OLD HOMESTEAD 



son, Henry H., served as private, lieutenant, adjutant and 

 brevet-major, New York Volunteers, in the war for the Union, 

 and was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the National Guard by- 

 Governor Fenton. The records of his sons in this line were to 

 the father, whose patriotism knew no bounds, a source of pride 

 and satisfaction. 



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OLD BOOKS AND WHAT THEY SHOW 



Going back to the old books kept by father at the time he 

 carried on the manufacture of potash and lumber and kept a 

 general supply store, I find much that is instructive as to dates 

 and other matters. They are a complete roster of the first set- 

 tlers of the town of Lorraine, and include the names of all its 

 early inhabitants, as well as many others of adjacent towns, and 

 very clearly show the business methods and usages of the times. 

 The long list of substantial Puritan pioneers who left New Eng- 

 land from 1800 to 1812 to settle and open up this old town of 

 Lorraine is a very interesting one. 



The immigration from 1800 to 1806 to our neighborhood was 

 especially remarkable; they were the ''boom" years for that sec- 

 tion, and the country south and west of the state road filled up 

 very fast. To the old Vermont and Connecticut people who lis- 

 tened to the stories of the prospectors who had returned from 

 this wonderful, newly discovered Black River country, it seemed 

 an Eldorado. Relatives, friends and acquaintances left Vermont 

 in families and groups, and kept near together in locating in the 

 new country. They were all poor, but intelligent and confident, 

 and competent to meet the exigencies of their new venture. 



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