Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . breathed his last in Madison County, Ohio, inthe home which he had made his, in 1814. When he settled in Ohio Lathrop Converse was ayoung man. The long journey from Vermont wasmade in primitive fashion, with wagon and team,a method then full of labor and difficulty. Thefamily were among the earliest settlers of that sec-tion, and their home, erected upon a tract of un-cultivated land, was by no means pretentious. Thewalls of the dwelling were hewn logs, with thechinks and crevices plastered with clay; there wasa stick and mu
Portrait and biographical album of Lancaster county, Nebraska . breathed his last in Madison County, Ohio, inthe home which he had made his, in 1814. When he settled in Ohio Lathrop Converse was ayoung man. The long journey from Vermont wasmade in primitive fashion, with wagon and team,a method then full of labor and difficulty. Thefamily were among the earliest settlers of that sec-tion, and their home, erected upon a tract of un-cultivated land, was by no means pretentious. Thewalls of the dwelling were hewn logs, with thechinks and crevices plastered with clay; there wasa stick and mud chimney, a puncheon floor, andgreased paper for windowpanes. Could John How-ard Payne have been acquainted with the pio-neers log cabin when he wrote Be it ever sohumble, theres no place like The tractof land upon which this house stood comprised 200acres, situated in Darby Township, and was pur-chased at the rate of $1 per acre. Once after theyhad settled the journej was made by Mr. Converseto and from Vermont on horseback, the usual mode •?Hl-^.
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