Some earlier members of my family to whom I dedicate this book are as follows: My Great-Great Grandfather Elias Mitchell and his wife, Sarah; my Grandmother Olive; and to her husband, Frank Curtis Pelton, a talented writer who wrote among other things, a book called The Eel Rack. (Back row left to right) my Great Uncle Arthur; Great Aunt Mary; Great Uncle Albert; and Great Aunt Goldie
And to my other ancestors: George Rogers, who sailed to America on the Mayflower and was one of the 41 signers Compact.
John Smith, one of the founders of Jamestown.
of the Mayflower
Peleg Pelton, an 18-year old idealist who played the fife while leading the Continental Army at the Battle of Saratoga in 1777 as well as at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781 where the British surrendered.
Captain Bezaleel Tyler, one of the brave forgotten men who fought with the hastily assembled Colonial militia at Minisink Ford, New York, on July 22, 1779.
And to Captain Peter Hager, who while in the Continental Army under George
Washington,
commanded the Old Stone Fort in Schoharie County, New York, in October, of 1780.
