Excerpt from A Historical Sketch of the Thorngate-Rood Family, Descendants of George Thorngate, Senior, and Matilda Blanchard, 1798-1906I think that every descendant of this good man should know about him. The knowledge that such a man as he was the founder of our family in America should make every one of us desire so to live as to be worthy of him. I am not so sure but that every daybe looks down upon us from up yonder and bestows upon us his benediction. And others there are with him who are dear to us in memory, and who have lived so worthily for us that we may well honor them in our own lives.It is to call loving attention to what has been good in those of our family who have gone on before to draw us who still live, especially the young, the more closely together in the sacred bonds of love and kinship; to lead us to know more of one another, to love one another better; to inspire us with higher ideals and impel us to better living and more unself ish service, that this little book has been written. May God help us all!About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.