Autobiography of Matthew Elder, Jr

Résumé du livre

Author describes his family's arrival in Chester County, South Carolina, from Ireland in 1791, his youth, and education, with extensive details on his teachers and his time at Indiana University. His daughter, Mary J. Elder, completed the autobiography, detailing his career as a farmer and school teacher and describing his attempt to enter the Baptist ministry (cut short by the loss of the use of his legs from an infection).