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After steamboat navigation was introduced on Western waters, a company was formed at St. Stephens to build a boat in order to place them in closer connection with Mobile, which, if my memory serves me, was one hundred and fifty miles distant by river. It was determined to build a boat large enough to take all the freight from that and any points that would ever offer, when the question arose, "What name shall we give her?" Many were proposed and rejected, until one of the owners thought of a Choctaw name signifying " All gone," which they said would be literally true when their boat left the landing. The name was accepted, but a question arose as to the spelling, which was referred to my father, who gave it " Ek-sho." The majority disapproved, and at last the painter was ordered to place in large letters around the wheelhouse "Extio," and the boat was forever after called the "Extie-oh !"
Many years ago there appeared in print a story of my father, entitled " Laconic Correspondence." As it has reappeared at various intervals, you may have seen it, but I will now give it as nearly as I can remember, correcting the errors.
WASHINGTON, D. C.
TO SILAS DINSMOOR, Collector of the Port of Mobile, Ala. :
You will please state to this department how far the Tombig- bee River runs up into the country. Yours, etc., W. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of War.
HON. W. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of War, Washington, D. C. :
Yours of - inst. just at hand. I have the honor to inform you that the Tombigbee River does not run up at all.
Very respectfully, SILAS DINSMOOR.
To SILAS DINSMOOR, Collector of Port of Mobile, Ala. :
Your reply to my communication of - inst. is just at hand. I have the honor to inform you that your services are no longer required by this department.
W. H. CRAWFORD, Secretary of War.
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Error No. 1. - Silas Dinsmoor never was collector of the port of Mobile, or of any other port.
No. 2. - Though fond of a joke, he never joked about business matters.
No. 3. - He never had any misunderstanding with Mr. Craw- ford; on the contrary, the most intimate and friendly relations always existed between them.
No. 4. - No such correspondence ever took place, but is a re- hash by some one having a vivid imagination, of a little pleas- antry at the dinner-table of the governor of Louisiana or Missis- sippi, I am not sure which. My father was seated near one end of the table, and at the other end sat an ex-governor, a rather pompous individual, who, while my father was entertaining those near him with one of his inimitable stories, suddenly interrupted by calling out, in a loud voice, "Colonel Dinsmoor, will you be good enough to inform me how far the Tombigbee River runs up into the country?" " It doesn't run up at all," was the reply, which was received with a burst of merriment, in which his excellency had the good sense to join.
In 1827 or 1828, I do not remember which, we were on a visit to my father's brother, William Dinsmoor, in Boston. While out walking one day with my father, we met an old friend and class- mate of his, who began to rally him on " hiding his light under a bushel," by tearing himself away from civilization, and living so many years among the Indians. After listening attentively, my father drew a letter from his pocket, which he had just received, and gave it to his friend for perusal. Great was the friend's aston- ishment to find that the well-written letter was, as my father said, " from one of the savages you have been talking about." He asked to be allowed to copy it, was given the privilege, and returned the letter with an apology for having taken the liberty of cutting out a piece, for exhibition to his friends, of the ele- gant handwriting. He had put a patch in place of the piece cut out, and this man advertised that letter so thoroughly that my father was constantly called upon for permission to copy it; and as each returned it with an additional patch, there was soon none of the original writing left.
Before I close I will notice another error in Parton's account, page 17. " In the course of his (Dinsmoor's) search after the flit- ting official, he found him at Lake Erie, on the eve of Commo- dore Perry's battle. He volunteered, and was on one of the victorious ships." According to my father's account, the above statement is incorrect. I have heard him say that, happen- ing to be on Lake Ontario on the eve of battle, he there saw a sight which few men were ever privileged to witness, namely, two hostile armies and two hostile fleets in motion at the same time. He volunteered and fought in the battle as aid to Commodore Chauncey, pitted against the British flag-ship commanded by Sir James Yaco, and mentioned as to the uncertainty of human
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expectations the following incident : They were so near the ene- my's ship that he could see the wad upon the ball in the gun that was pointed at them when the match was applied, and expected to receive severe punishment. But, lo and behold! the ship rolled to such a degree, owing to the recoil of her heavy guns, that the ball when discharged struck the water between the two ves- sels, rebounded, and passing over the vessel dismasted a schooner on the other side. A twenty-four-pound ball, however, came crashing through the bulwarks, making a terrible wreck, but hurt- ing no one; when a young Irishman, one of the gunners, while his gun was being swabbed out, ran and stuck his head in the hole, whereupon an old sailor said, " Why do you do that, you fool ? Do your duty, but don't put yourself in unnecessary dan- ger." "Och," said the other, "they may shoot tin thousand times before they hit that place agin."
I might write you many more anecdotes of my honored father, were it not I am called away from home. Hoping what I have written will be of some interest to one bearing the name of Dinsmoor,
I remain, yours very truly, THOMAS DINSMOOR.
Silas Dinsmoor's long correspondence with the War Department was burned when the Capitol was destroyed during the war of 1812. Those letters would doubtless be interesting and valuable at this juncture of the Indian affairs, but to our readers we give below the only one to be found, and written when he was seventy-four years of age.
BELLEVUE, BOONE Co., KY., Jan. 1, 1841.
Dear Cousin, - The salutations of the season, a Happy New Year and many of them to you and all who love and wish us good. Amen! Know one woman by these presents, that on the 19th of December, 1840, I was agreeably surprised and very highly gratified by your present, "Catalogorum Collegii Dart- muthensis," etc. They are the very things I wanted, and to pro- cure which I was devising the ways and means when thus hap- pily prevented by your providence. The perusal, however, im- presses a solemn memento mori. What a galaxy of stellated or asterized names! A kind of collegiate apotheosis; it is but charity to believe that many of them are seated yonder, having shown the road and led the way to heaven, and are still winking us to follow them. I will try. N. B. Multitudinous as are the stars of our constellation, one still remains unnoted, i. e. Jesse Kimball, of 1819. He departed in Cincinnati about five years ago. A genial soul, in the best sense of the term, the Very cream of human kindness.
I see you big folks have taken the liberty to miscall me, by spelling my name Dinsmore. This is a Van Buren abuse, which must be corrected when Harrison is President. My name
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was from the beginning, is now, and ever shall be Dinsmoor, without an alias.
I received a letter from your uncle Isaac, dated 28th Septem- ber, 1840, which gave me notice of your whereabouts. After the death of your uncle Robert, and my brother William, who were very regular correspondents, I felt myself a zero, or the fig- ure "9" without a tail. Your uncles John and Isaac are good enough to smooth the descending slope towards that country from whose bourne no babbling tell-tale returns. You may think I ought to give credit for a quotation, while I am thinking it is not quite verbatim. I shall hope to put you in the list of my
benefactors. As you are to have Notum sit quod at next commencement, you will, like other gentlemen, wish to take a tour of (part) the world. Our Kentucky boys were wont (when they had closed their log school-house studies) to descend the great rivers in a flat-boat 1,500 or 1,600 miles, to polish their manners ; and this was thought finishing an education. Who knows but you might improve by an excursion through our backwoods ? You may depend on a Kentucky welcome. Sunt nobis mitia poma et dulcia arva sunt cordaque ardentia. Here you may stretch yourself recumbent, super agrum grami- num patulæ sub termine fagi, and dream of Jenny's Hill and Cobbett's Pond. There have been from the beginning various sorts of travellers. I once picked up one sauntering over the knobs of St. Stephens, Alabama, apparently looking at and think- ing of nothing. He was a Nechantarian or Vividimontesian, I now forget which. He had made a pedestrian tour through New York, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, and to sonth Alabama. In return for my notice and supposed courtesy, he favored me with a perusal of his diary. There were set down in a very fair hand the distance of his daily travel, and the names of the inns where he lodged; the topography, geology, physical resources of the country, the civil polity, manners, customs, and even the beanty, intelligence, habits, and ornaments of the ladies he left a blank, as if above or beneath his care. I set him down a simple traveller. My worst enemy never blamed me for writing a good hand, and the inherent trembles of a three-score and four- teen admonish me not to expose too far my garrulous old age.
I knew your grandfathers well. Well-matched " fellows of infi- nite jest, of most excellent fancy ; whose flashes of merriment were wont to set the circle on a roar!" Our sighs to their mem- ory ! If like begets like, I look for your breeding.
Now, without consulting flesh and blood, or any other beggarly elements, forthwith acknowledge this laborious serateh with trim- mings, as may suit your taste. Oh! you may wait till you can pay my respectful remembrance to all whom I remember in Han- over, your venerable Professor, Ebenezer Adams, Richard Lang, Amos Brewster, and Lina Fuller, Mrs. Malcom (if I mistake not).
Lord love you ! SILAS DINSMOOR (not Dinsmore).
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He d. June 17, 1847, at Bellevue, Ky., and lies buried on the bank of the beautiful Ohio. His wife, Mary Gordon, b. in Hamp- stead, N. H., survived him seven years. Children : -
101. Silas-G.5, b. in Hampstead, N. H., April 4, 1807 ; m. Nov. 14, 1833, at Cincinnati, O., Elizabeth-Sarah-A., dau. of Jacob Resor. She d. Dec. 17, 1842. He d. at Cincinnati, June 28, 1849. They left one child, Lydia-Isabella6, b. March 20, 1839; m. Dr. Raymond.
102. John-Gordon5, b. May 9, 1809; d. at Mobile, July 25, 1826.
103. Anon5, b. Jan. 6, 1811; d. Jan. 16, 1811.
104. Thomas-H .- W.5, b. Sept. 21, 1813; d. Aug. 26, 1814.
105. Martha-Eliza5, b. March 9, 1815; d. Ang. 25, 1825.
106. Thomas-H .- W.5, b. St. Stephens, Ala., April 21, 1816; m. at Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 2, 1848, Nancy-Eugenia Wadsworth. Now resides at Kirksville, Adair Co., Mo.
CHILDREN.
1. Mary-Gordon6, b. June 9, 1849, at Bellevue; d. Oct. 24, 1850.
2. Silas Dinsmoor", b. at Bellevue, Boone Co., Ky., Sept. 30, 1852. Prin- cipal of Academy at Steelville, Crawford Co., Mo.
3. Lavinia-Wadsworth", b. March 22, 1855, at Bellevue, Ky.
4. Gordon6, b. Aug. 7, 1857.
5. Ilerbert6, b. April 10, 1859; d. Feb. 1869.
6. Mattie-M.6, b. Feb. 7, 1861.
108. William4 [21] (John3, Robert2, John1), was the youngest son of John Dinsmoor and Martha-McKeen, b. at Windham, N. H., in 1767. When twenty years of age he went to Charles- town, Mass., and engaged in merchandising. Married Catherine- H., dan. of Gavin Brown, an Englishman, who settled in State Street, Boston, residing on the north side where stands (1875) the Merchants Bank. The family occupied this place at the time of the Boston Massacre. It is a tradition in the fam- ily, that when the inmates heard the firing in the streets, they fled from the house, not returning for two days. When they did return, much to their surprise they found everything in the house just as it had been left when the flight occurred, an evidence of the honesty of the citizens of that town that would scarcely be repeated at this time. Mrs. Dinsmoor d. in 1830, at Boston. Her husband survived her six years. Children : -
109. Catharine-H.5, b. 1805; m. Alvin Adams, of Adams Express Company; d. in Newtonyille, in 1857.
110. Eliza-HI.5, b. 1807 ; d. 1827.
111. William-B.5 [214], b. in Boston, 1810; president of Adams Express Company, New York City.
112. James4 [28] (Robert8, Robert2, John1), was b. in Windham in 1761; d. Oct. 7, 1802. He lived with his father on the farm now owned by Edwin-O. Dinsmoor. Was a captain in the militia, and was always known as " Captain James."" He was greatly beloved in the community where he lived. The
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" Rustic Bard," in a letter written just after his death to their mutual friend, Hon. Silas Betton, of Salem, thus spoke of him : "Captain James from his infancy was a special friend of mine. I have had many tokens of his esteem. I shall here relate one circumstance as proof of his love. He knew the affection I had for my dear wife, now dead, and he felt for me when she was sick. A few evenings before her departure, he came to see her, and privately put a thirty-dollar bill into my hand, saying, 'Robin, if yon stand in need, use that freely.' It was a great kindness to me at that time, and I hope never to forget it. Fortunately for me, by the sale of a boat-load of wood, at Newberry, I was enabled to return it to him the next fall. He would take no interest for it but my thanks, and those I forced upon him. No man has a higher admiration for his memory than I have, but to write anything on it, I feel myself entirely incompetent. But this I have said and will say, he was a perfect pattern of honesty, frugality, and industry; peaceable and kind. He was upright, honorable, and manly, possessing unsullied integrity and Christian-like benevolence."
He m. Ruth Betton, dan. of James' and Elizabeth (Dickey) Betton of Windham. Children : -
113. Robert-Boyd5, b. Nov. 1, 1786; d. Dec. 18, 1809. He m. Martha Thom; had two sons. The elder d. of spotted fever when a child ; the younger, Robert-Boyde, lived to manhood, but d. unm. when about 21 years of age.
114. Theophilus5, b. May 11, 1788; d. unm. June 6, 1823.
115. James5, b. April 8, 1791; d. unm.
116. Ira5, b. Dec. 25, 1792 ; never m .; always lived on the old homestead ; d. Aug. 19, 1868.
117. Silas5, b. Sept. 14, 1794; d. Feb. 13, 1859; married his cousin Harriet, dau. of Samuel Armour, April 19, 1836. Lived and d. in Windham ; was a blacksmith by trade, and carried on his business in his native town. S She d. Sept. 1, 1873. 118. Betsey5, b. Ang. 12, 1796; m. Samuel Morrison, son of John and Janet (Dinsmoor). Morison ; d. July 7, 1845; res. Windham. (See Morison family.)
119. Theodore5 [217], b. April 22, 1798; d. Aug. 26, 1870 ; m. Oct. 4, 1827, Eliza, dau. of John and Janet (Dinsmoor) Morison, b. Nov. 24, 1798.
120. John-Taylor-Gilman5 [222], b. March 12, 1800; d. in Derry, N. H., Nov. 9, 1866.
121. Samuel5, b. June 23, 1802. Went to Boston; m. Han- nah Carter of that city; d. there Aug. 16, 1830. Left a widow, who d. Nov. 21, 1863.
CHILD.
1. Adeline6, b. Aug. 24, 1827; m. Oct. 19, 1848, Samuel-T. Snow, of Boston, b. Cohasset, Mass., July 18, 1824. Is treasurer of the Revere Copper Co., Boston. One ch., Isabel-Dinsmoor, b. May 6, 1858.
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122. Theophilus+ [29] (Robert3, Robert2, John1), was b. in Windham in 1770; m. Margaret Kennedy, of Goffstown, N. H., Dee. 28, 1802. He lived on the George-W. Noyes farm, in " The Range"; d. Sept. 6, 1805. His widow remained on the farm till her children were induced, by the greater attractions of Methuen, Mass., as a manufacturing town, to furnish employment as well as society for young persons, to leave her. This was about 1825. The farm was sold, and she also moved to Methuen, and d. there. Children : -
123. Theophilus5, b. Dec. 23, 1803; unm .; d. at Methuen, of consumption, June 26, 1831.
124. Elizabeth5, b. May 11, 1805; m. Peter-F. Stevens ; d. in Methuen, May 6, 1855.
CHILDREN.
1. George-W.6, d. in 1853.
2. William-Wallace6, b. in Methuen, Mass., Feb. 14, 1841; m. Caroline- R., dan. of Stephen-II. and Mary-P. Cornell, at Meredith, N. H., Jan. 8, 1866. Is a lawyer, at Clinton, Iowa. Ch. : Mary-A.7, b. Oct. 17, 1866; William-W.7, b. May 8, 1875, d. March 10, 1876 ; George-C.7, b. Dec. 28, 1877.
125. Robert+ [32] (William3, Robert2, John1), was b. in Windham, Oet. 7, 1757; d. March 16, 1836. He is widely known as the "Rustie Bard," the nom de plume adopted by him in send- ing his early poetic contributions to the newspapers. He collected many of his contributions to the press, and published them iy book-form in 1828. The volume was printed at the office of the Haverhill Gazette, in the columns of which paper many of fhe poems embraced in the collection had originally appeared. The publication was a financial mistake, into which he was led by the advice of the printer who wanted the job. But the poems show true poetic genius, which, had it been cultivated by careful erudi- tion, might have placed him in the front rank of American poets. The volume includes a meagre sketch of his early history. At the age of eighteen, he served three months in the Revolutionary army, and subsequently at several different times. He was at the capture of Burgoyne. At the age of twenty-five he married Mary Park, of Windham, and settled on a part of his father's farm, at the east end of Cobbett's Pond, where he spent the re- mainder of his life in farming. He was an elder in the Presbyte- rian church, in Windham, for about fifty years, and much of that time was clerk of the session. He was a Presbyterian of the straightest sect. An anecdote is related of him, and many such might be told, which illustrates the truth of this. For many years after the settlement of the town, every tax-payer was obliged to contribute towards the support of preaching in the town, and there was but one church, the Presbyterian. During the ministry of Rev. Samuel Harris, a shoe-maker, who was a Methodist, moved into the town. He often asked Mr. Harris if he would exchange some Sunday with a Methodist minister from
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another place. Not meeting with success in obtaining the request, he one day told Mr. Harris that if he would exchange with his favorite Methodist minister, Mr. Peaslee, he would make him a nice pair of calf-skin boots. The good man had a large and somewhat expensive family, and his salary was only four hundred dollars per year. The carnest importunity of the shoe-maker, coupled with the promise of the calf-skin boots, broke down for him the barrier of seet that stood between the Methodist and the Presbyterian ; but he dared not make the arrangements for the exchange without consulting his elders. When the matter was laid before the session, Deacon Dinsmoor at once exclaimed, "Mr. Harris ! Mr. Harris! would you sell your soul to the divil for a pair of boots ?" He was a constant attendant on the church services, always taking part in the singing, though in his declin- ing years he sat in his own pew. He was very apt in conduct- ing religious meetings in private houses, as well as in the district school-houses. He would read a hymn with great good taste, and strike a familiar tune, in which old and young could join, thus making the meeting inviting, by its music, to those who would not come to hear the simple Calvinistic truth, as taught by the good elder. He was a most genial companion, very fond of soci- ety, and maintained, for one situated as he was, with much of the time only a weekly mail, a large correspondence. Then again, he was called upon for a poem, at any and all times, without fee or reward. If a church was to be dedicated, a minister ordained, a new school-house built, or a Fourth of July celebrated, Uncle Robert must contribute a poem to the occasion. His friends never considered that while he was writing for their amusement and gratification, the weeds were growing in his corn, or that the hay standing in the field might be caught by a shower, and the " wolf " might be looking in at the door. Thus his poetic genius, though a source of pleasure to himself and his friends, " tended to poverty."
We give below a single poem from his pen. Others will be found in "Our Revolutionary History " (pp. 83, 84, 85). It is addressed to Hon. Silas Betton, who had fitted for college with Parson Williams, to whom allusion is made. The greater part of his poetry was written in the Scotch dialect, but this we select because it is in plain English.
THANKSGIVING DAY.
When corn is in the garret stored, And sauce in cellar well secured; When good fat beef we can afford, And things that're dainty ; With good sweet cider on our board, And pudding plenty ;
When stock, well housed, can chew their cud, And at my door a pile of wood,
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A rousing fire to warm my blood - Bless'd sight to see - It puts my rustic muse in mood To sing for thee.
When we of health enjoy a share, And feast npon some wholesome fare, Our hearts should rise in grateful prayer And bless the Donor In thankful songs, - let voices rare Exalt His honor.
Perhaps in leisure hours you choose To pass the time, and to amuse, The Unitarian scheme peruse : But, sir, take heed ! Their subtile reasoning may confuse, And wreck your creed.
Lowell and Channing may debate, As politicians wise and great, Predict their country's future fate, By reasoning clear ; And shew blind rulers of the State What course to steer.
But shall they teach us to degrade Him, who is all Creation's Head? The mighty God, who all things made, Call Him a creature? Say Godhead never was displayed In human nature?
Whoe'er such doctrine well allows Debar themselves from Christ's pure house ; Renouncing their baptismal vows As vagne and mean ; And infidelity espouse As deists clean.
Though none can tell how this may be, That God is one, yet Persons three, Existing from eternity, Faith must receive it; "Tis nought but infidelity To disbelieve it.
Your parents own'd this doctrine true, And did their solemn vows renew. E'en when that name was call'd on you, With water shed; Sprinkling like rain, or saered dew, Thine infant head.
This doctrine our Great Teacher taught; To know this mystery, Williams sought, Though far surpassing human thought. He own'd it true ; And deem'd all other science nonght, When this he knew.
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As you. dear sir, must witness be.
His pupils sang doxology.
llow oft you've seen his bended knee Embrace the ground ; To Three in One, and One in Three, In prayer profound.
Like that great man, let you and I Believe and practise till we die; Nor God's electing love deny. Then rise, and reign With saints, enthroned above the sky : Amen! Amen !
Twenty years before his death, the "Rustic Bard" had a paralytie shock, which came near resulting fatally, and for even a greater length of time, he was so bowed with rheumatism as to be unable to stand erect. Still, he was a powerful man physi- eally, and lived to the good old age of seventy-nine. He died of pneumonia after a brief illness, at his own home, March 16, 1836.
Of his first wife, Mary Park, by whom he had twelve children, we have been able to learn but little. That she was a most excellent wife and mother, the frequent affectionate mention of her name, by her husband and large family of children, gives indubitable proof.
On Dec. 31, 1801, he m. for his second wife, Mary, dau. of John Davidson, and the widow of Samnel Anderson, of London- derry. She occupied the trying place of step-mother to a large family with singular good judgment, and won the affection of the children and grandchildren of her husband. To all the boys and girls of the neighborhood, she was known by the endearing name of " Aunt Molly." She survived her husband, and d. Jan. 19, 1838. She was b. March 17, 1754. Children : -
126. Jane-Wear5, b. Oct. 17, 1783; d. April 5, 1817 ; m. Aug. 3, 1809, Henry Davidson. (See Davidson family.)
127. William5 [234], b. JJan. 5, 1785; d. Dec. 4, 1839; m. Elizabeth Hemphill, Feb. 8, 1816.
128. Elizabeth5, b. March 5, 1786; d. Sept. 1810.
129. Margaret5, b. May 18, 1787 ; m. April 21, 1814, Jacob- M. Nesmith ; d. Dec. 4, 1858. (See Nesmith family.)
130. Nancy5, b. July 15, 1788; m. June 13, 1813, Isaac Cochran ; d. March 31, 1826. (See Cochran family.)
131. Sarah5, b. Dec. 28, 1789; m. Sept. 9, 1819, Henry Davidson ; d. March 24, 1864. (See Davidson family.)
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