I have thus far
given the names and birth of my relatives. I shall now proceed with my own
journal. Mostly passing over my youthful days which was spent sometimes on the
farm and sometimes in school, and will begin with the Patriot war or Rebellion
in Lower Canada, which was got up in 1837, by
Joseph Papineau and others of his associated friends under the cry and pretence
of Oppression from the British Government. But as I with many others well
understood that it was only got up for power, felt to take up arms in defence
of the Government. Accordingly, a volunteer company was made up in the township of Eardley. My uncle David Moore was
appointed Captain, Joseph Lust, Leuit., Thos. Josey, Ensing, and myself
Sargent. We were regularly drilled two days in each week during most of the
winter of 1837 and '38. We were continued under this organization until the war
closed, but were never actually called into service. In the time of this war
Susan Mariah Vorce came to my fathers to live, and on the 19th of August 1839 I
married her. She was born Feb. 5, 1810, in Winsor Co. State of Vermont.
In the latter part
of the year 1841, two Mormon Elders came into the neighborhood and began to
preach. I went to hear them, felt fully satisfied that they had truly a new
doctrine, yet very plain and reasonable. I therefore
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