Excerpt from A Few Biographical Sketches of Goshen People, and a Few Reminiscences of Doings in Goshen At the time of the settlement of this country, in the struwgle for existence, it is not strange that the individual should have been lost sight of; and even later when provided with many of the comforts of hfe, there were still the crowdings of problems of manner of government and of developing new sections of country so pressing that the individual was still soon lost sight of; and now in these later days of great prosperity the struggle for property suc cess has been so generally absorbing that, until quite recently, little time has been given to en quiring who were the individuals that wrought in bringing this wonderful present into existence, and what part and how each, and possibly some ancestor, took and performed in its accomplishment. Most of these enquiries will never be answered for it is already too late to obtain the information. Some of them may, if record is made while it can be done. Un doubtedly many, who have no sentiment about the matter, will say why bother at all? For them it is not worth while, they will probably be forgotten quite as quickly as they wish to be. But there are others who do and will care, and for such only these lines are written; and also to discharge an obligation which I conceive is a duty we all owe to those who have striven the best they knew, not only for themselves but for those who should come after. These thoughts and this duty are impressed upon me particularly with reference to the men of whom I shall write, who were all living within my lifetime and yet, notwithstanding their prom inence in our local affairs, are already known by so few of those who have succeeded them in the affairs of this county, even by tradition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.