Table of Contents

FOREWORD vicscccccsscccsssssccsssscccssssscsssseccessssecesssscecsssscesssccussssceussascnsssaecusas Ill
CHAPTER I

THE EARLY YEARS .occccscccsccsccsscssssesscscccssccssscsscseecsssessseescseecaesessesescsaecneaues 9
CHAPTER II

THE INHERITANCE ou .csscccccscccsscessccsscssecssssscssecsascessseeecseeessseesecescsaneeeaaes 17

CHAPTER III
HEADING FOR THE NEW WORLD ..e..cccsccessssessecesceceseecescecescecnececsseseness 29

CHAPTER IV

FARMING AND POLITICS .......ccccccscccssscessesessecessecsscecsseecssceceseecneeecsseeeness 39
CHAPTER V
THE LEGISLATURE, THE FARM, AND SMALL CLAIMS COURT ......... 47

CHAPTER VI
WILLIAM, THE FOURTH HOUSE, AND THE FINAL YEARS ......ecceeeee 57