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Miltonvillc, 0.. Nov. 20.Newton Jasper Law, who died recently. nt his homo in Dayton,, was a son ul‘ William and Mary Law, am]! wus born in Miltuuvillc, Ohio, April. 18th, 1840, ami when called from earth, luul reached the ugi' of V(i. years, (i months and 2 days. His par-! cuts were born in Virginia find wero also married in the Old Dominion.”' His paternal grandparents, Fra nit' and Catherine Law, esini* 1’rom Virginia In Ohio in 181)4, when the Ijitli-cr of the dcccused was live years old, and settled near where Die village uf Overpeck now stands. The grandfather was a native* of Ireland, and cuine io America as a British soldier in the army ol’ King George the III, during the war ol* the Revolution. Coming: from a laud which had long .sighed for freedom, he natarully sympathized with the American patriots, and eould not light with the “.spirit and the understanding” in a British uniform. Galled by a service in which he felt the bondage oi “dumb driven cattle,” he resolved lo ty'eak the fetters which bound him and join a service iti which he could he a “hew in the strife, hcurt within and God overhead.” Making use of the first opportunity, the mighty deed was done, and during the remainder of his life he was ol' the number of those who could sing the song ol! triumph “With freedom's soil beneath our feet and freedom’s banner lion I in” o’er us.” Ijc joined the ranks of Washington’s anav und left a record of gallunt and meritorious conduct which his posterity look upon as the most precious legacy he left them.dames Simpson, the groat-grund-fathcr of the deceased, was a courier in the American army in the Revolution and had many thrilling experiences which proved that his life was constantly in his hands, and at any time, while in (he lino ol! duty, he could say “There is but a slep between me and death/’' The childhood and young manhood days of the departed were spent in his native village. In 18(S2 when Lin-coin called for six hundred thousand troops, he mid his brother Francis M., helped io swell the chorus, We are coming, Father Abraham, six hundred thousand strong,” and served their country till the end of the war as members of Co. 1), 03rd 0. V. I. No other regiment from southwestern Ohio bad so many baptisms of fire us tho gallant 93rd. They “faced grim danger’s loudest roar’ with unflinching courage, and they never yielded au inch of ground unlit the “bravest of the brave” could see that “discretion was the better part of valor.”At the end ol! the war the departed returner! to the home of his parents in the village and entered tho ranks of industry as a shoemaker. Tn the earlv 70's lie was married to Miss Emma Faup, of Winchester, now known as Gratis. After residingDental OrH Pftnrt
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Hamilton Evening Journal
Hamilton, Ohio, US
Sat, Nov 25, 1916
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