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than P. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which he is class-leader and is also Superin- tendent of the Sunday-school.
Rev. Jonathan Thomas was born in Pennsylvania in 1807. When he was seventeen years of age his parents, L. and A. Thomas, moved to Wayne County, Ohio, where he was married in 1825 to Elizabeth Beacom, a native of Maryland, born in 1807, daughter of Henry Beacom, a hero of the Revolutionary war. To them were born ten children; all save one lived till maturity and four are now living-Enoch, of Marshall County, Iowa; John W., of this town- ship; Fletcher, of North Manchester, Ind., a Presiding Elder in the United Brethren church, and William H., of Tama County, Iowa. Elizabeth (deceased), a twin sister of Enoch, was the wife of Rev. E. P. Church. S. Mark died in Iowa. Henrietta was noted for her culture and literary ability, many of her poems and prose articles appearing in the New York Ledger and other periodi- cals. She married Frank Payton, of Huntington County, Ind., and died at Winterset, Iowa, in 1880, aged twenty-six years. Rev. Jonathan Thomas moved from Williams County, Ohio, to Steuben County, Ind., in 1846, where he resided till after the death of his wife, which occurred in 1863. Since then he has had no permanent residence. He has been a minister of the United Brethren church sixty years, being ordained soon after his first marriage. At present he has no settled appointment, but is doing the work of an evangelist, and expects to do the Master's work till called home. He is now living with his third wife.
George H. Walberry was born in Fremont, Sandusky Co., Ohio. Oct. 26, 1845, a son of Christian and Sophia (Miller) Walberry, his father a native of Germany and came to America in 1840 and mar- ried the same year, and his mother of Columbiana County, Ohio, In July, 1846, his father died alone while returning home from the field of a friend where he had been working and his body was not found till three days later. He left two children-Rhoda Ann and George H. May 4, 1854, his mother married William Burket, by whom she had five children-Ellen Jane, George W., Caroline, Angeline and Charlotte. Mr. Burket died Aug. 7, 1864, and his wife survived him till Jan 9, 1883, dying at Elkhart, Ind., where she was visiting. George H. Walberry lived with his mother till sixteen years of age and then began to work by the month in a saw-mill. Dec. 9, 1863, in obedience to a call from the Govern- ment, he enlisted in the Ninth Company, First Battalion, Ohio
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Sharpshooters. The company was raised by Captain W. L. Stearns, for special service, and by him bartered for a Major's commission, and was assigned to the Sixtieth Ohio Infantry as Company G. Upon their united remonstrance to the war department they were armed with Spencer rifles and served as flankers and sharpshooters for the Second Brigade, Third Division, Ninth Corps of the Army of the Potomac. Mr. Walberry received his baptism of fire at the Wilderness, then followed Spottsylvania and Cold Harbor, where he was under fire seven days. He was in the works before Peters- burg and on one occasion when volunteers were called for to re- cover the rifle pits captured by the enemy, he was one of twenty to respond and was one of ten left after the successful charge. Par- ticipating in all the engagements of his regiment he did all his duty, never shirking because of danger, and was discharged July 28, 1865. His regiment was the second to enter Petersburg and the second to unfurl its banner on the dome of the court-house. He was in the line at the grand review of the army at Washington. After his return to Ohio he worked at milling till 1875, when, Dec. 5, he came to Steuben County, Ind., and bought the farm where he now lives, on sections 1 and 11, Otsego Township, known as the old Maybry farm, his residence being on section 11. Since his return to civil life he has made a record as honorable as in war and has won many friends. F o the first he has taken an interest in the public affairs of the township, and in 1880 was elected Town- ship Trustee on the independent ticket. Dec. 22, 1867, he was married to Sarah Rinehart, a native of Sandusky County, Ohio, born Sept. 5, 1847, a daughter of Christian and Barbara (Ramer) Rinehart. Four children have been born to them , three of whom are living-Llewellyn, Perry, and an infant, born Dec. 30, 1884. Cora died at the age of ten months.
Ephraim B. Williams, the fifth child of Henry R. and Mary Ann (Case) Williams, was born in Orleans County, N. Y., Jan. 10, 1833, and in the fourth year of his age came to Indiana with his par- ents and settled in Jackson Township, Steuben County. His mother was in feeble health when they left New York and died of con- sumption Dec. 2, 1836, the year of their settlement. Of the family, Hamilton died at the age of ten years; Maria died at the age of twenty years; Wallace is living on the homestead on section 9, this township, and E. B. is the subject of our sketch. Two years after the mother's death the father married Philura Town, and in 1842 removed to Otsego Township, buying 100 acres on section 9, where
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he died Oct. 9, 1879, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. His widow died in 1882, leaving no children. The youth of Ephraim B. Williams was spent in common with the sons of pioneer farmers, the greater part of the time being devoted to hard work. His ed- ucational advantages though limited were well used and he obtained a practical knowledge of the world and a fair business education. He remained at home till manhood, and in 1857 married Susan Pearce, a native of Onondaga County, N. Y., daughter of Ora Pearce, an early settler of Steuben County. He lived the first three years of his married life on section 16, and then moved to his present home on section 17. His farm contains 160 acres of choice land and his residence and farm buildings are commodious and comfortable. Every indication of thrift and prosperity is evident, . all of which has been acquired by industry and frugality. His wife died June 15, 1863. Feb. 18, 1864, he married Martha Cooper, a lady of culture and refinement, a native of Bucks County, Pa., born Aug. 27, 1833, daughter of William and Lucy Cooper, who settled in Richland Township in 1844. Her father died Sept. 13, 1869, and her mother at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. S. S. Brooks, in 1880. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams have been born three children-Alma and Lucy are with their parents ; Susie, the young- est, died in 1881, aged eleven years. In politics Mr. Williams is a Republican.
Peter Zimmer was born'in Portage County, Ohio, June 7, 1839, a son of Adam and Elizabeth Zimmer, who came to Stenben County in 1854 and settled on section 1, Otsego Township, five children accompanying them to their new home-Eliza, the second child, was the wife of George Kettring, and remained in Ohio, where she died; Adam is a resident of Scott Township; Caroline married George Kettring after her sister Eliza's death and died in Ohio; Peter is the subject of our sketch; Catherine is the wife of Henry Guise, of Hillsdale, Mich .; Sophia is the wife of Zacha- riah Kinne, of Berrien, Mich. The parents were natives of Germany and came to the United States in March, 1831, landing in New York the same day from different vessels. Mrs. Zimmer left Ger- many the wife of Jacob Petre, who died on the ocean, leaving six children. She became acquainted with Mr. Zimmer in New York and early in 1832 they were married. They went to Lehigh County, Pa., and three years later to Mahoning County, Ohio, and in 1837 moved to Portage County, where they lived till 1854. Mr. Zimmer died in April, 1862, in the seventy-third year of his age.
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Mrs. Zimmer died in June, 1864, aged sixty-four years. Peter Zimmer was a faithful son till the death of his parents, remaining at home and caring for them. April 4, 1865, he married Susan Swift, daughter of one of Otsego's pioneers. He commenced house- keeping on his father's homestead, living there till 1872, when he bought 142 acres of land on section 3, where he has since lived. His farm is finely improved, mostly the work of his own hands. His residence is large and commodious. To Mr. and Mrs. Zim- mer have been born seven children-Delphena, Oscar, Jesse G., Cassius Clay, Carrie, John and Orville. Mr. Zimmer takes great interest in the education of his children, being determined to give them something of which they can never be robbed. In politics he is an earnest Republican and a believer in the policy of prote c- tion for American industries.
CHAPTER XXIII.
RICHLAND TOWNSHIP.
POSITION .- GEOGRAPHY .-- DESCRIPTION .- FIRST LAND ENTRIES. - EARLY SETTLERS. - FIRST FRAME DWELLING, FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSE. MILL, CHURCH, MINISTER, ETC .- RICHLAND CENTER, OR ALVA- RADO .- LIVING PIONEERS. - POPULATION .- PROPERTY AND TAXA- TION. - AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS .- POLITICS. - VOTE FOR PRESI- DENT SINCE 1840 .- BIOGRAPHICAL.
The township of Richland is the smallest but one in Steuben County, and occupies the southeastern corner. It is bounded as follows: On the north by York Township; on the east by Williams County, Ohio; on the south by De Kalb County; and on the west by Otsego Township. It is six miles north and south, and a little over two and a half miles east and west, therefore containing a trifle under sixteen sections of land, or nearly 10,000 acres. It has no lakes within its borders. The Canada Southern Railroad was surveyed and graded through the southern part of the township, but will probably never be built.
The first entry of land in this township was made by John Doug- las Oct. 11, 1835, who entered the west half of the northwest quar- ter of section 20. The 31st of the same month John Kerr entered the southwest quarter of the same section, and Nov. 11, 1835, Robert Jackman entered land in section 30.
The first settler was Robert Jackman, who with his family came early in 1836, and built a log cabin on the southwest quarter of section 30, this being the first house erected in Richland Town- ship. H. E. Gordon came in 1836 and entered the east half of the northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 30. Besides these, the following came previous to 1840: Samuel Jackman, Sam- uel W. Scoville, Betsey Jones, D. K. Jones, James Beecher, John Douglas, P. Hoag, A. Doolittle, William Letcher, Henry Letcher, George Letcher, James Kelly, James Beebe, Samuel Leonard, Asa Aldrich, Edward Johnson, Asa T. Beebe and Francis Stevens.
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In May, 1839, Richland was separated from Otsego Township, of which it had been formerly a part.
The first frame house was built in 1843 by Gera Goodale, who afterward removed to Scott Township, and now resides in Angola. The first school-house was a small log building, and was erected at Richland Center. At the same point was erected the first church, a Methodist Episcopal society having been formed about 1850. This church, which is now a frame structure, has about eighty members. The present pastor is Rev. J. C. Ambrose, of Hamilton.
The first mill was built in the spring of 1842, by Horatio E. Gordon, which was the first frame building in the township.
The first preacher was Elder Stealy, a Free-Will Baptist minis- ter, and Elder Town also preached occasionally.
Richland Center is a small village, located mostly on the north- west corner of section 20. It is a convenient postoffice for the township, has a graded school and a store, the latter kept by John Douglas, who is also Postmaster. The postoffice is known as Alvarado.
Richland Township also contains a part of the village of Metz, which is spoken of more fully in the chapter devoted to York Township. Among the living pioneers of the township are H. E. Gordon, Samuel W. Scoville, Asa T. Beebe, D. K. Jones, George Letcher, Fred Enfield and Joseph Alton.
The population of Richland Township in 1870 was 653, and in 1880, 664-an increase in ten years of only eleven. This is a den- sity of forty-one inhabitants per square mile.
The following statistics of leading crops are for the last census year, 1880: Acres of wheat sown, 1,477; average yield per acre, 21} bushels; total crop, 31,755 bushels; acres of corn, 1,032; average yield per acre, upland 40 bushels; bottom, 20 bushels; total crop, 38,348 bushels; acres of oats, 569; average yield per acre, 37 bush- els; total crop, 21,053 bushels; acres of meadow, 461; average yield of hay per acre, 2 tons; total crop, 922 tons; acres in potatoes, 76; average yield per acre, 35 bushels; total crop, 2,660 bushels.
The total number of acres of land assessed in 1884 was 9,894.68; value of same, $100,085; value of improvements, $19,850; value of personal property, $37,000; total valuation, $156,935; number of polls, 132; number of dogs, 48; total taxes levied, $3,698.57. As property is assessed on a basis of one-third, the actual wealth of Richland Township may be safely estimated at $470,805.
In politics Richland has been strongly Republican since tha
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party was organized, and before that time it was Democratic. The vote in 1840 was a tie. The largest majority ever given was in 1868, ninety eight for Grant. The following statement of the presidential vote since 1840 will show the political complexion of the township in the different presidential years, and also afford a good idea of the increase in population:
1840-Martin Van Buren
1864-Abraham Lincoln. .96 70
Geo. B. McClellan. 26
1844-James K. Polk 16
5
Henry Clay. 11
Horatio Seymour. .38
1848 -Lewis Cass .. 31
9
Horace Greely 18
Zachary Taylor. 22
1852-Franklin Pierce .40
14
1876-Rutherford B. Hayes 135
95
Winfield Scott. 26
John P. Hale. 11
1856-John C. Fremont 69
30
1884-Jas. G. Blaine. 138
92
Millard Fillmore. 5
1860-Abraham Lincoln .. .96
76
Jno. P. St. John. Benj. F. Butler. .1
John Bell .. . 7
The following list comprises the various township officers as elected since 1850, with the years in which they were chosen:
Assessors .- 1850, David K. Jones; 1851, James Everhart; 1852, Francis Stevens: 1854, Samuel W. Scoville; 1856, William S. Cary; 1858, same; 1860, same; 1862, same; 1864, same; 1866, Ebenezer Hoadley; 1868, same; 1870, same; 1872, same; 1874, David B. Teeters; 1878, Ebenezer Hoadley; 1880, same; 1882. Andrew Croy.
Justices of the Peace .- 1854, Henry Letcher; 1855, John Cam- eron and Horatio E. Gordon; 1859, John Cameron and J. W. Thomas; 1863, Marvin B. Gordon; 1864, John Cameron; 1868, Barnabas Allman; 1870, Barnabas Allman; 1872, James Robinett; 1874, Barnabas Allman and Cor. Crooks; 1876, Lyman A. Hix; 1878, Barnabas Allman and Henry Allman; 1884, Barnabas Allman.
Constables .- 1859, James Carlin and John Everhart; 1860, same; 1861, James Carlin and David Scoville; 1862, John Waller and William Waller; 1863, Charles Huyler and John Waller; 1864, James Carlin and W. Hand; 1865, James Carlin and Samuel Max- well;¥1866, John Hall and William Waller; 1868, George Heller and Theodore Sergeant; 1870, James Carlin and E. Heller; 1872, John W. Larue and John G. Davis; 1874, Charles Dean and John G. Davis; 1878, Thomas Chase and George W. Reese; 1880, Ben- 54
William H. Harrison 7 Tie
1868-Ulysses S. Grant. 102 64 James G. Birney .1
1872-Ulysses S. Grant. 116
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Samuel J. Tilden. 40 1880-Jas. A. Garfield. . .125 80 Winfield S. Hancock .45
James Buchanan. .39
Grover Cleveland
.46
Stephen A. Douglas. .20
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jamin McGrew and Amos Vaughn; 1882, Alonzo Williams and Liberty Slade; 1884, John Porter and Edward Inland.
Trustees .- 1859, Noble Matthews; 1860, same; 1861, Robert V. Carlin; 1862, same; 1863, John Holt; 1864, same; 1865, same; 1866, Joseph W. Thomas; 1868, same; 1870, John Cameron ; 1872, same; 1874, M. B. Gordon; 1878, Allen Fast; 1880, same; 1882, Albert Morley; 1884, Albert Omstead.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Barnabas Allman was born in Stark County, Ohio, March 20, 1833. His father, James Allman, was a native of Washington County, Pa., born May 6, 1806, and when four years of age was taken by his father, Ebenezer Allman, to Stark County, Ohio, where he was reared, and June 11, 1829, married Margaret Ans- paugh, who was born Sept. 25, 1810, a daughter of Jacob Ans- paugh. In 1842 they moved to Williams County, Ohio, where the father died, Sept. 13, 1846, and the mother still lives. They had a family of seven children-Mrs. Catherine Ingram, of Logansport, Ind .; Barnabas, Haman C., Mrs. Magdalene Ingram, John, Mrs. Agnes Pngh and Jacob. Haman enlisted in Company H, Thirty- eighth Ohio Infantry, and died of wounds received at the battle of Jonesboro Station, Ala. John lives on the old homestead with his mother. He served in the war of the Rebellion four years, a member of the same company as his brother Haman. Barnabas Allman was married Jan. 15, 1856, to Ellen Barcalow, a native of Bucks County, Pa., born Sept. 29, 1833, daughter of John and Martha Barcalow. They have six children-John B., Edith, Haman C., Martha, James and Margaret. In April, 1864, Mr. Allman moved to Steuben County, Ind., and settled on section 5, Richland Township, where he owns fifty acres of finely improved land. He also owns a farm of fifty acres on section 7, and another of thirty-five acres on the southwest quarter of the same section. He is one of the enterprising citizens and is now serving his township as Justice of the Peace. In politics he is a Republican.
Joseph Allomong was born in Armstrong County, Pa., April 11, 1824. The year of his birth his parents, John and Julia Ann All- omong, moved to Columbiana County, Ohio, where his mother died in 1828. His father's second wife was Catharine Riche. They moved to Florence Township, Williams Co., Ohio, where his father lived till his death in 1873. His father's family of six children were-Margaret, deceased, wife of Jacob Miller, of Ohio;
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Elizabeth, wife of John Simpkinson, a prominent citizen of Cincin- nati, Ohio; Susannah, of Cincinnati; John, on the old homestead of his father in Williams County; Joseph; Julia Ann, deceased, wife of Daniel Redmon, of Ohio. Joseph Allamong was, in his eighteenth year, given his time by his father, and started in life with no capital but strong hands and a willingness for hard work. In 1841 he contracted for 160 acres of land, his present home on section 20, obtaining a deed of it in 1844. To this purchase he has added till he now owns 456 acres, having deeded to his children 163 acres. He was married April 28, 1843, in Stark County, Ohio, to Catherine Klingman, and made his home on her land in 1845. To them were born four children-William died in his nineteenth year; Becky Jane, wife of John Lint; Sarah E., wife of Jacob Anspaugh; John Wesley, at home. His wife died April 14, 1867. Aug. 3, 1870, he married Martha Jane Bell. She was born in Maryland, March 22, 1843; was living with her brother, Milton Bell, in this township at the time of her marriage. They have one child-Cyrus. In politics Mr. Allomong is a Republican. He and his wife are members of the United Brethren church. Mr. Allo- mong is one of the prominent citizens of the township and stands high in the respect and confidence of his neighbors. His son, John Wesley Allomong, one of the promising young men of the township, is yet one of his father's family. He owns considerable land and is industrious and of frugal habits, and is fast becoming one of the influential and enterprising citizens.
Jacob A. J. Anspaugh, son of John and Sarah Ann Anspaugh, wrs born in Florence Township, Williams Co., Ohio, April 24, 1850. Jan. 1, 1873, he was united in marriage with Miss Sarah Allomong, daughter of the well-known citizen Joseph Allomong, and commenced housekeeping at his present residence on section 20, Richland Township. His farm is under fine cultivation; his residence and building improvements are especially good. Two bright children gladden their home-Clara E. and Lura. Mr. Anspaugh is one of the young, energetic men of the township, who are rapidly coming to the front as the older ones are passing from the stage of active life. In polities he is thoroughly Republi- can. He is a member of Angola Lodge, No. 236, F. & A. M., and squares his life to the teachings of that order of which he is a worthy member.
John Anspaugh was born in Stark County, Ohio, a son of Jacob and Barbara Anspaugh, natives of Pennsylvania and pioneers of
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Stark County, settling there in 1808. Their children were-Jacob, of Williams County; Margaret, widow of James Allman; Jonas, deceased; Daniel, deceased; Mrs. Mary Hawk, of Pennsylvania; George, of Williams County, Ohio; Catherine and Samuel, deceased, and John. All were born in Stark County. In 1844 the family moved to Williams County, Ohio, where the father died in Octo- ber, 1857, aged eighty-eight years, and the mother Oct. 3, 1874, aged eighty-seven years. John Anspaugh was married April 27, 1847, to Sarah Ann Cain, a native of Harrison County, Ohio, born Oct. 11, 1830, daughter of Samuel and Hester Cain, natives of Pennsylvania, who after several changes settled in Williams County, Ohio, in 1838. They had a family of twelve children-Mrs. Sarah Ann Anspaugh, Mrs. Julia Ann Coon, Mrs. Rachel Anspaugh, Mrs. Delilah Owens, John (a member of the Fourteenth Ohio In- fantry, killed at Chattanooga), Mrs. Margaret Dick, Mrs. Cather- ine Myers, Mrs. Lucinda Mathews, Mrs. Ellen Knapp, Samuel, Elizabeth, and Henry (deceased). The mother died in June, 1852, and in 1854 the father married Rachel Meeks, of Williams County. Twelve children were born to them-Caroline, deceased, wife of H. Sowles; Isaac, of Williams County; Mrs. Minerva Omela, of Tennessee; David R., of Steuben County; Mrs. Amanda Morse; Almina, Charles, Clara and Benjamin, at home; Thomas B., George and an infant deceased. Mr. Anspaugh commenced married life in Florence Township, Williams Co., Ohio, remaining there sev- eral years. He was in early life very fond of hunting and en- joys nothing better now than to relate to delighted hearers details of his experiences and adventures. He settled on section 5, Rich- land Township, March 8, 1870, where he owns eighty acres of val- uable land. He is one of the representative citizens of Steuben County; in politics is a Republican. He and his wife are mem- bers of the United Brethren church. They have had seven chil- dren, all born in Williams County, Ohio -- Jacob A. J .; Samuel; Benjamin, died in the seventh year of his age; Hester, wife of Charles D. Bowles; John L., an energetic, industrious young man, who lives with his parents; Mrs. Amanda Flegal and Henry Grant.
Asa. T. Beebe was born in Madison County, N. Y., Ang. 1, 1814, a son of James and Zeborah Beebe, his father a native of Connect- icut and his mother of New York. Asa T. Beebe was in his fourth year when his parents moved to Knox County, Ohio. His father is living at Chesterville, Morrow Co., Ohio, aged ninety-three
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years. His mother died about six years ago. He was married Feb. 16, 1837, in Delaware County, Ohio, to Nancy Dillingham. He lived on his father's farm one year after his marriage and then moved to Steuben County, Ind., and located at Richland Center, where he lived about ten years, when he moved to his present resi- dence on section 20, Richland Township, where he owns 100 acres of fine land. Mrs. Beebe died in 1853, leaving one child-Alvah O., a prosperous farmer of Williams County, Ohio. Mr. Beebe afterward married Mary Jane Merritt, a native of Ohio. After five years of married life Mrs. Beebe died, and Feb. 24, 1860, Mr. Beebe married Elizabeth Moore, who was born in Pennsylvania, Jan. 24, 1834. Mr. Beebe in politics is a Greenbacker. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Mr. Beebe has by industry, frugality and attention to his business acquired a fair competence which he has used to make himself and family comfortable. He enjoys the respect and confidence of all who know him.
William S. Cary was born May 16, 1818, and when a lad settled with his parents, John and Margaret Cary, in Knox County, Ohio, where they died. He was married in that county, Feb. 21, 1843, to Melissa Gordon, a native of New York State, born Jan. 28, 1825, daughter of William and Mary Gordon. In 1844 they settled on section 19, Richland Township, where Mr. Cary died Feb. 27, 1869. He was a man of irreproachable character, a Christian by precept and practice. Both he and his wife were members of the Method- ist Episcopal church. Mrs. Cary is a lady well known and highly respected. She still occupies the home which has been hers for forty-one years, jointly with her son Ellsworth, who was born Nov. 29, 1861, and April 10, 1881, married Relefia Dally, born Feb. 26, 1863, daughter of Vincent Dally. Her children were eight in number-Melvina, wife of William H. Keyes; Emaline, died aged seven years; Jane, died aged four years; Elizabeth, died aged twenty-one months; William G., of Angola; John L., died aged twenty-one years; Ellsworth and Freeman. Mrs. Cary's father, William Gordon, was born in Manchester, England, Sept. 17, 1773. His father was a man of great wealth and influence, a physician and silk manufacturer, giving employment to 700 operatives. When William was twelve years of age he played some pranks on one of the operatives for which he was severely punished by his father. This so enraged him that he ran away from home, and embarked on a whaler, making a voyage of three years. After many other
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