Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1876-01-28

We, who enjoy the ffuits of the labors Of thess
early pioneers can meyer realize the tolls endnrec
and the herOism Of these noble men ana women
whethus BY their endurance paved me "ss to'
our approaching fest" Most OF them are gone
/ and The remaining few are rapidly passing away
To their memory t-e tribute Of gratitude is ever
due
| also a native Of New Hartfo d. Ct. and together
thev commenced life on TIE farm which they oe-
eupied so long as they lived, and which is still
occupied by their children, Of whom four out oi
Eve survive.
Coming into the country as she did at the age
of sixteen. she was an active partieipator in all
thescenes incident to tie settlement Of new
country tn log cabin OF Ler father, and sub
sequently the large frame house which took its
place, sheltered family of fifteen or twenty
persons bosides the scores Of "goers and CON-
gIsr with thvm daily.
The hospitslites that home were unbonnded
II was never so fail that t.ere was not room 70 7
more; and never man woman or child left that
door uIprOyided for. Hospitality was the dis
ting susling Trait Of the early settlers Of the Re
serve and it is only Justice 20 say that this Trait
was particularly prominent in the family Of him
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,,o,,s,afentlv With
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1lls :. sHe nti dsnrived Of his Drivieqe
pun W. s--.'i,a. snip' 80, - ars
y 'ne -, ,o,,,sd 49,, .to
IL .,.I,, - :, ..r,o 70 her tb-oB,,b her family
S-isnds and reading vet she Inst not her interest
IN tbe same. Less than a week before her death
she said 70 her dsp1bter u want won To read to
me the Washinetop Letter in the Iadepsndsst."
adding .sves am interested in itn Her men
al faenlties ware Retained to the last.
Her ne. thouob ouieta and retiring. has been an
eyentful one. for she came to ohio when this en-
tire STATE was an npbroken k,resr save the slight
iproads made bv the fev sttlements At intervals
of b.ndreds Of miles. She has seen these forests
dis.6nar S,roke nv stroke welded bv the
strono ar, os co,,raers IN tho ereat yvort these
oisnt nroduets of the soil have been laid low. tre
by tree has disappear ed. snd.in their places she
has seen blooming orchards and fertile fields.
She saw the erection OF the first frame building
which took the place of the log cabin; the erec-
tion Of the first mills in the township the first
school house and the arst log meeting house. In
the march Of improvement she has seen these pass
away, giving room to higher order of civiIiza.
ton. The treacherous log causeways which
bridged swamp and morass, over which she rode
on horseback to the log meeting house in early
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