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Diaries of Catherines A. Yeaton in pdf format
The Diaries of Catherine A. Yeaton (1820-1900)
Catherine A. Yeaton was the daughter of William Yeaton and Elizabeth Ham, in 1841, she married Warren Yeaton, son of John Yeaton and Betsey Towle. They resided on North Road at the Yeaton Tavern, and there raised their children: Ellen A., who married Daniel C. Ayer; William Henry (1842-1870); Caroline Annette who married Hiram A. Holmes; Thomas M. Yeaton (1846-1846); Charles A., John Warren, and Alvah L. Yeaton. Warren Yeaton died in 1890. The diaries are for the years 1882, 1885, 1886 and 1895. They give an account of the comings and goings of people at the tavern, including much of the day to day activities in running the farm, as well as the weather.
1882.......... 1885.......... 1886 (below)1895
CATHERINE A. YEATON
1886 Diary
Fri Jan 1
Some cloudy, windy cooler
Alvah worked around the barn
Warren drunk, out until twelve o'clock at night
Ellen called
Saturday 2
Fair, warm, pleasant
Alvah around the barn &c to work
Sunday 3
Dull day
Fred Hill called
Mon Jan 4
Dull day, very rainy night
Washed
Alvah at home, worked around the barn
Harry went to Concord
Tuesday 5
Still raining
Alvah at home, worked in the barn
Commenced to spin
Wednesday 6
Colder
Alvah at home part of the day, worked on road, little while with Wm B
and Robert
Letter from S Prescott
Thurs Jan 7
Cold
Alvah at home part of the day
Ellen called
Friday 8
Very cold, windy
Little snow, snowy night, blowing hard
Saturday 9
Very cold, windy, snow flying, not much sledding
Alvah carried a man to Northwood from the depot
Sun Jan 10
Cold, some fair
Gene called
Joe Marden stayed over night
Monday 11
Cold some fair
Alvah up to city
Joe Marden down to Bartlett's to work for Alvah with oxen
Sent Prescott letter
Tuesday 12
Very cold
Alvah up to the city, got cow and heifer, got sleds and harnesses
Joe down to Bartletts
Gene, Ritchie called
Wed Jan 13
Fair cold
Alvah, Joe in the woods and on the road
Thursday 14
Fair cold
Alvah, Joe in the woods
Warren away to Bens after dinner
Ann (?) Ritchie called
Martha _owite(?) to dinner
Friday 15
Fair sharp
Alvah, Joe in the woods and on the road
Ellen called
Sat Jan 16
Fair cold
Churned
Alvah, Joe in the woods and on the road
Sunday 17
Fair pleasant
Monday 18
Fair, cold, windy
Washed
Alvah, Joe in the woods and on the road
Warren travel the road afterfoon
Sent Waity a letter
Tues Jan 19
Snowy
Alvah, Joe in the woods part of the forenoon, afternoon Alvah away to
Northwood
Joe to mill, store, blacksmith
Wednesday 20
Fair sharp
Alvah logging, Joe works in the woods
Thursday 21
Cloudy, some snowy
Alvah down to Northwood forenoon
Joe worked for Trickey with oxen
Alvah hauled logs afternoon
Ellen called
Fri Jan 22
Moderate
Alvah hauled some logs to mill
Joe worked for Trickey with oxen
Finished spinning
Saturday 23
Dull day, snowy
Alvah hauled some logs
Joe worked for Trickey with oxen
Letter from Waity
Sunday 24
Dull day, snowy, called
Joe here
Mon Jan 25
Still dull, some cold, snowy
Alvah away to Northwood to work for Trickey
Joe and Walt helping him and Jim Bartlett
Tuesday 26
Mostly fair, warmer
Washed
Alvah, Joe away to Northwood to work
Wednesday 27
Cold, little snowy
Alvah, Joe away to Northwood to work
Uncle Sam (?) to dinner
Thurs Jan 28
Cloudy, rain at night
Alvah, came home from Northwood, logged in the afternoon
Friday 29
Rainy, icy
Alvah, Joe worked hauling logs
Rainy afternoon and part of the night, then snow
Saturday 30
Snow in the night
Fair part of the day
Alvah, Joe worked forenoon
Alvah went to mill and store
Joe away home
Piper stayed over night
Yarn all doubled and finished
Ellen called
Sun Jan 31
Fair part of the day
Trees still loaded with ice
Monday Feb 1
Some fair, cold
Washed
Alvah, Joe logging
Tuesday 2
Cold morning, some cloudy, snow
Alvah, Joe logging
Alvah bought steers
Wed Feb 3
Little hazy, cold
Alvah, Joe logging
Thursday 4
Very cold
Alvah, Joe logging
Friday 5
Very cold
Alvah, Joe logging
Sat Feb 6
Not quite so cold
Alvah, Joe finished logs forenoon
Joe hauled wood afternoon
Sunday 7
Cloudy
16 years ago Henry killed
[William Henry Yeaton (1842-1870) killed by rolling logs in Manchester,
Catherine's son]
Monday 8
Fair
Washed
Alvah away to Northwood to the mill and store
Joe hauled wood to the door
Tues Feb 9
Fine day, thawy
Alvah, Joe, Walt down to Northwood to work logging
Warren sawed a little wood
Wednesday 10
Cooler, some cloudy
Alvah, Joe, Walt to Northwood logging
Warren fit a little wood
Thursday 11
Cold, windy, little frozen, stiff rainy night
Churned
Alvah, Joe, Walt to Northwood to work
Fri Feb 12
Cold, rainy, icy
Alvah down to Northwood
Joe here
Saturday 13
Raining fast most of the day
Alvah and Walt came back from Northwood
Joe here, went home afternoon
Sunday 14
Fair, snow going away fast
Piper called
Mon Feb 15
Mostly fair
Washed
Alvah, Joe haul bark to Depot
Tuesday 16
Fair
Alvah, Joe fit some wood
Waity came up
Wednesday 17
Fair
Alvah fit wood forenoon, afternoon away to Northwood surveying logs
Thurs Feb 18
Fair
Alvah, Joe haul down some straw, cut some oak for sled shoes
Joe away home
Friday 19
Cloudy, thawy
Alvah hauled his oak to mill
Very stormy at night
Alvah swapped away his oxen
Blake called
Walt stayed over night
Saturday 20
Cold, sudden change, snow
Alvah, Walt work up to the mill part of the day
Sun Feb 21
Cold
Joe came back
Monday 22
Some fair, cold
Alvah, Joe work up to the mill
Warren away afternoon and evening until 10 o'clock
Tuesday 23
Fair, squally
Washed
Alvah not doing much
Joe fit wood
Alvah down to Northwood
Wed Feb 24
Fair
Alvah away to store, then down to Northwood
Joe did not do much, little tight
Thursday 25
Cold, cloudy, stormy afternoon
Alvah, Joe, Gene away to Northwood to work
Alvah jammed his toe, came home in the night
Joe came home
Friday 26
Cold snowstorm, windy
Alvah had Doctor to his toe
Sat Feb 27
fair but awful cod and windy
Joe went to Northwood, he and Gene came up before dinner
Fearful cold and windy
Sunday 28
Cold windy
Monday Mar 1
Cold windy
Joe, Piper went to Northwood to work, Cyrus Brown too
Tues Mar 2
Cold windy
Joe, Gene, Cyrus work to Northwood
Coldest weather ever known
Wednesday 3
Not quite so cold
Joe, Gene, Cyrus to Northwood
Joe Pero called
Thursday 4
Quite pleasant
Joe, Gene, Cyrus to Northwood to work
Alvah went down to see about matters
Fri Mar 5
Fair cold
Alvah, Joe, Gene, Cyrus to Northwood to work
Joe came home
Saturday 6
Fair cold
Alvah, Gene work to Northwood
Joe went home
Sunday 7
Fair
Alvah, Joe went to Northwood
Mon Mar 8
Fair, some cold
Washed
Alvah, Joe work to Northwood
Tuesday 9
Cold, snowy
Alvah, Joe finish work in Northwood
[written upside down]
10 Warren up the road forenoon, afternoon down the road, back drunk
Wednesday 10
Fair
Alvah went to Northwood, got Joe Pero's goods
Joe fit a little wood
Alvah went to store and mill
Thurs Mar 11
Fair, thawy
Churned
Alvah, Joe away to Northwood most of the day
Joe went home at night
Friday 12
Cloudy, little rain
Alvah at home part of the day, then up to the city
Warren over to see Saul
Saturday 13
Thawy
Alvah, Warren went to Concord
Ellen called
Charles came down
Sun Mar 14
Some fair, cloudy
Charles away to Concord
Monday 15
Cold, cloudy
Washed
Alvah carried Waity
Joe fit some wood
Alvah away to Northwood, carry Waity to Depot
Warren away somewhere, over to see Saul
Tuesday 16
Some squally snow
Alvah, Joe worked around in the barn
Wed Mar 17
Fair pleasant
Washed
Alvah, Joe work on wood
Gene called came back, stayed over night
Thursday 18
Fair, thawy
Alvah, Gene, Warren went to school meeting up to townhouse
Gene stayed over night
Joe went away on stage
Friday 19
Fair, thawy, cloudy afternoon
Alvah up to blacksmith shop, up to Depot
Warren over to see Saul
Sat Mar 20
Cold day, rainy day, stormy
Alvah up the turnpike
Eddie Yeaton came home with him, stayed over night
Sunday 21
Cold stormy day, snow and hail stuff
Alvah away with Edd Yeaton afternoon towards home
Joe Marden came back
Monday 22
Cold, some squally
Alvah, Joe work up to the mill, James Yeaton helped them
George Griffin called
Ellen called
Ann Mack called
Tues Mar 23
Fair, mostly cold
Alvah, Joe, Eddie Yeaton worked up to the mill
Wednesday 24
Cold, windy
Alvah, Joe, Edd work to the mill
Warren over to see Saul, down to Bens, back drunk
Thursday 25
Cold, rainy day
Alvah, Joe up to the mill forenoon, Alvah away to Northwood after dinner,
gone all night
Joe fit a little wood
Warren down the road, back drunk
Fri Mar 26
Fair, pleasant, windy
Alvah away somewhere
George Griffin called
Joe not doing anything
Saturday 27
Fair, pleasant
Alvah away on cars
Joe fit wood part of the day
Ellen called
Sunday 28
Fair pleasant
Gene called
Joe Marden went home for good
Mln March 29
Cold out, wind
Washed
Alvah at home most of the day
Robert called
Heifer got a calf
Warren up and down the road full of cider
Tuesday 30
Cloudy, misty, commenced to rain at three o'clock
George Ham called twice
Warren down the road afternoon
Wednesday 31
Cloudy, little rain
Rain in the night
Alvah up to the store and blacksmiths shop
Warren over to see Saul
Thurs April 1
Mostly fair, windy
Alvah up to the blacksmith
Warren down the road with Pinney
Friday 2
Fair
Alvah down to Ira's
Charley Eastman called
Alvah sawed little wood
Warren over to see Saul
George Griffin to dinner
Saturday 3
Fair
Alvah, Warren fit a little wood
Alvah away to Northwood over night
Sun April 4
Cool, rough traveling
George Ham called and Joe Marden
Monday 5
Fair
Washed
Ellen called
Alvah up to Goss's, he and George Bixby away to Northwood
Warren over to see Saul then down the road
George Griffin here
Tuesday 6
Very cold, windy, rain storm day and night
Churned
Wed April 7
Cold windy
Alvah up to Roberts, up to store
Warren over to see Saul
Thursday 8
Fair part of the day
Alvah, Warren, Gene worked a little around the wood pile
Ellen called
Friday 9
Fair cool
Alvah gone loafing
Warren over to see Saul
George Griffin called
Sat April 10
Fair
Alvah, Gene, Warren fit some wood
Ben and Saul died in the evening
Charles and Harry came down
Sunday 11
Fair cold
Charles and Harry away to Concord
Fred Hill and Batchelder here
Monday 12
Some rainy, some fair
Alvah, Gene haul logs to mill
Warren and Alvah went to Saul's funeral
Gene fit wood
Tues April 13
Little showery
Alvah, Gene haul log to mill
Wednesday 14
(no entry)
Thursday 15
Fair
Alvah, Gene here and there
Fri April 16
Misty
Alvah, Warren, Gene make watering trough forenoon, not much done after
dinner
Saturday 17
Fair pleasant
Alvah finished splitting wood, Gene puttering around the barn, down to
George Bickfords after dinner
Ellen called
Warren after tobacco
Sunday 18
Fair
Charles came down last night, back today
Mon April 19
Washed
Alvah, Gene plow half day
Ellen called
Fair warm
Tuesday 20
Fair warm
Alvah, Warren plow half day
Gene away to Heaths to work
Wednesday 21
Fair warm
Alvah, Warren get out some manure, plow a little
Thurs April 22
Fair, quite warm
Alvah worked for Bill Durgin hauling logs
Warren puttered around
Ellen called
Friday 23
Fair hot
Alvah worked for Durgin
Warren puttered around
Saturday 24
Mostly fair
Alvah harrows and picks rocks
Warren down the road after dinner
Ellen called
Sun April 25
Fair
Fred Hill called a few minutes, was all the company we had for the day
- a wonder
Monday 26
Fair
Washed
Alvah, Tommy Brown harrow, pick rocks
Ellen called
Tuesday 27
Fair
Alvah, Tommy sow wheat and harrow
Warren up the road all of the afternoon
Wed April 28
Fair
Alvah, Tommy plow harrow, sow oats, pick rocks
Thursday 29
Fair
Alvah, Tommy plow, harrow, pick rocks, sow barley
Friday 30
Fair
Alvah went to Depot for Whittemore (?) in the morning, afternoon away
to Pittsfield
Red cow had two calves, one died
Sat May 1
Fair warm
Not much done today
Alvah, Warren plow up in the field
Sunday 2
Fair
Fred Hill stayed all night
Calf died
Monday 3
Fair
Washed
Red cow died
Ellen called
Tues May 4
Fair warm
Alvah built little fence from the cows out to pasture
Little bit of rain
Wednesday 5
Fair
Alvah worked for widow Parker with horses
Ellen called
Thursday 6
Fair
Alvah, Gene break up in the orchard
Warren down to _?_ working, back drunk, gone all afternoon
Fri May 7
Fair
Alvah working for widow Parker with horses
Jim Bickford to breakfast
Saturday 8
Rainy day
Alvah up to city forenoon
Gene here part of the day and night
Sunday 9
Fair windy
Old Pomp died
Mon May 10
Little scuddy
Washed
Churned
Alvah here and there
Charles & Harry moved down from Concord
Warren plants a few potatoes
Henry to dinner _?_
Tuesday 11
Rainy
Alvah went to Manchester after Waity's goods
Charles and Harry here
Set up mash
Wednesday 12
Cloudy
Alvah away to Northwood afternoon and night
Warren down road afternoon
Charles went to Pembroke after goods, worked for himself afternoon
Thurs May 13
Fair, cool
Alvah, Charles get out manure
Friday 14
Some fair, cool
Alvah, Warren, Charles, Robert break up in the fields
Ellen called
Saturday 15
Fair, cloudy, cool
Alvah, Charles plow on addies hill part of the day, afternoon plow up
to Alvah's place
Waity came up
Rain in the night
Sun May 16
Rainy forenoon
Charles and Waity up to the house part of the day
Monday 17
Fair, cool, windy
Washed
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry get our manure, harrow, plant potatoes &c
Ellen called
Tuesday 18
Fair
Alvah, Charles plow, harrow, plant &c
Wed May 19
Fair
Boys plant, harrow
Thursday 20
Fair
Boys farming here and there
Friday 21
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry, harrow, plant corn
Waity went to Manchester
Alvah, _ got to Pittsfield afternoon
Sat May 22
Fair
Alvah worked for Mrs. Parker
Charles, Warren plant
Ellen called
Sunday 23
Fair
Charles and Waity up to the house to stay
Monday 24
Fair
Washed
Alvah worked for Ira
Charles work for himself
Warren making garden
Harry away to Concord
Tues May 25
Cloudy, rainy
Alvah, Charles plow for beans
Warren work on road forenoon with Robert
Wednesday 26
Cloudy
Alvah, Charles, Warren work on North road
Thursday 27
Rainy part of the afternoon
Churned
Alvah, Charles, Warren work on North road
Ellen called and Waity
Fri May 28
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren plant &c
Saturday 29
Fair windy
Boys haul, dirt, harrow, plant &c
Jim Bickford called
Sunday 30
Fair windy
Waity called
Mon May 31
Fair windy
Washed
Alvah worked with tea for Robert
Charles cut wood for himself
Warren helped Charles afternoon, up to Holmes forenoon
Tuesday June 1
Fair windy
Alvah worked with team for Robert
Charles work for Kelley
Wednesday 2
Little hazy, windy
Alvah, Charles up to mill with team forenoon, up to Shaw pasture after
dinner, fence
Thurs June 3
Rainy forenoon
Alvah shears sheep
Warren, Charles fence afternoon
Friday 4
Fair
Alvah worked wheels
Charles fence
Griffin to dinner
Waity called
I went up to Haines's store
Saturday 5
Fair windy
Churned
Alvah not doing much, Charles away to Concord
Gene stayed over night, Alvah away somewhere at night
Waity called to dinner
Sun June 6
Fair
Charles back from Concord
Waity to dinner
Alvah away tonight
Monday 7
Fair windy
Washed
Charles and Warren cut wood
George Griffin to dinner
Alvah away
Tuesday 8
Fair
Alvah, Charles hoeing corn
Wed June 9
Fair
Alvah, Charles hoeing
Warren drunk
Thursday 10
Fair
Alvah, Warren, Charles hoeing
George Griffin around, stayed one night
Friday 11
Fair
Churned
Alvah painting cart wheels
Charles worked for Robert
Holmes & wife had a chat with Warren
Sat June 12
Fair windy
Alvah down to Northwood, up to the store
Charles worked for Robert
Ellen called
Warren hoed some
Sunday 13
Rainy day
Hill boys called
Monday 14
Rainy
Washed
Alvah up to store, B shop, paint wheels &c
Charles at home
Tues June 15
Rainy nasty day
Alvah worked in the barn, up to store &c
Charles at home
Wednesday 16
Little fair
Alvah here and there, then away to Northwood, gone over night
Charles worked for himself
Ellen called
Thursday 17
Rainy afternoon
Alvah went to Concord
Charles and Warren hoe beans and potatoes for Charles
Alvah went to Northwood, stayed over night
Fri June 18
Fair, very windy
Churned
Alvah came back at night, away again all night
Charles hoeing his potatoes, Warren helped forenoon then away to Chesley's
Saturday 19
Little cloudy, cool
Alvah came home at noon with two horses
Charles and Warren finished his potatoes on addies Hill forenoon
Alvah, Charles cultivate corn afternoon
Sunday 20
Fair
Alvah, Charles away to __ town
Mon June 21
Fair
Washed
Alvah, Charles, Piper plant potatoes down to River forenoon
Warren awful drunk
Charles hoe afternoon
Alvah, Piper away
Tuesday 22
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren hoe
Wednesday 23
Ellen called
Rainy part day
Churned
Alvah painted wheels forenoon, he and Fred Hill away somewhere afternoon
Warren up the road half day
Thurs June 24
Rainy
Alvah, Warren ash the corn
Alvah went up to Mr. Haines's store
Friday 25
Rainy
Alvah up to his place to work afternoon, put in window, made a gate &c
Saturday 26
Some showery
Alvah, Charles work for Henry Emerson
Alvah stayed over night somewhere
Waity called took tea
Sun June 27
Fair windy
Charles and Waity away to Pittsfield
Pack of drunkards in the barn
Monday 28
Fair
Washed
Churned
Alvah, Charles, Joe Marden up to the mill part of the day, then hoe corn
&c
Harry came down from Concord
Sheep got bit
Tuesday 29
Fair windy
Alvah up to mill, down to Northwood hoeing &c
Charles, Warren hoe
Wed June 30
Fair, windy
Made cheese
Alvah down to Northwood, up to the mill, draw lumber
Warren, Charles hoeing
Thursday July 1
Fair
Alvah hauling lumber
Charles hoeing, Warren part of the time
Alvah drove his cow
Friday 2
Fair
Alvah hauled lumber
Warren, Charles hoeing
Sat July 3
Fair, hot
Churned
Alvah finished hauling lumber, went up to Haines's evening
Warren, Charles hoe little while, got done
Charles away to Concord
Ellen called, we went to _?_
Sunday 4
Fair, warm, hot
Made cheese
Monday 5
Fair
Washed
Commenced haying
Alvah, Charles (Warren little while) mow part forenoon
Charles and Harry rake it up at night
Alvah away to Northwood
Tues July 6
Fair windy hot
Alvah, Charles, Harry haying
Warren worked an hour or two then drunk
Ellen plum a little
Wednesday 7
Fair windy
Boys haying
Alvah away to Northwood at night
Ellen plum a little
Thursday 8
Fair windy, little cooler
Boys haying
Fir July 9
Fair
Made cheese
Warren and boys haying
Ellen pluming afternoon
Saturday 10
Dull most of the day
Churned
Alvah, Charles away to Pittsfield afternoon
Ellen pluming afternoon
Sunday 11
Fair windy
Did not have any company - a wonder
Mon July 12
Fair
Washed
Boys and Warren hay
Drove the heifer
Ellen pluming afternoon
Tuesday 13
Fair
Made cheese
Boys, Warren, Jim Carter up to Alvah's place haying
Ellen pluming
Wednesday 14
Fair, very windy
Boys, Warren, Jim Carter up to Alvah's haying
Carter away home
15 3/9 beef Rand
Ellen pluming afternoon
Thurs July 15
Rainy day
Friday 16
Showery day
Churned
Made cheese
Alvah away to Manchester
Saturday 17
Mostly fair
No haying done
Ellen pluming
Charles away somewhere afternoon and evening
Sun July 18
Fair, thunder the first we had this summer, windy
Quite a shower
Monday 19
Thundershower afternoon
Washed
Alvah, Charles hay in Batchelder field
Warren helped, a little full of cider
Ellen plum got wet
Tuesday 20
Mostly fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry work Batchelder field, Simon helped afternoon
Sam Prescott and daughter called stopping with Dr. Chase
Ellen plum
Wed July 21
Some cloudy
Made cheese
Alvah, Charles, Harry in Batchelder field
Ellen plum
Thursday 22
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren finish in Batchelder field
Ellen plum
Friday 23
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren out in the meadow
Ellen plum
Sat July 24
Fair
Made cheese
Alvah, Charles, Warren finish out in the meadow
Alvah away all night
Ellen plum
Sunday 25
Some cloudy
Peter called
Monday 26
Dull day
Washed
Alvah, Charles get and put up poles in the barn, afternoon away to Suncook
Harry went to Concord and back
Ellen called
Tues July 27
Warm, showery, thunder afternoon
Churned
Made cheese
Alvah away towards Northwood, gone over night
Mrs. Bodwell died
[Frances V. Tuvts (abt 1844-1886) she had married first Ellery C. Kelley
who died in 1878, and after married George Bodwell]
Wednesday 28
Fair
Alvah away all day, no haying done
Ellen pluming
Thursday 29
Some fair, some clouds, hot
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry work down in the meadow
Ellen pluming, came down in the morning
Fri July 30
Some cloudy, hot
Made cheese
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry finish the meadow, all out in two days
Ellen plum
Saturday 31
Fair
Boys and Warren away up in the field haying
Mrs. Robert Brown had a shock
Ellen plum
Sunday Aug 1
Fair hot
Alvah, Gene away evening
Joe here most of the day and night
Mon Aug 2
Fair windy, cloudy most all forenoon
Washed
Alvah, Charles cut barley and hay up to Alvah's place
Alvah went to store forenoon
Harry away to Concord
Ellen plum
Tuesday 3
Cool, windy
Made cheese
Alvah, Charles, Warren work up to his place and down to the crow meadow
Frank Brow here afternoon
Waity to dinner
Sent Prescott letter
Ellen plum
Wednesday
Fair cool windy
Alvah, Warren, Charles up to the river
Thurs Aug 5
Fair
Alvah, Charles, warren up to the river to work
Ellen plum
Fri 6
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry finish haying
Saturday 7
Dull part of the day, rainy night
Made cheese
Charles away to Concord
Ellen plum
Sun Aug 8
Fair comfortable day
Monday 9
Fair, hot
Washed
Alvah, Charles work in the Lord meadow, Warren help forenoon
Mrs. Jont Swain died
Ellen plum
[Martha Shepard Johnson (1796-1886) married Jonathan Blake Swain, resided
Northwood]
Tuesday 10
Fair hot
Alvah, James Yeaton, Warren and Charles work on wheat\Anthony and Ann
and Mabel to dinner
Ellen plum
Wed Aug 11
Fair hot
Made cheese
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry get in wheat, oats &c
Thursday 12
Fair, little cooler
Alvah, Charles, Warren work down in Lord's meadow
Letter fro Prescott
Ellen plum
Friday 13
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry work in Lord's meadow
Waity went to Manchester
Sat Aug 14
Showery forenoon
Boys got up a load of hay
Alvah, Harry went to Pittsfield afternoon
Waity came home
Ellen plum
Sunday 15
Fair, some cool
Monday 16
Cool, fair forenoon, rain at night
Alvah, Charles, Warren finish cutting wheat and get it in
Ellen plum
Tues Aug 17
Fair part of the day
Made cheese
Not any work done
Joe Marden around
Wednesday 18
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren work in Lord's meadow
Thursday 19
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren in Lord's meadow to work
Fri Aug 20
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren work on turnpike
Saturday 21
Fair
Made cheese
Alvah, Charles work on turnpike part of the day and get out muck in the
meadow
Charles got my hand hurt with a pitchfork
Sid Evans buried
[Andrew Sidney Evans (abt 1826-1886)]
Sunday 22
Fair, fine day
Mon Aug 23
Fair hot
Not any work done today
Fred Hill here
Tuesday 24
Fair hot
Made cheese
Alvah fixed pit pen
Charles went to Pembroke
I went up to Haines's over to see Mira Ham
Wednesday 25
Cloudy part forenoon
Thrashing afternoon
Ellen called
Thurs Aug 26
Fair warm
Finished thrashing
Friday 27
Fair, warm, hot
Made cheese
Alvah, Harry gone to Gilmanton
Saturday 28
Fair hot
Alvah, Harry home from Gilmanton
Sun Aug 29
Cooler, very smokey
Gene, Harry, George Griffin to dinner
Monday 30
Dull, smokey day, rain in the night
Washed
Alvah, George Griffin, Harry pitch away straw &c
Tuesday 31
Showery day, some thunder
Alvah up to the city to get oxen shod, he and Harry away afternoon
Wed Sept 1
Fair cooler windy
Alvah away to Concord
Thursday 2
Fair
Alvah, Gene away to Pittsfield somewhere
Charles away to Concord
Friday 3
Fair
Alvah at home afternoon
Anthony & John Sam (?) to dinner
Sat Sept 4
Fair
Alvah away
Charles came from Concord
Sunday 5
Fair
Alvah, Harry over to Jake's
Monday 6
Mostly fair
Washed
Alvah away forenoon
Jim Bickford came back with him, they pull beans after dinner
Charles up to Ayer's to work
Tues Sept 7
Fair warm
Alvah, Robert patch house forenoon
Charles cuts stalks
Alvah cut after dinner
Warren and Harry help some
Jake Jenness & wife to dinner
Wednesday 8
Alvah away to Suncook and Manchester
Charles cuts stalks
Thursday 9
Fair, hot
Finished making cheese
Alvah, Robert cut and get out some timber for cider mill
Charles worked for Kelley
Fri Sept 10
Cloudy, misty
Churned
Alvah, Robert take shed down to the mill for some timber
Charles get in stalks and beans, worked with Alvah and Robert Griffin
Fred Roberts died
Ellen called
[probably Fred M. Roberts of Northwood]
Saturday 11
Fair
Alvah, Robert, Charles work on frame forenoon
Charles up to mill
Alvah up to city over to Pinney's afternoon, away somewhere all night
Sunday 12
Cooler, little shower
Alvah, Gene went to Fred Robert's funeral
Frank Brown called
Kitson and a man called
Mon Sept 13
Fair windy
Washed
Alvah work around the cider mill
Charles worked for Robert
Harry went to Concord and back
Alvah away all night
Tuesday 14
Fair, quite windy
Alvah, Joe Marden dig potatoes &c
Charles worked for _?_
Ellen called
Wednesday 15
Fair, warm
Alvah, Robert worked at mill
Warren, Charley, Joe Marden, Harry dig potatoes
Mira Ham died
[Myra L Yeaton (1835-1886) daughter of John Yeaton and Lucretia McDaniel,
married George W. Ham as his second wife - she previously had married
Henry W. Sherburne, and a man named Gilbert]
Thurs Sept 16
Rainy day
Alvah, Charles work down to the mill forenoon
Alvah away after dinner
Friday 17
Some fair
Churned
Alvah, Charles, Gene work on mill forenoon
Alvah, Gene away all night
Shower in the evening
Ellen called
Saturday 18
Mostly fair
Alvah, Robert, Gene work very little on the frame
Charles dig potatoes for himself
Sun Sept 19
Some showers
Shower in the night
Gene here all day and night
Monday 20
Windy, cooler, some cloudy
Washed
Alvah, Warren dig potatoes for Charles
Harry away to Concord and back
Tuesday 21
Very windy, cold, frosty night
Alvah, Robert, Charles work on cider mill
Warren away all day, back drunk at eight o'clock
Wed Sept 22
Fair, cool, windy
Alvah, Robert, Charles, Kelley work on mill
Alvah stayed with George Ham over night
Thursday 23
Rainy day
Alvah carried wheat to mill
Charles picked over his potatoes
Frank Brown here
Friday 24
Some fair
Alvah, Charles work around the mill
Robert worked half day
Alvah away all night
Frank
Sat Sept 25
Showery towards night
Churned
Alvah, Robert, Charles work for the mill
Fred Hill here
Warren over to Chesley's afternoon, dig potatoes
Alvah away all night
Sunday 26
Fair then showery
Gene here part of the day
Jake Griffin called
Monday 27
Fair, than cold
Alvah, Robert work on mill
Charles, Harry finish digging potatoes, Warren helped after dinner
Ellen called
Tues Sept 28
Rainy cool
Alvah, Robert up to Bickford's mill
Charles thrashed beans part of the day
Wednesday 29
Robert worked up to mill on cider nut
Alvah, Charles work somewhere
Harry went to mill with wheat
Thursday 30
Fair
Alvah, Robert work for mill
Charles, Joe Marden pick rocks &c
Charles put stuff in hog yard
Fri Oct 1
Fair windy
Alvah, Charles work around the mill, pick rocks, haul dirt &c, get
in corn
Alvah stayed over night with George Ham
Ellen called
Saturday 2
Fair windy cold
Churned
Alvah, Charles, Harry pick apples
Warren away all day, back drunk in evening
Sunday 3
Fair
Alvah away somewhere part of the day and all night
Mon Oct 4
Fair cool
Washed
Alvah came home, away again, gone all day and night
Harry picked apples afternoon
Charles, Warren pick apples up in the field and orchard
Tuesday 5
Fair
Alvah, Charles, Warren, Harry pick apples, get in corn &c
D & Ellen away to Boston
Mrs. Page buried
[Elizabeth P. Locke (1823-1886) married James D. Page]
Wednesday 6
Fair
Alvah, Warren, Charles, Harry pick apples in Batchelder field
Thurs Oct 7
Fair fine day
Alvah, Charles, Harry pick apples sown in the field
Warren husk forenoon then pick apples
I went up to Mr. Haines's
Friday 8
Fair quite warm
Alvah, Harry pick apples
Warren husk
Alvah away all night
Charles away to Concord
Saturday 9
Fair
Alvah away to Manchester, back down to Northwood overnight
Warren, Harry husk a little
Sun Oct 10
Fair quite warm
Alvah came home from Northwood
Monday 11
Fair
Washed
Alvah worked on Gulf Bridge forenoon
Tuesday 12
Fair
Churned
Alvah, Harry pick apples, went to Depot
Warren husk some
Wed Oct 13
Mostly fair
Alvah worked around the mill, went to the Depot, got the screws
Harry away to fair
Charles came home from Concord
Thursday 14
Fair warm, little rain in the night
Alvah, Robert, Charles work around the mill
Jim Bickford here awhile
Warren husked some, Harry husk a little
Friday 15
Some cloudy
Alvah, Robert work on mill
Charles picks apples &c
Sat Oct 16
Fair
Alvah, Robert work on mill forenoon, Alvah grinds after dinner
Charles helped and picked apples, he and Harry
Cold night
Sunday 17
Cold windy day
Alvah brought up his wife for a call
Roberson and two hands came up after cattle, did not get them, here to
dinner
Monday 18
Not so cold
School commenced
Alvah making cider
Charles, Warren finish husking, clean up the barn, afternoon _ after shows
cattle
Robinson came up and got them, got dinner again
Tues Oct 19
Mostly fair, moderate
Washed
Alvah, Charles making cider
Harry away to Concord
Warren on the road
Wednesday 20
Fiar
Alvah, Charles make cider
Ellen came down, stayed over night
Thursday 21
Fair windy
Alvah, Charles make cider
Ellen went home
Fri Oct 22
Fair, windy
Churned
Alvah, Clarence Edmunds make cider
Charles away to Concord
I went up to Silvers store, called to Ellens
Bill Goss had fits
Saturday 23
Fair windy
Alvah, Jim Bickford make cider
Fred Hill here
Warren run the road, back drunk, ugly
Sunday 24
Fair cool
Alvah, Jim B went to Northwood in the evening and back
Harry came back from Concord
Mon Oct 25
Dull day
Washed
Alvah, Jim make cider
Warren away all day
Tuesday 26
Dull weather
Alvah, Jim make cider
Warren away somewhere
Wednesday 27
Rainy
Alvah, Jim make cider
Thurs Oct 28
Rainy
Alvah, Walt make cider
Jim away
Friday 29
Rainy
Alvah, Walt make cider
Saturday 30
Rainy
Alvah, Walt make cider
Charles and Edd Barton came down
Sun Oct 31
Rainy
Monday Nov 1
Cleared away fair, moderate
Washed
Alvah, Walt make cider
Ellen called
Tuesday 2
Mostly fair, moderate
Alvah makes cider, went to town meeting
George Ham helped in the mill afternoon
Wed Nov 3
Fair
Alvah, Walt make cider
Thursday 4
Fair
Churned
Alvah, Walt make cider
John and wife came and stayed one night
Ellen called
Friday 5
Fair
Alvah, George Ham make cider
John away to Manchester
Ellen called
Sat Nov 6
Cloudy
Alvah making cider
I went up to Silvers store, very rainy night and afternoon
Sunday 7
Cloudy, cold
Monday 8
Very cold
Washed
Alvah, George, Ritchie, Warren bank up house
Afternoon pick apples
Ellen called
Tues Nov 9
Cool, some fair, cloudy
Alvah, Warren work in the mill forenoon, afternoon Walt helped them
Wednesday 10
Some cloudy
Alvah, Walt make cider
Thursday 11
Some cloudy
Churned
Alvah, Walt made cider
Fri Nov 12
Cold, snow in the night
Alvah, Walt make cider
Saturday 13
Cold
Alvah, Walt make cider
Sunday 14
Cold
Charles called
Mon Nov 15
Cold, windy
Alvah, Warren make little cider
Tuesday 16
Cold
Alvah, Warren make little cider, get some wood in shed, fixed yard fence
&c
Wednesday 17
Cold, rainy
Alvah make little cider
George Bixby to dinner
Thurs Nov 18
Rainy, heavy thunder and lightning afternoon
Churned
Alvah away to blacksmiths forenoon, work in mill part afternoon
George Ritchie here
Snow most all gone
Friday 19
Cold, windy
Alvah boiled cider &c
Ellen called
Saturday 20
Some fair
Robert killed hog
Alvah went to mill afternoon
Jane to dinner
Sun Nov 21
Not so cold
Monday 22
Fine day
Washed
Alvah away all day with team somewhere to Buck Street
Ellen called
Tuesday 23
Rainy cold
Alvah away to Buck Street
Wed Nov 24
Fair, nice day
Alvah away to Buck Street
Blake plastered
Ellen called
Charles came home
Thursday 25
Rainy
Thanksgiving
Alvah away to Buck Street
Charles killed his pig
Friday 26
Fair, cold
Alvah away to Buck Street
Joe Marden stayed over night
Sat Nov 27
Fair cold
Alvah away to Buck Street
Joe Marden went with him
Sunday 28
Fair chilly
Fred Hill and three chaps called
Peter and Joe called
Walt away with Warren, back drunk
Charles went back to Concord
Monday 29
Fair
Washed
Alvah went to Concord
Tues Nov 30
Some stormy, cold
Alvah went to Northwood, then to Pittsfield to get a stove
Wednesday Dec 1
Dull
Alvah went to Pittsfield with Casual
Martha Dowst to dinner
Ellen called
Thursday 2
Snowy, cold
Alvah went to mill & store &c
Fri Dec 3
Fair cold
Alvah, Robert making mill doors
Joe Marden away to Cyrus'
Saturday 4
Very cold
Churned
Alvah, Robert hand the doors
Alvah helped Robert kill his hogs
Sunday 5
Cold, snowy afternoon and evening
Joe Marden here
Mon Dec 6
Cold
Alvah, Joe cutting wood
Tuesday 7
Stormy, lot of snow afternoon and evening
Alvah, Joe away to Northwood and back, and shew sled
Harvey away to Northwood
Wednesday 8
Fair moderate
Alvah away to Slab City afternoon
Joe got oxen shod then hauled up wood
Waities sister came to town
Warren down to _?_ , back ugly, full of cider
Thurs Dec 9
Fair
Alvah, Joe work in the woods
Etta and children came up
Friday 10
Fair pleasant
Washed
Alvah, Joe work in the woods
Satruday 11
Not very pleasant
Alvah and five men running his ten acre lot
Ellen called
Sun Dec 12
Some stormy
Fred Hill here
Monday 13
Some rain, some snow
Alvah and his men finish running line
Tuesday 14
Some cloudy
Alvah, Joe away to Northwood
Wed Dec 15
Stormy cold
Alvah, Joe haul logs to mill
Thursday 16
Some stormy, cold
Alvah, Joe finish hauling logs to mill
Friday 17
Fair
Alvah, Joe cut timber on Alvah's lot
Bill Yeaton called
Ellen called
Sat Dec 18
Stormy, very rainy forenoon and evening
Alvah, Joe cut a path over to his lot in the woods to work afternoon
Frank Brown here
Sunday 19
Fair and cloudy, comfortable
Charles called
Monday 20
Fair
Washed
Alvah, Joe work in the woods
I went up to the Store Silvers
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January 17 Lem Towle died
20 buried, 73 yrs 3 month 22 days
18 fearful cold day & night
19 still cold
30 finished twisting yarn, 30 skeins
February
5 Siah Lancaster died
6 Uncle Ritchie died
8 Funeral to his house
9 he was carried to Manchester for burial, 73 years 11 months 5 days
11 Ann Lydia Fowler died 46 years 6 months 14 days
30 Charles Rand died
Duck Cochran died March 2
April
Apr 10 Ben Yeaton died
13 buried
10 Saul died
12 buried