Inter-Mountain Republican | 1907-01-27 | Page 7 | Waterloo Veteran is 107

WATERLOO VETERAN IS of or III Ill II Celebrates Cole Cele brates I II IK iii Birthday n Quincy Ill Iii I. I Jan Jam 26 Leonard t Leonard Roeder today celebrated th the anniversary an an- nl- nl o of his mis birth and although totally blind h he still retains to a re remarkable remarkable rp- rp degree hl vigor Igor and anti strength oid I Is able to wall wait on himself himself him him- sel self entirely I S Mr lr Roeder feeder recalls two distinct wars war ono coo which Involved most o of tho the nations of or Europe and In 11 which he ho actively participated at Waterloo at atthe atthe atthe the ago of or fifteen fiCen and the thA other the civil civi strife In America which he watched with wih Inh Interest rest n as a man of or sixty Coming from Germany In 1843 18 Mr feeder Roeder settled In Quincy where h ne I-ne was married the following year to a MIss MIl Dame Mrs Ir Louise Burman Durman of or orthis this cl city now over eighty years of o age Is the only resident rt remaining In Quincy who Is known to have hare witnessed wit wit- tho the marriage Mr Roeders Roeder's wl- wl wl wife died several years ears ago ngo and since then linen he Inc has been bon living at the memo homo hOlo of or his adopted laughter Mrs John P P. Liebig Although Mr Ir Roeder Roder still goes about the houM with wih considerable dom om he sp spends most of o the tm time In his room He lie le still HUl enjoys the companionship companionship com com- of or the tine family and hl his old friends but hut since he has haA become blind he cares carea care less for tor the pr presence enco of or Strangers The Tho centenarian subsists chiefly on a diet of ot crackers and anti milk mik