| Jan 13 | Rev. Smith installed as pastor of P. [Presbyterian?] church |
| Jan 18 | M. C. Rice's father died |
| Jan 26 | Mrs. Wilson and Walter Ward married |
| Feb 6 | [someone] tried to break into bank Sunday night |
| Feb 12 | large caucus |
| Feb 15 | a lot of campaigning for supervisor [local election] |
| Feb 16 | "we have a Democratic supervisor elected from a black Republican town" |
| Feb 18 | H. C. Kingsbury gave large Oyster supper in the Jones house for supporters |
| Feb 21 | called to Emma's, she is going to be confined [Emma Herrick?--a neighbor] |
| Mar 7 | "it is rumoured this evening that Specie payment was resumed in New York City today" |
| Mar 9 | Eliza Nixon died, wife of Robert [also mentioned Jan 25, Jan 27 when Robert's partner Jim Taylor spent time with the Nixons after she'd gotten sick. In the 1860 census an unmarried Robert Nixon and an Eliza Taylor are both living with Robert's family. Is Eliza the sister of Jim Taylor?] |
| Mar 11 | Mrs. Nixon's funeral, 30 carriages there |
| Mar 18 | school exhibition |
| Mar 21 | church meeting - trying to get enough money subscribed for a parsonage [Presbyterian]; school meeting [Robert was a trustee] |
| Apr 18 | "report that Beadle's son got severely hurt by the cars in or near Buffalo - he was crazy" |
| May 6 | Uncle Robert Cochrane died |
| May 8 | funeral of Robert Cochrane, very large |
| May 30 | decorating soldiers' graves |
| July 17 | Mrs. Leffingwell buried |
| July 27 | Mason's barn struck by lightning last night, burned to ground |
| Aug 11 | Henry Bells burned last night |
| Aug 19 | Mr. Nesbitt's folks arrived from Utica, family stayed all night at Mateer house |
| Aug 23 | marriage of Henry Loomis and Miss Driggs, Frank Hall and Miss Loomis by Mr. VanCleve [Presb. Pastor] |
| Sep 20 | Mrs. Taylor's auction |
| Sep 29 | fair at Fredonia |
| Oct 10 | school trustees meeting |
| Oct 12 | school meeting for election of trustees - Spencer, Patterson and Abbott elected; concert in Union School [concert can mean a gathering of some sort, not necessarily musical] |
| Oct 24,25 | Northern lights visible |
| Nov 8 | election day; great fire in Dunkirk |
| Nov 11 | school meeting |
| Nov 14 | Bill Munson auctioning out |
| Nov 20 | old Mrs. Whitney buried |
| Nov 25 | school meeting |
| Dec 2 | ball at Westfield house; teachers paid |
| Dec 5 | Mrs. Nye buried; lodge meeting |
| Dec 12 | George Peglar hurt in barn [an employee of Robert's] |
| Dec 19 | George Peglar not able to work yet |
| Dec 19 | lodge meeting and officers' election - Robert elected secretary |
| Dec 20 | "Good templers" had a Christmas tree |
| Dec 25 | S. concert pm [S. = school? or sabbath?] |
| Dec 28 | fire at J. T. Gibson's grocery and E. Bucks harness shop |
Back to main page
This page maintained by Virginia Peterson.
Last modified November 29, 1999.
