Fragments of the Early History of Springfield and Green County

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Excerpt from Fragments of the Early History of Springfield and Green County: Related by Pioneers and Their Decendents at an Old Settler's Dinner Twelve months ago I had the pleasure of meeting our excellent Host and urging him to continue the meetings of the Pioneer Citizens of the County and City, as the different papers, prepared and read, depicting the trials, toils and sacrifices they made, also facts placed on record would be of historical interest, and only the sons of the fathers can state the Facts correctly. I am pleased to be with you today, to "Sit at the feet of the Elders and Ancients of the People, " and listen to the words of wisdom that fall from their lips, hear the history of those days, days of anxiety, peril and hard labor, changing prairie into fertile fields, clearing forests and abundance of harvets. The sincere friendship that existed between neighbor and neighbor, helping and assisting each other in health, and when sickness came to offer all kindness, and in death, sympathy and condolence. The widow and orphan given help with an open hand. You taught the children patriotism and the upholding of law and government, moral and divine - in a word our "American Institutions." You were the incentives to thrift. All these and more are the sureties of good citizenship. All having passed your "three score years and ten" and some "four score, " I know you will join me in thanks to our Heavenly Father for the blessings he has showered upon you, long life, good health, happy surroundings and the hope of many happy days to come in the country and city you have helped to create. For myself I hope your days may be long and pleasant and when the time comes for the Masters call, you may be ready, and receive the "Welcome plaudit, well done, good and faithful servant." The early settlers were mostly from the old hardy stock from Tennessee, Virginia, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and other older states. They came, viewed the country, were well pleased with the climate and topography, hence, determined to make for themselves and families permanent homes. The next thing was to purify the community and make it a desirable and pleasant community in which to live. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.