20 thru 26th — Picked apples & corn. We now have 406 Bu. of apples. Pa sold 11 head of steers this week. $333.00 for them. “Old Oct. purty nigh gone”. Raining this morning. According to the inflation calculator, $333 in 1901 has the same spending power as $10,058.91 in 2019. Each cow would have brought in $30.27, and that…
Sunday, October 20, 1901
15th thru 19th — Picked apples all week. Sat. Evening Mary & I went to Pa Fraziers & stayed all night & until 4 Sun evening. Then went to BYPU at 7 P.M.
Monday, October 14, 1901
Mon. 14th — Picked apples in the forenoon & helped John in afternoon.
Sunday, October 13, 1901
[Saturday, October] 12th — Pa, Mary & I went to Chilli. Got our license & Oct 13th, 1901, Mary & I were married by Bro. Wood at Utica Baptist Church just after service, just before benediction had fallen. Then we drove over to Mary’s (Drove Old Buck) ate dinner there. Came back home. At supper at 5 P.M. Frank, Jen,…
Friday, October 11, 1901
11th — Finished drilling wheat. Frank has been drilling wheat & rye for several weeks.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
10th — Drilled wheat on Cosner Place. Jesse is likely referring to James Harvey Cosner’s farm. While some of his siblings lived in Livingston County a few decades before, it’s Jim and his son Henry Ward Beecher Cosner who managed a farm in the area for so many years.
Sunday, October 6, 1901
Oct.6th — Went to SS. but there was none on account of rain. Went to Chilli. in afternoon to Uncle Edd’s & brought Mary home. She & I went to BYPU meeting at Utica at 7 P.M. I led the meeting. After meeting I took Mary to Mrs Lidy’s to stay this week & make her new (W) dress. Jesse…
Saturday, October 5, 1901
29th through Oct. 5th — Built fence all week plus regular chores.
Saturday, September 28, 1901
23 thru 28th — Drove cattle & hauled sand & rocks & helped on the house. Drilled wheat on Toby place. Fri. Some hobo stole my dinner & had to come in & eat. It would be hard to think that Jesse went over to Dawn, Missouri, to help drill wheat for any half-siblings of his dad. The only Tobey…
Sunday, September 22, 1901
Sun — 22nd — Went to S.S. & ate dinner at Sophia’s Caught a ride in a buggy at Utica & went to Mary’s. She & I came over home about 5 P.M. I did up the work & then we went to church. Drove Nancy Hanks.