Show IS ISA A REAL DAUGHTER OF THE REVOLUTION Mrs Amy nn m t 01 of and ana active at S 89 SealS years ealS Inight let 1 tho the only living rea daughter of t tie 10 revolution in m Delaware county end nd one of the le few remaining e n of re o. o soldiers ill iu in tb tbd 3 1 b States i s. s has been visiting her ler son Joseph Josoph L. L L Congleton in in this place Sho She usually resides with another son William b S. S Con Congleton sirs Mrs Congleton has a remarkably clear memory an and talks in in a most interesting interest interest- in lug ing w way nay v of her ler father and of the many incidents ts ho Ito told t ld her of his experiences as a soldier under Washingto Lafayette Lafayette Lafay Lafay- ette and other revolutionary generals Her IIer mother who was Was Wasa a Chester county girl often told her how she had ministered to the wounded patriots after atter the battle of Chadds Chadd's Ford The condition con ton of the patriots was pitiable ac according according ae ac- cording to the tIle eve eye witness mother and many of them died because of lack ol oi attention after they had been captured by the enemy Her IIer father was Colin a Scotchman who came to America merica as asa asa asa a British soldier to uphold Isis Ins kin King against the revolting colonies The blood of liberty descended from Irom the tho clans of Bruce and Wallace and of tho the other oilier highland chieftains ran through his veins veins however and after ho had I been heen left ill by the British army at Wilmington Wilmington Wilmington Wil Wil- he began to appreciate the tho cause of the ragged patriots and ana as soon as ho recovered his Strength ho he obtained a flintlock musket and deserted de lIe- sorted to tho American army serving with distinction through tho the year seven-year struggle I Although in in nearly all tho principal engagements he be was never woun wounded ed and lived Jived until many years yeats afterward I His Isis daughter Mrs Irs Amy Congleton was not born until forty four forty four years after the revolutionary war war had begun Her lIer recollection of her father is is vivid Mrs Congleton was vas born horn in in Chester county and has been a mem member er of tho Methodist church since she was 10 years old oId She is is the tho mother o of seven children all of ot whom arc living Jivin nineteen grandchildren grand grand- children fourteen great great grandchildren grandchildren Ireat and two great great grandchildren I |