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George D. Bourne Diary 1860 |
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1860
Transcribed FROM ORIGINAL DIARIES LOCATED AT THE BRADFORD COUNTY LIBRARY, BURLINGTON, PA
Typed By: Pat Smith Raymond
Sunday, January 1st, 1860 – a Series of meetings in progress at the Turnpike in Smithfield. Several converted I am among the number Which Desire to flee from the wrath to come and gain a home in heaven.
Jan 2 – Go to School to Miss Frank Sweeney, District School in Burlington.
Jan. 3, 4, 5, 6, -- Go to school
Jan. 7 – Work at home getting wood
Jan. 8 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H (?) Lankin.
Jan. 9, 10, -- Go to School
Jan. 11 – Not liking the teacher I leave School about ½ leave at the same time.
Jan 12 – Change works with A. W. Wheaton, get ready for cutting wood. Father gone to pine creek on Town business.
Jan. 13 – Cut drafts of wood.
Jan. 14 – Choring (?) and drawing wood.
Jan. 15 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H. Lanikin. Joined the Methodist E. Church on probation of 6 months to learn the rules of the Church.
Jan. 16, 17, 18 – Chop wood at the door, cut drafts of wood
Jan. 19 – drawing wood to door.
Jan. 20, 21 – Chop wood and chores.
Jan. 22 – quite cold. Stay at home.
Jan. 23, 24, 25 – Chop wood at door.
Jan. 26, 27, 28 – Chop wood and chores
Jan. 29 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
Jan. 30, 31 – Chop wood and chores.
Wednesday, February 1, 1860 – Cut drafts of wood.
Feb. 2, 3, -- draw out wood
Feb. 4 – Choring around house.
Feb. 5 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
Feb. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 – Chop wood and chores.
Feb. 12 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
Feb. 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 – Chop wood and chores.
Feb. 19 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Feb. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 – Chop wood and chores.
Feb. 25 – Choring around house.
Feb. 26 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
Feb. 27 – Cut wood and chores.
Feb. 28, 29 – Chop wood and chores
March 1, 1860 – Chop wood and chores
Mar. 2 – Chop wood and chores
Mar. 3 – Choring around house
Mar. 4 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Mar. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 – Chop wood and chores
Mar. 11 – Attend church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Mar. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 – Chop wood and chores
Mar. 18 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Mar. 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 – Chopping wood and chores
Mar. 25 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Mar. 26 – Chop wood and chores
Mar. 27 – Chop wood and chores, receive a present of a book from Rev. Wm. Armstrong "Title The young man" by John Todd.
Mar. 28, 29, 30, 31 – Chop wood and chores
April 1, 1860 – Attend church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Apr. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 – Chop wood and chores
Apr. 8 – Attend Church on the Turnpike preaching by H. Lamkin. Stormy Text Salms 122.9
Apr. 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 – Chop wood and chores
Apr. 15 – Attend Quarterly meeting on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
Apr. 16 – Chop wood – rainy
Apr. 17, 18 – Chop wood and chores
Apr. 19 – help pull Stumps at Wm. Campbells.
Apr. 20 – Help draw out 3256 Shingles
Apr. 21 – Plow Garden & C.
Apr. 22 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
Apr. 23 – draw nails and C.
Apr. 24 – go to mill and pull stumps (cold)
Apr. 25 – pull stumps. Snowed part of day.
Apr. 26 – work at trimming stumps
Apr. 27, 28 – help pull Stumps
Apr. 29 – Attend Church on the Turnpike. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
Apr. 30 – help pull stumps.
May 1, 1860 – help pull Stumps for road
May 2, 3, 4, 5 – help pull stumps
May 6 – Sunday School Commenced. Father Superintendent. Preaching by H. Lamkins. Text Luke 4.22
May 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – Plowed the first 4 days then cold and rainy. Do chores. Fish (?) in the creek.
May 13 – Attend Sunday School and Church. Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin psalms 14.18
May 14 – Showers go to mill in afternoon.
May 15 – pull stumps for road
May 16 – pull stumps for road & C.
May 17 – get in Spring Wheat
May 18, 19 – pickup wood
May 20 – Attend Sunday School and Prayer meeting on Turnpike.
May 21 – rainy
May 22, 23 – Sick with a cold
May 24, 25, 26 – pick up roots and plant corn
May 27—Attend Church and Sunday School at the Turnpike Preaching.
May 28, 29 – Plant corn
May 30 – Sorting potatoes
May 31 --- plant corn
June 1, 1860 – Finish planting corn.
June 2 – plant potatoes
June 3 – Attend church and Sunday School. Preaching by H. Lamkin.
June 4 – Plowed
June 5 – Stormy go to Burlington
June 6, 7, -- Plowing
June 8 – Receive a letter from E. C. Armstrong
June 9 – Plowing
June 10 – Attend Sunday School on the Turnpike and "Christians Conference" in Burlingame’s neighborhood of Smithfield. James Fivie married to a wife Farnsworth.
June 11, 12, 13 – watching (?) and planting our corn.
June 14 – hoeing corn with James Wheaton. Mary Smith married Charles Verneer (sp?)
June 15 – Chopping on fallow
June 16 – Visit with Barnard Kingsley
June 17 – Attend Sunday School and Church on the Turnpike preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
June 18 – help draw stumps
June 19 – hoeing in garden
June 20 – hoeing and graft 3 apple trees
June 21 – hoeing corn
June 22 – Cut timber for M. E. Parsonage on the Turnpike
June 23 – hoed in garden
June 24 – Attend funeral of B. Waldron child at 2 pm though S School at ½ past 9 a.m. in evening attend church at the Same place preaching by Rev. E. H. Cranmer P. E. of Troy Dist
June 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 – hoeing corn (??? One hoe .50) ((Cannot read first word))
July 1, 1860 – Attend Church on the Turnpike Preaching by H. Lamkin. Several Baptized mostly by Sprinkling I am Sprinkled. I will "Be ye Sprinkled with clean water and ye Shall be Clean"
July 2, 3 – hoeing corn and commence haying and C.
July 4 – Go Troy afoot the first time I was ever there. Brass Band Fire Company we get catched in a thunderstorm coming home. Spend 29 cents.
July 5 – Cut logs for timber
July 6 – Build fence and C.
July 7 – hoeing corn and chores
July 8 – Attend Sunday School and Church on the Turnpike preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
July 9 – help mow lodged clover
July 10, 11, 12 – Sick with cold and sore throat
July 13 – Work at haying
July 14 – hoed Potatoes Father buys me a Sythe & Swath for 14/.
July 15 – Attend Church on the Turnpike and Sunday School preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin.
July 16 – hoed corn and help I. C. Tomkins Set his Fallow.
July 17 – Hoed corn
July 18 – Work at haying an eclipse of the Sun rainy at night.
July 19, 20 – Work at haying
July 21 – Stormy
July 22 – Attend Sunday School and Church on the Turnpike Preaching by the Rev. H. Lamkin text ???
July 23, 24, 25 – Work at haying
July 26 – work at haying, Birthday 16 years old today.
July 27, 28 – Work at haying.
July 29 – Stormy Stay at home write 2 letters.
July 30 – Shelled corn and went to mill
July 31 – Work at haying.
August 1, 2, 3 – work at haying
Aug. 4 – Stormy
Aug. 5 – Attend Sunday School and Church on Turnpike Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin
Aug. 6 – Work at haying
Aug. 7 – Finish haying and cut logs
Aug. 8 – Cut logs go to Smithfield Center.
Aug. 9 – Cut logs on fallow
Aug. 10 – Cut logs and pick Black Berries
Aug. 11 – Choring. Uncle Amos Bourne and Family come visiting to our house.
Aug. 12 – Attend Sunday School and Church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. H. Larkin. 5 Baptized by Sprinkling
Aug. 13 – Stormy
Aug. 14, 15, 16 – Cut logs on fallow Uncle Amos goes home (16th?)
Aug. 17 – Cut logs on fallow
Aug. 18 – go to mill
Aug. 19 – Attend Church and Sunday School Preaching by Rev. H. Lamkin who preaches his farewell Sermon also am received into the M. E. Church in full communication after learning the rules of the M. E. Church. I think that church is the best. I Shall try and be a useful member of it.
Aug. 20 – Commence going to School at the Smithfield Academy in Smithfield Bradford Co., Penna. Teachers Rev. A. S. Hale and his wife. Board at home 4 miles each way …?…(can’t read word)
Aug. 21, 22, 23, 24 --- Go to school at Smithfield Academy
Aug. 25 – Choring around home.
Aug. 26 – Attend Sunday School at the Turnpike Rev. H. Lamkin gone to conference.
Aug. 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 – Go to School at Smithfield Academy
Sept. 1, 1860 – Choring around home.
Sept. 2 – Attend Church and Sunday School on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl new preacher. H. Lamkin Stationed at Burlington Boro.
Sept. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 – Go to school at Smithfield academy
Sept. 8 – Choring around home
Sept. 9 – Attend Church on the turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Sept. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 – go to School at Smithfield
Sept. 15 – Choring around home
Sept. 16 – Attend Church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl.
Sept. 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 – go to School at Smithfield
Sept. 22 – Coring around home
Sept. 23 – Attend church on the Turnpike preaching by Rev. M. Coyl.
Sept. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 – go to School at Smithfield
Sept. 29 – Work at home.
Sept. 30 – Attend church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
October 1, 1860 – Go to School at Smithfield
Oct. 2, 3, 4, 5 – Go to School at Smithfield
Oct. 6 – Work at home
Oct. 7 – Attend church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Oct. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 – go to School at Smithfield
Oct. 13 – Work at home
Oct. 14 – Attend Church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Oct. 15, 16, 17, 18, 19 – go to School at Smithfield
Oct. 20 – Work at home
Oct. 21 – Attend church at the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl.
Oct. 22, 23, 24, 25, 26 – go to School at Smithfield
Oct. 27 – Work at home
Oct. 28 – Attend church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Oct. 29, 30, 31 – Go to School at Smithfield
Nov. 1, 1860 – go to School at Smithfield
Nov. 2 – go to School at Smithfield
Nov. 3 – Work at home
Nov. 4 – attend church on the turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Nov. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, – go to school at Smithfield
Nov. 10 – Work at home
Nov. 11 – Attend church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Nov. 12, 13, 14, 15, 16 – go to School at Smithfield
Nov. 17 – Work at home
Nov. 18 – Attend church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Nov. 19, 20, 21, 22 – go to School at Smithfield
Nov. 23 – The School at Smithfield closes today. Reading papers Speaking pieces and ?? Constitute the closing exercises.
Nov. 24 – Work at home
Nov. 25 – Attend Church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl.
Nov. 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 – Work at home
December 1, 1860 – Work at home
Dec. 2 – Attend Church on the Turnpike preaching by Rev. M. Coyl.
Dec. 3 – Commence going to District School Mr. C. W. Smith Teacher
Dec. 4, 5, 6, 7 – go to School
Dec. 8 – Work at home choring
Dec. 9 – Attend church on the Turnpike preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Dec. 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 – go to School
Dec. 15 – work at home
Dec. 16 – Attend Church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Dec. 17 – go to School. Trouble ahead down South
Dec. 18, 19 – go to School
Dec. 20 – go to School, South Carolina Secedes from the union by an unanimous vote.
Dec. 21 – go to School
Dec. 22 – Work at home choring
Dec. 23 – attend Church on the Turnpike preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Dec. 24, 25, 26, 27, 28 – go to School
Dec. 29 – Work at home
Dec. 30 – Attend church on the Turnpike Preaching by Rev. M. Coyl
Dec. 31, 1860 – School closed today. Work at Chopping Wood in the woods and at the door in the evening attend a watch meeting on the Turnpike. M. Coyl Sick the meeting conducted by Revs. Isaac Hibbard and Lucicus French, a large number Present.
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