, 1924-05-21

III lHt CluICn anu WHEN ever pos
sible attended services.
Emanuel Faust was born Novem-
Der IS, 1928, in the state of
Pennsylvania, and died May 18th,
1924. lacking only three days of
living ninety-five and one-half
years. Among his early recol-
lections were the ~ex-service men
of the Revolutionary war and
the War of 1912. America was in
the making in those days and the
people lived in a very primitive
way. Grandpa Faust as a child
knew nothing of candies and the
biggest treat of which he knew was
a piece of ginger bread or some
other sweet made by his mother.
During that period there were no
matches, no stoves. nc dishes to
speak of, no newspapers, and thou
sands of other things, the inven-
lions of the last ninety years, at
that time being listed among the
many things impossible to think of.
When he was but three years old
his mother died and he was cared
for by his aunt. In early life he
was ~apprenticed as a blacksmith
and learned his trade when he was
fifteen. In 1916 he went to Ohio
and made his home with an uncle
until 1S4S, and then Joined a party
enroute to Freeport. Illinois.
In 1854, when a lad of 26 years
of age. the west called to Mr.. Faust
and he started for California, which
at that time was little known in
the eastern part of America,y and
was thought of as a land of great
promise. The trip was made down.
the Atlantic coast to the Isthmus.
and across by mule train to tho
Pacific. There another vessel took
them up the coast to California.
Two years Mr.. Faust spent ON the
western coast, engaged at his cho-
sen profession of a blacksmith, his
principal work being the shoeing
of horses of the overland stages
which operated across the continent.
In June, 1856, he returned to
his former home at Freeport.
Illinois, and was married to
the sweetheart of his boyhood and
school days, Sarah Rumkle. 1t was
in Freeport that Mr.. Faust passed
through the stirring war period
and took his active part in the pol
itics of the nation, and it was there
that his family of four boys and
three girls were born and educated.
Honorable War Record
On September IA, 1861, as a
sergeant, he enlisted in Company 3
46th Illinois infantry and served
with great distinction throughout
the Civil a At the battles of FIT.
Donaldson and Pittsburgh Landing
he received citations for gallantry
and heroism in action and was com
missioned a End lieutenant July 10.
1852 n later given a first lieuten-
ants commission January 1, 1863.
He also served in the capacity of
captain during several engagements
but was never commissioned to that
office.
Grandpa Faust was in many of
the major conflicts of the rebellion.
Besides the battles in which he re-
ceived citations for bravery. He
houShN WIN lis COlllD dnN Tor Two
long days in the Battle of Bull Run.
was at Gettysburg. Shiloh and
Hatchie River. He served with
great credit to himself and was
mustered out of the service Sep
TENDER Is. 1864. Grandpa Faust
took much pleasure in telling of the
incidents of these days when he
played a mans part in the confic;
to preserve the Union, and the fam
lily still have several of the
IRIS of the battles in which he was
in. At the time of his death lie
was a member of William English
Post, No. 10, G. A. R., Bozeman.
Montana.
After the war he returned to his
blacksmith business and proved
himself n master of his profession.
A large flour mill was built at
Freeport at hat time and he made
all the irons for the mill. In those
days this was a big contract and
took him more than a year to COM
plete the job.