Jun 1 – At home. Lou here. Not much done rainy day. Hannah over to Nells.
Jun 2 – Rainy. Lou and the children went over to Mr Ralphs and Lois.
Jun 3 – At home. Sarah down to Kalamazoo. Hoed some in garden. Got some cabbage plants of Hat and Lib.
Jun 4 – Shelled some corn cleaned out corn house. Whitford got 3 Doz and 4 Eggs 33 cts. H. D. Streator[71] paid 25 cts.
Jun 5 – At home all day. No one here. Sarah to Nancys yet. Nancy no better. Rained some in night.
Jun 6 – Mercury 84 in shade rainy some. Ethan and Lois went to Kalamazoo. Lee Milham came up after the long Ladder. 50 years to day I started for Michigan.[72]
Jun 7 – At [home] hoed some chored round. Got two bushels wheat of Charley Town took it to the new mill. Rained in night lightning struck Mr Smiths house.
Jun 8 – Went down to Katharines to see Hellen. She goes to Idaho.[73] Rainy day some.
Jun 9 – Cloudy some mist cool wind.
Jun 10 – At home. Hoed some in garden. Very warm.
Jun 11 – Some hot. Every thing growing very fast. Ina here. Lois to Kalamazoo.
Jun 12 – At home. Warm day, Ethan and Hannah went down to Alvin Lees.
Jun 13 – Very hot. Hoed potatoes. Some dry.
Jun 14 – Finished hoing potatoes in west lot. Will Brown and Fred Kranklin shearing sheep for Charley Town.
Jun 15 – Mercury 94 in shade very hot. Mr David Carson Buried to day.[74]
Jun 16 – Edna Henry and Loulu Crawford[75] came here. Warm very hot.
Jun 17 – Edna and Lu Lu here. Lizzie Crawford came. Had a rain and wind storm. Alvin and George called here.
Jun 18 – Lizzie and Lou went over to Lois stayed all night. Kate Crawford[76] came on noon train.
Jun 19 – Kate and Edna here. Lizzie and Lou over to Lois.
Jun 20 – Edna, Lizzie and Lu Lu here. Very warm. Old Mrs Smith buried to day.
Jun 21 – Cloudy. Lois and Ina here. Mr Peter Johnson Buried to day.[77]
Jun 22 – Edna, Lizzy and Lu Lu went to Battlecreek to day.
Jun 23 – Sarah and I went down to Nancys. Cool day. Nancy is doing well rather on the gain.
Jun 24 – Pleasant and cool in morning.
Jun 25 – Took Ednas trunks over to burg. The girls went up to Lous.
Jun 26 – Nice morning. Finished putting poison on the potatoes this morning.
Jun 27 – Took Sarah over to Lois. I hoed potatoes, cabbage and beans. Ground siccle for Mr Randal.
Jun 28 – Choring. Charley cutting wheat. Started the new Binder. Fixed spear for Morry Randal.
Jun 29 – At home. Not much done. Ethan and Sarah went to Kalamazoo. Hot day.
Jun 30 – Charley Ford cut the wheat East of Barn. Fine day shower in afternoon.
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[71] Neighbor, Henry “Harry” Streator
[72] From New York
[73] According to the [September 1887] obituary of Helen’s husband, Joseph M. York, “His health was poor, and he went to Colorado eight years ago, and came here to Idaho with poor health. Mrs. York had remained in Michigan with her daughter all these years, partly to take care of her aged mother and sister’s children, hoping that Mr. York would regain his health and get located so that they would have a home to go to. The daughter had poor health and they made arrangements to come to Idaho, and arrived at Kuna on the 2nd of July last.”
[74] FindAGrave.com shows that he is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Galesburg, Michigan
[75] Edna (Crawford) Henry and Lulu Crawford were the daughters of his wife Sarah’s brother, Robert & Louisa (McCann) Crawford
[76] Katherine (Atcheson) Crawford, the wife of Hiram Crawford Jr. who was the brother of his wife Sarah
[77] FindAGrave.com shows that Peter Johnson died in Galesburg, Michigan on June 18, 1887 and is buried in Oak Grove Cemetery in Galesburg
Letters & Diary Entries From the 1860s through the 1890s 