EIGHTEEN SONS IN THE WAR.

Kumara Times, Issue 1075, 11 March 1880, Page 3

EIGHTEEN SONS IN THE WAR.

Rev. Daniel S. He) ter, B«ptist Preacher of Roane county, Tennessee, is 88 years old, and is as active as most men at 50. lie recently walked three miles to give testimony at the county seat, and returned the same day. He says !—“ I can sight a rifle gun as I could 60 years ago, and can bring a squirrel nearly every time, and only for a slight tremble in (he hand would not miss one shot in a hundred,” In reply to the question, “ On which side were your sympathies during the late war V he replied : ** I was always a Union man. I had 16 sons in the Union army and two in the rebel army, and my sympathies were with the union army by 14 majority.” When asked if he knew which of the boys were right, he said, “I know which..! think were r ight, Cap’n. There war 16 majority in that ’ar family including me. I help the boys on the Union side.” He has been twice married, and is the father of 24 children. He served in the war of 1812, but draws ho pension. It is said by the ex-soldiers that he did good service during the war by aiding Onion soldiers to communicate with (heir families when they were in the rebel lines, and in many other ways. If he can get a pension for services in in either the war of 1812 or that of the rebellion, he certainly ought to get a liberal one for his services between the two. The man is in indigent circumstances.—Springßeld Republican. For remainder of news see last page.