Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal
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Journal Date
1869
Transcription
Notes on 1869 Diary - made by Rankin MacMillan in 1969
January to Feb. 15. Very mild winter weather.
Feb. 15 to Apr. 10. No extreme cold weather, but a cool wet spring. Did not shear sheep till June, then five (5) men worked at it two full weeks.
Wheat harvested on July 8.
Did not cut any hay until about August 1 when it was dead ripe. This also took five or six men; they put it in hay-cocks. Part ricked in fields; part in barn.
Took sheep to fair at Jamestown, August 25-26-27. Took sheep to fair Xenia, September 1-2-3.
The McMillan school house built in August.
The Dan Marshall and Townsley (now Ralph's) houses built in summer.
Two sermons each sabbath at the R.P. Church - 11 a.m. & 2 p.m.
First freeze Oct. 27.
1st snow Nov. 13.
Fannie very sick in December. High fever.
Digitization Date
August 26, 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
Agriculture | Animal Sciences | Christianity | Civic and Community Engagement | Education | Family, Life Course, and Society
Recommended Citation
MacMillan, Rankin, "Notes on the 1869 Journal" (1869). Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal. 14.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/mcmillan_notes/14
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Agriculture Commons, Animal Sciences Commons, Christianity Commons, Civic and Community Engagement Commons, Education 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 January 1969