Ashtabula

When eleven years of age his family removed to Ashtabula County, Ohio.

Ashtabula, on a creek of the same name, gives its title to a county.

The steamer touched at Fairport, Ashtabula, and Salem, where great numbers of bats were hovering over the entrance into the port.

He was so deeply impressed that he delayed a day, his western trip, and so missed the train that went down at Ashtabula.

It was early in April, and in Ashtabula at this season of the year the sand nearest the fire is the most comfortable.