Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ompany with two brothers and two sisters ofMrs. Dyson. They took passage in a sailingvessel and were thirteen weeks on the water,landing at New Orleans. Here they met witlipersons who directed them to Rushville as oneof the most promising towns in the new coun-try, and they came up the Mississipppi and Illi-nois Rivers on a steamboat, and landed at Erie,Schuyler County, continuing their journey over-land to Rushville. Life on the frontier was a new experienceto them as in the old country. Mr. Dyson hadbeen employed in the textile mills, and soonafter arriv
Historical encyclopedia of Illinois . ompany with two brothers and two sisters ofMrs. Dyson. They took passage in a sailingvessel and were thirteen weeks on the water,landing at New Orleans. Here they met witlipersons who directed them to Rushville as oneof the most promising towns in the new coun-try, and they came up the Mississipppi and Illi-nois Rivers on a steamboat, and landed at Erie,Schuyler County, continuing their journey over-land to Rushville. Life on the frontier was a new experienceto them as in the old country. Mr. Dyson hadbeen employed in the textile mills, and soonafter arriving in Rushville he started on a pros-pecting tour to make a new location, and visitedthe Galena country, which was then attractinglarge numbers of settlers. But on his returnhe was taken ill and died August 4. 1841. Hiswidow was thus left in a new country withfour young children to care for. but she was oneof those self-reliant, sturdy women who soonadapted herself to the customs and mannersof her adopted country. She was afterwards.
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