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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. 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
orldly 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. 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 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. P 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 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 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
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