Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 135, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1910 — Will Attend Funeral of His “Mother” of the 51st Regiment. [ARTICLE]

Will Attend Funeral of His “Mother” of the 51st Regiment.

Samuel E. Yeoman will attend the funeral at Indianapolis Wednesday of Mrs. Abel D. Streight, widow of General Streight, and one. of the most widely known women patriots in the state. Mr. Yeoman served in the 51st Indiana regiment during the Civil War and Abel D. Streight was his colonel. Throughout the war Mrs. Streight served as nurse and she won the title of “mother” of the regiment. She was one of the hardest working nurses in the northern army and braved the dangers of the battlefield to care for the wounded and dying. Her heroism won a place for her in the hearts of all soldiers and there was an affection between them to the time of her death. She will be buried with military honors, the pallbearers being soldiers and a salute being fired over her grave and taps sounded. Burial will be made in Crown Hill cemetery.