Merle: It was a different world back then. His father died in 1845, and his uncle took over the kids. William didn't like the way things were going, so he got on a horse and rode from Oquawka, IL to Ft. Wayne, IN. He stayed a couple years with an aunt, then came back to Illinois to take control of how his siblings were handled. In the 1850s he and his brother went to Kansas to help in making it a free state. Then he enlisted to fight in 1861, leaving his wife to farm and raise the kids. I bet that was emotional home..
I'll bet it would have been an eye opener...
ReplyDeleteMerle: It was a different world back then. His father died in 1845, and his uncle took over the kids. William didn't like the way things were going, so he got on a horse and rode from Oquawka, IL to Ft. Wayne, IN. He stayed a couple years with an aunt, then came back to Illinois to take control of how his siblings were handled. In the 1850s he and his brother went to Kansas to help in making it a free state. Then he enlisted to fight in 1861, leaving his wife to farm and raise the kids. I bet that was emotional home..
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