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I iij=clt;l to dabble some in politics— * have always been a Democrat—voted♦ (Ci0I(for Jackson in 1832. I was elected \ Constable several times, and was iTownship Trustee with Daniel Dun-! Ji lavy and John Lewis, as we used to ! i have three Trustees in each township, ! 3 but since everybody has becomej { , “smart,” there is but one to the town- ] ;| I| ship, l’n 1856 T was elected County i M Commissioner and served four years ( ^ —one rear|f the unexpired term of • Commissio^pr Modesitt, who had been •\ elected to the Legislature, and a regular term of three years. I have nev-er been intoxicated—never drank a quart of liquor nor a gallon of been j I never chewed a plug of tobacco nor ] smoked a pipe or cigar. But I have i done many things which should not have been done, and have omitted j i many things which should have been !! done. Among all my good luck I had also some bad luck. On the 25thI! day of August, 1839, I lost my wife, j which left me as a ship at sea with- j ‘out a rudder. We had six chiJdreu, i j whom 1 put out among relatives and i then kcnt “bachelor’s hall” lor a time.: On the 17th day of October, 1841, I , married Anna Modesitt with whom I .| have also had six children, all of whom can rea^, write and cipher. | We never taught them music, Only at 's i the cook stove! wash tub and broom 1 J handle.
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Brazil National Index
Brazil, Indiana, US
Fri, Mar 28, 1879
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