watching my footsteps in order to find some opportunity to take my life from
the Earth but I can ownly attribute the continuation of my life on Earth
to the present time to a merciful God whose hand has been streched out & rescued
me from death in the midst of the many dangers and hair breadths escapes which I
have passed through in life some of which I will here mention

When three years of age I fell into a caldron of boiling water was instantly caught out
& so badly scalded that is was 9 months before I was considered out of danger. When
five years of age I fell from the great beam of a barn upon my face upon the beam floor
which came near breaking my neck three months afterwards I broke one of my
arms falling down a pair of stairs. I soon broke the other arm falling out of
a high stoop across some timber. When six years of age I came near being killed
by a surly bull and was ownly saved as it were by a miracle. During the same year
I went into my Fathers saw mill with several other children I got upon the head block
to take a ride while running the carriage back not anticipating any danger but before
I was aware of it my leg was caught between the head block & fender post & broak
both bones in two below the knee I was taken to the house & lay 9 hours before my
bones was set which time was spent amid severe pain: but being young my bones
soon nit together & in few weeks I was again upon my feet attending to the sports of
my youth. During my confinement with this lameness my brother Thompson was my
companion in the same room going through with a course of the typus fever
When 7 years of age I was riding on the top of a load of hay which my Uncle
Ozem Woodruff was driving to the barn when he turned the load over on top of
me and before it was I was nearly strangled for the want of air before it was removed
from me. While 8 years of age I was riding in a one horse waggon with
several others to go to our labor the horse took fright ran down a steep hill and
turned us over with the waggon on top of us. But again while in the midst of danger
my life was preserved none of us was seriously injured. While 9 years of age I clumb ^climbed^
into an Elim tree to obtain some bark. I steped upon a dry tree limb and I fell
about 15 feet upon my back which apparently beat the breath out of my body a cousin
ran & told my parents I was dead, before they arrived at the spot I came to my senses
arose upon my feet & met my Parents coming to me. At 12 years of age I
was drowned in Farmington River & sunk in 30 feet of water and was miraculously
saved by a young man named Bacon, I suffered much in being restored to life
At 13 years of age while passing through Farmington meadows in the depth of
winter with the roads drifted with snow and in an exceeding blustering day I became

watching my footsteps in order to find some opportunity to take my life from the Earth I can ownly attribute the continuation of my life on Earth to the present time to a merciful God whose hand has been streched out & rescued me from death in the midst of the many dangers and hair breadths escapes which I have passed through some of which I will here mention

When three years of age I fell into a caldron of boiling water was instantly caught out & so badly scalded that is was 9 months before I was considered out of danger. When five years of age I fell from the great beam of a barn upon my face upon the floor which came near breaking my neck three months afterwards I broke one of my arms falling down a pair of stairs. I soon broke the other arm falling out of a high stoop across some timber. When six years of age I came near being killed by a surly bull and was ownly saved as it were by a miracle. During the same year I went into my Fathers saw mill with several other children I got upon the head block to take a ride while running the carriage back not anticipating any danger but before I was aware of it my leg was caught between the head block & fender post & broak both bones in two below the knee I was taken to the house & lay 9 hours before my bones was set which time was spent amid severe pain: but being young my bones soon nit together & in few weeks I was again upon my feet . During my confinement with this lameness my brother Thompson was my companion in the same room going through with a course of the typus fever When 7 years of age I was riding on the top of a load of hay which my Uncle Ozem Woodruff was driving to the barn when he turned the load over on top of me and I was nearly strangled for the want of air before it was removed . While 8 years of age I was riding in a one horse waggon with several others the horse took fright ran down a steep hill and turned us over with the waggon on top of us. But again while in the midst of danger my life was preserved none of us was seriously injured. While 9 years of age I climbed into an Elim tree to obtain some bark. I steped upon a dry limb and I fell about 15 feet upon my back which beat the breath out of my body a cousin ran & told my parents I was dead, before they arrived at the spot I came to my senses & met my Parents coming to me. At 12 years of age I was drowned in Farmington River & sunk in 30 feet of water and was miraculously saved by a young man named Bacon, I suffered much in being restored to life At 13 years of age while passing through Farmington meadows in the depth of winter with the roads drifted with snow and in an exceeding blustering day I