Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 141, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1913 — HOW MANY MOTHERS OF OLD SOLDIERS? [ARTICLE]

HOW MANY MOTHERS OF OLD SOLDIERS?

Interesting to Have the Names of Surviving Mothers of Veterans of the Civil War.

How many mothers of civil war veterans are living in Jasper county? The Republican wishes to publish the names of these honored matrons. As recalled at this time, Mrs. Mary Morgan, mother of George L. Morgan, is the only surviving mother in Rensselaer. She is 90 years of age and has a remarkable memory of people and events during the great civil strife. Mrs. Eliza Galbraith, mother of Cain Galbraith, is living at a very advanced age, said, to be about 100 years. She makes her home with her daughter, Mrs. Tom Tanner, of Barkley township. We shall be pleased to learn of others and ask that information be ais complete as possible telling the age of the mother, the name or names of her sons who served in the civil wAr, whether the sons be still living or. not. The Monticello Journal is conducting a similar search in Carroll county and has so far found three surviving mothers of civil war veterans.