It is wet this morning and looks like rain. Zenis and O(Oss?) and I went down to Mr. Shepards to thrash we took one of the cows tho the ? (borl??) They got out and came home. We did not get back till in the evening. Lewis took a load of wheat down as far as Mr F.( Fatner?) Pa went to the new mill.
Side notes:
1. Wow today was hard to read. So many questions. What was Smith's middle name? Could it be Zenis and Smith O that went to Mr. Shepard's? Where on earth did they take the cows? and Who is Mr. F? I will be checking census and other records to try to get some answers. Please feel free to comment with your ideas!!!
2. Oh, I looked up a calendar for 1889 so we now know what days of the week we are reading :)
Smith O. Hayward's middle name was OLIVER....named after his grandfather OLIVER EMORY .( his mother Naomi C. Emory's father ) .
ReplyDeleteMr. Sheppard in the text. , would be Rev. John Sheppard , the father of Sarah Jane " Jenny " Sheppard , wife of Smith O. Hayward .
ReplyDeleteSo , Mr. Sheppard is the father in law of Smith O. Hayward.