. Historic homes of New England . an important part in ourcountrys history. John Taylor Oilman was then just out of histeens. He was a handsome man with magneticpower and an idol of the people. No one in thewhole audience was more thrilled than was thefather of the reader, who, filled with ardor, pausedoften to crush down the rush of sentiment thatovermastered speech. Colonel Oilman was dis-tinguished as one of those who financed the Revo-lution, and his son succeeded him in this service. After Colonel Oilmans death, in 1783, the houSewas left to John Taylor Oilman, who inherited hisfathers lo
. Historic homes of New England . an important part in ourcountrys history. John Taylor Oilman was then just out of histeens. He was a handsome man with magneticpower and an idol of the people. No one in thewhole audience was more thrilled than was thefather of the reader, who, filled with ardor, pausedoften to crush down the rush of sentiment thatovermastered speech. Colonel Oilman was dis-tinguished as one of those who financed the Revo-lution, and his son succeeded him in this service. After Colonel Oilmans death, in 1783, the houSewas left to John Taylor Oilman, who inherited hisfathers love for political power. He, like his sire,was a most comely man, just entering into man-hood when he married Dorothea Folsom, a great-granddaughter of the noted Revolutionary was only twenty-one years old when shemarried, being one of the belles of the village anda most estimable young lady. For sixty yearsshe directed the affairs of her household in a mostexemplary manner and was the personification ofhospitality. [74]. 3O a -a -T3 Oh X X X uh< 0-1
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