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Excerpt from The Autobiography of an Octogenarian: Containing the Genealogy of His Ancestors; Sketches of Their History; And of Various Events That Have Occurred During His Protracted Life; His Theological Views, &C, &C For a man in the "common walks of life," with nothing very remarkable to relate, to become his own biographer and publish to the world a history of his experiences, will probably be thought by many an exhibition of vanity and egotism. I do not wonder at this. I freely confess that such has been my own feelings while writing these pages. When I commenced I had no real expectation that my scribblings would ever be published to the world. My object was simply to employ some of my leisure hours in calling back to mind some of the almost forgotten scenes of by-gone days for my own amusement and edification, thinking that I might perhaps leave something in manuscript that might be interesting to my children and friends. But as I proceeded and reflected upon the subject, and my manuscript increased in dimensions, I came to the conclusion that in no other way could my wishes be so well effected as to employ that wonderful agent, the press. What I wished to say to a few of my friends, might be interesting to many. The genealogy of our ancestors, I think, will interest a large circle of the descendants and connections of the different families from which we have descended. I regret that it could not have been more extensive and complete, especially that of the Primes. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.