Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1910-04-15


cases parallel to this can be found in
all history
| Mrs. Brandon recently celebrated her
/ lesth birthday anniversary and thus
/ from the standpoint of longevity, as
/ well as Of motherhood, is a remarkable
! woman. Her maiden name was Sarah
/ Barker and she was born in 1901 near
Pipe Greek. Ohio, where she has re-
| sided all her life. At the age OF Is
she was married to Charles Brandon.
| who took part In the Mexican war
| In 1856 Brandon died. leaving his
/ widow with twenty-three children, six
teen of whom were boys When the
civil war broke out all of the sons en-
/ listed fourteen of the brothers going
into the Union army and two with the
| Confederates In one battle, that OF
| Bull Run, the two brothers on the Con
federate side were pitted against five
of their Union brothers.
Hiram Brandon. the oldest SON, is
now past SO years of age and is a resi-
dent of Bellaire, Ohio. The youngest
| Is resident of Belmont county and
| exhibits seventeen bullet wounds, hay.
Ing taken part in seventy-two battles
| skirmishes of scouting expeditions
under General Sherman
Those who find in the use of tobacco
an argument against longevity will
meet with no support for their view in
| the case OF Mrs. Brandon. Early in
| life she formed the tobacco habit and
uses large quantity daily, both for
! chewing and smoking Never during
| her life has she worn hat. her only
| head covering being sunbonnet Not
withstanding her great age she is still
| able to get around and drives to town
! several times a week to purchase
| household supplies. Last fall she was
| thrown from a buggy in q runaway
accident, but picked herself up and
walked to her home. mile distant
| Every three months she travels to the
county seat for the purpose OF drawing
| the pension of S12 allowed her by the
government
The photograph of Mrs Brandon Is
In the natural history gallery at Co
! lumbus and also in the Hall of Honor
at Washington. d. c., as "a mark OF
respect for her having furnished the
largest number of sons for the civil
war. Each of the sixteen sons mar
ried when young and was blessed with
a large family 1t is intended to hold
a big reunion at her home the com
ing summer. when several hundred
| 81 -.
to pay honor TO this remarkable wo-
man.
Could DO Everything Hut Fight.
We had in the Twenty-third Ohio
Hayes regiment) a quaint cid char.
| acter-an enlisted maslcian--whose
! name | would not mention for any
| thing Just before the battle OF South
Mountain he came to me and asked me
to step aside with him moment.
did so, and he said: My God, Ma
ior, | am coward did not know it
thought | could help the country
and, though / was past 45, and needn't
10. enlisted. Now ! have found that
cant go into fight! | can't. Ma
jor. II you should kill me! | shall
be disgraced, and all the folks at home
win know IT, | can never hold my
! head up again II | try to go into this
| fight Cant you do something for me?
| Give me something to do that amt
| fighting and I'll do anything, Oh. for
! Gods sake, Major, think of something
and save me from dlsgrace!"
/ FoII haI Ia s.,
| his earnestness. / thought a moment
and said A, do you think you
! could carry water for the men while
| they are fighting? II is going to be IN
| awful hot day. and canteen Of fresh
| water will be about the greatest luxury
the men could have under Are. Can
| YOU carry water for them?" "Oh,
| yes, Thank you. Major" Wen, now.
| I'm the thickest OF that fight. where the
regiment lost within eight men OF half
| that went into action. old A would
come to the front loaded down with
canteens. delivering them, and taking
IN the empty ones along the line Be
/ tween bayonet charges the men were
| huggng the ground like a lOng-lost
brother, under such a storm Of mimic
balls as did not seem to leave any un-
occupied space in the air Old A.
would prance down the line delivering
canteens to the painting men without
any more sense Of fear than tao
bravest man IN the army. until his last
canteen OF water was gone then ne
would give q Wild yell and bolt for
the rear as IL the devil was after him
Brig Gen. Comfy, in National Trib
uDe.
Power Of Music.
In the early spring Of 1868 when the
Confederate and Federal armies were
confronting each other on the opposite
hills Of Stafford and Spottsylvania,
two bands Glanced one evening at the
same hour. TO begin to discourse sweet
music on either bank Of the river
A large crowd Of soldiers OF both ar
mics gathered to listen 10 the music.
the friendly pickets not interfering,