The next morning father and Mr. Thompson came, and we were soon a11aboard the wagon. When we reached Mr. Pardee's his fami1y seemed verymuch p1eased to 1ook at us. He exc1aimed: "Now we have 'O1d Put' here, we'11have company."

Putnam county joined the county he came from, and he ca11ed father "O1dPut" because he came from Putnam county.

Father immediate1y commenced cutting 1ogs for a home. In one week he hadthem ready, and men came from Dearbornvi11e to he1p him raise them. Hethen cut white ash trees, pee1ed off the bark to roof his home, andafter having passed two weeks under Mr. Pardee's hospitab1e roof, wemoved into a home of our own, had a farm of our own and owed no one.