John William Emerick, known as William, emigrated from Berks Co., Pennsylvania in 1804 to Montgomery Co., Ohio in 1804 with his brothers. He bought land to the west of Germantown.
A tale told by Nettie Emerick who lived in Germantown goes like this...
William Emerick came to the Germantown valley in 1804 and built a small cabin on his land, then went back to Pennsylvania for his family. All during the long journey, Mrs. Emerick kept looking forward to her new little home in the west. When the wagon finally came to a stop before a terrible little shed-like building with open doors throught which goats and sheep had been wandering all winter long, she finally realized that this was the wonderful new home she had been led to expect. She sat down on the door step and cried. The Emerick men felt so sorry for her that they all got buckets, went down to the creek, and scrubbed the little cabin until it was clean from top to bottom. And, soon afterward, built a better and more acceptable house for the family.
Also included in Nettie's remembrances...
The Emericks and the Schaeffers helped to build the huts at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
A tale told by Nettie Emerick who lived in Germantown goes like this...
William Emerick came to the Germantown valley in 1804 and built a small cabin on his land, then went back to Pennsylvania for his family. All during the long journey, Mrs. Emerick kept looking forward to her new little home in the west. When the wagon finally came to a stop before a terrible little shed-like building with open doors throught which goats and sheep had been wandering all winter long, she finally realized that this was the wonderful new home she had been led to expect. She sat down on the door step and cried. The Emerick men felt so sorry for her that they all got buckets, went down to the creek, and scrubbed the little cabin until it was clean from top to bottom. And, soon afterward, built a better and more acceptable house for the family.
Also included in Nettie's remembrances...
The Emericks and the Schaeffers helped to build the huts at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
John William Emerick, known as William, emigrated from Berks Co., Pennsylvania in 1804 to Montgomery Co., Ohio in 1804 with his brothers. He bought land to the west of Germantown.
A tale told by Nettie Emerick who lived in Germantown goes like this...
William Emerick came to the Germantown valley in 1804 and built a small cabin on his land, then went back to Pennsylvania for his family. All during the long journey, Mrs. Emerick kept looking forward to her new little home in the west. When the wagon finally came to a stop before a terrible little shed-like building with open doors throught which goats and sheep had been wandering all winter long, she finally realized that this was the wonderful new home she had been led to expect. She sat down on the door step and cried. The Emerick men felt so sorry for her that they all got buckets, went down to the creek, and scrubbed the little cabin until it was clean from top to bottom. And, soon afterward, built a better and more acceptable house for the family.
Also included in Nettie's remembrances...
The Emericks and the Schaeffers helped to build the huts at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
A tale told by Nettie Emerick who lived in Germantown goes like this...
William Emerick came to the Germantown valley in 1804 and built a small cabin on his land, then went back to Pennsylvania for his family. All during the long journey, Mrs. Emerick kept looking forward to her new little home in the west. When the wagon finally came to a stop before a terrible little shed-like building with open doors throught which goats and sheep had been wandering all winter long, she finally realized that this was the wonderful new home she had been led to expect. She sat down on the door step and cried. The Emerick men felt so sorry for her that they all got buckets, went down to the creek, and scrubbed the little cabin until it was clean from top to bottom. And, soon afterward, built a better and more acceptable house for the family.
Also included in Nettie's remembrances...
The Emericks and the Schaeffers helped to build the huts at Valley Forge during the Revolutionary War.
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