The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1907-06-07
UNITED AFTER 40 YEARS.
AGED NORFOLK MAN FINDS HIS
DAUGHTER AT LAST.
SHE is A oRoWN.uP WOMAN NOW
Josiah Daniels Of This City Left His
Little six.Year.old Child, Ella, with
Illinois Relatives In 1865 and Found
Her Only This Week.

Little Six.Year.old Child, Ella, viii
Illinois Relatives In 1865 and Founc
Her Only This Week.
Josiah Daniels, once farmer nv,
miles south of Norfolk but now re-
tired and living alone In the city. is
one OF the happiost men in the worlt
today. He has found u daughter after
torty years of separation. He is sew
enty-two years old, but today he is n
young old man.
Father and daughter met at the
Union Pacific depot In Norfolk for the
FIRST time since 1865 when, leaving his
little child to others, the father had
turned To the new west Notified of
her coming, the old mans heart bound.
ed as the train pulled into the Norfolk
station. Three women alighted from
the train but amidst the crowd ut the
depot father and daughter looked
straight into each others eyes.
Left Child With Neighbors.
Back in the war days. Josiah Dan.
iels lived on farm in Carroll county.
Illinois In 1859 his wife had died.
leaving an infant child daughter,
Ella. with no relatives near to care
FOR the little one, Daniels engaged n
family to care for the child. This ar
rangement lasted for brief time an
unmarried brother and sister of the
child's mother finally taking little ELLA
under their care.
In 1865 Daniels turned TO the new
west. The aunt and uncle with their
foster child also moved and I'm the
change of homes and of addresses cor
respondence that had started between
the father and the child's guardians
was lost For nearly two score years
Daniels daughter was lost to him.
Letters sent forth in search of her
brought no answer
She Becomes a Teacher
Educated by the relatives who had
taken her into their home, Miss Dan.
iels finally secured n position as teach
er In the schools at Santa Fe. Next
year she leaves Santa Fe to take
charge of one of the territorial schools
located at Las Vegas, New Mexico.
BY accident Miss Daniels out in
the southwest learned of her fathers
address through a distant relative.
She wrote. The registered letter
letter came to Norfolk, message re.
ceived with great pleasure by the IA
Their.
Best $50 He Ever Spent.
Mr.. Daniels Immediately replied, |
asking his daughter to come to him. |
She came. Daniels sent $50 for ex.
penses with his letter and today the |
old father said: That money has
given me more pleasure than any mon.
ay | ever spent"
The daughter arrived in Norfolk last |
Sunday at p. m. and the father was
at the train to meet her. Three wo-
men came to this city but the old
man, though he did not know his
,hild's features, easily picked the one
who was looking for him.
They Knew Each Other
The daughter sprang into the ia
hers arms and said, you're my ia
her!"
And the father said, Eyes, If you
re Ella"
Miss Daniels will remain in Norfolk
With her father until Saturday, when
he leaves for Chicago to attend the
'hicago Art Institute during the sum
ler.
Mr.. Daniels lives in Edgewater park {
nd is well-to-do. t
During the day Mr.. Daniels took his
ewly found daughter for a drive
bout the city. What they have have /
cen doing and what they have (
lought for all of these forty years as {
} one another, has afforded them a v
)pic of unlimited interest.
Out in the northeast corner of Gar n
ED county Mr.. Daniels has two sons, /
|. p. and o. j. Daniels. At the close r
the daughters visit in Norfolk Mr.. "
aniels will leave for a summers visit e
18th his boys. il