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FAMILY OF 10 BUYS MO DLL SOLDIERS(From Monday s Daily.)With a family of ten boys, and all lt;f tho.ro having denned the uniform of blue in Uncle Sam's cause, la a record which, no doubt, is not equal* i lei io the United States, but thia Isi true of the ten sons uf Mia. NancyMartin, of Shelby county.Wien the war broke out In the Ws Mrs. Martin, with her ten sons, resided on the banka of Sugar Craek.! The father and daughter had pasted j lo the great beyond. When the call 1 for Foidfera was made, th* Martina S U'on decided to enlist, and their pa-i triotlc mother gave her consent toitheir becoming members of the Union amy.The brothers, William. Daniel, Mil* j ton, John. Enoch. Benjamin. James.I George, Smith and Royal, enlisted. ;They gave thirty years of combined service to Uncle Sam. Nine enllated early in the war, and five were in Col.: Sticfght’a Fifty-first Indiana. Eight soldiered three years, one soldiered four years; one two years; Royal, the i youngest enlisted in 1863, serving for : two years The mother of th^se ten j loyal sons died In 1F64 while her loya were at the front with Sherman’s nrmy.- One of the sons died, one was kill-I ed in battle ond eight returned at theIexpiration of service. oorapletlng one of the best war records In Indiana.Of the ton brothers, four are yetI living. They are Daniel Martin, of•, Ewingtoiy Decatur county, aged 80 ; years . Milton, of Shelby vWe, aged 75 i ears . Enoch, of New Hampton. Mo., aged 70 years, and James, of Frank-ling, Ind.. aged 58 year*.
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Shelbyville Shelby Republican
Shelbyville, Indiana, US
Tue, Jan 14, 1908
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