above
named wife and child, or what has
become Of them. A careful inquiry
along the river towns between Met
ropolis. H., and Ironton. Ohio, of
the old people, and especially at
Shawneetown, Metropolis and
Paducah and of the old soldiers. and
especially of the members Of the old
29th regiment might reveal some in
formation.
Songer will give the above reward
lfor the information asked for. The
theirs are interested in an estate OF
l4alue to the woman or child if living.
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