Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-24
Brothsrs Parted
Almost so Years
AGO to Be United

To live for years in the belief thai
he was the last surviving member o.
his family. and then suddenly to find
as Christmas time, that brother sep
arated from. him in infancy, still Is In
the land Of the living is the experiences
Of Roy Warning, of this city mai
clerk in the employ Of Uncle Sam
The discovery was the result OF I'M
firing efforts Of Warning to locate his
relative after he had been given a clue
that the brother existed and happy
reunion is planned in this city in Feb
ruary, when Ralph W. Jones, Of
Gettysburg, S. D., the brother, expects
to visit Marshalltown.
On April is. 1889, two orphans were
enrolled at the Des Moines Home Fol
the Friendless. They were Willie and
Andrew Currier, aged 8 years and Is
months respectively. just when the
parents died Is not known definitely
but the younger boy. now Roy War
ring. of this city, has been told that the
father was killed in street car acci-
dent. Letters from. the older brother
however, relate that a still older broth
er was the victim Of this tragedy.
Andrew Currier had been in the
home less than three months when he
was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. e. r.
Warning, on July 5, 1889. He was re-
cristened Roy Warning and has made
his home in Marshalltown since. When
he had grown TO manhood he learned
that when he was IN the orphans home
a brother was with him. He deter
mined, II possible to find the brother,
If he still lived. His own adoption
papers bore the family name Of Cary,
and he wrote the home asking for any
information that might be had regard
ing another orphan OF that name.
The records Of the home failed to
show the admission or adoption of any
children named Cary. Warning went
to Des Moines. searched the secre-
tarys books and found that he had
been adopted under the name OF Cur
rier, the error being made in preparing
the adoption papers. But ne found no
record Of another Cary. He did md,
however, that Willie Curry had been
taken into home at Monroe. Iowa,
and finally adopted by Mr.. and Mrs.
W. W. Jones. Of that city. the papers
being filed July 5, 1889. Tho similar
ity Of the names and the error 80 ap-
parent in his own adoption papers led
Warning to conclude that Willie Curry
was his brother.
The investigation then turned to the
Jasper county court house records and
a letter from the county recorder
brought the information that Willie
Currier, not Curry or Cary. had been
adopted into the Jones home at Nom
roe. The official also aided the In
vestigation by giving the address Of
Mrs. Jones, non a resident Of Knox
vile. A letter to tho latter brought
the response that Ralph W. Jones.
originally Willie Currier, was living AZ
Blount. S. D. A letter directed there
vas forwarded to Gettysburg and
brought the reply that tho long lost
brother was alive. well, and. prosper
Gus. Jones is engaged in the cattle
business, and transactions which viii
require immediate attention prevented
his coming here before February.
The Investigation was made during
the past two weeks. and in February
the Curr!er brothers, now Jones and
Warning, will meet for the first time
since they were parted as infants At
the home for orphans in Des Moines,
twenty-eight years ago.