page 225....the chapter on Zachariah Raines, On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:10 PM, robert yingst <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Do you have a page reference from the George Elliott May book on Port > Republic you quote below? > Thanks > On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:18 PM, Madaline Preston wrote: > > > The mother of the two boys about whom this list has been discussing their > > Union clemency petitions.... has a tale to tell. From George May's book > on > > Port Republic we find the following: > > > > Her son, Reuben, (the one that later made his brothers Zachariah and > Henry > > recipients of his estate) in 1855 went to California and a few years > later > > sent his mother a check for $1000. She took it Gen. Samuel H. Lewis at > > Lewiston and requested him to get it cashed for her the next time he went > > to Harrisonburg. When she left home some days later to go get her money > > from General Lewis she did not go direct but went down to the home of her > > son for a short visit. From her son's home she took a short cut to Port > > Republic and was murdered in the woods. Evidently the murder thought she > > had the money on her. When search was made for her body, bits of her > dress > > were found on bushes here and there, but as the body seemed to have been > > moved from place to place, it was never found. > > > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the > instructions at > > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions > at > http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html > To subscribe, change options, or unsubscribe, please see the instructions at http://listlva.lib.va.us/archives/va-roots.html