July 21st, 1872, Sunday

I went over to Father’s and spent the day. Mother Swan went home this forenoon. Henry Swan came after her. Sophronia got home Friday night. She brought me a dress from May, a silver cup for Olive from Mr. Parsons and also one from Cousin Olive, a gold ring for Clara from Aunt Sophronia and …

April 12th, 1869, Monday

Father Swan died very suddenly (Thursday night) April 9th, Friday, of heart disease I suppose. He complained in the afternoon of not feeling well, but got over it and went to bed as well as usual. About 3 o’clock in the morning Mother Swan woke up and he was making a strange noise. She got …

March 21st, 1868, Sunday

I came home yesterday. Henry and Sophronia were here to dinner. Pleasant. Last Friday over to Father’s, Theron Streeter brought Mr. Birget and his wife up there. He is married to Eunice Utter. Was married a week ago Friday.

March 1st, 1868, Sunday

Towards night snowed very hard. Adin, Henry, their Mother, Carrie Lord and George Swan took dinner here. Father called.

February 27th, 1868, Thursday

Pleasant. I rode over to Adin’s this morning with George Swan. Came back with Will Swan. He had been to Ringwood after May, went yesterday. Henry Swan and Carrie Lord took tea here. She is a wild piece. I hardly know what to think of her. She does not seem to care much for her …

October 8th, 1865, Sunday

Hannah and Isaac Knickerbocker have just been here. They stopped to dinner. Mother and Father have gone down to Uncle Jesse’s. Gene Swan was here last night but I did not see him. I expect he will be here again this evening. Last Monday 2nd I went to Anna Swan’s wedding. Went down to Ringwood …

August 14th, 1865, Monday

We are having splendid weather “all nature smiles,” as John says. Yesterday forenoon May, Soph, John, Will Haney and I went up in the woods, got a bag of hazel nuts. They are not ripe yet. Yesterday afternoon Soph and I went up to the choir meeting. Will Cooley and Mr. Hubbard were there, also …

August 8th, 1865, Tuesday

Father and Mother have gone up to Geneva this afternoon. They took the wool up. Jim Walsh was here to dinner. He has enlisted in the regular army for three years. Henry and Eugene Swan were to work here yesterday. They were here Sunday evening. It was so cloudy Sunday afternoon that I did not …

July 26th, 1865, Wednesday

John is 16 today. Eugene and Henry Swan are to work here this afternoon. Yesterday Aunt Eliza and Mrs. Maria Wilkins were here. I like her much.  

July 20th, 1865, Thursday

The Swan boys are to work here. Mother has gone down to Aunt Eliza’s this afternoon. Yesterday Georgia Hodge was over here. We called up to Mrs. Rogers. She is pretty happy now Dell Rogers has got home. I laughed all the time I was there. Soph went home with Georgia Hodge last night. She …