Adolphus Dimmick, was born in Tolland Co. Conn. Jan. 13, 1791. In the year 1816, he came to Ripley Co. Ind. There he set out a nursery, the first in that part of the country, and raised a great many apple and peach trees. On the 9th of Oct. 1832, he married Ester Livingston. On the first of Nov. following, he started for Illinois, traveling in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen and a horse. On the 25th of that month he arrived at Old Town timber, made a claim and commenced farming. He bought a cow and calf, and soon had a herd of 40 or more besides selling a great many. The cabin was one of the little log huts of the early days, with a pounded clay fireplace, a stick chimney and a floor of linn puncheons. These puncheons made of rails split thin and shaved with a drawing knife. The windows were of greased and the table was made of a large puncheon. The land where they lived did not come into market until 1836. They had very little company. The wild animals came around them and kept them company. The raccoons came up under the window at night; the wolves ate the bones thrown from the house, and the wild turkeys picked up the crumbs near the door. The deer often came around them, and their society was principally that of the wild animals. Mr. Dimmick died on Christmas day, 1845, and is buried in Dawson cemetery.
[from "Ellswoth’s 100th Year" by Don Evans, 1971]
[from "Ellswoth’s 100th Year" by Don Evans, 1971]
Adolphus Dimmick, was born in Tolland Co. Conn. Jan. 13, 1791. In the year 1816, he came to Ripley Co. Ind. There he set out a nursery, the first in that part of the country, and raised a great many apple and peach trees. On the 9th of Oct. 1832, he married Ester Livingston. On the first of Nov. following, he started for Illinois, traveling in a wagon drawn by a yoke of oxen and a horse. On the 25th of that month he arrived at Old Town timber, made a claim and commenced farming. He bought a cow and calf, and soon had a herd of 40 or more besides selling a great many. The cabin was one of the little log huts of the early days, with a pounded clay fireplace, a stick chimney and a floor of linn puncheons. These puncheons made of rails split thin and shaved with a drawing knife. The windows were of greased and the table was made of a large puncheon. The land where they lived did not come into market until 1836. They had very little company. The wild animals came around them and kept them company. The raccoons came up under the window at night; the wolves ate the bones thrown from the house, and the wild turkeys picked up the crumbs near the door. The deer often came around them, and their society was principally that of the wild animals. Mr. Dimmick died on Christmas day, 1845, and is buried in Dawson cemetery.
[from "Ellswoth’s 100th Year" by Don Evans, 1971]
[from "Ellswoth’s 100th Year" by Don Evans, 1971]
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