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When Deer Were Plentiful.To the Editor:—My great grandfather came from Germany in 1798 and settled in North Carolina, Lincoln county. He emigrated to Indiana in September of 1821 and went to the land office at Vincennes and got land for his boys and girls. His name was Mathias Killion. My grandfather’s name was Frederick Killion and my father was Alexander Killion. My father was born in 1818 in North Carolina, He lived on his father’s land, which was deeded to him at government price, |1.50 per acre. I inherited it from my father.I was born in 1849 on this farm and have lived on it for sixty-six years. The house we lived in was a log house with one window and two doers with wooden hinges. The next house was a frame built out of whip sawed lumber. The third house is a cottage of seven rooms that I built myself. When I was a little boy our neighbors were one mile and a half from us; now I can count^fteen houses. The railroad runs in sight of my house on the Erie canal (I saw it dug). I have seen deer in the field, twenty-five at a time, and turkeys by the hundred. This country has passed from a dense forest to fine cultivated farms. The land is worth $150 an acre. We sold a walnut tree over six feet across the stump and which contained over 2,000 feet of lumber. I have been a farmer all my life. John H. Killion.Elnora. Ind.
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Des Moines Iowa Homestead
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Apr 15, 1915
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