Tbe deceased waa a brother of the
mother of tbe Editor of tbe Globe. lie
was born on Paxton creek, five miles
from Uarrisburg, from whence his father
removed, in tbe year 1803, to tbe place
where tbe ann bas ju-t died. At that
tiuij tbe country there was an a! must
unbroken wilderness. There arere but
eight settlers iu all that neighborhood,
and no wagon road yet led iuto Licking
Creek Valley. Tbey cut a road ont
from tbe river at a point opposite Mif
flintown. Grandfather Augbey was
accompanied by John Farmer and
family. As illustrating tbe life of our
ancestors it n.ay be interesting to say
that Grandfather brought with him,
wheu he moved op, the first stove that
was ever in that valley. It was a ten
plate stove, cast by Curtis Grubb at
rotuwell Furnace. People came tram
miles around to see this atove as many
ot them had aa yet never seen a stove.
The flue limestoue laud was bought of
fne MuCormick, wbo could not wake a
living on it. He bad bought of one
Calhoun, wbo bad bought it of old John
McC:ellao, who about 1763 took np
balf ol Milford township. McClellan
once sold to John Hardy a tract of land
extending west to a lne running Iroiu
tbe creek to tbe moautaiu past tbe
black burnt tree. Tbis included the
Augbey farms, but McClellau manufac
tured a bogus black burnt tree and sold
the land to Calhoun. The laud, now in
two farms, was not deemed worth at
tbat time ibe trouble of a trip to tbe
county seat to get tbe title secured.
