Samuel Calvin

As a boy, after school hours, he often paused at the edge of the cliff to look down upon Wigton Bay in which lay ships and schooners from all parts of the world. At that period trade between America and the various little ports on Solway Firth was active, and the longing for travel, common to all boys, was greatly stimulated in young Calvin by the sight of the vessels that came and went. Among his school companions was James Wilson, now Secretary of Agriculture, and a friendship was there formed that continued through life. The Calvin and Wilson families both emigrated to the United States in 1851, the Calvins going direct to Iowa and the Wilsons following after a short sojourn in Connecticut. Thomas