VB-310 SF Journal

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1858
8 Jan The dwarf medium and two other women here from Waterford. '
10 Jan Galen and Samantha here with some of their relations from Albany.
12 Jan We set up a bleaching house to bleach broom corn.
16 Jan Dwarf medium & friends taken to depot. x;
21 Jan Sally Ahn^Bigelow's funeral at WF.
5 Feb Man named Cobb^and wife come from Troy to look at south farm.
7 Feb "We go to Galen's to lay out Galen's mother who died today.
8 Feb One load from WF and two loads from SF go to "funeral of Galen's mother.
24 Mar IB, Eldress Paulina and others go to^uneral of Cornelius Van Vranken.
26 Mar Uriah's father comes to visit him.
2 Apr James Finch and William Bussell trim the orchard.
13 June Funeral at WF of a girl, Delia Landed. ""
10 July 102 degrees.
11 July 96 degrees. "A tremendous hailstorm about noon which did much damage - destroying
all our seed onions, cutting down our corn, injuring our orchard and our tin
roofs. And to makethe distress complete, broke out nearly 1000 panes of glass."
12 July Go to Albany for glass and to get tin men to mend the brick shop roof." Begin
glazing windows.
27 July An Indian comes to let us have his brother live with us."
1 Aug James Tearney died., *- LL^ (fVi^v.';.
26 Aug "Some of us go to a picnic at the Holy Vineyard. It was got up by our neigh-
bors, the^orld."
1 Sept Charlotte Sale^nd Elizabeth Connor here from Cohoesville for information.
7 Sept "The poormaster takes a young lady to the poorhouse from our family."
2 Oct Three colored women here from Philadelphia.
7 Oct Catharine Damp's funeral at WF.
8 Oct Rebecca Jackson leaves for Philadelphia with other colored women.
8 Nov Elder Amos released from ministry, Richard B. takes his place.
11 Dec David Train's funeral at WF.

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1859
6 Feb Frederick Wicker died.
25 Feb Thankful Copley died at WF.
16 Apr Susannah Youngs died this a.m. "Her relations come to see the corpse."
26 May James Bates here from the Black River. Martha, his mother, and Lucy and
William come with him,
6 June Rebecca Perot starts for Philadelphia.
5 July IB to Albany with Justice (Harwood) to see the Governor about the pardon of
Charles Soule.
17 July "Tremendous hurricane" It tore off one side of the roof of the brick shop
and sent some of it against the sisters shop and broke some of the windows,
bruised the clapboards and injuried the roof. It tore down one of the chim-
neys of the dwelling house and broke in the roof, and damaged our crops.
18 July Some of the brethren from the other families came to help us repair our
shattered buildings.
9 Aug Lorenzo Richttpd" (Galen's son) brought some flour and got some bread.
12 Sept IB and Justice to Albany again to see the Governor about Charles Soule.
3 Oct James F. to Albany with a runaway Negro to help him on to Canada.
30 Nov Lucinda Harwood 's funeral at WF.
10 Dec They have put up six coal stoves.
13 Dec Charles went to West Troy to see the poormaster about Geo. Haney who is crazy.
14 Dec Sell a wood lot on the south farm to Michael Kemp for $70 per acre.
Charles and George H. take George Haney to county house.
16 Dec Marian Gillet to come to SF as eldress, they are advised.
21 Dec After surveying wood lot, receive $1685 for it.