The Point Pleasant register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, W. Va.) 1909-1939, 1909-07-28
BROTHER AND
SISTER REUNITED
SEPARATED SINCE BABYHOOD THEY
FIND EACH OTHER IN STORY-BOOK
STYLE.

Quite peculiar and romantic story
has developed at Mason City in the
reuion of long separated brother
and sister.
Nearly "A years ago Mrs. Iduma
Hall, wife of Allen Hall, died near
Pliny, Mason county, leavinga three
weeks-old daughter, later christened
Clara, and son, Carl, aged about 6
years. Mrs. Halls maiden name was
Iduma Caldwell, daughtero of Mrs. L.
NJ. Caldwell, now residing at Mason
CITY.
At the death of the mother the
father sent the son Carl to live with
his grandmother then living at Hem
derson, and placed the baby girl with
his sister, Mrs. Maggie Harris. He
kept the baby there three weeks and
then gave it to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Priddy at Arbuckle. The Priddy
family moved about from place to
place on the Kanawha River from the
mouth to its source, living part of the
time in Charleston. The child grew
up as Clara Priddy and until very re-
Gently regarded her foster parents as
her real parents.
About nine months ago Mrs. Prid-
dy left the house one afternoon and
told Clara if she was not back by six
o'clock for the child to get supper.
Mrs. Priddy never came back, having
concluded to leave Mr.. Priddy and
her family. Clara then went into the
family of Alfred Holley back of Buff
falo. BY that time she knew she was
an orphan but didn't know where to
tlnd any of her people. She did not
know that she had brother or what
had happened to her parents.
Nine years ago the coming August
the father, Allen Hall, was killed in
a6ght on the packet Clara Belle near
Point Pleasant. He was mountain
bully and quarrelsome when in his
cups and met the usual fate of such
characters.
At the age of IS years the son Carl
went on the river in order to make
his own way in the world, and now
at the age of is years on the 9th of
next month the desire of his brief
life time has been grati6ed in the re-
union of himself and sister. Until
last week, he had never seen her
since an infant in arms. He had
kept up diigent search, however,
and finally located her by the merest
accident. The young man is now a
striker on the towboat Gillian, en-
gagged in towing coal out of the Ka-
nawha river, with Capt. Ed. Burn
side in command, Recently young
man named Jordan came onto the
the boat incidently learned the name
of the young striker. 81 know a
girl at Ashton named Clara Hall
said Jordan in conversation, who
very much resembles you.'
Il have sister Clara, who have
not seen since she was baby, and
who should very much ike to find, :
was the eager response of theyoung
river man. The upshot of his con-
versation was that young Hall went
to Capt. Burnside and asked week S
leave of absence. The commander
demurred on the ground that he was
needed on the boat, but when the
matter was fully explained the Capt
tain said:
Yes, go and take all the time
you need to find your sister,
Young Hall went to Buffalo by
train crossed the river there and Sc,
curedIa rig and drove across the coun,
try to Ohio Sixteen. Thenhe found
the Holly home and girl whom he
took to be his sister. Going up tc
her he extended his hand and said
How do you do. Clara"
The girl backed away and refused
to have anything to do with him.
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