Removed to Cortland, NY in 1801; Gideon was an expert mechanic but followed farming as a life work. Shortly after marriage Gideon and Abigail packed all their personal possessions on a horse and set off for western New York, the young bride riding while the groom walked beside her. On the last three days of the journey, Gideon carefully blazed the trees to mark the way for others to come into the woods, or so they could find their way out if necessary. They slept and cooked as they journeyed and when they arrived at their destination the groom cut trees and built a log cabin which became their home and there reared a family of eight sons and one daughter all of whom lived to become heads of families; he removed then to Anamosa, Iowa in 1838 with wife and six unmarried sons followed later by his married son John and his wife; Gideon and his family travelled by boat to what is now Chicago and drove west on the "plank road" with their team of oxen to Fairview, Iowa.
Removed to Cortland, NY in 1801; Gideon was an expert mechanic but followed farming as a life work. Shortly after marriage Gideon and Abigail packed all their personal possessions on a horse and set off for western New York, the young bride riding while the groom walked beside her. On the last three days of the journey, Gideon carefully blazed the trees to mark the way for others to come into the woods, or so they could find their way out if necessary. They slept and cooked as they journeyed and when they arrived at their destination the groom cut trees and built a log cabin which became their home and there reared a family of eight sons and one daughter all of whom lived to become heads of families; he removed then to Anamosa, Iowa in 1838 with wife and six unmarried sons followed later by his married son John and his wife; Gideon and his family travelled by boat to what is now Chicago and drove west on the "plank road" with their team of oxen to Fairview, Iowa.
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The grave marker for Gideon and Abigail was leaning and in danger of falling over in 2021. Jim and Wes Peet, 3rd great grandsons of Gideon and Abigail had it uprighted in September of that year.
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