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Story of Sam Traylor Family Westward 1831 Voyage
In 1831 Sampson Traylor, his wife Sarah, and children Josiah and Betsey travel from Vergennes Vermont toward the land of plenty through Adirondack forests. The family packs a wagon with an ox team, shares meals by fires, sings with the violin, prays at night, and steadies their journey with kindness from neighbors along the route as they seek a government land claim in the Sangamon country.
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Sam
Henry Traylor
Sambo
Adirondack
Land of Plenty
Samson
Traylor
Sarah
Vergennes
Vermont
Heimer
Sameon
Versennes
Paradis
Sampson
Posten
Samson Traylor
Josiah
Joe
Betsey
Banson
Saralb
Ernest
Burnington
Orentide
Sarah Traylor
America
Sangamon
Pottawatomes
Timots
Elisha Howard
Malone
Franklin County
New York
Pete
Colonel
Arim
Lee
Mack River
Canton
Captain Mowly
Silas Wright
Dekath
Riehville
Gouverneur
Antwerp
Sredwyck
Wee
Semaen
Dims