My mother, Louisa Frances Morrell, was a native of Morristown, New Jersey; and her ancestors were among the founders of that beautiful town.

Her maternal great-grandfather was the Rev.Dr.
Timothy Johnes, the pastor of the Presbyterian Church, who administered the sacrament of the Lord's Supper to General Washington.

Her paternal great-grandfather was the Rev.Azariah Horton, pastor of a church near Morristown, and an intimate friend of the great President Edwards.

The early settlers of Aurora were people of culture and refinement; and the village is now widely known as the site of Wells College, among whose graduates is the popular wife of ex-President Cleveland.
In the days of my childhood the march of modern improvements had hardly begun.

There was a small steamboat plying on the Cayuga Lake.