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Sunday, April 29, 1900

Sun. 29th, went to S.S. & to BYPU. Ate dinner at Bro. T.B. Stones with Robert Wadley.  Thomas Benton Stone is the youngest son of Judge John and Susanna Stone, one of the oldest families in Utica having one of the first two cabins in the area in 1837.  Thomas can be found in Green Township, Livingston County, Missouri, in…

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Friday, April 27, 1900

27th, plowed & finished cutting cornstalks. Frank & I went to cottage Prayer Meeting at J.D. Williams’. A large crowd. F. Wilkenson’s wife died today. John & Geo. broke 8 acres of ground on the 55 today. (Two teams.) There is a James D. Williams of Utica, Missouri, and it’s the only J. D. in this time period.  He is…

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Tuesday, April 25, 1900

25th, cut cornstalks on the 55. Went to Prayer Meeting at night. Mrs. & Miss DeLapp were here. Jesse incorrectly noted the date.  In 1900, Tuesday was April 24th.  As previously described by Kenneth and Troy Snelling of Excelsior Springs, Missouri, “[Jesse] is cleaning out the remaining stalks with a harrow so he can plow… so, after cutting, shocking and being…

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Monday, April 24, 1900

24th, hauled hay, piled logs & brush. Jesse gets the dates wrong for a couple of days.  In 1900, that Monday was April 23rd.  Hauling hay is when one moves hay, usually loose or “ricked” in 1900, from the barn to the pasture to feed the cows and horses.  This would have been a chore that someone did all winter…

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Sunday, April 22, 1900

22nd, raining again. Sun. went to S.S. & Church Sermon. E. H. Robinson, our Pastor. In evening went to BYPU. A missionary, Miss Branham, gave little talks. She is going to Cuba. Went to Chillicothe last night, ate dinner at Mrs. DeLapp’s. Raining again. The 1900 federal census does not show E. H. Robinson, minister, anywhere near Utica, Missouri.  However,…

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