11th – Geo. & I took 2 cords of wood to Mr. Lee in the morning. Geo. took him a cord & I took him a load of soft wood in the evening. The snow is about gone & so are the roads. There’s no way to know which Mr. Lee Jesse means. Maybe George and Jesse brought two cords…
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Sunday, February 10, 1901
10th – Went to S.S. & Church. Ate dinner with Dot. After dinner Will White, Helen Smith, Tom Willard, Dot, Otis Smith, Edith Newshafer & I went sleigh riding. Came home & did up chores & then Mary & I went to Church. Drove “Old King”. Edith Hannah Neuschaeffer was the 15 year-old daughter of Otto Theodore and Nancy Elizabeth…
Saturday, February 9, 1901
9th – Snowed all day. Hauled wood & shucked corn. Built some fence around the barn.
Friday, February 8, 1901
8th – There are 7 cases of small-pox in Chilli. now. Smallpox was something that came around every winter to the nearby towns, but Chillicothe had avoided it. A few weeks before in the Chillicothe Constitution Tribune, it was reported that the mayor hired extra help to keep the hobos and tramps from getting off the trains in Chillicothe because…
Wednesday, February 6, 1901
6th – Hauled logs & stopped & brought Mary home. Since Mary usually comes home to her parents’ house on Friday nights or Saturday mornings, she is breaking her routine for some reason and coming home a few days early. Lots of Jesse’s days in the winter involve hauling wood to people. It is something that we do not normally…
Tuesday, February 5, 1901
5th – Hauled a load of logs to Mark’s at Chilli. There are a number of Marks in the 1900 federal census, both with first and last names. As Jesse is frequently short on detail in the early part of his diary, he does not mention that today is his mother’s birthday. Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds Bench was born on this…
Monday, February 4, 1901
4th – Hauled straw and cut wood, then went rabbit hunting. Killed 10 rabbits. Jesse does not say if he went alone or if he was in a group. He also does not say if there were any dogs helping to retrieve the rabbits.
Sunday, February 3, 1901
Feb.3rd.-Snowed all day. Went to Marys in evening.
Tuesday, January 29, 1901
28 – 29th – Cut spouts all week.
Sunday, January 27, 1901
27th -Went to S.S. & Church. Then Mary & I went to Church in the evening. Drove Button to Johns buggy.