VB-324, Reel 47 WF Journal page 4

1847 (cont.)
20 Aug Many brethren and sisters went to the camp meeting.
29 Aug Went to the Meeting House and had a comfortable meeting. "The Advent sisters were
there, viz. Abigail Cook and Nancy Fairbanks."
2 Sept SalathieKlhoma s ded.
20 Sept Alvira's natural father here.
25 Sept Alvira Conklin's brother and cousins here.
15 Oct "George Maltby taken to his mother in Troy for he has no union here. "

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1848
23 Jan Sab) "We stay home because many are not able to go to the Meeting House and some danger of
taking the smallpox,"
30 Jan Again it was "not thought prudent to go to the Meeting House because of smallpox
being so plenty in theneighborhood."
8 Feb Edward Powers came from SF to live atWF.
9 Feb Eldress Rebecca released at SF; Perlina Bates replaces.
12 Feb "The Dutch family move in the red house at the SF."
17 Feb Augustus and Catharine went to the SF to hear the Dutch family open their minds.
20 Feb Meeting at home. "Mother Lucy had a gift of reproof for Calvin Runels (Reynolds)."
26 Feb Anna Clement and Julia Sole came from SF to live at WF.
7 Mar Jesse, Justice, Joel and Augustus went to Albany after clapboards for the Meeting
House. Rudolph, the Dutch boy, came to WF to live.
28 Mar Caleb Bgfes1 funeral at SF at 3 pm.
11 Apr Oliverana his hands went "to git up timber and make ready for framing the Meeting
House."
18 Apr Jeremiah (Lowe) released from the cows and gone to work at the Meeting House.
19 Apr JamesvWatkins went to work at the Meeting House.
26 Apr Brethren go with their teams to help draw stones for the Meeting House from where the
sawmill stood.
29 Apr Betsy"bark died.
10 May Two Dutch boys come from SF to live atWF.
12 May Joseph Allen went away this a.m.
22 May Grace, Gertrude and the little girl, allDutch, came from SF to WF to live.
George Peavy instill speaking "quite lengthy" on Sabbath to the world.
10 June Jesse and Jeremiah finish the large window frames for the Meeting House.
13 June Abraham Newman came from SF to live at WF .
19 June Lutherand William Seely went after slippery elm bark.
24 Jun (Sat) Meeting House timbers ready for raising.
27 June Brethrre from allthe families go to help raise the new Meeting House, "and we prosperec
in our labors and blessing seems to attend the work thus far."
11 Aug Elder Sister from CF to reel silk.
15 Aug Balloon ascension in Albany.
30 Aug Calvin Reynolds turned off.
5 Sept Jethro Turner and Peter Long come to Watervliet.
9 Sept "Thomas Ayres sets out once more to be a Believer. "
q (Don't know when he had left, he had been mentioned during the lastyear as traveling
with Justice into Albany on errands, etc.)
19 Sept "Jesie went with Brother Austin (Buckingham) to the Arsenal at West Troy for informatioi
concerning the new manner of fixing paint."
22 Sept "This day we keep in remembrance of Holy Mother Wisdom's searching work and in
gratitude to our Heavenly Parents for their help."
27 Sept Jeremiah Lowe fell and hurt his back.