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 then attached to Knox, became settled, and. though checked by the war of 1812, and the Indian troubles of that day, emigration went on steadily and surely

Tn record the events of this lapse of time, has been the aim of this book. The PAST, like the PRESENT has been full of important events, and fraught with a deep interest to the descendants of these pioneers of the past, whose sons and daughters of the present enjoy the fruits of their labors.

While the compiler and his assistant do not arrogate to themselves accuracy beyond criticism, yet the narrative will be found in a large measure correct. The compilation and arrangement of theses annals has necessitated the careful examination and digestion of a labyrinth of facts, incidents, dates, and narrative enveloped in the PAST, entering so largely into the PRESENT of the community in whose interests these pages were written.

To all the Patriarchs of the PAST, and to the representative men and women of the PRESENT without whose aid these annals could not have been written, the readers of these pages owe a debt of gratitude time can never repay. Without their aid, the history would have been unwritten and unpreserved.

A. A. Graham

Compiler.

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