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It is said that he was more anxious to renew his acquaintance with the Ballou family than to 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 IS SAID THAT HE WAS MORE ANXIOUS TO RENEW HIS ACQUAINTANCE WITH THE BALU FAMILY 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
ed in the localities to which the pioneers bent their steps. Slowly the emigrant trains made their way through roadless regions. They had to ford rivers, wade through swamps, and cut paths through thick forests. Weeks, and even months, were spent on journeys which are now accomplished in less than twenty-four hours. Numerous difficulties and manifold dangers beset the wanderers' path; yet, regardless of both, they pushed on with infinite courage and patience. Nor was the journey through the wilds without a tinge of romance to the younger and more adventurous spirits, who enjoyed the freedom they could not have in the towns and cities. About eighty years ago, a widow and her family--a son and a daughter--packed up all their worldly possessions in an emigrant waggon, and started for the West. Widow Ballou made her home in the State of Ohio, which at that time was only peopled by a few scattered settlers. Five years afterwards, a young man named Abram Garfield started on the same journey.  THEY COULD NOT BE OBTAINED IN THE LOCALITIES TO WHICH THE PIONEERS BENT THEIR STEPS SLOWLY THE EMIGRANT TRAINS MADE THEIR WAY THROUGH ROADLESS REGIONS THEY HAD TO FORD RIVERS WADE THROUGH SWAMPS AND CUT PATHS THROUGH THICK FORESTS WEEKS AND EVEN MONTHS WERE SPENT ON JOURNEYS WHICH ARE NOW ACCOMPLISHED IN LESS THAN TWENTY FOUR HOURS NUMEROUS DIFFICULTIES AND MANIFOLD DANGERS BESET THE WANDERER'S PATH YET REGARDLESS OF BOTH THEY PUSHED ON WITH INFINITE COURAGE AND PATIENCE NOR WAS THE JOURNEY THROUGH THE WILDS WITHOUT A TINGE OF ROMANCE TO THE YOUNGER AND MORE ADVENTUROUS SPIRITS WHO ENJOYED THE FREEDOM THEY COULD NOT HAVE IN THE TOWNS AND CITIES ABOUT EIGHTY YEARS AGO A WIDOW AND HER FAMILY A SON AND A DAUGHTER PACKED UP ALL THEIR WORLDLY POSSESSIONS IN AN EMIGRANT WAGON AND STARTED FOR THE WEST WIDOW BALLU MADE HER HOME IN THE STATE OF OHIO WHICH AT THAT TIME WAS ONLY PEOPLED BY A FEW SCATTERED SETTLERS FIVE YEARS AFTERWARDS A YOUNG MAN NAMED ABRAM GARFIELD STARTED ON THE SAME JOURNEY
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