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tember 16, 1846, died February 10, 1866; Clarence R., born Au- gust 12, 1848, was a soldier in the U. S. army, and died at Fort Sanders, in Dakota, June 14, 1868; Anthony M., born February 4, 1851, a farmer of Blissfield; Emma J., born July 6, 1855, now the wife of Clement Hall, a farmer of Blissfield ; Myron B., born November 15, 1858, works the home farm ; Nora Bell, born May 19, 1861, died September 26, 1862; Charles W., born June 3, 1864, died April 19, 1869. Mrs. Olive E. Colyer was born in Middle- sex, Ontario county, N. Y., November 30, 1820, came to Michi- gan with her parents, and settled in Blissfield, in 1833. Her pa- rents were natives of Stephentown, Rensselaer county, N. Y. Her father died in Blissfield, in 1849, aged 57. Her mother was Olive Hinkley. She was the mother of fourteen children, twelve of whom she brought to the wilderness of Michigan in 1833. There were eight sons and six daughters, all of whom lived to be- come men and women. That was the time that tried mother's souls, and it is impossible for the parent of the present day to re- alize it. The girls then wore cow-hide shoes, and spun flax and wove cloth to make clothes for the boys. Olive Pool died in Blissfield, in 1859, aged sixty-two.
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NTHONY POUCHER was born in Claverack, Columbia county, N. Y., June 26, 1824. He lived there until 1844, when he came to Michigan and arrived in Adrian in Octo- ber. He was then in his twentieth year, and had come to Michi- gan to seek a home. He immediately found employment with Joseph C. Warner, driving team. The following spring he con- menced work for Byron Smith, who then was engaged in the man- ufacture of the old-fashioned threshing machines. During the summer of 1846 he drove a sprinkling wagon in Adrian for A. Crittenden. In the spring of 1846, Anthony Poucher's father, Andrew Poucher, came to Adrian, and the following year he pur- chased six acres of ground on the corner of Scott and Maumee streets, and a fractional forty just west of the present college build- ings, and Anthony lived with his father and worked this land until the spring of 1854. Andrew Poucher is a native of Columbia county, N. Y., was born in Claverack, in 1788, and is still living in Seneca, this county. He has always been a farmer, and an active, enterprising man. Since he came to Michigan he has owned farms
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in Adrian, Madison and Seneca, in this county, and Chesterfield, Fulton county, Ohio, where his house was once burned. He immediately rebuilt, and soon after sold out and moved to Morenci. About the year 1810 he married Elizabeth Miller, of Columbia county, N. Y., by whom he had six sons, Anthony being the fifth. Mrs. Elizabeth Poucher was born in Columbia county, N. Y., in 1791, and died in Morenci, this county, January 21, 1878. In March, 1854, Anthony Poucher purchased a farm on section 27, in Madison. At that time the improvements consisted of about six- teen acres chopped over, with a log house and frame barn. Since that time Mr. Poucher has improved the place until he has sixty acres under a high state of cultivation, has erected a good franie house, besides additional barns and sheds. He has a large orchard of choice fruit of his own cultivation. He has worked out his own independence, with the united efforts of his wife, by hard labor and careful economy. November 15, 1849, Anthony Poucher was married to Margaret Clapper, daughter of John W. and Cath- arine Clapper, of Palmyra, this county, by whom he has had three children, as follows: George S., born in Adrian, December 23, 1850, a farmer of Fairfield; Irvin M., born in Madison, May 24, 1854, founder and proprietor of the Ionia Commercial college, Ionia, Mich .; Elmer R., born in Madison, September 2, 1861, at home. Mrs. Margaret Poucher was born in Claverack, Columbia county, N. Y., June 24, 1826, and came to Michigan with. her parents in 1844. Her parents were natives of Columbia county, N. Y., her father being born October 27, 1787, and died in Clin- ton county, Iowa, October 14, 1856. Her mother, whose maiden name was Catharine Best, was born May 25, 1793, and died Feb- ruary 7, 1849. The ancestors of both the Poucher and Clapper families came from Germany.
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MITH STILL was born in Palmyra, Lenawee county, Mich., June 1, 1837. He lived in Palmyra until the spring of 1857, when he went to Adrian and served two years at the blacksmith's trade with Andrew Clement. In 1860 he went to Constantine, St. Joseph county, Mich., where he remained about six months, when he returned to Palmyra and stayed until 1862. (42)
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He then moved to Seneca, this county, and followed farming until 1871, when he sold his farm on section 11, and purchased a home- stead and blacksmith shop on section 12, in Seneca. In 1872 he built a store and carried on the mercantile business for about five years. In 1876 his health failed him, and he gave up his black- smithing business and commenced the sale of agricultural imple- ments and fruit stock. In 1876 he was made the authorized agent of I. E. Ilgenfritz & Sons, nurserymen of Monroe, Mich., for whom he has done a very large business during the past four years. He is also handling all kinds of agricultural implements, including the Sulky Mower and Reaper of Toledo, Ohio. He is also agent for the Illinois Sulkey Plow, and all other implements manufactured by R. Elwood & Co., of Sycamore, Ill. He does business at his home in Seneca, and also at Weston, where he con- stantly keeps a large display of implements. Mr. Still has always been an active man, attending mostly to his own affairs, caring very little for public place or office, although he has served his township two years as constable. His father, James Still was born in New Haven, Conn., January 13, 1801, where he lived until he became a young man, when he went to New York city and worked at the blacksmith's trade. He afterward went to Poughkeepsie and worked at his trade for some time, and then went to Pultney, Ulster county, where he was married. In 1834 he came to Michigan and settled in Palmyra village, this county, and carried on a blacksmith shop for several years. He did the iron work on the Palmyra grist-mill in 1836, besides doing the work on most of the saw mills erected in that region at that period. He finally purchased a farm on section 30, in Palmyra. In 1849 he went to California, going around Cape Horn, being six months on the voyage. He subsequently made three other trips to the Golden State, finally returning in 1860. He then lived upon his farm until his death, which occurred March 7, 1863. In October, 1829, James Still married Elizabeth Tompkins, daughter of Leonard Tompkins, of New Pultney, Ulster county, New York, by whom he had eleven children, nine of whom are still living, Smith be- ing the fourth child. Mrs. Elizabeth Still was born in New Pultney, Ulster county, N. Y., December 18, 1803, and died in Raisin, this county, June 29, 1869. February 15, 1862, Smith Still, the subject of this sketch, was married to Miss Margaret H. Foote, daughter of James B. and Esther Foote, of Seneca, this county, by whom he has had five children, as follows: Esther E., born in Palmyra, this county, March 25, 1863, at home; James S., born in Seneca, May 16, 1866, at home; Hiram E., born in Sen- eca, March 20, 1870, at home; George A., born in Seneca, Janu-
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arv 5, 1873, at home; Isadora M., born in Seneca, September 6, 1875. Mrs. Margaret H. Still was born in Fairfield, this county, August 11, 1837. Her father, James B. Foote, was born in Ben- son, Saratoga county, N. Y., September 28, 1803. Her mother was Esther Randolph. She was (probably) born in Chautanqua county, N. Y., October 25, 1807, and is still living. Mr. Foote came to Michigan about the year 1835, and settled on section 12, in Seneca. He was postmaster for seventeen years, and is still liv- ing in Ogden, this county. Mrs. Still acted as deputy postmaster for about eleven years. Mr. and Mrs. Still are members of the M. E. church, of Seneca, having united with the church in 1870.
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RA GOODSELL was born in Portland, Chautauqua county, N. Y., September 13, 1832. His father, Zalmon L. Goodsell, was born in Hillsdale, Columbia county, N. Y., May 20, 1794, where he resided until after he was married. When a young man he learned the carpenter's trade, and at one tinie was employed in the ship-yards of New York city. About the year 1826 he moved to Portland, Chautauqua county; N. Y., and pur- chased a new farm. He cleared up his land, erected good build- ings, and resided there until 1857, when he sold out and came to Michigan. He purchased a farm on section 18, in Ogden, of William Pierce, but only lived there until 1864, when he sold ont to his son, Franklin M., who now lives on it. He then purchased a residence in Adrian, where he resided for some time, but died April 6, 1878, at his son-in-law's, Joseph Skinner, in Madison. He married Lucy Cole, by whom he had nine children, Ira being the eighth child and sixth son. Mrs. Lucy Goodsell was born in 1793 and died May 10, 1843. Ira Goodsell lived with his father until he was eighteen years old, and was brought up on a farm. In 1852 he went to Vermillion, Erie county, Ohio, worked at farming until 1854, when he came to Michigan and worked by the month for Warren Prentiss, in Fairfield. He leased a farm in Ogden and carried it on until 1859, when he started for Colorado, but after an absence of about two months he returned, and in the spring of 1860 he purchased a farm on section 13, in Fairfield, where he now resides. Since his residence on this farm he has
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erected good buildings, and made the farm a profitabl . and desira- ble one. December 12, 1855, Ira Goodsell married Elizabeth C. Phillips, daughter of Alanson and Eliza Phillips, of Fairfield, by whom he has had one son, Arthur A., born in Ogden, this county, July 7, 1858, now a farmer of Fairfield. Mrs. Elizabeth C. Goodsell was born in Bristol, Ontario county, N. Y., February 5, 1834, and came to Michigan with her parents in 1835, and settled on section 14, in Madison. In 1837 her father sold out in Madi- son, and purchased a farm on section 12, in Fairfield. Alanson Phillips was born in Massachusetts, September 29, 1804, and died in Fairfield, this county, April 7, 1879. He was a prominent man in his township, serving as justice of the peace, and in several other town offices. He was influential in the organization of the Farmers' Mutual Insurance company, and was one of its first directors. In December, 1828, Alanson Phillips married Eliza W. Walker, daughter of Tisdal and Mercy (Lincoln) Walker, of Bristol, Ontario county, N. Y., by whom he had five children, Mrs. Elizabeth Goodsell being the oldest daughter. Mrs. Eliza Phillips was born in Bristol, December 23, 1810, and now resides on the old homestead in Fairfield. Her parents came from Massa- chusetts to New York, and the ancestors of the Walker family came from England.
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ATHAN BOODRY was born in Taunton, Mass., December 25, 1819. His father, Sylvester Boodry, was born in Mass- achusetts, May 23, 1787, where he resided and owned a farm in Taunton until 1834, when he came to Michigan and located land on section 25, in Rollin, this county. He was the first man to settle on section 25, there then being but five or six families in the entire area that now comprises the town of Rollin. He cut a road through the woods for a distance of a mile and a half to get to his land, and afterward assisted in opening and cut- ting out nearly all the first roads in Rollin. He cleared fifty acres of land, built a good frame house and barn, and was one of the prominent and thrifty men of the township. He died of apoplexy, February 23, 1841. About the year 1811 Sylvester Boodry mar- ried Lydia Haskins, daughter of John Haskins, of Taunton,
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Mass., by whom he had thirteen children, Nathan being the fourth child and third son. Mrs. Lydia Boodry was born in Taunton, Mass., July 2, 1793, and died in Rollin, October 5, 1860 .. Nathan Boodry came to Michigan with his parents in 1834, and has resided in Rollin ever since. He was fifteen years old when he came, and remembers every circumstance of the early settlement. The first and only Indians he ever saw were here, and he remembers their passing through the woods from Devil's lake to Posey lake, and vice versa, often stopping at his father's house asking for something to eat. He thinks Matthew Bennett built the first frame house iu the township, and he was present at the raising. The first school-house that he can remember was a log structure, on Mr. Bennett's farm. The first church that he has any knowledge of was built in Rome, in what is known as the Bonney neighborhood. The first mill was built by A. J. Com- stock, of Adrian, at Addison village. Mr. Boodry has spent a long life in Rollin, and hopes it has been a useful one. He has always followed farming, and has assisted in clearing, improving and developing the town of Rollin. Although he has never been ntarried nor never had a family, he has assisted in making all the necessary improvements in schools and churches, and pays his taxes and lends his efforts willingly to all these worthy enterprises. He owns a portion of his father's homestead, and carries on the farm. He has assisted in making Rollin the beautiful and produc- tive township that it is, and greatly enjoys thinking back to the dark and dreary days in the woods, when the most sanguine enthu- siast could hardly hope to live to see so much wealth and comfort, intelligence and thrift, as now abounds.
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YMAN GILMORE was born in Stanford, Vt., January 27, 1807. His father, Robert Gilmore, was born in the same place, in 1777, where he lived until 1808, when he moved to Madison county, N. Y., and purchased a farm in the town of Nelson. He lived there until 1833, when he sold out and came to Michigan, settled in Sumpter, Wayne county, and pur- chased a new farm, where he resided until his death, which occurred August 24, 1850. He was married four times, and was the father
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of six children. Lyman Gilmore's mother's name was Polly Bootlı, who was married in 1803, and died in Nelson, Madison county, N. Y., in 1811. Lyman Gilmore lived with his father until he was twenty years old, and was raised a farmer. In 1827 he went to Clyde, Wayne county, and worked at farming until the fall of 1831, when he came to Michigan, arriving in Ypsilanti November 1st. He located a farm on section 22, in York, Wash- tenaw county, cleared it up and built good buildings, and resided there until 1857. In 1831 there were only two stores in Ypsi- lanti, besides one hotel, a shoe shop, and a very few houses, two planing mills, and one saw mill. The land for some miles south and west of the village was openings, and, although it was not much of a job to get the timber off, it was hard to plow. It re- quired from two to four yoke of oxen to break it up, with plows that would terrify the modern farmer if he was obliged to use them. Mr. Gilmore was very homesick at first, and was quite dis- couraged when he went to Ypsilanti and could find nothing but one bushel of corn in the village. Ohio pork, which he says con- sisted of "rind and a thin streak of lean," at eighteen pence per pound, was not very satisfactory. . Wages were fifty cents per day, which, if invested in pork, he could eat up for supper. In the spring of 1832 he went to a settler's, three miles distant, and worked all day and part of the night for one bushel of seed potatoes. He was obliged to stay all night with the settler, and in the even- ing as he was making ready for bed, he was told that he must go out and "bunch up the log heaps" before going to bed, and worked in the water and mud until nearly 10 o'clock. He got two small pigs of a settler, and carried them ten miles home in a bag, took good care of them through the winter, and they came out in the spring thrifty shoats, but an old bear got her eye on them, and one night carried one off. He assisted in all the first improvements, and served as road commissioner for seven years, assisting in lay- ing out and opening all the first roads. He served as poormaster one year under the old law. In the fall of 1856 he sold out, and the following spring he came to this county and purchased a farm on section 22, in Macon, where he now resides. Since his resi- dence in Macon he has improved his farm, erected several build- ings, and has made it a desirable and pleasant home. December 23, 1832, Lyman Gilmore married Almeda Herendeen, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Eddy) Herendeen, of York, Washtenaw county, Mich., by whom he has had four children, as follows: Elvira Jane, born in York, Washtenaw county, Mich., January 14, 1834, was the wife of Wilson W. Ambrose, of York, and died October 12, 1860; Mary Ann, born same place, June 19, 1836,
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now the wife of N. A. Darling, of Macon; James F., born same place, April 17, 1841, a farmer of Macon; Edwin A., born same place, November 27, 1853, and died April 9, 1864. Mrs. Almeda Gilmore was born in Galen, Wayne county, N. Y., April 16, 1813, came to Michigan with her parents in 1831, and settled in York, Washtenaw county. She died in Macon, this county, De- cember 22, 1872.
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ENRY W. LANGDON was born in Verona, Oneida county, N. Y., May 18, 1807. His father, Reuben Lang- don, was born in Tyringham, Berkshire county, Mass., April 26, 1777. When he was a young man he moved with his parents to Oneida county, N. Y., and purchased a farm in West- moreland (now Verona). Reuben Langdon owned a farm and lived there until 1812, when he sold out and went to Bergen, Gen- esee county, and purchased a farm, where he resided until his death, which occurred JJuly 30, 1827. February 4, 1800, he mar- ried Rebecca Avery, daughter of Joseph and Deborah Avery, of Tyringham, Mass., by whom he had eleven children, Henry W. being the third son and fourth child. Mrs. Rebecca Langdon was born at Stonington, Conn., April 14, 1779, and died in Franklin, this county, January 14, 1867. Henry W. Langdon lived with his parents until he was nearly twenty-one, and was brought up a farmer. He worked by the month in Genesee county until the fall of 1831, when he came to Michigan for the purpose of purchasing land, and making a home. He located 80 acres of land on section 22, in Franklin, that fall, and returned to New York. The fol- lowing spring he returned and commenced work on his land, and put up a log shanty. He worked for the settlers long enough to buy an ox team, and other things that he was obliged to have. In the spring of 1833 his sister, Emeline, now Mrs. Robert Smith, came on to keep house for him, when he commenced in earnest to clear, improve, and make a farm. In 1832 his neigh- bors were Charles Blair, Benjamin Knight, Silas Underwood, Hi- ram Case, Giles Hubbard, Ebenezer and John Mills, Joseph Sla- ter, David Edwards, and a Mr. Vaughn, only two of whom are now living, Mr. Slater and Ebenezer Mills. In 1835 Mr. Lang-
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don built a large frame barn, and experienced some trouble in getting help to raise it, as he announced that he would furnish no whiskey. A few came to assist, but others came, brought their own whiskey, and sat around on the logs and watched the work go on. Two days were consumed in raising the building. Mr. Langdon announced to the men that he should raise his barn without their help, as he could go to Tecumseh, where a temper- ance society had been organized, and the members would come out and help him. Mr. Langdon afterward organized a temperance society in Franklin, the first in the township. He has always been a total abstinence man. From 1833 to 1836, the township was settled up very rapidly, and on every hand the hum of industry, the woodman's axe, and falling of the trees were constantly heard, and during the first ten years a wonderful change took place. Productive farms had been made where the forest stood, comforta- ble houses, school houses and churches had been erected, roads had been constructed, and comfort and plenty smiled benignantly upon
all the industrious husbandmen. Those were the happiest days of the pioneer, their hopes were being realized, their wants supplied, and their homes and families comfortable and satisfied. July 4, 1844, Henry W. Langdon married Caroline S. Wisner, daughter of Rev. Jehiel Wisner, by whom he had five children, as follows : Reuben W., born July 20, 1845, now runs the home farm; Etha- lynda B., born June 22, 1848, now the wife of Augustus Creger, of Franklin; Ancey E., born December 23, 1850, now the wife of Alonzo C. Billington, of Franklin; Caroline O., born August 19, 1855, now the wife of Lorenzo Warner, of Franklin; Re- becca, born February 6, 1852, at home. Mrs. Caroline S. Lang- don was born in Niagara, county, N. Y., July 19, 1815, and came to Michigan with her parents, and died in Franklin, March 3, 1871. Her father was a Baptist minister, and died in Franklin.
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ELOS DREW was born in Cooperstown, Otsego county, N. Y., May 23, 1828. He lived with his parents until 1844, when he came to Michigan and settled in Adrian. He came to Adrian a boy of sixteen, active, bright and ready to be inducted into the then lively western life. He had no difficulty in finding employment, and was soon acquainted with all the
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young people in the village. He had learned to play the violin when almost a child, and was an expert performer on that divine instrument when he came west. This rare accomplishment in- trenched him firmly into the good graces of all classes of society. He had an unusual propensity for innocent "fun," and possessed the faculty of furnishing his share upon all occasions. From the year 1840 until about 1855, Adrian was noted for being one of the liveliest and pleasantest places in the entire, west. The peo- ple were wide awake to business and enjoyment. It so happened that nearly all the business men were young, and of intelligence and business capacity. They divided their time in such a way that no part of their duties were neglected. During business hours business was attended to, but when the shop and store were closed, they threw themselves into another state of existence, and enjoyment was the order of the hour. The following names will indicate the character of society in Adrian in those halcyon days : Hon. C. M. Croswell, Geo. Hicks, deceased, Capt. Daniel Hicks, deceased, J. L. Cooper, deceased, Eb. Gleason, Frederick Hart, deceased, W. H. Stone, deceased, James Skinner, T. D. Jermain, S. P. Jermain, deceased, F. J. Buck, J. H. Bodwell, deceased, Henry B. Jones, deceased, Col. L. L. Constock, deceased, Col. D. A. Woodbury, deceased, W. A. Whitney, W. H. Waldby, W. H. Cleveland, A. H. Wood, Judge Thomas M. Cooley, Hon. R. R. Beecher, deceased, John E. Morey, Joseph C. Warner, William B. Whitney (Big Bill), deceased, B. W. Spear, John R. Clark, Henry Hart, deceased, and others whose names are not recalled. Nearly every one of the above named " boys " have become prominent men in life, filling important positions of all kinds, including Judge of the Supreme Court, Governors, Generals, Colonels, Captains, etc., besides holding high positions in the business and social world. With a score or two of that class of young men, with an equal number of young ladies just as bright and "smart," being every way as vivacious, it is no wonder that Adrian was celebrated throughout the western country for its gayety. The amusement was always of an innocent and most exhilarating nature, without cast or distinction. Of course the gay season was through the winter months, and previous to 1844 the music was furnished by Wm. M. Graves, and his assistants. Mr. Graves at that time was one of the best musicians in the west, holding the position of an autocrat, but after Drew came in and became known, with his natural turn for "fun," he soon became the favorite, and enjoyed a monopoly. There is scarcely a middle-aged person,in the county who "tripped the light fantastic" twenty years ago who has not enjoyed his music and "calling off." There are many
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laughable incidents connected with Drew's life in those days, a few of which he relates. W. H. Stone was then quite young, and, as his means were somewhat limited, he could not always liquidate his bills just as a gay young man would like to, and often resorted to many stratagems on occasions of parties in the country, and being anxious to " keep expenses down," Drew would pass his fiddle-box out of the window, when Stone would march in with it bold as a millionaire, and take a seat with the orchestra. A great time was had among the "boys" when William A. Whitney was married. The affair had been kept very quiet by Whitney, but Carlisle Norwood, the chief engineer of the fire department, who was then one of the "boys," and a large number of others got into the secret, and very quietly gave notice. . The village cannon, "Old Black Bet," and the band were secured for the occasion, sev- eral cartridges were prepared, and the cannon was hauled by hand to Mr. David Bixby's residence, two miles, the first notice to the bride and groom of their presence being a discharge of the gun. Then the " band played," and again the gun was discharged several times. A great time was had, which was hugely enjoyed by all parties. When the returning party reached the Four Corners they had one cartridge left; they loaded the old gun to the muzzle and discharged it, breaking all the glass out of S. E. Hart's store. The next morning the boys paid for the glass. One day a fishing party, consisting of Cooper, J. R. Clark, Bromley, "Old Brom," and Drew went to Round lake. They had no anchor, but used a long pole to hold their boat, and as the boat was being rowed along to the fishing grounds Drew was delegated to stand on the bow and push the pole into the mud. The boat was sailing along very nicely when Cooper thought the right place had been reached. Drew objected, saying the water was too deep, but Clark and " Brom" sided with Cooper, and Drew says "all right, if you say so," and plunged the pole in, Drew following after it, head first, the bottom being far beyond his reach. This incident afforded great merriment for the boys for some time. Subsequently another fishing party, consisting of W. S. Carey, W. H. Waldby, J. J. Auchampaugh, J. H. Bodwell, A. H. Wood and Drew, went to the same lake. Wood drove his own horse, a good one, and Drew rode with him, the balance of the party going in a carriage. The carriage started first, but Wood thought he could beat them to the lake, and after driving a short distance beyond the old Stocum tavern, Wood said he knew of a shorter route, and turned off the main road. After driving a few miles they came to the end of the road. This was a poser. He knew he could not turn around and drive back to the main road and get there first, and it was finally
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