VB-338 Church Family page 3

1853 (cont.)
Believers it is concluded to send them to their
relations somewhere in Jefferson County.
1 Feb Frederick Greif f ienhabin , a German almost 26 yrs old,
who has been at SF about 2 years, came to CF to live.
23 Feb Three of the boys - George V, Ambrose Peacock and AG
"eloped this morning instead of going to school.
Meeting with disappointments, getting hungry, muddy
and wet, they returned begging to be again received."
1 May (Sun) While WF was in meeting last evening, someone broke
into their Office and went thorough 2 desks apparently
looking for money but found none. About the same time
someone broke into the SF office but there they got
about ?6.
23 May StantonVBuckingham to be released as trustee living at
the Office and will move into the dwelling house as
one of the family deacons and have charge of the cows;
Chauncy Miller will take his place as voting trustee at
the Office and Daniels/Sherman be an assistant at Office;
Channing^Prentiss to take charge of garden; Maynard
Treadway released as family deacon; Splith Taylor to move
to NF and be their shoemaker; Albert^Twiss released from
elder's lot at NF and to move to CF; Samuel Rose to go
back to live with Elder Brother DavidvHawkins at NF;
Sally Mully removed as family deaconess in CF; Elizabeth^
Seely replaces her.
31 May William Markwell, a youth, came from SF to CF to live.
27 July "A comet has been visiblefor a number of evenings past
in the west about 5 degrees above the horizon, having a
very brilliant tail. It is plainly visible about 7:30
p.m.
5 Sept Elder Bro Freegift, Jesse Harwood, Aurilla Whittle,
Caroline Vernooy and Sophrona Smith started on a trip
to Long Island, to be gone about 2 weeks.
16 Sept "Sister Tabitha (or Abigail Ji/Shapley is near the end.
"On the morning of the 17th she finished her work and
sufferings on earth and passed to the other shore."
20 Oct Melville 21 Oct William Markwell of CF left today.
10 Nov Shubel^Prentiss is appointed family deacon.

1854.
20 Feb Phoebe Ann Smith and Angeline LeFuma, the former an
elder and the latter a nurse, have changed positions at
the NF. Gordon^Horton is released from the farm there
and is now to be in charge of the stock and Cyrus Bates
takes the farm.
AsavSeaton has gone from the WF to the SF to be a
deacon with Alexander Youngs.
24 Mar Fire in the dwelling house, alarm given by ringing the
bell. "The brethren and sisters with their pails and
buckets were on hand in a moment and the fire soon ex-