The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . SAMUEL MRS. SAMUEL ADAMS. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 847 three or four weeks to make the trip, theparty camping along the roadside at members of the party were John Ad-ams, a cousin of Samuel Adams, and hisfamily; Joseph jMartin, a brother-in-law ofour subjects father; and Samuel Adams,who was accompanied by his first wife andtwo children. They took up their abode onthe state boundary line and soon Mr. Ad-ams erected a log cabin with a stick andclay chimney. This stood on section 22,Newell township, the old family home-stea
The past and present of Vermilion County, Illinois .. . SAMUEL MRS. SAMUEL ADAMS. THE BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD 847 three or four weeks to make the trip, theparty camping along the roadside at members of the party were John Ad-ams, a cousin of Samuel Adams, and hisfamily; Joseph jMartin, a brother-in-law ofour subjects father; and Samuel Adams,who was accompanied by his first wife andtwo children. They took up their abode onthe state boundary line and soon Mr. Ad-ams erected a log cabin with a stick andclay chimney. This stood on section 22,Newell township, the old family home-stead. He entered eighty acres of land fromthe government, for which he paid one hun-dred dollars. No transfer of this propertyhas ever been made since that time, savewhen it came into possession of our sub-ject. Samuel Y\dams was a noted dealer inhogs, which he raised for the home earliest trading points were Eugene andPerrysville on the Wabash river and heoftentimes also hauled products to Chicago,which required about eighteen days to makethe trip. It was n
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