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Here is part of what I have:
Zachariah, son of William and Ann, moved with his family to Richland County, Ohio, when a
small boy. As a young man he bought an axe and went north to Lake Erie where he got a job
cutting wood for the boats on the lake. He married an Irish girl by the name of McCreary,
(note says: she was born durning an ocean trip to America). I found other dates - I will
check further. To them was born two children; William and Lucelia. In 1832, Zachariah
came to Indiana alone and bought land northwest of Fort Wayne at the place later called
Concord. (Perhaps this is the same tract of land he came to check on in 1835, when he and
Vincent came together). Zachariah's wife died after he returned from Indiana to
Ohio.
Zachariah later married Anna Lee Ruckman who was the daughter of Peter Ruckman, who had
come to Ohio from Virginia. Anna Ruckman's mother wa a Lee, cousin to Nathaniel Lee,
one of the signers fo the Declaration of Independence. (?) In 1836, Zachariah with his
wife, Anna and three children: William, Lucelia, and baby Malinda, who was six weeks old,
started their journey from Ohio to Indiana in a coverd wagon. They did not forget to
bring along some apple seeds to start an orchard in Indiana.
It was a long, hard journey, cutting their way through the forests and fording streams.
At one place along the end of the journey, they built a small log cabin with a dirt floor
and a quilt for a door.
Three-fourths of a mile south of them was a camp of more than 300 Miami Indians. But the
Miami Indians were a peaceable tribe and caused them no trouble, but it was necessary to
keep a fire burning outside the hut at night to keep the howling wolves away. Their food
supply during the trip westward and afterwards in their new home, was mostly made up of
wild game. Back in those days, there was a plentiful supply of wild turkey, deer,
squirrel, pigeon, duck and fish.
Zachariah was not only a pioneer farmer, but a pioneer preacher. He rode for miles in
every direction to preach in the homes of the neighbors and friends before there was a
church or even a school house for religious services. His advice to his children was that
character was worth more than silver and gold. Zachariah Garrison was the father of 12
children, two children, Mark and Hannah, died under 5 years of age.
Zachariah died on June 10, 1883 at the age of 76 years old.
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