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R. D. Derrick, or 'Squire Derrick, as he was called, bought 1,200 acres of land in the town Spring Grove and Decatur, and settled on sec- tion 3, in 1840. He was one of the leading men of his time.
Henry Dixon came in January, 1843, driving a team from New York State and settled on section 2. He left some years later, and lived in Rock county for some time; but finally died in Brodhead.
Elder G. R. Patton came from Pennsylvania, in September, 1843, and lived in this town one 1
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year, then removed to the town of Jefferson, where he still resides.
EVENTS OF INTEREST.
Horace and Catharine Kline were the first conple married in this town. The ceremony was preformed in November, 1837. James Chadwick and Nancy E. Davis were married Oct. 7, 1840. James W. Kildow and Keziah S. Davis were married Nov. 12, 1840. J. H. Clem- ans and Mary Kline were married in Novem- ber, 1839.
The earliest births in the town were as fol- lows: John, a son of Horace and Catharine Griffin, was born in the fall of 1838. Doctor E., son of David and Mary Davis, was born March 12, 1839. Kate, daughter of Jacob and Rachel M. Ten Eyck, born in 1839, was the first female child born in the town.
The first death in the town occurred in 1839; that of a man named Arnold, a brother of Mrs. Thomas Judkins. He was searching for a horse and dropped dead in the pursuit.
TOWN ORGANIZATION.
The first town election in Spring Grove was held April 3, 1849, at the house of Daniel Hos- tetter. The whole number of votes cast was sixty-eight. The following will show the can- didates for the various offices and the vote polled.
Chairman of the Board.
J. W. Kildow 53
R. D. Derrick 16
Supervisors.
Isaac Farmer. 23
Thomas Woodle 49
E. B. Hillard. 15
David Campbell 43
Clerk.
Alden Frisbee
50
A. D. Tenney. 12
Treasurer.
Thomas Woodle 18
E R. Allen. 39
E. B. Hillard.
9
Assessor.
A. F. Atwood.
55
David Davis
3
School Superintendent.
William B. Cooley. 48
A. 1). Tenney 19
Justices of the Peace.
R. D. Derrick. 15
T. Woodle. 60
J. W. Kildow. 66
David Hostetter.
49
William Farmer. 22
John A. Brant. 4
E. R. Allen.
41
Abner Mitchell. 2
Constables.
E. P. Darling 31
George Farmer. 16
B. F. Derrick: 15
Conrad Bender 47
David Davis.
1
T. C. Brughslugh
10
A. D. Tenney
6
William Forner 1
The inspectors of this first election were: R. D. Derrick, chairman, David Davis and Stephen Bone; clerk, A. D. Tenney.
The present officers of the town, elected April 1, 1884, are as follows: Supervisors, Daniel Dunwiddie, chairman; William H. Cold- ren and Isaac Brobst, Jr .; clerk, O. W. Mar- tin; treasurer, J. B. O'Neal; assessor, Fred Ties; justices of the peace, J. W. Kildow, E. R. Allen and Avery Tracy; constables, J. P. Kildow, A. L. Allen and S. C. Williams.
POSTOFFICES.
In 1845, mail was delivered at Monroe to be distributed by James W. Kildow, for his neigh- borhood. This was continued until 1848, when Mr. Kildow was commissioned postmaster of Spring Grove postoffice, supplied by the route from Rockford to Mineral Point by the way of Monroe. Mr. Kildow held the office until 1857, when he moved from the neighborhood, and Israel Lake was made postmaster. He lived on section 24, town of Jefferson. Some years later, upon his death, the office was discon- tinned.
After the office had been removed from this town, a new office was established in 1859, called Pee Dee, with George W. Zimmerman as
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postmaster, office at his residence on section 33. Route, Rockford to Monroe, J. W. Kildow, contractor. A few months later Mrs. Keziah Kildow was made deputy, and the office re- moved to the residence of J. W. Kildow, on section 27. In 1862 Mr. Kildow was commis- sioned postmaster and kept the office until 1867, when he left temporarily, and Fred Ties was made postmaster. He kept the office on section 33, until succeeded by Mrs. Harriet C. Coulter, in January, 1869, who is now (1884) the post- mistress. The office is kept at her residence on section 22.
James R. Coulter was born in the town of Green, Richland Co., Ohio, April 1, 1820. His father, David Coulter, was a farmer. At the age of sixteen years James was apprenticed to the trade of bricklayer and general mason work, which trade he followed until twenty-eight years old, then finding his health was failing abandoned it, and became a farmer. He was married in Ohio, Oct. 12, 1846, to Harriet Chapel, who was also a native of the town of Richland, Green county, born Oct. 3, 1819. Two years later he commenced farming, which he followed in Ohio until 1852, when glowing accounts reached him concerning Spring Grove in Green Co., Wis., and he was induced to come here. He arrived May 28, 1852, and bought forty acres of land on section 22, and forty acres on section 28, and made his home on the former, where he has since lived. The land was all new and unimproved excepting four acres cleared. Mr. and Mrs. Coulter have not been blessed with children and have been peculiarly unfortunate with adopted children, for they Sept. 13, 1855, adopted Rossie, daugh- ter of John A. Emminger, of Ohio; she was born May 6, 1849, and was married to Fred Ties, of this town and died in January, 1884. Simon A. Coulter, born Oct. 4, 1852, a son of Mr. Coulter's brother, F. C. Coulter, (who lived in this town from 1855 to 1857) was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Coulter, Feb. 10, 1868, and died Sept. 24, 1876. At the time of the
adoption of Simon A., Lavina Jane was adopt- ed, who was born Jan. 16, 1861, and was mar- ried Nov. 4, 1878, to John N. Lambert, and she died Feb. 3, 1884. F. C. Coulter, the father of these last two children, enlisted in the Union army in an Iowa regiment, and died in the hospital at Keokuk late in 1862. Mrs. James R. Coulter is and has been many years post- mistress of Pee Dee postoffice. The family are much esteemed through the township. Another brother, Thomas M., has made his home with them most of the time since 1855. Mr. Coulter has been justice of the peace two terms and elected the third time but would not serve. He was elected the first time in the spring 1865 and re-elected the spring of 1868, and served till the spring of 1870, and elected the third time, in 1884, but would not serve.
Oakley postoffice was established 1861. The present postmaster is Frank Miller.
SPRING GROVE CEMETERIES.
The first cemetery located in this town is on section 30. Mrs. Baxter, wife of Daniel Bax- ter-the pioneer of 1837-was the first buried there. She died in 1845. Electa, daughter of Daniel Baxter, was the next one buried there.
The Washington Cemetery Association was formed in January 1851, with Isaac Farmer, president; Isaac Martin, treasurer; J. G. Martin, secretary. Grounds were selected on section 23. The officers of the association in 1884 were: Daniel Brobst, president; James H. Chapel, secretary; and James R. Coulter, treas- urer.
There is a cemetery near and belonging to the Lutheran Church society, on section 28. Louis Klass is buried there.
An old cemetery, used in the days of Clarence, is located on section 2. The place is in an open field and entirely neglected.
A private grave yard is located on the origi- nal purchase of R. D. Derrick. Mr. Derrick and his wife, Morris and Levi Derrick, and Mrs. Borland, a daughter of Dr. Springsted, are buried here.
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At Union on section 30, is a well kept ground. Samuel Myers was one among the first buried there.
Another private cemetery known as "Kline's ground," is located on section 29. A man named Tiffany, who used to run the Kline Card- ing mill, was the first buried there.
MILLS.
Isaac Kline and his son, John, erected the first saw mill in this town on section 20, on the banks of what was then known as Mill creek, but now called Spring creek. Work upon the mill was commenced in the fall of 1837, and the mill commenced operation in May, 1839. Only a limited power could be had here, but the mill did a successful business. It was in oper- ation for twenty-nine years, when, in 1868, it was destroyed by fire.
The next enterprise in the milling line was also by the Klines, in what is now Oakley. They erected in 1843 the pioneer carding mill in Green county, and its benefit and utility to the new country can hardly be overestimated. The primitive carding mill has grown to be a woolen manufacturing mill, and is now (1884) owned and operated by John Kelly.
On section 15, on the banks of the same creek, William Bussey erected a saw mill in 1844. This mill was fairly successful and was operated until 1861, when the expense of keep- ing up the dam caused it to be abandoned.
The Alden Frisbee mill was erected on sec- tion 21 in 1846. This mill was in use up to 1860.
In 1876 William H. Freeman built a saw mill at Oakley, putting in a twenty-horse power steam engine. In 1880 he sold to the present owner, J. J. Davenport, who is doing a good business.
The old Kline carding mill was improved by Ebenezer Hilliard, who, after he became owner, added to the power and also to fulling, cloth dressing, etc. Later, George W. Bussey owned the property. He tore down the log building and erected the frame building as it now stands
Bussey sold to Isaac Trombley, who sold to the present proprietor, John Kelly, July 13, 1865. Mr. Kelly has added to the main build- ing, which was 20x30 feet in size, twelve feet each side. He has also replaced nearly all the old machinery with new.
CHEESE FACTORIES.
The first cheese factory in this town was put in operation May 20, 1879, by J. W. Westlake, proprietor. It was run under the dividend plan three years, when he sold out to D. W. Austin. It had the milk of about 400 cows. Austin run the factory one year, buying the milk of the same patrons, when he sold the good-will of the establishment to the Brodhead Dairy Co., and closed up the factory.
A stock company was organized in June, 1883. The stockholders are: P. Atwood, James H. Chapel, P. L. Diedrick, F. H. Derrick, T. P. Stevens, Daniel Brobst, Harriet C. Coulter, Lewis Hooker, O. W. Martin, Robert Wilson, Mrs. R. M. Ten Eyck, Benjamin Stabler. Mary E. Douglas, Albert Baxter, John Frank, Albert Shaff and Daniel Dunwiddie. The officers are: P. Atwood, president; F. H. Derrick, treasurer; James H. Chapel, secretary; P. L. Dedrick, salesman; Charles Prentice, cheese maker. The factory is located on the northwest corner of section 11. It will use, this season, an average of 5,000 pounds of milk per day. The factory has been a success.
EDUCATIONAL.
The first school house in the town of Spring Grove was erected in 1840 on section 29. Dur- ing the following winter school was taught by John Herring, and his sister Mercy. John re- ceived $10 per month and his sister $8 for their services and they "boarded round."
There are now eight full and one joint school districts in the town of Spring Grove. Their condition is shown by the following statement taken from the records:
No. 1 has a stone school house (not in the best condition) on section 30, valued at $350; fifty-four pupils.
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No. 2 has a frame school house on section 36, valued at $665; forty-three pupils.
No. 3 has a new frame house on section 34, valued at $600; sixty-seven pupils.
No. 4 has a frame house on section 21, valued at $1,000; sixty-four pupils.
No. 5 has a stone school house at Clarence on section 2, valued at $600; forty-three pupils.
No. 6 has a frame house on section 5, valued at $600; sixty pupils.
No. 7 has a frame house on section 14, valued at $450; thirty-nine pupils.
No. 9 has a new frame house on section 9, valued at $1,200; thirty-nine pupils.
Joint district No. 8 embraces territory in the towns of Jefferson and Spring Grove. The school house is located in Jefferson. Six pupils belonging to this district reside in Spring Grove.
RELIGIOUS.
The first church in the town was erected for the Methodists, in 1845, and was located on section 30. It was constructed of basswood hewn logs and was known all through this por- tion of the country as the "Basswood Church." Rev. James McClure was the first circuit rider who preached in this church. It was finally abandoned in 1862.
At this time the Union church was erected on section 30, at a cost of $1,400. Its size was 28x40 feet. The dedicatory services were held by Elder Rolfe. In 1884 the church was being used by the United Brethrenand Luth- erans on alternate Sabbaths.
The Emanuel Evangelical church is located on section 34, near the State line. This church was built in 1872. It is 64x32 feet in size, has a belfry but no bell, and cost, including furni- ture, $2,000. The trustees who superintended its erection were Henry Moyer, Frederich Arnsmier and G. W. Zimmerman. In 1884 the trustees were Henry Moyer, G. W. and Henry Zimmerman. The class leaders were G. W. Zim- merman and Henry Moyer. The services here are conducted in the German language.
In 1863 a Lutheran church was erected on section 28, which was commonly called the "Klaas Church," Louis Klaas having been main- ly instrumental in its erection. The building is 22×28 feet in size and cost $1,000. In 1884 the pastor was the Rev. Mr. Schnure.
SPRING GROVE RESERVES.
The war veterans of Spring Grove met, pur- snant to call, at the residence of J. B. O'Neal, in July, 1882, and resolved that, "Whereas, we, the old soldiers of the War for the Union, resi- dents of the town of Spring Grove, in sacred memory of those years of war, and of our fallen heroes now buried in southern soil and in northern cemeteries, and in their honor; and that we, the survivors, may form a more perfect union,-Resolved, that we form ourselves into a company, by election of officers according to the rules and regulations of war. Resolved, that the company be called the 'Spring Grove Reserves,' that we elect officers annually. Re- solved that the first annual meeting be held the first Saturday in June, 1883, at the residence of J. B. O'Neal. Resolved, that we heartily co- operate with the county union in agitating for and assisting in the the building of a soldier's monument for the honored dead of Green coun- ty." An annual meeting was held June 3, 1883, and following officers were elected: Fred Ties, captain; James H. Chapel, Ist lieutenant; J. B. O'Neal, 2d lieutenant; S. C. Williams, orderly sergeant; J. P. Kildow, Ist sergeant; Jacob Haas, 2d sergeant; A. C. Chapel, 3d ser- geant; David Colby, 4th sergeant. The fol- lowing is the company roll: Allen, A. J .; Brant, Samuel; Coldren, William II .; Col- well, Samuel; Davis, G. W .; Edwards, Wil- liam; Hall, William; Jackson, Thomas H .; Keller, Jacob; Kline, William; Smith, S. J .; Taylor, William; Young, Isaac W .; Zimmer- man, Henry; Allen, E. R .; Allen, D. C .; Ded- rick, Daniel; Derrick, T. J .; Davis, James H .; Farmer, Henderson; Mckinley, Leroy; Har- rington, William.
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WAR TIMES.
Considerable excitement occurred over law suits growing out of the chopping down of a liberty pole-which was erected by the Union League in 1863. A few men had hated the sight of that mast ever since it was raised, and under the plea of safety of people attending the union church services, in front of which the pole was standing, cansed it to be cut down. An intense excitement followed. The war feeling with its hot feeling for and against was revived. Suits were commenced. The offend- ing parties were beaten in the suits.
OLD VILLAGE OF CLARENCE.
The village plat was located on land on sec- tion 2, which was first settled by William Sherry, in the spring of 1841. In the fall of that year he was joined by his wife and her father, Dr. Peter Springsted, with his family, consisting of his wife and eight children; also James Sherry, a single man, brother of William. Two years later Dr. Springsted moved to sec- · tion 4, and improved a farm, which is now oe- cupied by Mrs. Mary Douglas. The doctor and his family moved from this town to De- catur several years later and died there. None of the family are in this town at this time. William Sherry built a house and a blacksmith shop. Both families lived in this bonse. Sherry in 1845 sold to A. D. Tenny and settled on the place where Aug. Giese now lives. He left the town in about 1855.
Soon after, A. D. Tenney, who came from New Hampshire, bought out Sherry. He sold an interest in the property to B. J. Tenney, who came from Beloit (they were not of kin) Some time after this A. D. Tenney platted a part of the land and sold lots. B. J. Tenney opened a small store. The place was known in those days as Tenneyville, and was later, in honor of Squire Derrick, called Clarence, the name of a town in which he had resided in State of New York. H. C. Green was the next to open business. He built a bedstead and chair factory, with steam power, and operated
it until 1856. When he went to Monroe the business stopped.
Caleb Knowles and several sons came from Winnebago Co., Ill., in 1853. Mr. Knowles was father-in-law of A. D. Tenney by his second marriage. His first wife died soon after he came here. Two of the sons, Horatio and C. C. Knowles, went to Kansas in 1859. C. C. Knowles formerly owned the Austin farm. After the war the father and the rest of the family went to Kansas. A. D. Tenney and his family joined a spiritualist community at Har- mony Springs, Ark., in 1859. He later died in Kansas.
John B. Sawyer came from Decatur in 1853 and bought produce. He now lives in Brodhead. Mr. Sawyer, A. D. Tenney and Horatio Knowles succeeded to the trade formerly carried on by B. J. Tenney, and owned the hotel, blacksmith shop and store. Morris Derrick, a brother of Squire Derrick, at one time kept a small stock of groceries and liquors. Myron Halstead in 1854 bought out Sawyer, Tenney & Knowles. He was the last merchant of Clarence. Upon the building of the railroad, he moved his stock to Brodhead. Dr. Towne, now of Brodhead, came to Clarence as his clerk. C. A. Warner bought the blacksmith shop in 1854, and worked there one year. He now lives on section 1. He sold to Storrs Smith, who now follows the same business in Albany. Mr. Gregory bought out Smith and closed the shop about 1859. In 1855 Thomas Martin opened a harness shop and worked two years. The old hotel building and barn have been destroyed by fire. The post- office was discontinued in 1857.
OAKLEY.
This little hamlet was formerly called Spring Grove. It is located on section 30. This place originated with the erection of a carding mill by Isaac Kline in 1843. The first business was opened by A. J. Hoffman, in 1847. Many changes have taken place among those who sold goods in the one store building in the place. But among those who have been in trade
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here are remembered, John and Daniel Hanver, Mott Harrington, George Aurand and his brother.
In 1884 Frank Miller was the only merchant.
Samuel Mattison, the oldest in years and in service of any blacksmith in Green county, is the blacksmith of the place. He commenced here before the war, and has worked for over fifty years in iron, and most of the time in this town.
SPRING GROVE IN THE WAR.
[By Thomas A. Jackson.]
Out of a voting population of about 250, she sent 100 soldiers to the war from first to last. The following military organizations were rep- resented by her soldiers: The 3d, 13th, 18th, 22d, 36th, 38th and 46th Infantry regiments ; the 1st, 2d and 3d Cavalry regiments, and the Ist Heavy Artillery regiment.
3d regiment Infantry-Daniel Aughenbaugh, Joseph Boyer, Robert W. Patten and S. S. Jack- son, regimental band.
13th regiment Infantry-Ransom Condon, Ira Cleveland, Renben H. Chapel, Austin C. Chapel, E. S. Derrick, W. Keifer, John V. Martin, W. S. Meanor, John Penn, W. H. Pomeroy, Cyrus Robinson, William H. Shaff and Charles Van- buren.
18th regiment Infantry-James S. Alexander, William Barnhouse, Mahlon J. Bussey, Benja- min Butcher, Clinton Condon, James D. Davis, Benjamin S. Davis, George W. Davis, Theodore J. Derrick, John A. Farmer, Henderson Farmer, A. M. Kasson, Isaiah Kirby, Wilson Olds, Jo- seph L. Show, Frederick Teis, Chester W. Wil- liams, Thomas A. Jackson, S. S. Jackson, Alex- ander Jackson and Isaac W. Young.
22d regiment Infantry-William S. Newman, Joseph Alexander, Andrew Boyer, Fred Baker, Josiah Clawson, Allen Davis, Zachariah P. Da- vis, Joseph J. Davis, James F. Elliott, Peter Feathers, Henry Feathers, Jeff. Feathers, Wil- liam H. Herrington, Charles Mattison, A. J. Mitchell, James Stahlrucker and George Willis.
36th regiment Infantry-Avory S. Cole.
25th regiment Infantry-Nelson Rice.
38th regiment Infantry-Samnel Brandt, S. B. Caldwell, John Donyes, Oliver Gill, Isaac Kline, Philip Kilwine, Jacob Keller, George Newcomer, Joseph Newcomer, Francis Saurs and William Taylor.
46th regiment Infantry-E. R. Allen, James HI. Chapel, Henry Howard, Jacob Haas, Thomas Kinmb, Thomas J. Meanor, W. A. Meanor, Isaac N. Martin, I. C. Martin, Samuel Smith, Isaac Trimbly, R. B. Fowler and Henry Zim- merman.
1st regiment Cavalry-John B. O'Neal, John Meir, David Beaty, Warren Bates, William A. Garrison, William Gill, John Stabler and L. Shores.
2d regiment Cavalry-John Butcher.
3d regiment Cavalry-De Witt C. Allen.
1st Heavy Artillery -Joshua P. Kildow, Lovel Matthews, Thomas J. Ostrander, James Ostrander and S. Clark Williams.
12th Battery-William Rice and Nathan Rice.
There were a number of Spring Grove sol- diers in the war who were credited to other towns on account of local bounty and other causes at time of enlistment, whose names we cannot now get at, and there may be here and there a name enumerated in the above list as credited to Spring Grove that is claimed else- where; but from the town records and our own personal knowledge of enlistments, we believe the above account to be substantially correct so far as it goes. We are satisfied there are some names of Spring Grove soldiers we are unable to get at, as some enlisted in Illinois regiments and were credited to that State, whose names do not appear on our home records. Among the list of names given above, the names of Benjamin S. Davis of company B, 18th Wis- con Infantry, and Zachariah P. Davis of com- pany K, 22d regiment Infantry, was killed in battle-the former in a bayonet charge at Jack- son, Miss., May 14, 1863, and the latter in the
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same manner at Resaca, Ga., during Sher- man's Atlanta campaign in the summer of 1864.
Of those who died of wounds and disease, were Ransom Condon and John Penn of the 13th Wisconsin, and William Barnhouse, John A. Farmer, Isaiah Kirby, Joseph L. Show and Chester W. Williams, of the 18th Wisconsin, campany B; and George Newcomer of the 38th Wisconsin. There may be some others, but we have no knowledge who they were, if any.
Of those who were wounded in battle and recovered, and are still living in Spring Grove and vicinity, we give the names of George W. Davis, Mahlon I. Bussey, Frederick Teis, Hen- derson Farmer, J. W. Young and James D. Davis, all of company B, 18th Wisconsin Vol- unteers, and all wounded in the charge at Jack- son, Miss., on the 14th day of May, 1863, ex- cept James D. Davis, who was wounded in Alabama with five others of company B from other parts of the county, including the names of George S. Loucks of Brodhead, who was shot through the body, the ball piercing the lungs; and J. R. Knapp, since dead; William H. Denson and George W. Webb, belonging to other towns. There are doubtless many other matters of interest pertaining to Spring Grove in the war deserving a historical record or men- tion, that for want of correct knowledge and in- formation, I am not able to give. Of company B, 18th Wisconsin Volunteers, which I had the honor to command until about the close of the war, I would mention the names of Hiram E.Bai- ley and William H.Spencer, killed at Shiloh; John C. Bryant, killed at Corinth; James M. Carpen- ter, at Vicksburg, all of Green county. Of those wounded in the different engagements through which they passed during the war, and of those who died of wounds and disease from other parts of the county, for lack of a correct record of the same, we will not try to give it. There were a good many of them. At the close of the war honorable promotions were con- ferred on several old veterans. Commissions of captain to Henderson Farmer, and that of lieu-
tenants to Frederick Teis and Peter Vauorman, and non-commissioned appointments of ser- geants to George W. Davis and one or two others.
RECOLLECTIONS OF EARLY DAYS. [By J. W. Kildow.]
To the Union Publishing Company, of Spring- field, Ill.
SIRS :- In compliance of your request for me to give you a statement of my early recollections of, and the part that I have taken therein, of the early settlement of Green county, and es- pecially of the town of Spring Grove, in said county. I make the following:
In October, 1836, John Chadwick and Thomas Woodle, of Fayette Co., Penn., (the county in which I was raised) influenced by an article that appeared in the "Northwestern Gazette and Ga- lena Advertiser," contributed to that paper by Elder Brunson, (a Methodist preacher stationed at Prairie du Chien) and copied extensively in the eastern papers, giving such glowing accounts of the fertility of the soil, and other advantages of north western Illinois, and southwestern Wis- consin, concluded to take a tour of observations to this country, and if they found it as repre- sented, they would make it their future home. They did so, and each of them entered a quarter section of land. Chadwick entered his on sec- tion 2, in what is now the town of Jefferson, and Woodle, on section 35, now town of Sylvester. Upon their return home, (like the spies of old, that were sent out to view the promised land) they declared that the "half had not been told." This caused an endemie western fever. Chad- wick's son James, and myself falling victims thereto. So in January, 1837, James Chadwick and myself entered into an agreement of part- nership, (verbally) to come [go] out here and follow the millwrighting business, (that being my profession) and if we could not find employ- ment at that business, to follow that of carpen- tering. So we set about making arrangements for an early start in the spring. In the mean- time the elder Chadwick made arrangements
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