This was the great work accomplished by the early settlers and it is granted that they builded wiser than they knew. To point out and lead the way to make possible our present advancing civilization, with its happy homes, its arts and sciences, its discoveries and inventions, its education, literature, culture, refinement and social life and joy, is to be the truly great benefactors of mankind for all time to come. If great and beneficent results "that endure and bless mankind" are the proper measure of the good men do, then who is there in the world's history that may take their places above the pioneer. The importance that attaches to the lives, character and work of the early settlers of Madison county, and the influence they exerted on the cause of humanity and civilization is one of the most absorbing themes that can possibly attract the attention of the local chronicler or historian.
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