VB-311 SF Journal page 25

1863 (cent.)
16 May Setting out a new orchard. Put in 80 trees today.
18 May John Clement and all his family to the world. Three wagons take him to the Van Ben-
thuysen place on the turnpike.
24 May "Benjamin Stark and Elisha Waters from Troy with a spiritual medium."
25 June "The enrolling officer here to take the names."
15 July Benjamin Brown Is released as foreman of the farm and Asa takes it, and Abiel takes the
place as peddiar.
18 July EldressA Lovlna goes to CF to get Jannet Angus to see Charlotte ^ale.
19 July Dr. Wade comes to see Charlotte jr'
22 July Charlotte's relations come to see her.
26 July
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3 Aug Simon Smith died at WF.
22 Aug Charles P. toCohoesville to inform Charlotte Table's relations that she appears to be
near the end. (&U, JiMfa\;../V
4 Sept Joseph to Cohoesville to invite C. Sale's^ relations to her funeral.
6 Sept Galen's son George and his family come from Troy to visit.
19 Sept "A soldier came txxseeyesterday as a candidate by the name of David Bates."
25 Sept Canned 50 cans of corn and "some dozen of tomatoes."
30 Sept Funeral of Polly Wicks'at WF. 77>^-
19 Nov Asa Seatoli goes to CF, John Hughes to WF, and Melinda Bussell to NF to live.
3 Dec Orpha DeGroat and Jerusha Tru^air'come from WF to SF to live.

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1864
23 Feb Stephen Wells died. *^c ?f
24 Feb William Hunter to Albany to put his son Simpson, who has chosen the world, on the train
for Canada .
Ellen Lake and daughter are taken to Schenectady.
27 Feb Emma York leaves; Benjamin Brown goes to the world.
5 Mar Jan-res Watkins died at WF. Some from CF and NF attend funeral.
8 Mar Joseph and IB to Peacock's Mill to buy two buzz saws. Paid $28 for them.
10 Mar Elders and two sisters to
CF for funeral of Abraham HendricksdSn.t^'/1^
15 Mar Galen sells 100 acres of west farm with buildings for $6000.
19 Mar Galen and sisters go to the west farm after furniture etc.
Abiel and IB stake out the foundation of a cider mill and "the hands" dig the trenches
(for the base) and draw the stones."
24 Mar Galen and Abie! to west farm to prepare for a vendue to sell off some cows, wagons, etc.
25 Mar Vendue at west farm.
28 Mar Galen and Ablel to west farm to settle up and bring home some more furniture etc.
30 Mar Raise the cider house.
6 May To NF for apple trees to set out innew orchard.
Simpson Hunter comes from Candda for a second privilege.
8 May Galen's son-in-law, Dixon, visits from NYCity.
20 May Elder Giles and Nehemiah take our bees away "to Italianize them."
21 May Henry Scranton comes for another privilege. IB goes to see the ministry about it,
8 June William Johnson of SF goes with Brother Albert Lomas (of NF) to the cold spring on the
road to Albany to lay some aqueduct to bring the water to a kettle.
21 June Ann, Irena, Clarissa and IB go to Albany, also the elders of the NF, and meet with "our
ministry" and the Ohio & Lebanon ministries at the Merchants' (?) Hotel - 24 of us
altogether.