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REUNITED AFTER MANY YEARS.Brother* Reported Killed in War Meet on Iorra Farm,Jeremiah McFarland nrfd his brother, James McFarland, who lives in Dundee, Delaware county, Iowa, recently met for the first time in nearly a half century. Each believed the other to be dead.In the year 1861 those brothers were living in Now York state and enlisted in the Union army. On going to the front they -were engaged in the battle of Shiloh. Jeremiah was carried off the battlefield with six bullets in his body, and the report was carried to James that his brother was dead. Jeremiah was also given the same repor! that his brother was dead. Both, ae cepting the statements as true, made no further investigation. At the close of the war both men went West, James locating in Delaware county, Iowa, and Jeremiah going out to Washington state. In all these years no effort was made to clear up the mystery that seemed to surround the death of both men until last fall.On the occasion of the meeting of the Grand Army of the Republic in Saratoga, X. Y„ Jeremiah went there as a delegate from Washington and Alaska. He had a conversation with one of the old soldiers, who, noticing the badge and the name of Mr. McFarland asked him If he had any relatives living in Delaware county, Iowa. The question set him to thinking that there might have been a mistake in the death of his brother. When he returned for his trip home he decided to stop at that place and make some inquiries. Arriving at Manchester, Iowa, he was Informed that there was a James McFarland living on a farm near Dundee. Iowa. Thither Jeremiah went, and to his surprise and joy he found his brother James alive and well.The Old Fornge Cap.
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Stromsburg Weekly News
Stromsburg, Nebraska, US
Thu, May 27, 1909
Page 6
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