The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-03-28
QUERY ANSWERED.
john Brani, Recently Killed in Rail-
road Wreck in Washington and
Was Native Of This County.
VASE CIVIL WAR WITH M. D. MATTHIAS

To John Brant, a frlend furnishes
the following
John Brant was the oldest
son of Frederick and Kezlah
Brant and was born and reared
IN Licking Greek township, and
was about 6G years OF age at the
time of his death.
lie t&ice enlisted in the Civil
War the first time serving six
months; he then re enlisted and
served to the close Of the war.
After the war he resided IN
this county for sometime and
then removed tc Nebraska, and
at the time of his death was a
resident of Washington.
He is survived by the following
brothers and sisters AS. Brant,
of Taylor township; A. f. Brant
aud WIS. Brant, of Licking Greek
township; G.. r. Brant, If Todd
township and Y. p. Brant of Mer-
cersburg; Sarah, wife of Wm. b.
King of Licking Creek township;
Mary, wife of David p. Bowman,
Burnt Cabins; Fannie, wife of
Thomas Hockensmith, near Burnt
Cabins, and Susan, wife of Frank
Newman of Richmond, Franklin
county.
Few per. ons, perhaps, knew
John Brart better than Martin
d. Matthias, of Hustowtown, who
so,dlered in the Civil War with
:. John. They were messmates IN
Company f., End Pennsylvania
Cavalry. At one time, Mart
says, they were lying in camp ov
er near Hagerstown, Md. While
Uncle Sam was not stlngy in sup
plying the ooys with hardtack
and beans, they always had an
appetite for country ham and
chicken, aud many a farmer in
pne vicinity of camp of soldiers,
a gdkened in the morning to lind
that his store of old meat and
poultry had greatly shrunken
during the night.
On this particular occasion,
Mart and John and some others
had gone out on little foraging
expedition, and came IN with
eleven chickens, two turkeys, and
lot of canned fruit. To this
would have been added q lot OF
nice ducks, if they had not taken
to the water, which was too deep
for NJ 'rt to wade, and he was moi
sure but that the ducks were
better swim mers than he. The
only thing that troubled their
consciences afterward was, that
one of the chickens was an old
cluck that Jack Richards, OF
Broadtop, had taken from a nest
of little chicks in strawstack.
In the fall of 1864 they were
doing a good deal of scouting
down in the vicinity Of New
Greek, Va One night partv oi
scouts, among whom were Ma
thias and Brant, were passing {
farm house, and 1T occurred tC
the boys that there were some
good old hams about the premis
es, if they could get their hands
on them. So, while some OF the
boys held the horses, others wen
IN and looked after the meat, bu
returned without the tempting
pluuder. "Hold on, boys" saiC
John, "let me 60, and 1T was no
long until John came tugging al
big ham as he could we'll carry
with q twinkle In his eye, and the
exulting remark, "You didn'
reach high enough"
That was good haul, and thu
boys we're feeling pretty good oy
er 1T, when the chi.ls were sen
chasing over their anatomy tn
next morning when they notice'
an old farmer come into the cam
and ask for the Colonel. Th'
boys well knew what that meant
K for they had strict orders not t.
molest private property.
Sure enough ! la shol { tim
they were all ordered to "lin
up. This meant that the farm
er should have chance to fin'
out whether any Of the soldier
had his ham. The farmer nov
passed along one line in whicl