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In July, 1876, E. C. Howard, W. H. Smith, D. W. Ward, and A. H. Marsh made arrangements to put down a well near Levi McNall's, but failing to obtain as many leases as they wished, abandoned the project for the time being. In August, or early in September, N. A. Dye, J. G. Johnson, J. B. Strong, A. H. Marsh, and others asso- ciated with them, organized the Allegany Oil Co., with N. A. Dye, president; W. H. Smith, A. H. Marsh, E. C. Howard, J. B. Strong, J. G. Johnson, and D. W. Ward, as trustees.
Taking leases of several hundred acres, the company commenced a well on the Johnson farm, five miles south of the village, which was drilled to a depth of about 1300 feet and temporarily abandoned. In December following drill- ing was resumed, and in February a heavy vein of gas was struck, after going about 60 feet farther, and about 30 feet still lower a small vein of oil was struck. The well took fire about this time, burning the entire rig, and requiring several days to extinguish the gas fire. After this it was tubed and pumped, but with only light production. In May, 1877, the well was torpedoed; since which time it has produced an average of 50 barrels of oil per week. The gas has been utilized as fuel, and has furnished fuel for the drilling of several wells since, and for the pump- station of the United Pipe-Lines. The Allegany Oil Co. have since sub-leased the most of their territory. They have put down four wells.
Soon after, Mr. James, of Fredonia, and Mr. Calkins, of Peterboro', N. Y., commenced the third well in town, on the F. J. Waters farm, which was completed in March, 1877, proving to be a good well. D. W. Canfield, and others, completed the fourth paying well, on lands of M. Donohue. Soon after, Smith, Howard & Co. put down the 57
fifth, Griffin, Bramley & Hickey the sixth, and M. Collins the seventh well. By this time the excitement was high.
There are at present (December, 1878) about 100 pro- ducing wells in the town of Allegany, with an aggregate daily production of about 1200 barrels. There are three iron tanks, of 25,000 barrels capacity each, and wooden tankage about 50,000 barrels.
Following is a list of owners of wells :
Names.
Farm.
No.
Ble.
Allegany Oil Co.
.Johnson.
1
7
Brandle.
2
8
16
Dye. "
12
Coast & Clark.
10
14
18
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18
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20
Borden & Co ..
20
Coast & Clark
Harble.
8
12 20
Pebble Rock Oil Co.
Holader.
"
Bucher.
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Thurber.
"
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.Dye.
1
Barse & Morris.
Barse & Morris.
1
2
3
Hickey & Nessle.
Harble.
1
Brown, Norris & Co.
.Donahue.
1
... 40 15 15 20
...
Gillespie & Creswell.
1
... 10
Bascom & Moulton.
6
12
Shreve & Co.
10
Gaily & Preston
C. B. & H.
Fanchall, Bros. & Co.
A. Brandle.
1
1
2
1 100
"
. Zaph.
2
1
"
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Friese.
McDonnell & Co.
2 1
Follett Bros. & Early
.Zaph.
Peck & Tennant.
Friese.
Mead & Sargent.
Zaph.
2
Fred. Crocker.
1
Moulton & Brackney.
Shreve, Lamberton & Shreve ...
.J. Moltrus.
4
Gillespie, Keyes & Co.
Carroll.
2
Welch & Co.
2
Collins & Co.
1
Lock wood & Eaton Friese.
2
Bayley & Co ..
Sticklebaur.
1
Bramley & Co ..
Lippert.
4
Calkins & James
F. J. Waters.
2
Lippert.
2
Canfield & Phillips
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1
20 10
White Elephant Co.
1
Shreve ....
R. Moltrus.
1
6
Buffalo Oil Co.
Geiger.
2
Brown Bros. & Co.
Holander.
2
...
Colegrove & Co.
"
1
15
McCartney.
3
...
The daily production of oil in Allegany is about 1200 barrels. While the production of oil in the lower oil coun- try is falling off, there is as yet an increase rather than a decline in the amount produced by the wells on the Four- Mile. It is thought they will hold out for some years yet, and longer, from the fact of their not flowing so large on the start, as was the case in some of the lower oil districts.
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Gillespie & McMahon.
1
Johnson.
1
Gaskell & Co.
1
1
1
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J. Brandle.
Harble.
Sticklebaur.
J. G. & E. M. Johnson.
Stewart.
Roberts & Co.
1
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Hinsdale Oil Co.
3
1
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Bennet & Brown ..
Stephan.
Furkle.
4
450
HISTORY OF CATTARAUGUS COUNTY, NEW YORK.
TEMPERANCE.
In the year 1840, a Society of the Sons of Temperance organized here, with Ebenezer Grover and George C. Sheldon as presiding officers, and about 35 members. Not having a hall, they rented the ball-room in Alfred Clark's hotel, with the stipulation that no liquor should be sold in the house during lodge-meetings. They afterwards erected a large and commodious hall over a store built by E. Grover, and known as " The Sons' Hall," completed in 1853, and con- sumed by fire in 1854.
In 1853, the Sons of Temperance were merged into the Good Templars, with Warren Onan as Worthy Chief Temp- lar. In 1854, Mr. Onan was chosen a delegate to repre- sent the order at Albany, and he with others were so far successful to get what was termed the " Maine Law" passed through both houses of the Legislature, but the bill was vetoed by Governor Seymour. The lodge continued to flourish for a while, but .was finally discontinued.
Some years later, another lodge was organized, with John R. McConnell as presiding officer, but which was doomed to share the fate of its predecessor. The call for volunteers took its presiding officer, with many of the mem- bers, to the Southern fields.
Again, in January, 1868, another lodge of Good Temp- lars was organized, with A. L. Simonds as Worthy Chief Templar, and a large number of members. This lodge was successful for a while, but at the end of four years its charter was surrendered.
In April, 1875, the temperance spirit was again aroused, and another lodge of Good Templars organized, with Wil- liam C. Bockoven, Worthy Chief Templar ; but, like others, its career was short, and at the end of one year its doors were closed, and the temperance cause was allowed to smoulder for something over a year, when it was again awakened by the organization of a Lodge of Good Temp- lars on the 18th day of October, 1878, with Charles H. Tousey, W. C. T .; Mrs. C. B. Smith, W. V. T .; William C. Bockoven, L. D. G. W. C. T; the Rev. S. B. Stevenson, Chaplain, together with about 20 charter members.
THE ANCIENT ORDER OF UNITED WORKMEN,
an organization having for its objects the elevation and improvement of its members, and guaranteeing $2000 to the heirs or assigns of a deceased member, was organized Dec. 27, 1876, with 21 charter members, and the following officers : Asa Haskell, P. M. W .; S. B. McClure, M. W .; C. G. Wright, G. F .; C. H. Tousey, O .; E. D. Mixer, Recorder; C. B. Smith, Financier ; A. G. Burlingame, Receiver; Z. G. Bullock, G .; W. W. Campbell, J. W .; A. B. Scofield, O. W.
The order has steadily increased from the start, and now numbers 35 members.
ST. BONAVENTURE'S COLLEGE.
Establishment of the Franciscan Order in Cattaraugus. -To the apostolic zeal of the venerable Bishop Timon, and the munificent generosity of Nicholas Devereux, is pre- eminently due the establishment of the order of the Friars Minors in the Allegany Valley. A quarter of a century ago the Catholic Church in this section was still in its infancy.
In those days a smoky cabin or humble log chapel served the purposes to which a score of church edifices are to-day dedicated. The Catholic portion of the community was widely scattered, and the number of priests was small.
Bishop Timon had at this time pastoral charge of the diocese of Buffalo, which included then, as now, Cattaraugus County. He was anxious that the followers of St. Francis should labor here, and he wished that the order should be established in his diocese. But there were difficulties almost insurmountable in the way, and his desire might have re- mained unrealized but for the support generously offered him by Mr. Nicholas Devereux. That gentleman entered with zeal into the designs of the bishop, promising to donate 200 acres of land, and a sufficient sum of money, should the Franciscan missionaries establish a branch of their order in the Allegany Valley. The bishop gladly accepted the offer, and in company with Mr. Devereux proceeded at once to Rome. He waited upon the General of the Franciscans, represented to him the object of his visit, and urgently re- quested that he would accede to his wish, in sending some of his missionary brethren hither. The General consented, stipulating, however, that the Franciscans should be received as Missionary Fathers; that the right of establishing the order of Friars Minors in the diocese of Buffalo should be granted them; and that they should be supplied with a house and church in Allegany. The bishop willingly complied with those conditions, and in the year 1855 three Francis- can Fathers, accompanied by one lay brother, arrived at Ellicottville, where they were received and hospitably en- tertained by the Devereux family. Their advent into the diocese of Buffalo was joyfully hailed by Bishop Timon.
For three years they remained at Ellicottville, and at the end of that period they moved to Allegany, the site of their present imposing institution, and for several years attended the various missions extending from Cattaraugus to Wells- ville.
Mr. Devereux, whose generosity had been instrumental in bringing them here, died ere his promise was formally ratified; but the members of his family, in compliance with the expressed purpose of the deceased, made a formal be- quest of the property into the hands of the Franciscans, legally securing it to the order. Subsequently, when their duties as missionaries became less pressing, owing to the in- crease of secular clergy, they laid the foundation of a college, which, under their management, has increased year by year, till, to-day, St. Bonaventure's College, Allegany, ranks high among the educational institutions in the land.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JAMES HENRY FARQUHARSON,
youngest son of Francis and Margaret A. Farquharson, who were married Oct. 4, 1827, at Buel, Montgomery Co., N. Y., removing to East Pike (then Allegany), now Wyoming Co., N. Y., about the year 1829, where they had born to them four children, named, respectively, Sarah C., William M., James Henry, and Mary A., all of whom are still living,
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J. H. FARQUHARSON.
ALLEGANY STEAM MILLS .
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VIEWS OF J. H. FARQUHARSON'S RESIDENCE AND MILLS, SHOWING THE ERIE DEPOT, ALLEGANY, N.Y.
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except Mary A., who died at the residence of her brother James, in Allegany, Cattaraugus Co., Aug. 27, 1866, and was buried at East Pike, Wyoming Co. Sarah C. was married, July 26, 1855, to Stephen A. Howard, and is still residing on the old homestead at East Pike; William M. was married Feb. 22, 1866, to Miss Virginia Desuey, and now lives at Salamanca, Cattaraugus Co. Francis Farqu- harson was born Nov. 10, 1799, and was by profession a clothier and cloth-dresser, and for some time previous to his marriage to Margaret A. Van Deusen, Oct. 4, 1827, worked in the manufacturing establishment of his father- in-law, Michael Van Deusen, in the town of Buel, Mont- gomery Co., N. Y., and also did business on his own ac- count near Toronto, Canada. His principal characteristics were an indomitable will, an unfaltering faith, coupled with very clear conceptions of the developments of the future, which characteristics led him to locate on a farm between Janesville and Beloit, in the State of Wisconsin, about the year 1845, upon which he spent the accumulations of his past years of toil; but being unable to complete payment, lost farm and payments, which circumstance left him a poor man the remainder of his life, which terminated Dec. 21, 1858, at the home of his childhood, in the town of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y. Margaret A. Van Deusen, eldest daughter of Michael and Christiana Van Deusen, was born Sept. 26, 1808, at Buel, Montgomery Co., N. Y., where she spent the early part of her life, and was married to Francis ? Farquharson, Oct. 4, 1827, when she with him removed to East Pike, and became sharer with him in the fortunes of life. She was remarried to David C. Winnie, of Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., Jan. 4, 1869, at the residence of her son James, in Allegany, and now resides with her husband, at his residence in Cherry Valley, N. Y. Her character- istics are untiring energy, frugality, perseverance, kindness to the oppressed and needy, ever ready to render relief to the sick, thereby adorning the profession of Christianity which she has long made practical in the rearing of her family, all of whom revere her name and love to call her mother.
James Henry Farquharson, the subject of this biography, was born at East Pike, Wyoming Co., N. Y., March 23, 1837, where he spent his youth without note, attending to the ordinary duties of boys on the farm, and working a portion of the time at various kinds of machine work in a carding-mill, a saw-, lath-, and shingle-mill, and for a por- tion of his time worked at the butchering business, which was being carried on by his father. He attended the district school, and is indebted to that source for all the advantages of school obtained, but being of a studious turn availed himself of every opportunity to acquire information, succeeded in picking up littles which have fitted him for the active duties of life, in which he has played an import- ant part. At the age of sixteen he secured a place with Amos L. Swan, then engaged in the manufacture of melo- deons at Cherry Valley, Otsego Co., N. Y., for learning to telegraph, a business that his advanced thought had led him to adopt as a groundwork of a useful life. After spending four weeks at Cherry Valley, the telegraph operator, Mr. William Stearns, at Fort Plain, on the Central Railroad, requesting him to come with him, and offering him superior advantages, he went to Fort Plain, where he completed his
education as telegraph operator, embracing only seven weeks in all spent in learning. A situation not presenting itself at this time, he returned to his home at East Pike, Wy- oming Co., where he spent the winter at school, and obtained a situation as telegraph operator, April 4, 1854, under L. G. Tillotson, as superintendent of the New York and Erie Railroad telegraph at what is now Pine Grove, on the Delaware division of the Erie Railway, from whence he went to Belmont, on the western division, from Belmont to Alfred, Hinsdale, Cuba, and Olean, within the year 1854, making Olean his principal office. He was used as super- numerary at Cattaraugus and other points, going to Hor- nellsville in the fall of 1855, and worked there through the winter of 1855-56, receiving the appointment of agent at Allegany Station, May 1, 1856. Was married, Aug. 19, 1856, to Marion J. Hale, of Hinsdale, N. Y. This marriage has been blessed with six children,-five sons and one daughter,-named respectively, Francis Hale, born Sept. 19, 1857 ; Fred Henry, born July 30, 1859 ; William Lincoln, born Aug. 29, 1861 ; Millie Josephine, born Aug. 14, 1866; Charles Byron, born March 15, 1869; and Van Deusen, born Feb. 2, 1872, all of whom have been spared to bless the hearts of their parents and adorn the social circle and home fireside. James Henry Farquharson was drafted July 1, 1864, and discharged July 8, 1864, by rea- son of having furnished a substitute (in the person of the notorious Jumping Bob Way) who was not liable to draft, for which he paid the sum of seven hundred dollars. He engaged in the grocery business in company with William Spraker, Jr., under the firm-name of William Spraker, Jr., & Co., Dec. 25, 1865, continuing the business until the fall of 1874, with favorable results.
In the fall of 1870, he, long realizing the need of a grist- mill for the more complete accommodation of the town, re- solved to supply the much-needed convenience, and accord- ingly set about providing himself with mill machinery, engine, boilers, etc., and after forming a copartnership with Mr. Hiram Wheaton, under the firm-name of H. Wheaton & Co., commenced to build what is now known as the Alle- gany Steam Mills, on the 1st day of April, 1861. They combine the manufacture of lumber with that of milling, thus adding greatly to the convenience and enterprise of the place, furnishing as they do employment to many who would otherwise be quite unemployed. He bought the in- terest of Mr. Wheaton, July 25, 1874, since which time he has managed the property himself; and to the able man- ner in which he has succeeded in the management of this property, the masterly determination manifested in the es- tablishing the same, he has well earned the reputation which he receives, that of being a man of no ordinary executive ability, added to which are the characteristics of a true man and Christian, just in all his dealings; a true friend to the poor and oppressed, with a heart that overflows for the good of his fellow-man, carrying ever with him the evidences of a life that is free from guile. He united with the Pres- byterian Church in February, 1876, and is regarded a faith- ful member of that society, carrying his religion into all his business transactions, thereby showing to the world that he practices what he professes. In politics he has ever been active, but never an aspirant for office, serving faithfully in
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the Republican party (as many of our former office-holders can attest) until the fall of 1876, when he renounced the party, claiming their past, present, and future action as tend- ing to oppress the producers of wealth, and allied himself with the little band of so-called Greenback men, determined to lend his influence to the establishing of justice to all men under the laws. He was nominated by the Greenback party and elected as supervisor of his town in February, 1878, by thirty-three majority, with a Democratic majority of one hundred to one hundred and fifty against him. He was also the unanimous choice of the Greenback convention held at Salamanca, September, 1878, for member of Assem- bly for the First District of Cattaraugus County, and was only defeated for that office by W. F. Wheeler, the Repub- lican candidate, by two hundred and fifty-seven majority, with a Republican majority of about five hundred in the district, receiving in his own town a majority of four hun- dred and forty-three out of a total vote of five hundred and forty-eight. As an employee of the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company (the present name for the old chartered New York and Erie Railroad), which service now extends to nearly twenty-three years, he has been most faithful, having served under about ten different manage- ments, and three different names for the same road. He established at Allegany Station many of the conveniences of a modern station, such as the telegraph-office, the ex- press-office, etc. He rightfully enjoys the esteem and con- fidence of not only the officers of the several companies whom he represents, but also of the community in which he lives. In habits temperate, with a happy, jovial turn, loving a good joke or story, and enjoying the faculty of making all happy about him.
J. H. Farquharson is a member in good standing of Olean Lodge, No. 252, F. and A. M., and also a member of Olean Chapter, No. 150, also a demitted member of Dunkirk Council.
MARION JOSEPHINE HALE
was the eldest daughter of Daniel and Emily Hale, who were married at Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y., Dec. 17, 1839. Their marriage was blessed by seven children,- five daughters and two sons,-named respectively, Marion Josephine, born Jan. 19, 1841; Polly Elizabeth, Feb. 19, 1843; Lucy Amelia, April 17, 1846; Emily Frances, June 8, 1850; Sarah Delphine, March 6, 1853; Thomas Henry Fremont, Oct. 29, 1856 ; and Daniel Trumbull, Dec. 20, 1858.
Daniel Hale was born Sept. 14, 1814, at Bennington, Vt., his parents removing to Florence, Oneida Co., N. Y., when he was about twelve years old. He married Emily Chidsey, Dec. 17, 1839, at Camden, Oneida Co., N. Y. Emily Chidsey was born in Cazenovia, Madison Co., N. Y., her parents removing to Camden, in the same State, where she married Daniel Hale, Dec. 17, 1839. Mr. Hale being by profession a blacksmith and machinist, removed to Sacket's Harbor, at which place Marion Josephine and Polly Elizabeth were born; thence they moved to Florence, Oneida Co., where Lucy Amelia was born ; thence they moved on the line of the New York and Erie Raiload, living a short time at Owego, Barton, Elmira, and Wat- kins, and finally fixed a residence at Hillsdale, Cattaraugus
Co., where the balance of their children were born. They removed to Oleau in the year 1861, Mr. Hale having charge of the repair-shops of the New York and Erie Railroad Co., which position he now holds. Polly Eliza- beth was married to Thomas A. Heller, Oct. 22, 1867, and now resides at Salamanca ; Lucy Amelia married William Miller Ingstrum, Oct. 22, 1867, and is now living at Sala- manca ; Emma Frances married Jonah Davis Palmer, Nov. 13, 1871, and is also living at Salamanca ; Sarah Delphine married Orlando W. Barker, Oct. 15, 1872, and is now living at Hornellsville, Steuben Co., N. Y. The sons, Thomas Henry and Daniel Trumbull, are still unmarried, and living with their parents at Olean, N. Y.
Marion Josephine, the subject of this biography, was born Jan. 19, 1841, at Sacket's Harbor, Jefferson Co., N. Y., removing with her parents to Florence, Oneida Co .; Owego and Barton, Tioga Co .; Elmira, Chemung Co .; Watkins, in Schuyler County; and Hillsdale, Cat- taraugus Co., N. Y., where she obtained her education at the district school and at select schools taught by Miss Mary Phipps and Miss Sarah Eddy.
She was married to James Henry Farquharson, Aug. 19, 1856, and took up her residence with her husband at Allegany at once, where she has since lived and shared with him in all the pleasures and vicissitudes of life, con- tributing largely by her happy disposition to smooth the rough paths of the active business life of her husband; and her name and presence finds a hearty welcome in the homes of all, especially those of the poor and needy, and in sick- ness she is ever present to contribute to the relief of the suffering. Her home has ever been a favorite resort for old and young in joy or in sorrow, each finding in her a fit companion. In her family no more fitting tribute can be paid her, nor one receiving a more hearty indorsement by husband and children, than that " she has ever been a kind and affectionate wife and mother."
JAMES FREELAND.
Robert Freeland, father of James Freeland, was born in the north of Ireland about the year 1773. Came to this country and settled in Tompkins Co., N. Y., about 1798. He was a farmer and mechanic. He was married to Cath- arine Robison, in the same county, about the year 1800.
James Freeland was born in Caroline, Tompkins Co., May 11, 1810. Lived on the farm with his father, attending the district school at home, until nineteen years of age, when he began the world for himself. On May 23, 1833, he married Lucinda Norwood, of Caroline, daughter of Jona- than Norwood, Esq.
In 1836 he removed to Cattaraugus County, with his family, consisting of his wife and two children, where he began anew in the woods and among strangers clearing a new farm.
In 1838 he was elected commissioner of highways, and from that time to the present he has held the same and other offices of trust, namely : justice of the peace, assessor, postmaster, and supervisor, all of which he filled to the satisfaction of his constituents and with credit to himself.
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Both in and out of office he has retained the full confidence of his fellow-citizens.
In 1876 he was nominated for Congress by the Demo- cratic party, of which he has been and still is an active member. Has always been an earnest and efficient laborer in whatever he undertook.
All the acts of his life have been marked with persever-
Dolphus S. married Fannie E. Norwood, in October, 1868. Is now living in Iowa. Farmer.
Jonathan B. married Mariette Hardy, Nov. 2, 1859. Free-Methodist minister; at present pastor of the church of the same denomination in Binghamton, N. Y.
James A. married Lottie E. Soule, Nov. 27, 1870. Re- sides in Allegany.
JAMES FREELAND.
ance and integrity. Indeed, whether in office, in clearing land, building log houses, making roads, erecting bridges, or as a pilot on a river raft, he has always been regarded a suc- cess. He is now, at the age of sixty-eight, enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life.
His family consists of his wife, three sons, and two daughters.
MRS. JAMES FREELAND.
Ruvina E. married Randolph Worthington, Oct. 30, 1873. Farmer. Lives in Allegany.
Mabel L. married Rev. Hermon H. Loomis. Now lo- cated at Smithton, Pa.
Mr. F. has always taken a lively interest in all public en- terprises, and contributed liberally to the advancement of the different churches and all other matters of public interest.
ERASTUS WILLARD, ESQ.
Sherlock Willard, the father of Erastus, was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1784. His mother, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Reynolds, was born in Fort Edward, N. Y., in 1788. Erastus Willard was born at the town of Lisle, Chenango Co., N. Y., on the 23d day of March, 1823, while his parents were moving from Fort Edward to Cat- taraugus County. His parents reached the town of Frank- linville, where they settled the latter part of same year, where Erastus spent his boyhood days up to the age of ten, when his father purchased a wild tract of land three miles south of the village of Franklinville, on the Ischua. His brothers, Perry and Orville, still reside on the same prem- ises ; the tract now contains about six hundred acres, more than half of which has been added to the original by the brothers above named. It was here that he spent the re- mainder of his boyhood days up to the age of twenty,- fall of 1843,-attending district school until eighteen, then the higher schools in Franklinville, boarding with his parents and going on foot six miles to and from the school.
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