Very informative, Thanks! Lori ----- Original Message ----- From: <Mingzmom@aol.com> To: <OHPICKAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:33 PM Subject: Why people moved around > I really haven't been following this, but maybe I can add a bit. My > ancestors arrived in Pickaway County in the early 19th century. They were > Quakers. Apparently other Quakers came with them. Very often members of the > same religion moved together as a group. > > My ancestors settled in Salem in 1632, moved on to settle Mt Holly, NJ, then > to Pennsylvania, finally to Ohio. I believe the primary reason people kept > moving west and south was to get hold of cash money. They could "sustain" > themselves on a small farm, but not get rich. They would clear land, fence > it and grow a crop or two, then sell the "improved" land -- just as > developers do today. That gave them cash. They moved on to do the same in > the next state. Often new land was obtained through grants, or if > unimproved, at a pittance compared to what they sold. > > Most of my ancestors stayed on in Ohio for awhile. Many were still there in > 1930. My great, great grandfather moved on with his parents to Iowa. From > there, my great grandfather moved to settle in Kansas. This was a familiar > pattern. My great grandfather finally retired to Wichita, a fairly wealthy > man. He lived to be 95. > > I am speaking of the Gaskills. > > Carole Shanahan > > > ============================== > Shop Ancestry - Everything you need to Discover, Preserve & Celebrate > your heritage! > http://shop.myfamily.com/ancestrycatalog >