History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . od luck first perched upon his banner,and led him to woo and wed a daughter of JohnF. Foster, of North Union township. Mr. Fosterowned a small but productive farm near Uniontown,j and Robert Hogsett, soon after his marriage, rentedthis farm and set up for himself and his wife. Heoperated this farm as tenant of his father-in-law forabout two years, and then bought it. It containedone hundred acres, and was the first real estate thatRobert Hogsett ever owned, and he owns it to thisda)
History of Fayette County, Pennsylvania : with biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men . od luck first perched upon his banner,and led him to woo and wed a daughter of JohnF. Foster, of North Union township. Mr. Fosterowned a small but productive farm near Uniontown,j and Robert Hogsett, soon after his marriage, rentedthis farm and set up for himself and his wife. Heoperated this farm as tenant of his father-in-law forabout two years, and then bought it. It containedone hundred acres, and was the first real estate thatRobert Hogsett ever owned, and he owns it to thisda), and lives within a few steps of its purchase was made about the year 1848. It will be seen that at this date, while Jlr. Hogsetthad displayed indomitable energy and industry, aswrll as close economy, his earnings were inadequatet(i the purchase of a farm even of small proportionsand at a small price, the best average farm in FayetteCiiunty at that time rating only at about fifty dollarsper acre ; and that was the price he paid for the farmof his father-in-law. But owing to the relationship. ^.^cZ7 T^^/e^^ UNIONTOWN BOROUGH. 349 between the grantor and grantee, the latter, of course,obtained favorable terms. His industrious and eco-nomical habits, liowever, soon enabled him to acquirea sufficient sum of money to pay for this farm in full,when he got his deed, and stood forth for the firsttime a freeholder. When he commenced farming forhimself as lessee on his father-in-laws land, his wholeoutfit consisted of two poor horses and one old he pushed along he added to his stock, and soonbecame the owner of an ordinary farm team. It washis practice at this period to haul the grain he raisedinto the mountains and sell it to the tavern-keeperson the old National road, which was then a crowdedthoroughfare; and such indeed was the practice ofnearly all the farmers in the neighborhood of Union-town and many portions of Fayette County. The National road furnished a
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