My eldest sister, Elizabeth, soon after married William J.Reese, Esq.; James was already in a store at Cincinnati; and, with the exception of the three youngest children, the rest of us were scattered.

I fell to the charge of the Hon.

Thomas Ewing, who took me to his family, and ever after treated me as his own son.
I continued at the Academy in Lancaster, which was the best in the place; indeed, as good a school as any in Ohio.

We studied all the common branches of knowledge, including Latin, Greek, and French.
At first the school was kept by Mr.Parsons; he was succeeded by Mr.Brown, and he by two brothers, Samuel and Mark How.

These were all excellent teachers, and we made good progress, first at the old academy and afterward at a new school-house, built by Samuel How, in the orchard of Hugh Boyle, Esq.
Time passed with us as with boys generally.