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supplied fresh meat. This is the kind of men and women our ancestors were.Now to resume my father's history. He worked on the Ohio Canal during its construction, as foreman.
After marriage he settled on a small farm near his fathers where he remained for a few years (1835) when he moved to Illinois which was a territory then. He settled in what is now Coles country on the Embarass river. From there he moved to Wisconsin which was a territory and this time (1845). He settled in the lead mining region which is now La Fayette county. He remained here a number of years, mining and farming. Francis A (1850 age 17 yrs 11Mo. 22 days) and David G-11 months in 1849 died here and were buried on the farm, as there was no cemetery nearby. Louisa Olive was born here.In 1855 the family moved to Henry county, Iowa, remainin only one year during which Daniel Raymond, ? the writer, was born. We moved back to Wisconsin (1856). Not liking to be crowed by settler, father looked farther north for new country. He bought 1/4 section land in Richland county with settler far apart and plenty of timber and wild game. There he remained until his death 1889 hewing out a house in the wilds, caring for his family, and holding the confidence and respect of his acquaintances. The incidents of this frontier life and his struggles and hardships among the hills and rocks, if told completely, would fill a volume.
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