Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
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Journal Date
1897
Transcription
notes from 1897 Diary made by Rankin MacMillan June 1969
January 1 - Martha records where all the family is located.
Jan. 15 - James and Martha's 30th wedding anniversary.
Jan. 26 - Martha's 53rd birthday. - corn 20 cents a bushel; potatoes 25 cents a bushel delivered to Springfield.
May 23 - Martha starts an afternoon Sabbath School at the McMillan school house
June 10 - Homer graduates from Cedarville College - the 1st graduating class - a class of five members.
July 2 - Fannie arrives with her young sons, Donald & Malcolm.
July 10 - Fred arrives from Chicago; Harlan from Springfield - so all the family at the farm at the same time.
July 29 - Fred returns to his work in Chicago.
August 11 - Rev. Thomas MacKenzie arrives from N.Y. and on Sept. 1st - with his family (Fannie, Donald, Malcolm) return to Port Jarvis, N.Y.
Sept. 6. - Paul starts 2nd grade at McMillan school. Clayton and Jason return to Selma High school.
Hogs sold at Selma for 4 cents a pound.
Sept. 8 - Clara leaves for college at Monmouth.
Sept. 16 - Homer leaves for New York to attend Union Theological Seminary
Sept. 20 - Fred now located in Bussey, Iowa - working with the Wabash Railroad.
Nov. 1st - First good rain since August 24. Had a killing frost on September 21.
Nov. 12 - Threshed wheat out of barn, and the wheat that had been left in ricks in the field. All 20 men that helped were fed dinner and supper.
Dec. 31 - Martha again records where all her family is located.
Digitization Date
June 3, 2015
Source
University Archives
Archives Collection
Martha McMillan Journal Collection
Archives Accession Number
01-129
Archives Container Number
SF-101B
Archives Identification Number
RG 16/46
Keywords
Martha McMillan, Cedarville, diaries, journals
Disciplines
Christianity | Civic and Community Engagement | Family, Life Course, and Society
Recommended Citation
MacMillan, Rankin, "Notes on the 1897 Journal" (1897). Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal. 1.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/mcmillan_notes/1
Included in
Christianity Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Family, Life Course, and Society Commons
About this Collection
The McMillan Journal Collection is an archive of the journals of Martha McMillan of Cedarville, Ohio, who maintained a daily journal from 1867 until her death in 1913.
Comments
These notes were compiled in June 1969.