Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-10-02 | Page 11 | Reb and Yank, Brothers, Are United Again

REB AND YANK ANK Y BROTHERS ARE UNITED AGAIN A G A I N HUNTINGTON W W. Va Oct Ott I IBy 1 By The Associated Press Diverging trails tr that led brother to war against brother have reunited Henry Herry and Jon Jon- Jonathan Jonathan athan Roten Rotors after 66 years' years separation tion At the outset of the Civil war the Roten brothers left their boyhood home here to fight but they did not follow the same paths Henry 17 17 found his way into the Confederate ranks while old 19 Jonathan marched away with the northern troops When hostilities ended Henry drift drift- drifted drifted ed to rt Pt Worth Texas to buy a a. farm Jonathan returned to the homestead here They did not hear her from one another and came carne to believe each other dead and through different channels the brothers learned of the thed d death deat ath and met net The brothers agree that th t they probably never met during the war In opposing armies