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Bradford County PA Chemung County NY Tioga County PA Tri-Counties Genealogy & History by Joyce M. Tice Diaries & Letters of the Tri-Counties

Diary: George D. Bourne Township: West Burlington, Bradford County PA Year: 1879 Submitted by Pat SMITH Raymond Tri-County Genealogy & History Sites Home Page How to Use This Site Warning & Disclaimer West Burlington Township Page Smithfield Township Page More Diaries & Letters No Unauthorized Commercial Use Say Hello to Joyce

Joyce's Search Tip - December 2010 Do You Know that you can search just the 355 pages of our Diaries and Letters on this site  by using the Diaries button in the Partitioned search engine at the bottom of the Current What's New Page? But diaries and letters are wonderful sources to understand the culture of time and place. Read them and enjoy them slowly.

FOUND A BOX OF THESE DIARIES AT THE BRADFORD COUNTY LIBRARY, BURLINGTON, PA

THE DIARIES STARTED IN 1860 WHEN HE WAS IN SCHOOL. I JUST PICKED UP THIS ONE AT RANDOM AND WROTE DOWN THE ENTRIES THAT MENTIONED NAMES, DATES, AND EVENTS, I INTEND TO GET BACK AND COPY MORE OF THEM IN THE NEAR FUTURE. MR. GEORGE BOURNE OWNED AND OPERATED BOURNE’S MILL ABOUT HALF WAY BETWEEN EAST SMITHFIELD AND BURLINGTON. HE ACTUALLY LIVED IN WEST BURLINGTON TWP.

Typed by Pat Smith Raymond

1879

Jan. 7 – Collins Tracy funeral

Jan. 15 – Miss Laura Riggs & Elmer Vanhorn married

Jan. 23 – Old Mr. Seward died in Luzerne County

Mar. 17 – Mrs. Geo. Easterbrook died in a day or two of this date.

Mar. 19 – Elder DeWire (sp?) and one of Clark Wheelers daughters died within a day or two.

Mar. 30 – Old Mrs. Burns buried.

Apr. 1 – David Gates house burned

Apr. 23 – Horace Burns & Miss Bell Kendall married.

June 4 – Mrs. N. M. Beech birthday – 94 years old

July 16 – Mrs. James Webb buried

July 20 – Filmore Ross killed by cars near Athens last Thursday (would have been Jul. 17, 1879)

July 26 – Birthday 35 years old.

July 27 – Mrs. Norman Case died – She came in care of C. W. Smith from Elizabeth City, N.C., her maiden name was Pratt

Aug. 12 – Miss Hattie Crow of NY City & Miss Fannie Prince here visiting.

Aug. 23 – Mr. Almeron Brigham & Miss Eva Snyder married. Mr. Amasa Jones died a few days since.

Sept. 19 – Clarence Ford’s child died.

Sept. 24 – Building house for John Raymond in Smithfield

Oct. 29 – Wm. L. Riggs & Miss Cora Wood married

Dec. 2 -- Diphtheria at Smithfield – Mrs. Elisha Davids has lost three children with it within a few days.

Dec. 23 – Earl N. Goodspeed and Miss Lucy Stone married.

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