The Revolutionary War claimed the life of John’s father, Michael, leaving a fractured family behind. While his widowed stepmother kept his half-siblings, John and his full siblings were assigned guardians by the Northumberland County Orphan's Court and sent away, likely to live with maternal relatives.
But John's story didn't end in the orphan's court. Pieced together through land deeds, court files, and historical newspapers, this book chronicles his resilience. Follow John as he leaves Pennsylvania to become a master wagon-wheel maker and landowner in Trumbull County, Ohio. It is a story of survival and legacy, ending with a respected family patriarch whose sons went on to become a reverend and the inheritors of his wagon-making trade.
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