22nd – Geo. DeLapp, John & I dragged logs off the Duncan piece & I brought a load of wood home. Hauled hay for calves. The Duncan family is one of the Bench farm’s tenants who Jesse mentions on June 29th when listing the families living on their property. Wes Duncan, along with Anna, Elvy, and Bessie, are missing from…
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Thursday, February 20, 1901
21st – Took 5 logs, 2 loads to Chilli. Geo. & I drove Charley today. I put harness on Bell yesterday & today.
Wednesday, February 20, 1901
20th – Geo. & I took load of logs to Mark’s. I got a toe put on one of Frank’s shoes. Pa & geo. drove Charley to Utica. As noted in the February 5th entry from a couple of weeks ago, it is difficult to determine who is Mark. It might be safe to assume though that Jesse does not…
Tuesday, February 19, 1901
19th – Hauled dirt & broke horses.
Monday, February 18, 1901
18th – Geo. & I hauled hay and fixed the stalls in the barn & broke Bell & charley to lead & wear the saddle. I guess I will sell my Filly, Grace
Sunday, February 17, 1901
17th – Went to S.S. & BYPU. Ate dinner at Bro.Wilson’s.
Saturday, February 16, 1901
16th – Hauled wood & ground feed.
Friday, February 15, 1901
15th – Took our loads over to Chilli. The ground froze last night a little & this morning it holds the loads up – although I have got a load that my team cant hardly wiggle on the level because it’s so rough. We had about 2 cords and a half on the 2 wagons. We started about 7:30 &…
Thursday, February 14, 1901
14th – Geo. & I hauled 2 loads of logs in the morning. In evening we went over East of the cut-off & loaded up 2 loads of hedge and started home about 5:30. Geo. got stuck in the mud. I hooked my team in front & pulled him out. Had to leave our loads over at Old Charley’s. Again,…
Wednesday, February 13, 1901
13th -Took 2 loads of oak wood to town. Got the big team shod.