Thurs 1 - [at home] Visiting with Mrs. Wallace. Went up to see Hat just at night. Had a good ... [visit ?] Hat is staying with me all night.
Fri 2 - [at David Wilson's] Came down to David Wilson in the morning. Almost melted. Found them all well except Mary [his wife] and she is some better tonight. Tim and I have been up town.
Sat 3 - [at David Wilson's] Have been sewing all day. Tim is fast coming down with the mumps. Having a good visit but don't feel very well tonight. Rains like forty.
Sun 4 - [at David Wilson's] David [Wilson], [his wife] Mary, and the children went to Albion so Tim and I had the house to ourselves. Have just got home from ..... Oh, what funny folks.
Mon 5 - [at home] Well, I have been in to Cleveland. Saw lots of folks. Had a good time. 11 o'clock. Just got home. Oh, I am so tired. Had a good visit with ....
David K. Wilson married Mary C. Peck on 10 September 1851
Tues 6 - [at home] Tim and I went up to Maria's in the morning. Spent the day there. Ma come after me just at night. Got home. Found Jennie here to stay all night.
Wed 7 - [at home] Done a very large wash. Was too tired to go to Shiloh. Fred Thomas is here to stay a few days. I am so sleepy.
Thurs 8 - [at home] Doing housework and sewing some. Father and Mother are going to start for Michigan. 10 o'clock and they have just made up their minds to go. Good luck to them.
Fri 9 - [at home] Got up at 10 o'clock as at 3 a.m. folks had started for Grafton. Put and Fred [Thomas] went to carry them. This afternoon Mrs. Goodrich and Jane have been here.
Jane's parents are apparently going to visit the various
Tillotson families which have moved to Clinton County, Michigan in
the communities of Elsie and Ovid. They would especially want to
visit Jane's brother, William and his family, and sister, Eliza, and
her family. They would also probably see Jane's cousin, Frank
Tillotson, and his family. To get to Michigan they would be taken by
wagon to Cleveland where they would board a boat for Detroit. It was
then a wagon or stage ride to Elsie or Ovid.
Sat 10 - [at home] Lib and I have had lots to do. Made a cheese, churned, baked, moped. Lib and I have been down after Nellie [Butts]. Dry came over and spent the eve. Jennie is here.
Sun 11 - [at home] Nellie [Butts], Jennie, and Lib and I have spent the day a visiting together. Dry and Lewis was here to tea with us. Rained like fun all day.
Mon 12 - [at home] Washed up the white clothes. In the afternoon made me an apron. Ern has been here. Dry come over and spent the eve. Mrs. Bryan's folks moved today.
Tues 13 - [at home] Finished washing, moped, churned and cleaned. Done house work all day. Awful tired and sleepy. Father has not come yet.
Wed 14 - [at home] Ironed and baked. Father got home at 11 o'clock. Found them [the Michigan relatives] all well. Went to Shiloh. Had a good time. Maria Wallace was here a little while.
Jane's father only spent a very few days visiting in Michigan
but her mother stayed for a longer visit.
Thurs 15 - [at home] Doing housework and sewing some. Feel rather lonely today. Lib and I went down to see Jennie a few minutes just at night in their new house.
Fri 16 - [at home] Sarah and Charley Butts have been here and spent the day. Jennie came up just at night. Dry came over and spent the eve. No more. Good night.
Sat 17 - [at home] Done lots of work besides a great deal that ain't done. Elliot was here to tea. Had a good visit with him. Father has gone to the Lodge.
Sun 18 - [at home] Did not go to church. Miles [Tillotson] and Fred [Thomas] come up here after meeting. Had a good visit with them. Received a short call from Nell [Butts?].
Mon 19 - [at home] Washing. Father went to Liverpool and Lewis has killed old Spark. Mrs. Goodrich come over just at night. I guess that is all.
Tues 20 - [at home] Attended funeral of Mrs. Hancock. On our way home called to see Jennie. Am almost sick tonight with a sore throat.
Wed 21 - [at home] Ironed and baked. Jennie came up just at night and we all got ready to go to Shiloh. It looked like rain and we had to stay at home.
Thurs 22 - [at home] Churned and moped. Fixed over my white dress waist. Have got a hard headache.
Fri 23 - [at home] Doing housework. In the afternoon Lib and I went up to Uncle Dan [Tillotson] to see Aunt Elmira. Cleaned chambers.
Sat 24 - [at home] Baked, moped, churned. Lib and I have spent the eve alone. Father has gone to the Lodge. Put and Lewis have gone to Mr. Morton's.
Sun 25 - [at home] Father and I went to church. Miles [Tillotson] came home with us. Dry came over a little while. Bill [Freese] has been here to have me go there to work. Received a line from Tim.
Mon 26 - [at home] Washing. Brought the water from the spring. Uncle [Zadock Tillotson] brought [cousin] Carrie [Caroline Tillotson] up to spend a week with us.
Zadock was born in Tyringham, Massachusetts in 1793. As a adult he was a blacksmith and a Whig. (Tillotson Gen) His farm was part of lot no. 11 of the original land purchased by his father, Samuel. Zadock's farm was the location of the original Tillotson log cabin. His land was on the extreme western edge of Brunswick and was adjacent to land owned by Lucius Warner who married Zadock's sister, Milly. By 1858 Zadock was not well and he would die in 1859. The changing condition of his illness can be seen in the November and December 1858 diary entries. Almira had been born about 1803 and, as a 57 year old widow, was living with her son, Zadock, jr., in 1860.
Tues 27 - [at home] Baked bread and pies. Carrie and I went down to Bill [Freese]'s in the morning. Found [his wife] Tryphenia almost sick. Awful tired and sleepy.
Wed 28 - [at home] Doing housework. In the afternoon Carrie [Tillotson] and I went down to Becca [Goodrich]'s school. Called on Amelia. Had a good visit. Lib and Jennie have gone to Shiloh.
Thurs 29 - no entry
Fri 30 - no entry
Sat 31 - no entry
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