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boys with muscles and brains who helped plant and resp and handsome daughters, too, brightened the hearthstone, and In due course a roomy brick dwelling took the place of the little log cabin, about which clung the memory of such bright and happy hours as are given only to those whose wants are simple, whose hearts are warm and pure, and whose love Is strong and lasting. Seventy-eight years ago, at which time there were hut two houses In Boston and one in Batavia. But they grew, and the forest trees, yielding to the handiwork of man, have been converted into beautiful homes that mark the site of thrifty towns. Those of her children present were three daughters, one 78, one 74, and another 69, and there were also present six stalwart sons, Thomas, William, Samuel, Lorain, John and Marcus. James living in Indiana, could not be present, and one other was absent—Dr. Ulchard, long since passed to a home beyond the shadows. At the outbreak of the civil war, one after another of her hoys enlisted, and came to her for her farewell blessing. One after another she 1 helped them buckle on their harness and saw them depart through eyes blinded with tears until all the world looked dwarfed andobscured with mist. But all returned to the j family hearthstone with honorable records, j and their service is now remembered by a grateful government in generous pensions. i During the day the good old Methodist I hymns of long ago were snug, and the children talked lovingly of their father, long since passed, and were proud Indeed of their noble mother. Andrew Willis, a son-in-law, was present, and he and John Marsh gave i vivtd recollections of the old-time religious observances in the Marsn homestead, and of the present religious feeling of early days— now still as fervent, but perhaps less demonstrative.
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The Clermont Courier
Batavia, Ohio, US
Wed, Oct 05, 1904
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