Mrs. Sarah Brandon, known as the "Mother of the Civil War," died at her home in southern part of Belmont County, just across the river from here, last night, at the age of 113 years.
     Her death resulted from a broken hip, sustained five days ago.
     Mrs. Brandon was known all over southern Ohio as the Mother of 23 children, 22 of whom were boys. Sixteen of them saw service in the Civil War, fourteen on the Union side and two with the Confederacy.
     Most of them never returned home. One son, aged 84, not the first born, is living in Bellaire.
     Reports that Mrs. Brandon accompanied one of her sons to war is without foundation, and her title "Mother of the Civil War" was given to her because of the number of her sons who engaged in the conflict.