Memoirs of Waukesha County. From the earliest historical times to the present with chapters on various subjects, including each of the different towns, and a genealogical and biographical record of representative families in the county, prepared from data obtained from original sources of information.

              232 MEMOIRS  OF WAUKESHA  COUNTY
we left seven pounds a year, and the girls got three pounds a year each.'
"Mr. and Mrs. John Jones left Wales with eight children, and the three Jarmon boys, one of whom, John, became the husband of Ann Jones in 1844, this being one of the first marriages in the settlement. That same year John Jarmon and his bride moved onto the farm which is still the Jarmon homestead, where Mrs. Jarmon has resided fifty- three years. There fourteen children were born to her, of whom ten survive. She also boasts twenty-five grandchildren and two great grandchildren.   Mr. Jarmon died twenty-three years ago.
"But beside his own family and the Jarmons, John Jones was ac¬ companied from Wales by another personage of some importance. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were very pious people and could not bear the thought of a new home where there should be no minister and no church, and so they brought a young minister with them from Wales, Mrs. Jones buying him necessary clothes and Mr. Jones paying his fare. All went well until one morning on the canal boat in New York state when the minister was found missing and the captain finally ad¬ mitted that he had put down a plank for the young man to go ashore. The divine had actually deserted not only the ship, but his generous protectors, and nothing more was seen of him until two or three years later when he appeared in the Welsh settlement and repaid Mr. Jones his passage money. This clerical gentleman is, I believe, still alive, and since he has no doubt repented of his breach of trust it seems best to withhold his name.
"Most of the Welsh pioneers had been reared as farmers and prac¬ tically all became farmers after settling in this section. They were industrious and thrifty, and whether or not they had had previous training, they were almost universally successful and became the own¬ ers of fine farms, well stocked and supplied with good buildings. In earlier years farms of three or four hundred acres were not uncom¬ mon, but now they have been sold or divided until they average prob¬ ably less than 100 acres each. The section which the colony occupies in the western part of the county is a beautiful, rolling country, and many of the farm homes look very prosperous and very attractive.
"But this is the result of the work of years. Pioneer days tell the usual story of the little log house, the unremitting labor, the few com¬ forts. Thomas D. Jones relates that when as a lad he, with others of the family, the late David R. Jones, arrived here from Ohio, where they first settled, they lived for a time in a log structure which was boarded up only on the north side. The sun shone on them by day and the moon by night, though the children did not mind that, but when it rained the family was very uncomfortable. The goods were unpacked from the covered wagon in which they had made the long trip from Ohio, but they had to be replaced in the wagon to save them from destruction by the pitiless May showers.
"As indicated by the action of the Welsh immigrants who would bring a minister from Wales lest they should miss the services of the church in their new home, the religious life of the colony dates from its very inception.    As soon as two or three families were gathered