died when her daughter, Mary Ann, was 16. He lived but a few years after coming to Oswego, however, and Mrs. built many of the business houses of that day, and the lighthouse, which he erected a contractor on Lake Erie, still stands. Her childish heart was grieved when the little dog, “Nigger,” which they were taking to the new home, escaped and was drowned when it fell through a hole in the ice. Her most-distinct recollection of was the St. The family moved to Oswego, N.Y., when the little Mary Ann was a sizable child, and after the birth of two other children. Always she feared for the child’s safety, and always she was frightened for herself, but she never thought of staying at home because of her fears. She was a “bottle baby” and the girl mother was forced to leave her child alone in the cabin while she walked the mile through the forest to the nearest neighbor’s home for milk, when the father was absent from home. Here, in a log cabin, Mary Ann was born, and lived during her early childhood. The Indians really were friendly, and called her a “brave squaw,” for she hid her fear of them, asked them to sit by her fireside, and tried to be kind to them.
The Indians, too, were frequent visitors and them she feared almost as much as she did the wild beasts. There were bears and wildcats and other beasts in the forest, and her days and nights often were filled with fears for her life. This left the young wife alone much of the time, and her nearest neighbor lived a mile distant.
No work could be had in this immediate neighborhood, that paid real money, so the young husband sought and found work at his trade, that of a stone-mason, in Quebec. They took up land in the primeval forest, and there made themselves a home. They had little money after their passage was paid, and nothing with which to start a home in a new and strange country. Fearing the opposition of their parents, they eloped, were married in a little church, which is still standing at Longford, Ireland, and sailed from Liverpool for Canada. Theirs was a romantic courtship and marriage. Her parents were Frank and Annie Kelly, both of whom were born in Ireland. Mary Ann White was born near Quebec, Canada, on January 3, 1830. French, to whom she told her life’s story in the course of a twenty-five-year friendly intimacy. White was written by her friend, Miss Laura M. Submitted by Find A Grave contributor David Aspelin.įrench, Laura M.
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