DIARY OF LAFAYETTE SQUIRES OF GRAY VALLEY FOR 1876
January 1876 - Saturday 1 - We was up to Father Wilsons
and I and Father and wilson hall went down to roseville. Wils traided horses.
It is a verry warm clear day roads all broke up. Wind in the South.
Sunday 2 - Warm and Clear wind in the west verry mudy.
Wesley Wood Git home.
Monday 3 - Clear and pleasant. Wind in the North west.
Drawed Stone from the wall. Consert at Bakerburg this evening.
January 1876 - Tuesday 4 - We went to harrison Smith and
I bought a Dog of A. T. Smith. Paid five dollars. Frose up south Wind.
Wednesday 5 - I Fodered from the Stack. We went up to
loyds. South wind.
Thursday 6 - Berts took Dinner. Wesley went to Singing
School.
January 1876 - Friday 7 - I drawed Manure. Wether quite
Modert and pleasant. Thawed some.
Saturday 8 - I went to troy . Wesley drawed manure. I
got half a pound of tea. Wesley went home and Stayed all Night.
Sunday 9 - Loyd folks here and Henry Dart. Warm and Change.
George Smith had my buggy. It rained by spells.
January 1876 - Cold and blustering. Henry went home. We
quit Milking/ Churned the last time. Geo. Squires Brought his bob Sleade
home.
Tuesday 11 - I and Wesley Went up to the grange. I lent
George Smith ten Dollars.
Wednesday 12 - It Snowed Some. We went up to Isaac Squires
and We Settled up to date. It snowed about a half a inch.
January 1876 - Thursday 13 - the corn Stalks is gone.
I am feeding Buckwheat Straw at Night hay in the morning. Wesley gone home.
Friday 14 - I was up to loyd and Went over to William
Robins and Loyd was Down here. Wesley Wood got back.
Saturday 15 - We drawed Mynewer in the fournoon.
We Sawed Wood in tha afternoon. South Wind hubs give a little.
January 1876 - Sunday 16 - Mary went to meeting.
Wesley went up to postoffice. Hubs give a quite a bit.
Monday 17 - I cut a hickry for ?? I helped george
grind his ax. I Split Some Wood. We put three hams to Soak.
Tuesday 18 - I Went to Wellsborough as a Witnes
on the will of David Edgertant it rained in the forenoon its warm and verry
bad going mud deep.
January 1876 - Wednesday 19 - I Went to Troy to
Mill and I See Different Ones a plowing by Spells the Sun Shining Out Bright
and Warm and by Spells it rains. offle bad going.
Thursday 20 - I took the ax up to William Robins.
I went to mainesburg and got Some butter of antimonia. James Burton and
Wesley Burton and minty Smith was up.
Friday 21 - James burton Wesley Burton Went away.
Sun Shines Bright. They Cleaned the School house.
January 1876 - Saturday 22 - I Went after my Ax.
Wesley Drawed minewer. We Split and piled Wood.
Sunday 23 - Wesley Went home. bats Was hear. Quite
Mudey.
Monday 24 - I Ground my Ax and I helped George
load a load of Straw to take to troy.
January 1876 - Tuesday 25 - I went to troy with
george he took a Load of Straw of twenty two hundred pounds. One half a
pound of tea. I got Some Sowlether.
Wednesday 26 - I went to Troy With george with
a Load of Straw had on twenty five hundred and Sixty pound. I got a pair
of Drawers.
Thursday 27 - I taped my Boot. Uncle Judson Squires
and wife Was here it rained and hailed in the Morning. Warm and pleasane
in the afternoon.
January 1876 - Friday 28 - It rained in the fournoon.
I helped George draw Straw in the after noon. It quite mudy and Warm. Smoked
three hams.
Saturday 29 - It rained in the fournoon in the
afternoon I and Wesley Went up on the hill and cut three trees and trimed
them. Wils Hall and Sary Hall
Sunday 30 - Wesley road Cit home. Wils and Sary
Went home.
January 1876 - Monday 31 - Sun Shines bright. Hubs
give Some. I went up on the hill and Cut four trees and trimed ready for
Sawing.
February 1876 - Tuesday 1 - Mary and Emma Gone
to Canton. I and Wesley Went to the grainge. We went up a ?? Back I Went
up and worked a While in the woods.
Wednesday 2 -it was verry Blustry the Wind blowed
hard. I went up to Clinton Reynoles. George Was over here a while in the
evening Sun Shone
February 1876 - Thursday 3 - Mary and Emma Came
home. they got Carpet warp. Father and Mother Went home.
Friday 4 - I and Wesley Drawed minewer . I helped
George Squires bucher in the afternoon one pig weight 357 the other 315
p. I helped Cut them up.
Saturday 5 - I and Wesley Drawed Buck Wheat Straw
in the fournoon. We put the Oat Straw in the bin we drawed hay from the
Stack in the after noon.
February 1876 - Sunday 6 - I and Mary and Emma
went Down to William Squires. Good going in the roads. Wesley Went home.
Monday 7 - I went up to Mrs. Hills to See liddia
about Sowing. I went to troy it was verry mudy. I got some triming for
mary Dress.
Tuesday 8 - I went in the Woods in the fournoon.
I road Cit up to Wm Robbins and She broke her halter and Went home. I went
up$to grange and got Some Tea.
February 1876 - Wednesday 9 - I went up after liddia
hill in the fournoon in the afternoon it rained. Verry warm I got a new
Shoe put on Charley up to palmers 35
Thursday 10 - it warm and Very muddy. William Johnson
and his Wife Was here Stayed all night.
Friday 11 - it rainy to day Isaac and hulday Was
here to day. William and Reuben Come by and Settle up
February 1876 - Saturday 12 - I and Wesley Drawed
Stone till four o’clock in the after noon. I and Mary and liddia and emma
Went Over to Mainesburg. Verry muddy and warm.
Sunday 13 - its very warm and pleasant verry muddy.
Went to meeting. Wesley went home road Cit to the post office at night.
Monday 14 - Warm and Mudy. Showery Night dark and
rains. Mintta Was here and Stayed all night. Newel brought some S?? home.
February 1876 - Tuesday 15 - It Snowed about Six
inches deep. I and several Went over to town Meeting With the Cutter. It
Was sploshy. I went to the grange Store and got Some tea.
Wednesday 16 - I fixed the buttry flores in the
four noon. Lewis hall and my wife Went from her. Wesley burton Was here
I went to the Law Suit in the after noon.
Thursday 17 - I went up to the Law Suit in the
after noon.
February 1876 - Friday 18 - I went to mainsburg
and got the horses Shod. Steven Peters Shod them to ne Shoes. Got five
1.50. Liddia hill Come here at noon. Taylors Medicon.
Saturday 19 - I went to troy with Isaac Squires.
Wesley Drawed Mynewer. Liddia finished Sowing to Day.
Sunday 20 - I took liddia home in the four noon
bats took dinner Clark burton and Wesley burton and Went up to Geo smith
Febraury 1876 - Monday 21 - I went to mansfield
to Mill I took four Bushels of Wheat I got liddia a diary. I went to Spencers
Mill.
Tuesday 22 - I Drawed wood for Clinton Reynols
in the four noon I went up to the grange.
Wednesday 23 - Ruben and Clinton Reynols Cut Drags
of Wood and I Skided them and Drawed down Some Cold and Blustry.
February 1876 - Thursday 24 - I halled Logs of
Wood from the hill I Drawed twelve loads.
Friday 25 - I Drawed Wood in the four noon in the
after noon I went to Mainesburg.
Saturday 26 - Wesley Drawed Mynewer in the four
noon. I went to troy in the after noon With luis Beech.
February 1876 - Sunday 27 - it Stormes Some in
the after noon it hailes Lewis Beech Went home.
Monday 28 - I Drawed three loads of logs from Georges
Woods n the four noon. Father and Mother Wilson and Carry Sheley Burton
and
Tuesday 29 - I went to Troy and Clinton and Wife
in the four noon. We Went Down to lons Morrison at night. Geo. Smith paid
that ten Dollars.
March 1876 - Wednesday 1 - Carry and Lyman Sheley
in the after I Split Wood.
March 2 - I went to the Saw mill in the four noon
in the after noon Wesley Went to the Mill. Bradford Edgeton folks at night
Went and took Cary up home.
March 3 - I went to Mainesburg With to Loads of
logs.
March 1876 - Saturday 4 -I hawled a load of logs
in the four noon. I Split Wood and Wesley Drawed Mynewer. Smoked the hams.
Sunday 5 - Wesley Went home he road Cit. We Fodered
out of the new barn for the first.
Monday 6 - We taped the Sugar Bush. I taped Loyds
Boots, Minty Smith Was here.
March 1876 - Tuesday 7 - I Drawed Stone. We Shogerd
of. Verry Muddy. Warm South Wind.
Wednesday 8 - I was about house . I went up in
the Sugar bush at night.
Thursday 9 - I took a load of goods for Clinton
Reynols. Wesley Went after the Sirup.
March 1876 - Friday 10 - I went to AustinVille to a vandue.
Saturday 11 - I and Wesley Drawed Stone from the hill
We went up to Wilson halls
Sunday 12 - We Come home Wesley Went home Its Verry Mudy
March 1876 - Monday 13 - I Cut and Sharpened fence post
in the four noon in the after noon I Drawed Stone from the hill it frose
up hard
Tuesday 14 - I halled Mynewer in the four noon in the
afternoon Went to the funreal of Mrs. Hill I went to the barying ground
up on the State road. Big roan heifer come in.
Wednesday 15 - I trimed apple tree Brush and Burnt them
in the four noon. We Went to Mr. Hager funeral in the after noon the house
was full.
March 1876 -Thursday 16 - School Was Out Emma Went up
to Loyd. Caty Was Down here Wesley went and took her home. Spotty Come
in.
Friday 17 - I and Wesley Went to troy. The little roan
Cow come in. Clark Burton Was here.
Satruday 18 - It was Cold and blustry. James Burton come
here . Loyd Brought Emily C. Squires home
March 1876 - Sunday 19 - Wesley went home. Clark Burton
had my Bugy henry Dart and Frank Wilson ws here. Doctor bats took Dinner
here. Wesley stayed all night
Monday 20 - Wesley Come Back he Drawed Wood in the four
noon it Snwed the Geo Cow Come in
Tuesday 21 - We Drawed to Loads of Wood in the four noon.
I Drawed Loyd a Load of Straw and drawed four Loads of Wood.
March 1876 - Wednesday 22 - I went to Austinville bought
a new ax and one Bushel of Corn of Charles Smith.
Thursday 23 - I Drawed one load of logs to Mainsburg in
the four noon. John Hunts folks Was here. Wesley Drawed a load of logs
to the Mills in the afternoon
Friday 24 - We Drawed Wood in the four noon got Isaac
Corn Sheller and Shelled thirty four bushels of Corn at night. It Commence
Snowing
March 1876 - Saturday 25 - I went to manesburg to Mill
and brought it Back not ground. I went with the bobs Sleads. Mudy in the
road
Sunday 29 - Wesley went home, road Cit. I went up to Isaac
Squires (can’t read two words) got Down and could not git up
Monday 27 - I and Wesley Went up in the woods and cut
two trees for Sils and Drawed them Down. Wesley Went up to G. (illegible)
March 1876 - Tuesday 28 - I went to Troy and got the grass
seed. I took 10 Bushels of Corn to the flat and got ground. It rained at
night.
Wednesday 29 - Wesley and I Cut and Draw Stake Cuts in
the four noon. We washed the harness and greesed it in the afternoon.
Thursday 30 - Wesley Drawed mynewer and I went over to
the Sale and went back to harrison Smiths and took Dinner. We traded calf.
March 1876 - Friday 31 - Mary and Emma and I went Over
to Daniel burton. I got a pir of boots for wesley at Mainesburg at Clarks
at 375 cts.
April 1876 - Saturday 1 - I and Welsey Sawed Wood Line
Back Come in. Wesley Went Down to Williams and Went to Chandlersburg.
Sunday 2 - Wesley Went home, Doctor bats was here.
April 1876 - Monday 3 - We Sawed Wood. Dolley Beech came
in.
Tuesday 4 - Sawed Wood in the four noon in the afternoon
Wesley Split Wood and I split Stakes 260.
Wednesday 5 - I went to the flat after a load of boards
in the four noon. Wesley Split Wood in the afternoon Cherry Come in. Very
Muddy.
April 1876 - Thursday 6 - We Cut and drawed down Some
Sticks for Shed Sills. They bilt Saap.
Friday 7 - I went to the burg With a tub of butter. It
weighed fifty pound at 38 cts a pound it coe to 1900. David Brown here.
Saturday 8 - I and Wesley Skored timber. William hewed
it. Frank Wilson here. I Lent George Smith one dollar.
April 1876 - Sunday 9 - We Shogered off. Clark Burton
frank Blar Frank Wilson Doctor Bats
Monday 10 - Wesley and I Skored timber in the four noon.
William hewed in the after noon and Wesley drawed Stone. King hokom
Tuesday 11 - We drawed Stones. Daniel B Was killed the
Cars run over him near (?goos) town
April 1876 - Wednesday 12 - I Went and took Clark Burton
over to Mansfield. I went Back by father Wilsons to let them know when
the funeral.
Thursday 13 - We went to the funerial and it rain in the
afternoon. We took dinner at aaron Squires.
Friday 14 - We drawed Stone on the east Side hill.
April 1876 - I and Wesley drawed Stone from the hill n
the four noon I went to Mainsburg and got the horses shod.
Sunday 16 - We went up on the hill an beach was there.
Clark Burton and Wesley Burton was here.
Monday 17 - I went to troy to mill I took four bushels
of Wheat 8 bushels of buck Wheat
April 1876 - Tuesday 18 - I and wesley drawed Stone from
the Wall. Frose quite hard.
Wednesday 19 - We drawed Stone from the Wall
Thursday 20 - We drawed stone from ther Wall the fournoon
finish it in the after noon. Wesley drawed .. May Beach, Sary and Wilson
Hall
April 1876 - Friday 21 - I went to Mainesburg and put
on the Logs. I took a tub of Butter 50 pounds at 33 cts a pound in the
afternoon we fixed fence. Bilt Sap. finished on hill
Saturday 22 - We fixed fence, Bilt Sap William Wilson
was here. Bats took supper.
Sunday 23 - Wesley road Cit up home and got the mare.
We Shogered of.Geo. Squires Cut my hair
