A history of the Allerton family in the United States : 1585 to 1885, and a genealogy of the descendants of Isaac Allerton, "Mayflower pilgrim," Plymouth, Mass., 1620 . ves in Michigan. 354 2 Anson Rudolph9, born July 19, 1857, Unmarried. 355 3Kate Elizabeth9, born February 26, 1862. Died, infant. 356 4Clarissa Bell9, born February 26, 1862. Died, infant. 357 5Wilmina9, born June 24, 1864. Died, infant. 358 6Olive Mary9, born May 21, 1866. Died, infant. 165 <ORVILLE HURD8, (Samuel Reuben6, Isaac5, John*.Isaac3, Isaac2, Isaac1). Born at Amenia, New York, April 17, 1816. Married,January 1
A history of the Allerton family in the United States : 1585 to 1885, and a genealogy of the descendants of Isaac Allerton, "Mayflower pilgrim," Plymouth, Mass., 1620 . ves in Michigan. 354 2 Anson Rudolph9, born July 19, 1857, Unmarried. 355 3Kate Elizabeth9, born February 26, 1862. Died, infant. 356 4Clarissa Bell9, born February 26, 1862. Died, infant. 357 5Wilmina9, born June 24, 1864. Died, infant. 358 6Olive Mary9, born May 21, 1866. Died, infant. 165 <ORVILLE HURD8, (Samuel Reuben6, Isaac5, John*.Isaac3, Isaac2, Isaac1). Born at Amenia, New York, April 17, 1816. Married,January 15, 1845, Eliza Adelaide Dean, of Dresden, Yates County,New York. She was a natural and self-taught artist, and had sheapplied herself to a thorough cultivation of the art, would have madeher mark as a portrait and landscape painter. As a wife, no moretrue, noble or trustworthy heart ever beat in human breast. Orville, when ten years of age, began work in a comb factory,intending to learn the trade, but, in a few months the proprietor soldout and moved away. He then for a time did light work upon afarm, for which he received, as pay, the sum of three cents a Obvillb IIlkd Allkrtojst, .Ik.(360.) THE ALLERTON FAMILY. 81 An uncle was chiefly engaged in the live stock business. When Orville was eleven years old his uncle took him out of school to help him drive a drove of cattle to the New York market, one hundred miles distant. When twenty-one miles from home, Orville became so homesick that he could not be induced to go farther. Two men on horseback were going eight miles toward his home. Orville kept up with them on foot and reached home that evening, averaging over five miles per hour for four hours. Love of home has always been a strong feature of his character. Five times he drove cattle to New York with his uncle, each time on foot. He was paid twenty-five cents per day and steamboat fare to Poughkeepsie, New York, thirty miles from home, which distance he then walked,
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