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Abram worked on the land, and was for a time employed in the construction of the Ohio and Pennsylvanian Canal. To provide for his growing family, the young husband then bought fifty acres of land, a few miles away from his first home. ABRAM WORKED ON THE LAND AND WAS FOR A TIME EMPLOYED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE OHIO AND PENNSYLVANIAN CANAL TO PROVIDE FOR HIS GROWING FAMILY THE YOUNG HUSBAND THEN BOUGHT FIFTY ACRES OF LAND A FEW MILES AWAY FROM HIS FIRST HOME
make his fortune. The widow's daughter Eliza was the attraction that drew him into the Western wilds. On the third of February 1821, Abram Garfield and Eliza Ballou became man and wife, and their first home was a log cabin, which the young husband erected at Newburg, near Cleveland. It was an isolated spot, for Cleveland, the larger place, then consisted of a few log cabins, containing a population of about one hundred persons. The humble dwelling of Abram Garfield and his young wife had but one large room. The three windows were of greased paper, a substitute for glass, and the furniture was home made and of the rudest description. Wood was the chief material used. There were wooden stools, a wooden bed, and wooden plates and dishes. A frying-pan, an iron pot, and a kettle, made up the list of utensils which were absolutely necessary. Nine years passed away, during which the young couple were very happy in each other's love, and three children were added to their little family circle. AMILY THAN TO MAKE HIS FORTUNE THE WIDOW'S DAUGHTER ELIZA WAS THE ATTRACTION THAT DREW HIM TO THE WESTERN WILDS ON THE THIRD OF FEBRUARY EIGHTEEN TWENTY ONE ABRAM GARFIELD AND ELIZA BELLEU BECAME MAN AND WIFE AND THEIR FIRST HOME WAS A LOG CABIN WHICH THE YOUNG HUSBAND ERECTED AT NEWBURG NEAR CLEVELAND IT WAS AN ISOLATED SPOT FOR CLEVELAND THE LARGER PLACE THEN CONSISTED OF A FEW LOG CABINS CONTAINING A POPULATION OF ABOUT ONE HUNDRED PERSONS THE HUMBLE DWELLING OF ABRAM GARFIELD AND HIS YOUNG WIFE HAD BUT ONE LARGE ROOM THE THREE WINDOWS WERE OF GREASED PAPER A SUBSTITUTE FOR GLASS AND THE FURNITURE WAS HOME MADE AND OF THE RUDEST DESCRIPTION WOOD WAS THE CHIEF MATERIAL USED THERE WERE WOODEN STOOLS A WOODEN BED AND WOODEN PLATES AND DISHES A FRYING PAN AN IRON POT AND A KETTLE MADE UP THE LIST OF UTENSILS WHICH WERE ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY NINE YEARS PASSED AWAY DURING WHICH THE YOUNG COUPLE WERE VERY HAPPY IN EACH OTHER'S LOVE AND THREE CHILDREN WERE ADDED TO THEIR LITTLE FAMILY CIRCLE
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