The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-16

| ago. and when they were married, In
! 1865, he was scVcnty-sevcn and she
was forty. She has been widow
'-orty-two years. Her eighty-fourth
birthday fails within this centennial
year of the beginning OF the war
in which her husband served.
Her Rare Distinction.
y rare distinction enjoyed by Mrs.
Mary Ann Moore, of Ninccnnes. Ind
is That Of being not only the widow
Of an 1872 officer but a Real Daugh-
ter OF the Revolutions Her father
John Caldwell. aided In the first stroke
for liberty under Washington, and her
husband. John Moore, helped put the
nn!shinS stroke upon our independence
generation later. Indeed. John
Moore was already a veteran when the
War of 1912 opened, for he had volun-
teered as private of the Indiana
militia in the summer OF 1911. for the
Indian War of that year. during which
| he was promoted to the rank OF cor
ror~l. Then when the second war
with the mother country broke out ne
offered his services as a private OF
the Indiana Mounted Riflemen. or
Rangers" In tho same HSar. 1872.
he WAS elected ensign of company
OF the First Indiana Regiment. Tho
present Mrs. Moore was Sis third wife.
She married him In old Vincennes,
/
nftyn nine and she was a lass of only
"sNe Get sixteen" his two previous we'd
dinEs having been solemuized. re-
spectiVely. twenty six and sixteen
Years previously. She lived with him
Tor nearly nineteen years. and has
been his widow since the third year
Of the Civil War. Her eighty second
birthday occurs this year. her husband
I having first volunteered his services
Tor his country nearly a decade before
She WAS born.
Another widow Of an ensign of the
second way with the mother country.
Is Mrs Mary Trader Stephens, of Fair
mont W. Va. She was born ninety
Years ago and was twenty-four when,
~ Marshall county w. Va, she mar
ID Ensign Silas stephens, who had
enlisted in Captain James Morgan's
company OF tho Virginia militia in the
summer Of 1912 They were married
in the second year OF the Mexican
War, just siNty-hve years ago next
august. and lived together for twenty
TWO years. or until his death in 1853.
Only Two Left.
Only two widows of naval officers
survive TO see the centenary of the
war in which their husbands served
thoir country, and both OF these ladies
are relicts OF young midshtpmcn of
that series OF brilliant sea victories
visited one Of these ladies' the
other day-Mrs Adams Foster of 22O7
Massachusetts, Avenue Washington.
she presented NE with two buttons
from the uniform her husband wore
while serving as clerk 10 Commodore
/ Rogers. on board the frigate President
( in iSl3-li He was a son OF Captain
I lanes Foster. cotton manufacturer
/ Of Danvers Mass. and was boy in
/ his teens whom the War Of 1912 broke
/ out. In later life ne made q fortune
/ in the coal business in Pennsylvania.
( Mrs. Foster. who was Miss Sarah Jane
( Burch married the veteran at Wash
( ineton before the civil War and they
! lived in New Haven and Baltimore
until the time of his death Their
! son. DR.. Romulus y Foster is a
major In the Medical Corps. District
OF Columbia National Guard.
! MldShipman "Oid Ironsides-
Up 1T Cambridge. Mass, resides Mrs.
/ -nnie X. Stearus. widow OF Joshua y
Stearn7. who volunteered for service
! under Captain Charles stewart on TINT
J most renowned vessel OF our navy. the
'rigate ConstirItion cold Ironsidcs'J
in august 1873. The following sum
ner President Madison rewarded the
Young man'a galiautry WIN com
mission as rn!0shipTIan. which ne held
nnt'!"late in 1917. Although Stearus
ala not volunteer until after "OId
lEonftdes famous Fight with til.
,iufrr!ere. he saw plenty OF excitement
during her many later eugagclnents
along our coast. After leaving the
navy he was IN business IN Salem and
am bridge. lie married the prese .,
o!is stearns. MS s=rond wife. II. 1916.