... In the war of 1812 father did service in the militia, was at the battle of Sackets Harbor, and was in the field three or four months that year. 1813, serving as Regimental Adjutant. Father and Uncle Chauncy, continued to occupy, and improve the farm in grandfather’s old age, he making his home with uncle Chauncy. ...
... In the Spring of 1838 father and uncle sold the old homestead and dividing their interests removed to Ohio and settled at what is now North Monroeville but was then, and for more than half a century, known as Cooke’s Corners. ...