Notes on the 1871 Journal

Authors

Rankin MacMillan

Files

Journal Date

1871

Transcription

Notes on 1871 Diary Part I and Part II by Rankin MacMillan made in 1969

Jan. 29 - Martha states her opinion on Psalms & Hymns.

March 23 - Martha and children, Fred & Fannie, all sick with measles.

April 8 - Dan and Jane McMillan’s 25th anniversary. (They lived on farm next to James & Martha’s) (Look them up in McMillan Blue Bk. history)

May 6 - Started corn planting; finished on May 20.

May 19 - Started sheep shearing; finished June 10. 1000 sheep sheared.

July - Hay and wheat harvested.

August 19 - McMillan clan picnic in Haney’s woods.

Sept. - James showed sheep at Jamestown Fair; also at Clark County Fair at Springfield, and at Greene Co. Fair, Xenia.

Sept. 19 - Started cutting corn, put into shocks.

Oct. 5 - James and Martha take the train to Cincinnati to attend the Paris Exposition.

Nov. 3 - White washed the dining room and put the heating stove up for the winter.

Nov. 20 - made a year’s supply of soap. Also, dug a cistern at back of the house.

Nov. 23 - Sold 78 hogs at 4 cents a pound, average weight 330 lbs.

Dec. 4 - First good snow.

The children -

Fannie was 3 years old on Feb. 18, 1871

Fred was 1 year old on May 19, 1871

Digitization Date

September 9, 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

Comments

Notes compiled in 1969

Recommended Citation

MacMillan, Rankin, "Notes on the 1871 Journal" (1871). Rankin MacMillan’s Notes on Each Journal. 21.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/mcmillan_notes/21