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Show CIVIL WAR VETERAN LEAVES MILFORD ON TRIP TO INDIANA Beaver county lost its only veteran of the Civil War Wednesday, when D. D. Carlton, father of Karl S. Carlton, left for the east. Following the death of his wife, Mr. Carlton came here from Ohio in January, and has lived with his son and family for the past few months. He will stop in Indianapolis for a while, going on then to Ohio. : Mr. Carlton is in his eighty-ninth year. Despite his age, the old gentleman gentle-man is quite spry, and has been taking daily walks about town. His eyesight eye-sight is still keen and his memory is unfailing. He recently made a rapid recovery from a serious illness. He . CiV.'d in an Ohio regiment during the Civil War. j |