Bonne Terre Register, April 28, 1916. BOY FINDS FATHER AFTER TEN YEARS. John Dailey, Taken from Orphan's Home Does Not Know His Father Is Living. A story that reads like a romance from a modern novel appeared in the Lead Belt News last week in which Bonne Terre citizens are leading characters. The wife of the young man referred to in the story was Irene Richardson, daughter of our esteemed citizen, Warren Richardson. Here is the little romance around which might be woven a novel by some literary person. "Some seventeen years ago Mrs. John Daily, mother of John Dailey of Leadwood, died leaving John and three brothers and their father. The children were all small and the father being unable to care for them sent them to an orphan's home in St. Louis; from which they were scattered to the "four winds". "John found refuge in the home of Zeno Kerlagon of just east of Bonne Terre, where he spent eight or ten years, or until he was married some six months ago, when he and his bride took up housekeeping at Leadwood where he had obtained employment. "Everything was moving along nicely with the newly married couple, but John was wondering where his father and three brothers were, if they still be alive, until one day an opportunity presented itself. One of his fellow workmen had come from Potosi and having become acquainted with John, asked him what relation he was to the Mr. Dailey, who lived at Potosi. To which question John answered: "I do not know." The fellow worker went ahead talking and told John the reason he had asked the question was because he spelled his name the same way and the two Daileys favored each other so much. This put John to studying the more and the thought arose in his mind that he would drive to Potosi, seek the Mr. Dailey, and ascertain if he was one of his lost family. He drove to Potosi last Sunday, met the man and told the above story and the old gentleman gathered him in his arms and said "Yes, you are my son, John". Neither John or his father know the whereabouts of the other three boys, but earnestly hope that they will turn up all safe and sound. "The father has been married the second time, and has six children by his second wife and all are girls. "What can you do to help find the three brothers of John?" Note: It appears from his obituary that he must have located two of his brothers: http://mackleygenealogy.com/~mackley/Obit_Display.php?pid=DA_000018.jpg