Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . iel and Eliza J. (Wilson)Milby, also natives of Delaware. The father de-veloped the pioneering inclination and sold hisDelaware property in 1839. and in the winter of1840, with his wife and four children, undertookthe journey to Illinois which consumed thegreater part of the season. Edward T. Milby re-members well this arduous journey, although hewas but five years old, and especially that partmade on the canal, through which they weredrawn on a boat by a single horse. During thisportion of the trip the older members of the fam-ily walked for a considerabl
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . iel and Eliza J. (Wilson)Milby, also natives of Delaware. The father de-veloped the pioneering inclination and sold hisDelaware property in 1839. and in the winter of1840, with his wife and four children, undertookthe journey to Illinois which consumed thegreater part of the season. Edward T. Milby re-members well this arduous journey, although hewas but five years old, and especially that partmade on the canal, through which they weredrawn on a boat by a single horse. During thisportion of the trip the older members of the fam-ily walked for a considerable distance along thetow path, probably out of consideration for thepoor, overworked horse, whose lot certainly wasnot an enviable one. The journey was continuedin a covered wagon, and the arrival in Frederick,Schuyler County, was not calculated to inspireenthusiasm for the country to which the way-farers had so laboriously and hopefully day was bitterly cold, the snow penetratedthe chinks of the wagon, and the wind swirled. (l^z5dL£7Z~p/.^t J HISTORY OF SCHUYLER COUNTY. 887 across the prairies, striking a dreary chill tothe heart of even the most courageous. Findingno desirahle resting place, the little party soonafter pushed on to Rushville, making the smallvillage their home until the following father then located on a rented farm, andin the fall of 1841, hought eighty acres of landeast of Rushville, in the township of that timber on this land was dense and varied,and arduous tasks confronted the settlers. Tothe small log cabin which they found on theland, the father added, as such addition becamenecessary, until finally he had what was calleda double log cabin. In this bumble abode wereborn the rest of the children, in all eleven, eightof whom attained maturity. Three of these stillsurvive, namely: Edward T.; Zadoc L.; andDora, wife of David Wray, a farmer of JohnsonCounty, Iowa. Zadoc now owns and occupiesthe old homestead. Three years after
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