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LINCOLNr.j Do Not to Own o be to •tionIN SPIRITIs With 0:d Body Guard at Reunion The in Columbu13ASofofFo’Pen Members Enter’ained at a Dinner Given by Judg* McBride-**-! incoln yilient. Could Wear Plug Hat and Ride Fastmn,l*‘ Horse Says Body Guard. I suray? tinfriexsin»•to our ,,. . I W lifIe fen veterans, former inem-assist ned b\bers of President Lincoln's bodyguard, recalled old days at a dinnerduuptingiven Tuesday night at the Hotel:rs\vitill.forus gee at irectin*torArttarplo.isemj| Deshler by Judge Robert W. McBride, Jiyliampolis. Indiana, . the Great I Emancipator came back in spirit, says the Ohio State Journal.He was the only man I ever saw who could ride a trotting horse and wear a plug hat at the same time— “And do you remember the time he bolted over the six-foot fence to! r help save the White House barn the1 hot night it burned? ! froThey know lot of 'em—stories of the days when Lincoln was the first , citizen of the United States!When the Union Light Guard, Seventh Independent Company, Ohio Volunteer Cavalry, was formed it had representatives from every county in Ohio and was organized at Columbus j in 1863. The boys were sent to | Washington for honorable and confidential service.They acted as Lincoln's bodyguard during the entire war and were mustered out in September after his death.Of the original company these are left and were guests Tuesday night:O. H. Spencer. Circleville; Hiram rook, CirclevilJe; j. w. Mayfield; Oakville. Iowa; George O. Banka,! hue Antwerp; Robert McBride. In- pendiannpolis; Dr. George c. Ashman, j dwCleveland; Smith siimmel. Fargo,j r',ot N'orth Dakota: George F. Laubender' ^ol Mt. Carmel. Til.: W. P. Bognrdus. Mt.l. f Vernon, and John F. Hollar, Cooks-ton. Nebraska.coIndIithetheof (lati.thewilltopaciself of f witlJudge McBride has been on both] dost I IB 1 the circuit and supreme hnech in’trac; Indiana and now is practicing law in' ticeIndiana polls. cmWhile the old veterans were seat-ied at the table a delegation of young ladies showered them with flower*, I '!'!!and over eaeh fell a halo of golden glow.can ing t he lari pot I
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Circleville Daily Union Herald
Circleville, Ohio, US
Wed, Sep 10, 1919
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