Researching Capt. Harley Wayne-- Part 2: Not Many Folks in Union Knew About the Waynes

Of course, the chalk marks in the basement drew some wonder.  They asked Dr. Melvin Adams about those chalk marks.  Adams, 76, was still alive and living in Union as such, he knew some information about the house.  In addition, he  had even lived in the house when he was a teenager from 1904-1911.

He told the Parentis that the scribbling had been done by the son of a man who had fought in the Civil War and that the man's name was Harley Wayne and his son was Charles Wayne.

The Dr. got Harley Wayne's war record from Springfield.

Nobody else in Union, however, knew very much about the Waynes  Some didn't even know that he had ever lived here.  According to Mrs.Parenti, "Even the people who sold us the house knew only that he had fought in the war but they didn't know he had died in it."

With just these few sketchy facts, te Parentis searched further afield.

--Old Secesh