| Jan 2 | Mrs Townsend's funeral; Lizzie Thompson at home with a broken leg |
| Jan 6 | Gen Geo. W. Palmers remains brought to Westfield for interment |
| Jan 8 | "E A Skinner left this morning for Boston to attend the funeral of J. A. Cummings" |
| Jan 13 | "I had to go up to Mrs David Johnstons and paid her over some money received through Mrs Nixon from a mortgage I as adminstrator of the Estate of D. Johnston holds" |
| Feb 4 | "E. A. Skinner has engaged Sophia Macomber to help me in the office" |
| Feb 12 | Town Caucus today |
| Feb 15 | "This is town meeting day - not very much excitement" |
| Feb 27 | "Mr. Faber [Presb. minister] in Buffalo, called to the bedside of his father who is not expected to live" |
| Feb 28 | "Mr. Fabers father was buried in Buffalo I think to day" |
| Mar 8 | corporation[village?] election |
| Mar 14 | "Robert Johnstons boy Samy got hurt by the [railroad] cars Sat. evening - he is down at Samys he is very badly hurt" |
| Mar 16 | "Jim Taylors little girl Mabel had a stroke of paralisis this forenoon" |
| Mar 19 | Mabel Taylor died |
| Mar 21 | "Report that some 50 or 60 buildings burned over at Fairpoint [Chautauqua] last night"; funeral of Mabel Taylor |
| Apr 5 | "I went to Mayville to qualify as notary Public" |
| Apr 17 | "Mr. Faber gave notice of tendering his resignation" |
| Apr 18 | "A [Presbyterian] Society meeting this evening to take action relative to Mr. Fabers resignation" |
| Apr 21 | Mrs. Thomas Kinner died |
| Apr 24 | Mrs. Kinner's funeral |
| [during this period, Robert was on a trip to Ireland. See this file for an account of the trip and the people he met.] | |
| Aug 6 | "Caucus this afternoon to elect delegates to the Co. & State Convention" |
| Aug 7 | William Simpson's funeral |
| Aug 31 | The fresh air children left for their homes in N.Y. City; William Russell, R. Shaw & Robert were elected Trustees of Union School |
| Sept 6 | James Neill died; Mr Kingsbury elected president of school board, Robert elected clerk again |
| Sept 8 | funeral of James Neill |
| Sept 9 | firemen's parade |
| Sept 27 | Mrs. Mosher's funeral |
| Sept 30 | Mrs. Allen Wright died suddenly |
| Oct 2 | Mrs. Allen Wrights funeral - all at Ch in the evening; Jane Cochrane, William's sister killed by the railroad cars on her way home from the church in the School house |
| Oct 5 | funeral of Jane Cochrane, buried in Ripley; Mrs Harkott died very suddenly last night. |
| Oct 7 | Mrs Harkott's funeral |
| Oct 10 | Annual meeting of the Presbyterian Society, J. H. Plumb & Arthur Skinner elected trustees |
| Oct 12 | "Mr. Glason met with a bad accident - the trains on the Nickel plate road ran over & killed his horse & he is badly hurt" |
| Oct 14 | McCarty's daughter died last night |
| Oct 16 | funeral of Miss McCarty |
| Nov 6 | "Mrs Kit Wallaces house took fire, but was put out before much damage was done" |
| Nov 28 | "Miss Allie Skinner arrived home from an extended tour through Europe - she was gone some 15 mos." |
| Dec 9 | "T. M. Knight died very suddenly this morning" |
| Dec 11 | Mrs Julia Montgomery Cochrane died this morning; funeral of T. M. Knight [Thomas] |
| Dec 13 | Mrs. Cochrane buried in Ripley |
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