Re: Revolutionary soldiers from Midway

[Connie Sadler <csadler72@computermail.net>]

>My aunt Jane used to tell a story about her (great-)Aunt Iowa, i.e., your
>great grandmother, acting as lookout for confederate soldiers hiding in
>the swamps near Midway.  She'd give an all-clear signal (I forget what
>the signal was) when it was safe for them to come in.
>

My mom, Ima Day (dau of Ethel Quarterman), remembers her great-Aunt Iowa well.  She was eight years old when Aunt Iowa died, and the pastor's message at the funeral had a profound effect on Mom.  It seems Aunt Iowa was a great favorite with our branch of the family.

-Connie Sadler

P.S.  I wonder if she whistled for the soldiers.  My grandmother, Ethel, farmed in Flemington (one of the "retreat" towns), and she used to whistle my grandfather in from the fields for supper.
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