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<b>20  Nov</b>       Chaincey     Copley    went   to  see   NL  Ministry     "about     some
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                               land   in  Illinois     that   fell    into   his   hands   2-3   years    ago
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                               It  was   chiefly    prairie     land   and   he  felt   it   was   neces-
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                               sary   to  go   &  see  what   condition      it  was   in  &  conclude
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                               what   wo^uld    be  the   best   thing    to  do   with   it."    He   also
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                               wanted    to  stop   in   Michigan     about   a  pine   timber    lot   that
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                               he  thought    perhaps     to  buy.     Ministry     agreed    for   him   &
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                               Chauncey    Miller     to  go.
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<b>22  Nov</b>       Eld   Richard    went   to  NYCity     to  buy   a  320  acre   pine    tim-
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                               ber  lot   in  Michigan     owned    by  a  company     in  NYC.
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<b>12  Dec</b>    *  Oliver    Train   died    at  Lebanon    Hollow.      "He   was   a  turnoff
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                               &  had  many    crazy   turns    since    he  went   away    & some    before
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                               but  never    was   known   to   say   anything     against    Believers.
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                               In  one   of  his   crazy   turns,    he   exclaimed,     with    many
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                               oaths,    that   the   floor   would    give   away    & they   would    all
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                               go  down   to  hell    together     &  the  stove    on  top."     After
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                               his  funeral,     any   of  those    present    who   wanted    to   see   the
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                               corpse    were   invited    to   step   into   the   other    room.   About
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                               30  gathered     around    the   coffin,    mostly    women,     & the
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                               floor   gave   way   &  down   into    the  cellar    they   went    with
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                               thwe   stove    & the   coffin    which    burst    open,   partly     spill-
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                               ing  the   corpse.      Several     were   badly   hurt.
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                 <b>1854</b>_          (P.  139)
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                 2T~Jan       ^nfeotter      died    at  SF -   64.
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<b>28  Jan</b>       Henry    Hanson    of  SF  left    for  England     to  settle    an
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                               estate.      Expects    to   be  back   by   May.
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<b>30  Jan</b>       Plan_e#-  to  put   a  sto^   in   sisters'     shoeroom    at   Meeting
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                               House.
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                 I  Feb.       Chauncey     Miller    brought     the   stove   from   Albany     - price
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                               $8.    George    Price    made   the   stovepipe      & it  was   put   up.
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<b>4  Feb</b>        Bro   Daniel    5  Elder   Amos    went   to  NF   to  have   a  conversa-
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                               tion   with   Gordon    Horton    who   "was    laboring    under    some
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                               unprofitable       feelings."
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                 II  Feb       Chauncey     Copley,     Channing     Prentiss     & Daniel     Sherman
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                               returned     from   their    Black   River    seed   route.      Had   been
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                               gone   over    4 weeks.      Profitable      trip.
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<b>14  Feb</b>       Eldress    Asenaths      Sister    Betsy   went   to   NF  to  see   the
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                               Elder    Sister.      "After    considerable       laboring     they   came
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                               to  the   conclusion      it  would    be  best   to   make   some   changes
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                               which    was  to   ha^   Phebe   Ann   Smith    change    with   Angeline
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                 The   New   Lebanon    Ministry     now   is:  Amos    Stewart,     Elder;    Daniel
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                 Boler,    Elder    Brother;     Asenath    Clark,    Eldress,     Betsy    Bates,    Elder
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                 Sister.
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