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l*plull•IVlievlicithen.litortic••I*l.vPtileirofs-V.leoi**till**litLlflii 18-H) Ik? was most Imp-pily married to Hebecen,daughter of tin* late (Jen. Win. Ilur'on, of Wilkts county. Dissolving business with his uncle, In* removed to Roan's Creek, just inside the Tennessee lint*, in Johnson county, wherehe engaged in merchant! ising and fanning until Jan., 1 80.3, when he came hack to North Carolina ami settled on the farm bought «»f t li e late Col. Edmund Jones, which was ever afterwaidw his home.It sounds strange intleed to us of the present day tc hear the old men recount their early experiences and describe the difficulties inci' in-lit to every occupation. I have heard Maj. Bower tell of tile lung trips with wagons lie made to Fayetteville and (.' duiuhiu, of driving cattle to Haltimore at.d Philadelphia. the ddl’p muddy roads.theileep fouls, tin* rain andsnow utorins, the accidents hy the way, the jolly camp fires, the tricks and pranks ol the rude wagoners—of the night the stars lell—and it all sounded like h romance.llis memory was remarkable; his perception keen and„ his conversation interesting a!and instructive. He retainedI'-1clearness and vigor of u.ind J to the last, entries in his account book being found thut was made during the lastidnV.
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Watauga Democrat
Boone, North Carolina, US
Thu, Feb 14, 1895
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