11th, Frank & I just finished the ground west of R.R. Ready for wheat. Run into 10 bumble bee nests today. Pa, Uncle Bob, Aunt Sari, Scot, Porter, Delia, Cora, Geo., John, Frank, Charley, & I all went to Chilli in the evening to a band concert.
Month: August 2018
Friday, August 10, 1900
10th, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. Fought bumble bees to a frazzle. Then went to Utica to prayer meeting.
Thursday, August 9, 1900
9th, Frank, Edd Jones, & I plowed west of R.R. Got into 2 nests of bumble bees. Jno & Geo. worked on Geo’s house on Scruby Bro.’s place. There are a few Ed Jones in the 1900 federal census. The one closest to the Bench farm is widower Edward William Jones, 38, living with his step-father Washington Lee, and his mother…
Wednesday, August 8, 1900
7th & 8th, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. & then went to prayer meeting.
Monday, August 6, 1900
6th, Frank & I cut a load of corn in the morning. Hauled straw & filled racks, then went & cut another load of corn in the evening. Racks are giant baskets for feeding livestock.
Sunday, August 5, 1900
5th, went to S.S. at the Baptist Church & to preaching at the Methodist Church. Sermon preached by Rev. Foster. Ate dinner at Soph’s, then went to BYPU in the evening. Reverend Silas Carey Foster was a resident of Blue Mound Township, Livingston County, Missouri, during the 1900 federal census. He married Carrie Stelplugh in 1899 and had two daughters,…
Saturday, August 4, 1900
4th, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. & then went to Chilli to band concert. Seen Mary & had a big old talk. Did Jesse see Mary at the band concert, or did he drop in and visit afterwards? What kind of “big old talk” did he have? Did he ask if they could go courting? Did he propose…
Friday, August 3, 1900
3rd, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. Then we went to cottage prayer meeting at Sister Eliza Stones. Got a letter from May. Eliza Catherine Harper Stone is married to John Calvin Stone, older brother of previously mentioned Thomas Benton Stone. Eliza was born in Utica in 1846 and married John in 1866. They had three sons: Charles Harper,…
Thursday, August 2, 1900
2nd, Frank & I plowed west of R.R. Three lands plowed by Pa, Uncle Bob, Scot & Porter Nicks, John, Frank, Charley & myself. Lots of bumble bees.
Wednesday, August 1, 1900
August 1, 1900, we thrashed oats today. Got 1,110 bu. Cost 2¢ per bu. 28 people ate dinner here today. I pitched. Grandma DeLapp was here. Pitching is when the person throws the oat sheaves into the thresher. Mary DeLapp was one of the many women who would have been there helping Sarah Bench prepare a large dinner to feed…