Beacon - 8 Dec 1899
C. M. Delavan
The Glenwood Tribune tells of a recent trip made by Mr. H. N. Delavan, who lives northwest of Tabor, in search of the grave of his brother, C. M. Delavan, who had been killed in St. Clair County Missouri, 35 years ago. His mission was, if successful in finding his brother's grave, to bring the remains home for burial, and his search down in the heart of Missouri, and its outcome read like a romance. The Tribune says: "Mr. Delavan had not the slightest notion where his brother lay, but commenced at once on his arrival to institute a thorough search. By great good luck, he heard of a lady who had been to his brother's grave and he went in quest of her. He found her and she took him to the spot, a point near the edge of a lonely field. She was able to identify the place from the fact that she had put two stones over the grave to mark it when Mr. Delavan was buried. The way she came to take such a deep interest in a stranger was this: "Mr. Delavan had been a soldier in the Confederate Army, and having been wounded in an engagement he stopped at a farmhouse to recover. While there, a company of northern troops came along, and took him out and shot him. The lady in question heard of the occurrence and thought from the description of the man who was shot that it was a member of her family. When she reached the place, she found she had been mistaken, but, being a person of humane instincts, she had a grave dug and placed two stones there to mark the grave of the dead soldier. Mr. Delavan dug down and found his brother's bones, which he transferred to the family burial ground at Pleasant Hill.
C. M. Delavan
The Glenwood Tribune tells of a recent trip made by Mr. H. N. Delavan, who lives northwest of Tabor, in search of the grave of his brother, C. M. Delavan, who had been killed in St. Clair County Missouri, 35 years ago. His mission was, if successful in finding his brother's grave, to bring the remains home for burial, and his search down in the heart of Missouri, and its outcome read like a romance. The Tribune says: "Mr. Delavan had not the slightest notion where his brother lay, but commenced at once on his arrival to institute a thorough search. By great good luck, he heard of a lady who had been to his brother's grave and he went in quest of her. He found her and she took him to the spot, a point near the edge of a lonely field. She was able to identify the place from the fact that she had put two stones over the grave to mark it when Mr. Delavan was buried. The way she came to take such a deep interest in a stranger was this: "Mr. Delavan had been a soldier in the Confederate Army, and having been wounded in an engagement he stopped at a farmhouse to recover. While there, a company of northern troops came along, and took him out and shot him. The lady in question heard of the occurrence and thought from the description of the man who was shot that it was a member of her family. When she reached the place, she found she had been mistaken, but, being a person of humane instincts, she had a grave dug and placed two stones there to mark the grave of the dead soldier. Mr. Delavan dug down and found his brother's bones, which he transferred to the family burial ground at Pleasant Hill.
Beacon - 8 Dec 1899
C. M. Delavan
The Glenwood Tribune tells of a recent trip made by Mr. H. N. Delavan, who lives northwest of Tabor, in search of the grave of his brother, C. M. Delavan, who had been killed in St. Clair County Missouri, 35 years ago. His mission was, if successful in finding his brother's grave, to bring the remains home for burial, and his search down in the heart of Missouri, and its outcome read like a romance. The Tribune says: "Mr. Delavan had not the slightest notion where his brother lay, but commenced at once on his arrival to institute a thorough search. By great good luck, he heard of a lady who had been to his brother's grave and he went in quest of her. He found her and she took him to the spot, a point near the edge of a lonely field. She was able to identify the place from the fact that she had put two stones over the grave to mark it when Mr. Delavan was buried. The way she came to take such a deep interest in a stranger was this: "Mr. Delavan had been a soldier in the Confederate Army, and having been wounded in an engagement he stopped at a farmhouse to recover. While there, a company of northern troops came along, and took him out and shot him. The lady in question heard of the occurrence and thought from the description of the man who was shot that it was a member of her family. When she reached the place, she found she had been mistaken, but, being a person of humane instincts, she had a grave dug and placed two stones there to mark the grave of the dead soldier. Mr. Delavan dug down and found his brother's bones, which he transferred to the family burial ground at Pleasant Hill.
C. M. Delavan
The Glenwood Tribune tells of a recent trip made by Mr. H. N. Delavan, who lives northwest of Tabor, in search of the grave of his brother, C. M. Delavan, who had been killed in St. Clair County Missouri, 35 years ago. His mission was, if successful in finding his brother's grave, to bring the remains home for burial, and his search down in the heart of Missouri, and its outcome read like a romance. The Tribune says: "Mr. Delavan had not the slightest notion where his brother lay, but commenced at once on his arrival to institute a thorough search. By great good luck, he heard of a lady who had been to his brother's grave and he went in quest of her. He found her and she took him to the spot, a point near the edge of a lonely field. She was able to identify the place from the fact that she had put two stones over the grave to mark it when Mr. Delavan was buried. The way she came to take such a deep interest in a stranger was this: "Mr. Delavan had been a soldier in the Confederate Army, and having been wounded in an engagement he stopped at a farmhouse to recover. While there, a company of northern troops came along, and took him out and shot him. The lady in question heard of the occurrence and thought from the description of the man who was shot that it was a member of her family. When she reached the place, she found she had been mistaken, but, being a person of humane instincts, she had a grave dug and placed two stones there to mark the grave of the dead soldier. Mr. Delavan dug down and found his brother's bones, which he transferred to the family burial ground at Pleasant Hill.
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