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Another descendant had this to
say of him: "I know that great grandfather's name was Christopher Martin and his wife's name was Ce- delia DuMont. She was born in Can- ada of French parentage."
It is not known where Christopher Martin lived at the time of his death. There seems to be some confusion as to whether Cedelia DuMont was French or Dutch extraction. Any da- ta on these families would be appre- ciated or contact with their New York descendants.
Louise L. Hutson,
117 Vine Street, Sandusky, Ohio
House Family of the Mohawk
By Melvin Rhodes Shaver Ransomville, N. Y. Descendants of Christian Hanss (Continued from last week) Joseph House
Joseph House and Eliza Rice. Children:
Stanley born Jan. 22, 1840, mar- ried 1. Louisa M. Smith, 2. Nellie Holdridge Drake. 3. Helen Holden Frew.
Florence died in infancy.
Mary Winefred born April 10, 1848 married Theodore Gothier. Jennie Lynn born Oct. 18, 1850, married Lavillie Willis. Charles W. born Sept. 3, 1854 mar- ried Emily A. Webb.
Stanley House and 1st Louise M. Smith. Children: Hattie R. House married George H. Sampson.
Fred born Dec. 11, 1868, mar-
Harry House and Vina . Carlton. Children: Grace born Dec. 25, 1911. Harold born Feb. 17, 1127. Stanley C. Thomas and Julia
Moritz. Children:
Stanley V. born Web. 15, 1128. Carl A. Thomas and Ellen Hen- nessy. Children: John C. born Aug. 16, 1935. Mary Winefred House and Theo- dore Gothier. Children:
Maude married Burdette Snyder. Minnie born 1870, died March 23, Mable married Edward Quintel. Maude Gothier and Burdette Sny- der. No record. Mable G. Gothier and Edward Quintel. Children:
Theodore. No further record. Jennie Lynn House and Lavillier Willis. Children: Mary L. born Nov. 20, 1870, mar- ried Augustus L. Larned. Charles W. born March 14, 1874, married ' Alice Welden. Flora born "June 2, 1881, married Leverett Buck ..
Elizabeth"born, Aug. 5, 1888 ,mar#
ried. No record. Martin born Sept. 5, 1892, mar-
GAZETTEER, BUSINESS DIRECTORY OF MONTGOMERY AND FULTON COUNTIES
Explanations to Directory. 1. Name of individual or firm.
2. Post office address.
3. Business or occupation.
Figures placed after the occupa- tion of farmers, indicate the number
Fuller, Alefander ,farmer 70. Fuller, Andrew, Mills Corners, far-
mer 117. Fuller, Stephen, traveling agent. Furguson, Richard, North Broadal- bin, farmer 100. Goodemote, Baldis, North Broadal- bin, farmer . 100. Goodemote, Daniel, Northampton, farmer leases 200. Goodemote, Henry A., North
Broadalbin, dalryman and farmer
265, Gorge, John ,retired farmer. Gorthy, James, Union Mills, farmer 32. Gorthy, Peter, North Broadalbin, farmer 60.
Gorton, Philip, North Broadalbin,
cooper and farmer 2. Gray, Morris, Perth ,farmer 100. Grinell, .Wm., farmer 105.
Groesbeck, Isaac,
Mills Corners,
farmer 60.
Groesbeck, J. K., saloon.
Gulick, John, harness maker. Haes, Steven Mrs., West Galway,
farmer. of
Hagadorn, Harvey, farmer leases 190.
Hagety, B., farmer .66. Hall, Rev., Methodist clergyman. Halladay, W. ... , (W. H. Halladay and Son.) Halladay, W. H., (W. H. and Son,) justice of the peace. Halladay, W .H. and Son, (W. E.) harness makers. 1 Harder, Samuel, Perth, farmer. 55, Hart, Abram F., North Broadalbin, farmer 25.
Harris, Wm. Dr., farmer 55.
Hawley, F. S. (H. G. Hawley and Son), town clerk. Hawley, H. G. and Son, (F. S.,) hardware and crockery. Heacock, Alfred, Mills"Corners,
farmer. Heidner, Gottob, Union Mills, far- mer 113.
Hensted, Samuel, West Galway, farmer 50.
Hill, James, shoemaker.
Hillman, Ephraim M .. North
Broadalbin, farmer 125. Hillman ,Henry, North Broadalbin,
carpenter and farmer 91. Hinds, John W., North Broadalbin, farmer 11/2.
Honeywell, Gradus, farmer. Honeywell, Samuel ,farmer 100. Howe, Alanson S., Union Mills, far- mer. Howe, Jesse, Union Mills, shoe-
maker and farmer 81. Hunt, Joseph, shoemaker.
: Ingraham, L. T., Union Mills, car- penter. and joiner and farmer 40.
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THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1946
she wrote about her father's people; "I think grandfather's name was Christopher and I believe your grand- father was named for him. Christo- pher. I know grandmother's name was Delia DuMont. They were Hol- land Dutch and that explains why | Sandusky, Ohio
French or Dutch extraction. Any da- ta on these families would be appre- ciated or contact with their New York descendants.
Louise L. Hutson,
117 Vine Street,
.
House Family of the Mohawk
By Melvin Rhodes Shaver Ransomville, N. Y. Descendants of Christian Hauss (Continued from last week) Joseph House
Joseph House and Eliza Rice. Children:
Stanley born Jan. 22, 1840, mar- ried 1. Louisa M. Smith. 2."'Nellie Holdridge Drake. 3. Helen' Holden Frew.
Florence died in infancy.
Mary Winefred born April 10, 1848 married Theodore Gothier.
Jennie Lynn born Oct. 18, 1850, married Lavillie Willis. Charles W. born Sept. 3, 1854 mar- ried Emily A. Webb.
Stanley House and 1st Louise M. Smith. Children:
, Hattie R. House married George H. Sampson.
Fred born Dec. 11, 1868, mar- ried Myrtie Hatch.
Laura E. born April 28, 1872 mar- ried 1st Arch G. Harter, 2nd Frank Ewerts. Nellie A. born Oct. 11, 1875, mar- ried Ralph C. Thomas. -
Hattie R. House and George H. Sampson. Children: Harold B. born April 1*, 1889, married Vera Whitmarsh.
Royal H. born June 12, 1891 mar- ried Mary Carlson. Mildred L. born Jan. 19, 1895,
married 1st Anthony Loner, 2nd Charles Holmes.
Fred House and Myrtle Hatch. Children:
Hazel born Dec. 4, 1892 married 1st William Weaver, 2nd Roscoe Stanard.
Harry born Jan. 7, 1898 married Vina Carlton. Yaura House married 1st Arch G. Harter, 2nd George Sampson.
No descendants.
Nellie A. House and Ralph Thom- as. Children
Stanley C. born May 7, 1903, mar- ried Julia Moritz.
Carl A. born March 2, 1906, mar- ried Ellen Hennesy. Harold B. Sampson
.and Vera Whitmarsh.
Children. No record.
Roy H. Sampson and Mary Carl- son. Children. No record. Mildred L. Sampson and Anthony Loner. Children
Harriet L .born March 24, 1917. Bette Jean born Feb. 7, 19922. Mildred married 2, Charles Holmes. Hazel House married 1st William Weaver.
Roscoe Stanard. Children: Roscoe born Nov. 288, 1924. Dawn born Dec. 22, 1927.
Harry House and Vina .Carlton. Children:
Grace born Dec. 25, 1911. Harold born Feb. 17, 1127.
Stanley C. Thomas and Julia Moritz. Children: . Stanley V. born Web. 15, 1128. Carl A. Thomas and Ellen Hen- nessy. Children: John C. born Aug. 16, 1935. Mary Winefred House and Theo- dore Gothier. Children:
Maude married Burdette Snyder. farmer 50. Minnie born 1870, died March 23, Mable married Edward Quintel. Maude Gothier and Burdette Sny- der. No record. Mable G. Gothier Hill, James, shoemaker. and Edward Hillman, Ephraim M., North
Quintel. Children:
Theodore. No further record. Jennie Lynn House and Lavillier Willis. Children:
Mary L. born Nov. 20, 1870, mar- ried Augustus L. Larned.
Charles W. born March 14, 1874, married" Alice Welden.
Flora born June 2, 1881, "married Leverett Buck.
Elizabeth born Aug. 5, 1888-mar- ried. No record.
Martin · born Sept. 5, 1892,' mar- ried Louise Hagen, Mary L. Willis and Augustus L. Larned. Children:
Blanche L .born March 23, 1894,
date of death unknown.
Elizabeth born Aug. 28, 1896, mar- ried Ralph Shumway . Warner born April 15, 1898, died April 28, 1898.
Harry G. born June 6, 1900, mar- ried Ruth Nicholay_ Wayland born Jume 7, 1902, died
January 15, 1906.
Elizabeth Larned and Ralph Shum-, way.
Children: Robert born Aug. 14, 1921.
Jennie M., born Oct. 10, 1929. Blanche born Nov. 16, 1930. John born March 18, 1932. Harry G. Larned and Ruth Nich- olay. Children:
Janet born March 20, 1926.
David born June 28, 1928. Nancy born July 25, 1929.
Charles Willis and Alice Welden. Children:
Theodore born Sept. 12, 1902 ,mar-
ried Pearl Russell. Clara born Sept. 13, 1905, married Guy Chorley.
Esther born Sept. 19, 1917. Theodore Willis and Pearl Russell. Children: Alice born July 4, 1931. Mary born Dec. 29, 1932. Clara Willis and Guy Chorley. Children: Franklin born Aug. 14, 1930.' Sarah born Sept. 20, 1933. (To be continued)
190.
Hagety, B., farmer .66. Hall, Rev., Methodist clergyman. Halladay, W. ... , (W. H. Halladay and Son.) Halladay, W. H., (W. H. and Son,) justice of the peace.
Halladay, W .H. and Son, (W. E.) harness makers. 1
Harder, Samuel, Perth, farmer, 55 Hart, Abram F., North Broadalbin farmer 25. Harris, Wm. Dr., farmer 55. Hawley, F. S. (H. G. Hawley and Son), town clerk. Hawley, H. G. and Son, (F. S.,) hardware and crockery. Mills ' Cornets, Heacock, Alfred,
farmer. Heidner, Gottob, Union Mills, far- mer 113. Hensted, Samuel, West Galway,
Broadalbin, farmer 125. Hillman ,Henry, North Broadalbin,
carpenter and farmer 91. " Hinds, John. W., North Broadalbin, farmer 11%.
Honeywell, Gradus, farmer. Honeywell, Samuel ,farmer 100. Howe, Alanson S., Union Mills, far-
mer. Howe, Jesse, " Union Mills, shoe- maker and farmer 81.
Hunt, Joseph, shoemaker.
Ingraham, L. T., Union Mills, car- penter and joiner and farmer 40. Jackson, Isaac, farmer 262. Jackson, Samuel, West (Galway, far 63. James, Henry, West Galway, rake maker and farmer 2.'. Jenner, Harry, glove cutter.
Jennings, Henry, farmer. .Jennings, Linas, farmer 120. Jones, Eiisha, Mills Corners, far !! mer 100.
Jones, Oliver, Union Mills, farmer. Kasson, Alvin farmer 14 and leas- es .39. Kasson, E. G., farmer 70. Kasson, George, carpenter and farmer 1.
Kasson, James, retired farmer. Kasson, Watson, farmer 100. Kelley, Edward, farmer 20. Kelly, R., (Kelly and Sunderlin.) Kelly and Sunderlin (R. Kelly and Loren G. Sunderlin,) grocers. (To be continued)
Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley
AND NEARBY
BIRTH, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS (Continued from last week.) WARREN COUNTY
Bolton
1882. Register, 5 vols. Arr. chron 1882-1912, no index; 1912-, indexeo alph. by children. Includes .deaths. Custodian, James D. Smith, town clerk, Bolton Landing, N. Y. Caldwell
NOTICE
Children: Curtis born Sept. 17, 1912, mar- Have access to many vital and genealogical records of the New ried Elizabeth Lynch. Hazel House Weaver married 2nd England, local and other states. Lake George, N. Y.
1882, 1911. Record, 1 vol. Arr. num. No index. Includes deaths. Cus- todian, Anna Varnum town clerk, Moderate fee. Mrs. Veva P. Hamil- ton, 148 Clinton avenue, Albany 4, N. Y.
1911. Register, 2 vols. Arr. num. 6-27-4t Indexed alph. by children. Includes
July 18 194-6
deaths. Custodian, Mrs. Anna Var- num ,town clerk, Lake George, N. Y. Chester
1847-49, 1885. Register ,8 vols. Arr. chron. 1847-49, no index; 1885, in- dexed alph. by' children. Includes marriages 1847-49, 1881-1914 and deaths, 1847-49, 1885 -. Custodian, Howard Roblee, town clerk, Potters- ville, N. Y.
Hague
++. 1887 -. Register, 6 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages 18887- 1907 and deaths, 18887 -. Custodian, W. C. Keenan, town clerk, Hague, N. Y.
Horicon
1884 -. Register, 4 vols. Arr. num. No index. Includes marriages 1884- 1807 and deaths 1884 --. Custodian, Mrs. Sheridan Barton, town clerk, Brant Lake, N. Y.
Johnsburg
:: 1847-49 1904-17. Record 2 vol. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian, C. Ernest Noxon ,town clerk, Wevertown, N. Y.
1882, 1903, 1918. Register, 1 vol. Arr. num. No index. Includes mar- riages, 1882-1903 and deaths 1882- 1903, 1918 -. Custodian C. Ernest to develop a unity of opposition tow- Noxon, town clerk, Weverton, N. Y. ard the different or conforming type of conduct. Luzerne
1881-1907 '913. Custodian , Mrs. Arr. num. 1881-1907, no index; 1913, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1881-1907 and deaths, 1881-1907, 1913 .Custodian, Mrs. the latter what country they came Charlotte B. Williams, town clerk, Luzerne, N. Y.
1908-13. Record, 1 vol .Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Custodian Mrs. Charlotte B. Williams, town clerk, Luzerne, N. Y.
Queensbury
indexed alph, by children. Includes marriages, 1848, 1882-1911 and deaths 1842, 1882. Custodian, Bert Turner, town clerk, Glens Falls, N. Y.
Stony Creek
1' 1882, 1913. Record 1 vol. Arr. num. No 'Index. Includes marriages and Custodian, C. Forest Noxon, town town clerk, Stony Creek, N. Y.
1913. Register, 1 vol. Arr. num. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian, Mrs. Effie Frye, town clerk, Stony Creek, N. Y. Thurman
1884. Register ,3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes ] marriages and deaths. Custodian Mrs. Jessie Wilcox, town clerk, Athol, N .Y.
Warrensburg
1847-49, 1883. Record 5 vols. Arr. chron. No index, Includes marriages, 1883-1914 and deaths 1883. Custodian Lee R. Orton, town clerk, Warrens- burg, N. Y.
Lake George (1903)
1913. Register, 2 vols. Arr .chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodian H .L. Smith, vil- lage clerk, Lake George, N Y. (To be continued)
"LOCAL HISTORY".
BY DONALD D. PARKER Brookings, South Dakota "LOCAL HISTORY"-HOW TO GATHER IT, WRITE IT, AND PUBLISH IT'
(Continued from last week)
More frequently than otherwise the influence of formal statute law upon the conduct 'of persons in smail communities is practically nonexis- tent. Conformity to the rules and regulations of town life is secured through gossip, ridicule, tradition, custom, family status, rumor, or so- cial isolation or alienation, "What will the neighbors say?" is a more certain and powerful social control than the threat of "the law." Such close face-to-face relationships are projected into village and town life or even city neighborhood life and are themselves a means of regulating conduct. Phrases such as "nice girls do not do those' things" or "Did you hear about the Johnson boy?" tend
In the study of crime and de- linquency in your town you should try to learn whether the offenders were native or foreign born and if
from. What methods were used ? What crimes were commonly commit- ted? What cultural' conflict was in- volved which might tend to explain particular crimes ? If offenders were children of foreign parents or Negro parents was there anything in their status or social position, such as ex- clusion from the town's juvenile ac-
XV. Social Problems and Reforni
1. Poverty and poor relief
2. Crime and punishment.
Crime conditions, and moral atti- tudes.
Types of punishment.
Penology and institutions.
3. Drunkenness and drug addiction.
4. Prostitution.'
5. Slavery (a topic needing detail- ed treatment in the South)
6. Handicapped classes
Orphans and aged
The insane and feeble-minded
The deaf, dumb, blind and crippled.
7. Health and disease.
Medicine and doctors.
Disease conditions. "
Epidemic. .
Public health control. Folk medicine and practice.
Quackery and medical sects. Relations to regular medicine. Public medical services.
8. Social reform movements.
Anti-slavery, temperance, women's rights, etc. (each of these can be treated in relation to a particular about four days. At that time h aftt problem above.)
Personal Recollections OF
DeLilah Wisner Merritt
(Continued from last week) After Mr. Withington's family .We went steadily on out of one moved, their elder son Elmer With- mud hole into another, and at night lington. a man 30 to 35, and a Meth-
This topic is of obvious impor- tance. All American communities provide such institutions as govern- ment, 'the home,, and the church to try to keep society moving in a nor- mal and healthy manner. In spite of this, things go wrong-there is
drunkenness, crime, poverty, and disease. These unfortunate conditions must be honestiy described, not just minimized or ignored for the sake of the local reputation. Then, in each case, the story of the efforts made to remedy, these conditions should be surveyed, in terms of both, institu- tions (like jails) and of general re+ form movements like the temperance drive.
:... Many of our forefathers were con- vinced that God sent them crosses to bear. One instance was insanity in the family. No one would consider sending the crazy member to an in- stitution. This was the punishment for past sins. When and how didi did the change occur in your town which led to sending such unfortun- ate members of public institutions 2 In a Maine village, within the last five years, an insane 15 year old girl was chained to a stake in the front yard. She was her family's cross to bear. The sociologiat. uses the term "secularibation" to: explaina the change from a "cross; to hear" to utilizing. specialized institutions: for the care of such. people: "As. Johru Morley tells us in his life .. of" Vol- taire, where the Sun is the -object of veneration it is probably .that. it: will be a crime to study the laws;of heat.
On the credit side of the ledger,, medical science and physicians al- ways touched the daily life more: closely and vitally than did any other science or scientist. The whole. story; of medicine, of medical practice,. orr quackery and folk practice, etc.,, ist always of interest to readers. In large towns the "old family doctor""" becomes less significant than the de- velopment of hospitals, medical schools and medical research. Do not. overlook the medical sects (e. g- homeopathy, osteopathy, Christiark Science and others now forgotten such as "Thomsonianism or "botanic: medicine," and "hydropthy" with its: "water cures"). The auxiliary servic -- es, like dentistry, veterinary medi -- 1 cine and nursing (both "home" and] "trained nurses") are also. worthy; of. attention. (To be continued)'
went to bed. I had taken cold and! was quite sick the next day. Next .. morning Husband got up and went .. to my brother-in-law's (Abram C. Wisner )to kill a beef, of which we: were to have half. He came back: that night, and went the next morn- ing to Homer, Calhoun county for another load of goods. He was gone
not know a neighbor's name;, altho we were within call. I stayed! alone' with my two littie boys (Williamtand! Albert), the oldest not quite threw years old. The house where we mov- ed was a comfortable log'house with a leanto on the north, with a corner fireplace, but no place for a fire ir the front room. The morning before: we got to our house there was snow on the ground when we got um It had rained all the night before but.
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1848, 1882. Register, 11 vols. 1848, 1882-1911, arr. chron .; 1911 arr. num. 1848, 1881-1911, no index; 1911, tivities, that might explain their misconduct ? Were they regarded as "the crime problem ?" If so what measures were taken to handle the situation ?
Y Stony Creek
1'1882, 1913. Record 1 vol. Arr. num. No index. Includes marriages and Custodian, C. Forest Noxon, town town clerk, Stony Creek, N. Y.
1913. Register, 1 vol. Arr. num. Indexed alph. by children. Includes deaths. Custodlan, Mrs. Effie Frye, town clerk, Stony Creek, N. Y. Thurman
1884. Register ,3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian Mrs. Jessie Wilcox, town clerk, Athol, N .Y. Warrensburg
1847-49, 1883. Record 5 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages, 1883-1914 and deaths 1883. Custodian Lee R. Orton, town clerk, Warrens- - burg, N. Y.
Lake George (1903)
1913. Register, 2 vols. Arr .chron. Indexed alph, by children. Includes deaths. Custodian H. . L. Smith, vil- lage clerk, Lake George, N Y. 1
(To be continued)
XV. Social Problems anu nerorm
1. Poverty and poor relief
2. Crime and punishment.
Crime conditions, and moral attl- tudes.
Types of punishment. Penology and Institutions.
3. Drunkenness and drug addiction.
4. Prostitution.
5. Slavery (a toplè needing detall- ed treatment in the South)
6. Handicapped classes
Orphans and aged The insane and feeble-minded The deaf, dumb, blind and crippled. 7. Health and disease.
Medicine and doctors.
Disease . conditions. ... Epidemic. .
Public health control. Folk medicine and practice. Quackery and medical sects. Relations to regular medicine. Public medical services.
8. Soclal reform movements.
Anti-slavery, temperance, women's rights, etc. (each of these can be treated in relatlon to a particular problem above.):
Personal Recollections OF DeLilah Wisner Merritt
(Continued from last week) We went steadily on out of one mud hole into another, and at night the landlord told us that we were only 12 miles from Detroit. That night a man from Wilson, Niagara county, N. Y. but a stranger to us, had moved a family into Michigan and was going farther west, viewing with his empty wagon. We hired him to take part of our load to Ypsilanti for fifty cents, an dthat night we got to Saline and stayed at Grand- father Yaldron's (Samuel Waldron). He married again and lived there.
The next morning we started and got to my sister's (Sarah who mar- ried Abram C. Wisner) just before dark. (Lenawee Co.) We met sister in the woods coming to meet us, Husband had got there before . us. We stayed there about a week. Of course we did not move on our land as we intended, so I stayed there until Husband went to Calhoun coun- ty where our land lay, to make pro- vision for a home for his family in civilizatlon. Accordingly he bought out a man by the name of Withing- ton, forty acres of land under cul- tivation and a splendid garden which helped us very much as It was June before we got settled. Our home was on the edge of Cook's Prairie, three miles west of Homer-tben Beerny- ville. We moved in with Mr. With- ington, a family of seven grown peo- ple and had but one room. We lived there together until August, but they were a pleasant family, and as there was a tribe of Indians in the county I was glad to have them there for company, as Husband was away most of the time locating land. When he was gone longer than usual I would think
that he was surely murdered as he would have to take several hundred dollars in his saddle- bags on the horse, all in silver, which ville. It took three days to go fifty made quite a bulk. He was gone from home three to four weeks, and I would hear nothing from him .
After Mr. Withington's family moved, their elder son Elmer: With- ington, a man 30 to 35, and a Meth- odist minister boarded with us. He was a cooper by trade. He stayed with us as long as we lived there. I had a nelghbor's little girl, 8 or 9 years old, to stay with me for com- pany. Her name was Nancy Bowin. A' great many Indians traveled by and stopped and went in the garden for vegetables. At that time there was much trouble in Southwestern territory with the Indians, which made everything look withone made everyone look with suspicion on all red men.
.. After a while a young Dutch wo- man came and stayed with me for a while. She was staying in the neigh- borhood until her husband could lo- cate a home. I have forgotten her name. In September (1836) Hus- band engaged a family to move Into the house with me while he went to New York State, but they failed to come; and a young married women by the name of Van Vleet wanted to move in with me, so I took them in and they stayed until we moved away in November (1836.) After Husband got back from New York we sold out to Mr. Hammond, a son- in-law of our nearest neighbor on the east, Mr. Doolittie.
We then went to Lenawee county. I went to sister's (Abram C .and Sar- ah Wisner) and Husband went to look for a place and finally bought a farm of a hundred' acres on the Monroe turnpike, six miles west of Tecumseh, bought of one Mr. Mesick. Then we went back to Calhoun coun- ty and made preparations to move. which we did in November (1836). The roads at that time were very bad. We got a man to hitch his horse ahead of our team as far as Jones-
miles. We started the 13th and got our home the fifteenth just at night. and made my bed on the floor and
quackery and IVIR pracuce, etc., always of interest to readers. In large towns the "old family doctor"" becomes less significant than the de- . velopment of hospitals, medical schools and medical research. Do not: overlook the medical sects (e. g. homeopathy, osteopathy, Christian Sclence and others now forgotten such as "Thomsonianism or "botanle: medicine," and "hydropthy", with. its: "water cures"). The auxiliary servic- es, Ilke dentistry, veterinary medi- cine and nursing (both "home" and) "trained nurses") are also. worthy of attention.
(To be continued)`
went to bed. I had taken cold and! was quite sick the next day, "Next. morning Husband got up and went: to my brother-in-law's (Abram C. Wisner )to kill a beef, of which we: were to have half. He came back: that night, and went the next morn- ing to Homer, Calhoun county for another load of goods. He was gone about four days. At that time h anti not know a neighbor's name,, altho* we were within call. I stayed alone with my two littie boys (Williamandi Albert), the oldest not quite three years old. The house where we mov- ed was a comfortable log house with a leanto on the north, with a corner fireplace, but no place; for, a fire. im the front room. The morning before: " we got to our house there was snow, on the ground when we got up .. It had rained all the night before but had turned to snow in the night, and that snow never went off till the next April. At that there was & con- inuous immigration to the West :. Many is the time that I sat that: winter and counted thirty to forty; teams coming over a little eminence: east of our place, one after the eth-, er. Such worlds of people as passed! that winter one would think two ter- ritories could not hold them. But the: 18 months that I lived in Michigan: here was a continuous stream of im- migration. A few days after we got. to our house in Homer, Calhoun. county (1836), seven families camp- ed across the road from our house: on their way to Missouri, and camp- ed out every ' night. Some of them from Wilson, Niagara County, N. Y. They were months on their way be- fore they got to their destination. (To be continued)
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