Became so chilled & overcome with cold I could not travel, I crawled into the
hollow of a large tree to rest me. A man in the distance seeing me go into it
hastened to my ^rescue^ realizeing more fully than I did the danger I was in when he arrived
at the spot I had fallen asleep & was nearly insensible, he had much difficulty in
arousing me to a sens of my situation. He procured means to convey me to my
Fathers house and through a kind profidence my life was again preserved

At 14 years of age I split my left instep open with an ax which went nearly
through my foot & ^it^ was 9 months getting well. At 15 years of age I was bitten in
my left hand by a mad dog in the last stage of the Hydrophobia. He ownly clamped
my hand with his teeth but did not draw blood and I was preserved through
the mercy of God from an awful death. At the age of 17 I met with an accident
which caused me much suffering & came near ending my life. I was riding a very
ill tempered horse which I was not acquainted with, and while going down a very steep
rocky hill the horse took the advantage of the ground suddenly leaped from the road & ran
down the steepest part of the hill amid the thicket & the rocks at full speed and he commenced
kicking up at the same time & about landing me over his head among the rocks but I lodged
on the top of his head grasped one hand hold of each ear as with a death grasp expecting evry
moment to be dashed to peaces against the rocks while in this position sitting astride his neck
with no bridle to guide him but his ears he plunged down the hill among the rocks with all
force ^speed^ untill he ran against a rock which dashed him to the Earth I went over his head
& the rock about one rod & struck the ground square upon my being the ownly thing
visible that saved my life, for had ^I^ struck upon any othe part of my body it must have
killed me instantly, as it was my boenes bones crushed from under me as though they
were reeds. It broke my left leg twice in two & put out both of my ancles in a
shocking manner, and the horse came nigh rolling over me in his struggles to
get up. ^My uncle Titus Woodruff saw^ An uncle of mine saw me fall, hastened to my relief got amist me &
& carried me to his house in an arm chair, I lay from 2 oclok till 10 at night
without ^medical aid^ assistance then my Father arrived bringing Dr T Swift of Farmington with him
who set my bones boxed up my limbs & carried me in his carriage 8 miles that
night to my Fathers house my sufferings were very great yet I had good attention
& in 8 weeks I was outdoors upon my cruches & soon was all well again
In 1827 while attending the Flouring Mill attempting to clear the ice out of a water
wheel standing upon the wheel with one arm around the shaft a man hoisted the gate
let a full head of water upon it as soon as the water struck it it stopped my feet
sliped into [the wheel]. I immediately plunged head fore most over the rim of the

Became so chilled & overcome with cold I could not travel, I crawled into the hollow of a large tree to rest me. A man in the distance seeing me go into it hastened to my rescue realizeing more fully than I did the danger I was in when he arrived at the spot I had fallen asleep & was nearly insensible, he had much difficulty in arousing me to a sens of my situation. He procured means to convey me to my Fathers house and through a kind profidence my life was again preserved

At 14 years of age I split my left instep open with an ax which went nearly through my foot & it was 9 months getting well. At 15 years of age I was bitten in my left hand by a mad dog in the last stage of the Hydrophobia. He ownly clamped my hand with his teeth but did not draw blood and I was preserved through the mercy of God from an awful death. At the age of 17 I met with an accident which caused me much suffering & came near ending my life. I was riding a very ill tempered horse which I was not acquainted with, and while going down a very steep rocky hill the horse took the advantage of the ground suddenly leaped from the road & ran down the steepest part of the hill amid the thicket & the rocks at full speed and he commenced kicking up at the same time & about landing me over his head among the rocks but I lodged on the top of his head grasped one hand hold of each ear as with a death grasp expecting evry moment to be dashed to peaces against the rocks while in this position sitting astride his neck with no bridle to guide him but his ears he plunged down the hill with all speed untill he ran against a rock which dashed him to the Earth I went over his head & the rock about one rod & struck the ground square upon my being the ownly thing visible that saved my life, for had I struck upon any othe part of my body it must have killed me instantly, as it was my bones crushed from under me as though they were reeds. It broke my left leg twice in two & put out both of my ancles in a shocking manner, and the horse came nigh rolling over me in his struggles to get up. My uncle Titus Woodruff saw me fall, got amist me & & carried me to his house, I lay from 2 oclok till 10 at night without medical aid then my Father arrived bringing Dr Swift of Farmington with him who set my bones boxed up my limbs & carried me in his carriage 8 miles that night to my Fathers my sufferings were very great yet I had good attention & in 8 weeks I was outdoors upon my cruches In 1827 while attempting to clear the ice out of a water wheel standing upon the wheel with one arm around the shaft a man hoisted the gate let a full head of water upon it as soon as the water struck it it stopped my feet sliped into word covered I immediately plunged head fore most over the rim of the