Her husband was the first man who settled in Salisbury, but he was very unfortunate.

After he had worked hard, and got a log cabin ready for his family, it took fire, and was destroyed; and he himself was killed by the fall of a tree, soon after.

But his widow was a very smart woman; and though she had eight or ten small children, she moved on to the place her husband had selected; and the proprietors of the township gave her a hundred acres of land to encourage and reward her.

She worked just like a man, and didn't mind chopping down trees, and cultivating the soil, with her own hands.

But by-and-bye the Revolution broke out, and as there were British soldiers in the neighborhood, she was afraid they would make her a visit.