Partial Transcript of the 1909 Journal

Transcribers

Rachel A. Croskrey, Cedarville UniversityFollow
Lynn A. Brock, Cedarville UniversityFollow

Document Type

Transcript

Transcription Date

2017-2023

Journal Date

1909

Keywords

Martha McMillan, Cedarville, diaries, journals, transcripts

Comments

The dated entries for the 1909 journal begin with November 10, 1908. After almost 42 years with her “farm journal” starting in 1867, Martha McMillan and her husband James are leaving the farm in the care of son Clayton and moving to a furnished house in Yellow Springs, Ohio. On November 10 she ends the 1908 journal but begins a “new” journal which is combined with this 1909 journal. Thus, the entries and transcriptions of the remainder of the month of November and the month of December 1908 are part of this 1909 journal.

Martha’s locations during late 1908 and early 1909:

• November 10, 1908 – January 25, 1909. Martha and James are living in their furnished home in Yellow Springs, Ohio.
• January 25, 1909. Martha is sent to Dr. Hunt’s hospital in Columbus, Ohio. After 5 weeks there, Dr. Hunt recommends that Martha finish the winter in Florida.
• March 3. Martha leaves on a train for Winter Park, Florida, arriving on March 5.
• March 5 – 21. Martha is in Winter Park, Florida.
• March 22 – April 20. Martha is in Daytona Beach, Florida.
• April 20 – 27. Martha is in St. Augustine, Florida.
• April 28. Martha leaves for Atlanta, Georgia, to be with son Homer and wife Mary for a time.
• June 13. Martha arrives back at the farm where she and James will now stay and give up their home in Yellow Springs.

Recommended Citation

Croskrey, Rachel A. and Brock, Lynn A., "Partial Transcript of the 1909 Journal" (1909). Transcripts. 20.
https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/mcmillan_transcriptions/20