Threads of Time: Quilts and Textiles

<p></p><p>David Minto wore this vest for his marriage to Jane Johnstone in Annan, Scotland, in February 1835. </p><p>In May 1840, the Minto family left Scotland for the United States. They lived in a Quaker settlement in Canandaigua, New York, for several years before heading west to Lake County. They acquired land adjacent to Loon Lake on the northwest corner of Deep Lake and Grass Lake roads. There, they cleared trees to build a log house and barn. </p>