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After moving into the new house it took a week with his ox team to make a trip to the old farm and back, several of which had to be made. The family in the mean time, with the help of a dog and a blanket hung up for a door, kept the bears and wolves from entering the house. Deer were plenty and tame, often coming to browse on the tree-tops that had been felled near the house. Indians were frequent callers, always friendly and hungry, never leaving any food that was set before them. If there was more than they could eat, it was rolled in their blanket and taken
away.
But it is not necessary to further follow Mr. Sammons as a pioneer farmer. Suffice it to say, that his experience was similar to that of most of the first settlers, who had to battle with hardships, privations and discouragement, but who, persevering steadily, fought back the forests, cleared up their farms and steadily advanced in material prosperity.
Three more daughters were added to the family circle and the population of Michigan, to wit: Mrs. A. Quivey, of Parma; Mrs. J. Mabin, Owosso, and Mrs. Geo. Hadden, of this city.
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