The Diary of
Mary Kezer Harris Second Wife of Oliver Harris August 1823 on tusd i washed my curtings. 20. on Wed ironed and fixed my cap 21. thurs i went to hilsbor and bought two new caps and set with Hannah till three oclock in the Day and then returnd 22. on frid put up my curtings. 23. on Sat. i spun 4 cuts of thread. Mr. Harris haas ben sick we could not go to the assoseation on Satterday 24. on Sun we went to Mr hayes to the Soseation and heard many hoursfull far more from diferent parts of the (possibly scriptures) Sabeth Day and munday 25. on Mun we returned home from the assocation with brother Lemon and brother Jans they stayd all night 26. on tues we went with those brothers to hilsbur to hear Mr. Tompson preach 27. on Wed i spun 7 cuts of the (???) 28. on thurs spun 7 cuts of toe card 29. on frid i 30. on Sat i carded and spun 3 cuts and (???) some went to see Mrs Smith she is quite unwell August 31 we went to Joel Beremens to socity there came a hard shower while we were there September ninth month. 30 days 1. on Mon carded for my self and spun three cuts of on the little wheel 2. on tues spun seven cuts of toe and card for Selina to spin toe cuts on the little wheel 3. wed i spun toe on the big wheel seven cuts and carded for Selina to 3 4. thurs spun 12 cuts of wooll chain sick this evening i go to bed before night 5. frid i washed scrubed washed Dishes and go to bed sick before night plesent 6. Sat i spun 12 cuts washed the Dishes morning and noon and salted my butter cleaned my churn and all my crocks and ironed the close i washed the Day before and mended till ten oclock rain 7. Sun it rains this morning i am at home to Day read 15 or 16 chapters and so 8. Mun i spun 8 cuts wool Mr Shaw and wife came hear this morning with Johnathan and Joel beriman and wife and spent the Day with us 9. tues spun 16 cuts of wool chain and cut peaches in the evening this is a fateful year for apels and peaches and for ... 10 Wed worked abought the hous cild our calf prepared for meting at candel light new yomen preached in the evening hannah came 11. thurs spun twelve cuts cut peaches 12. frid. spun 8 cuts Did the work about the hous parte of the Day cut peaches and apels 13. Sat. Spun 12 cuts wool chain then cut apels till ten oclock at night horis went home with hannah to Day a plesent even. 14. Sun. no meting to Day i am at home horise kezer returned from hilsburrough 15. Mun spun 8 cuts wool chain before dinner old Mrs Martin came hear this after noon i made one pare of ....... this after noon of cotten and linin 16. tus spun 12 cuts to Day cut appels at night 17. Wed spun 11 cuts wool went up to see polly Smith came home and got supper cut out the babe a shirt and ??? 18. thur Spun 11 cuts quite unwell go to bead then git up and wash the dishes pair appels til nine then sat up til 11 oclock and back an oven of bread pleasent 19. frid quite unwell i mend a little and lye a bed a littel to Day ate my super in bead not abbel to git up 20. M. Ford quite unwell i mended a little cut out a pare of shirts for myself and sow a littl on them a pleasent night 21. Sun. i am not well to Day not abbel to go to meting to Mrs gossets to day i sow Mrs Filses twins to Day Johnathan Bereman departed this life in an unexpectd time to his friends the last word he said was Lord have mercey on me then left this troblsom world 22. on Mun i got brakefast helped washed the Dishis run up my milk then went to the furnarl of Mr Bereman Mr White preached from the hundread and third psalm 15 verce as for man his Days is as grass 23. on tusd i spun 8 cuts to Day of fine theread, quite unwell to Day wash Dishes this evening and pare appels till nine o clock plesent 24. wed spun 12 cuts to Day went to see ant hannah this evening and stay all night Sarah Sperry is very sick 25. to Day thursday spun 8 cuts went to Joel beremans this evening Sued on my shirt and this evening also took up our hunny there was but a little 26. on Frid washed and did the work and scrub and soed a littel to night 27. on Sat spun fore cuts iorned some then went to Ruben Sheperds to churchmeting recieved Mr Pangburn in to our church by letter which i hope will be a long and lasting blesing to us and to him sefl alot i stay al night my head akes so bad i ??? 28. Sab Mr Pangburn preached to Day to ruben Sheperd from - 29. on Mun did the hous work spun 7 cuts wool with the help of Seline 30. tues Did the hous work spun 8 cuts and i sued in the evening a littel October tenth Month 31 Days 1823 1. on wed Did the hous work spun 8 cuts Seline helped me the girls is pulling beans all this week it is very plesent 2. on thur. i Did the hous work in the morning Did a baking in the fore noon also then went to Mrs Wood, the meting the preas did not come 3. on frid Did the hous work and washed and scrubd Seline helped me 4. on Sat Did the hous work and iorned at 2 o clock Joseph and Mary (Grant)came here from batavia to see us plesant 5. on sabeth we go to Mr Sanders to Society not many met to Day plesent 6. on Mun went to hilsborough bought 10 crocks and indygo and toe robert went with us hosea came home with us this evening 7. tus morning Joseph and Mary returned home i did the work this week to Day i spin 3 cuts wool and finished my wool charm for my wool peace 8. on Wed Did the hous work and bake a littel and begun my lincy peace plesent and dry 9. thur workd aboute the hous cut my finger i cannot sue spun a little 10. frid washed a little in the morning and washed the Dishes then went to the Soing party to uncle Joelels i made a flanel shirt with my sore finger came home and got super and washed the Dishes iorned my close 11. Sat cooked scrubed washed dishes ran up my milk spun a littel and mended a little my finger is sore 12. Sab i go to new market to hear Mr white cald to se Saly Spery and betsy spery she is very sick. 13. on Mun i due the hous work and spun a little on my linse cham cold and dry 14. tus i did the hous work the girls are picking beans dry weather Still 15. tus did the hous work and spun a peec 16. Wed did the hous work spun some 17. thur word about the hous spun 18. Frid i got brakefast washed a very large washing of close and scrubed 19. Sab to Day we went to meting to brother Sanders brother pangburn and brother lemon both preach 20. Mun Did hous work spun 7 cuts Brown went home SatterDay last 21. tus i did the hous work and spun 6 cuts and mended in the night 22. Wed we had work hands husking our corn i did the work spun 8 cuts 23. Sat i cooked for the famely made a cheese stule puking paird my apples choped my meat and baked mince pies and appel pies scrub some iorned and mended in the evening 26. Sab we had a meting at our hous Mr Pangburn preached 27. Mun i rise half after fore mend a little and spun 11 cuts 28. Tus i spun 10 cuts and mend in the eve 29. Wed spun 10 cuts mended in the evening 30. thur spun 11 cuts and finished my linen chain and boild it out this evening plesent 31. Frid Did the hous work spun some shue thread Drie and plesent this faul November eleventh month 1823 now gloomy - tis to cast my eie around and see the leaves a foling to the ground 1. Sat i finished my shurt thread and then some stocking yarn and dip my candels 10 lb mendid some and nit some 2. on Sabeth i am at home there is no meting to Day it is very cold froze hard last night winter is coming apace 3. Mun i got up at fore oclock and sised my lincy peace and finis spooled my time a nough for Mr Harris to warpe it and nit this evening 4. tus put in my peace wove one yd nit in the evening it is warm 5. Wed i wove three yd Mr Dun came hear this afternoon i nit on horrises sock this evening warmer 6. thur i wove seven yd of my lincy i quit at 4 oclock Mr Gosset came this evening he is unwell 7. Frid i wove 8 yards it is plesent 8. Sat i wove 6 yard then got supper for the famely nit a little 9. Sab we went to mr woods to society very plesent to Day 10. on Mund got out my lincy peace then soed in the evening it rained 11. tues i cut out Oliver panteloons and soed on them and boild my sope a little cold 12. Wed cut out horrises a paier of panteloons and finished olivers and cut out Selinas frock Mr Shurburn came hear to Day and eat diner and then took a long faire well expresing to oliver to his old land again if the lord wills 13. thurs nit and sow sum and so forth 14. Elize and i washed and scrubd nit some 15. Sat i am quite sick with a paine in my back not abell to set up in the morning but in the afternoon i was abel to go to the school hous to church meting they concluded up on a spot for a meting hous given by brother goset 16. on Sun i was at the school hous to meting brother lemon and brother pangvurn preachd and broke bread to the bretheren it was a grealell(?) time 17. Mun i washd some and fixd my things for my jorney i set up late to night 18. tus i ris half after too and got brakefast fix the chldren Horris and Seline and started for batavia before son rise it was very cold we got to our jorney end by seven in the evening i was quite unwell that night 19. Wed i traded with Joseph a littl bought some cups plates one spider (?) and then took Seline to brother Tibbets for her to keep. 20. on thur returned back to batavia fixed our things for home i was quite unwell this evening the nabours came in to see me an our or so 21. Frid i took my love of my nabours and children and started for home but did not git home to night it was so dark we put up at Abraham medskers i was quite unwell gray kickd up and braked her gearz 22. Sat i started from abraham medskers by Sun rise got home found all well i helped wash the enberd and dishes then went up to Mr Duns to take her things i made my apron this evening sued a little 23. Sab i went to joel berremans to Society he was quite sick to Day 24. on Mun i made hosea a waste cote 25. on tus washed it was a very rainy Day 26. Wed i Did the hous work and iorned the girls went to hilsborough to Day Dec 1 on Mun I warped my cotten pece and woolin pece put my cotten one through the gears very cold to day 2. on tus put in my peace and wove four yard it had five cuts to the yd 3. on Wed i wove a yard and a half in the fore noon and at 10 oclock went down to ant hannahs and spent the day I nit 4. on thu wove 8 yard and is half and got out my peacs of nit in the evening 5. on frid I washed and then went up to see Mr Gosset he is very sick 6. Sat made Hozea a flannen Shirt and put a coller. to his fathery and mend 7. Sab i went to Joels beremans to hear Mr White his tem(?theme) was this it is god that justifyeth warm to Day 8. on Mun I got up before Day and nit a little and write a little and did the hous work and pickd my course wool Mrs Chichester and famely and doe Meraul came here this evening bound to new york it was a fine Day but warm 9. on tus I did the hous work and spun some cors wool for my carpet Sno 10. on Wed I Did the hous work and cullard my veal it is a very good culler 11. on thur I did the work and then some filing for my blanket i carded it 12. on frid I Did the house work and spun some and went down to see Mr Gosset 13. on Sat I Did the hous work and picked the rest of my wooll the girls are gon to Singing Scool to Day modret 14. on Sabeth i am at home it rand some jesse Eurek came hear to Day after Eliza hannah is quite unwell this week 15. on Mun i Did the hous work spun some 16. on Tus I Did the hous work spun 17. on Wed i spun some and did the hous at night i went to uncle joels i workd on hozeas shirt the moon shone very 18. on thus we cild our beef and one hog i fride out the tallow the same Day it snow and raind all Day I soed a little 19. on Frid I washed and scrubd and did the hous work with help of mary and made a coller and put it on my husband shirt 20. on Sat morning I baked punking pies and Did the hous work bother lemen came here to diner we all went to bro gossets to church meting brother pangburn was their he fixed on a spot for a meting hous 21. Sabeth we all went to brother gossets to meting brother pangburn and brother lemon preachd bro p preach from first appistel of John IV and 14 for we have seen and due testify that the father hath sent the son to be the Saint of the world. 22. Mun i cut out Stilman a pare of trowsers and cut and made him a waist cote and Did the hous work. this Day the that was concluded upon where to build the meting hous upon it raind to Day 23. on Tus i Did the work and cut out hosea a coat and soed some on it and a pair of pantalon it raind very fast 24. on Wed i washd some it was very cold i soed some in the after noon 25. on Thus Br Sand and wife Br Ruben and Wife came hear to Day Mary and Masen went to Singing scool i Did the work to Day a mistre was reveled to me which i never thought this evening we went up to Mr Gosset and staid all night with him 26. on frid i Did hous work and soed on hoseas coat Mary and Stilman and robert went to hilsborough it is plesent 27. on Sat I finnishd Hosea coat at nine oclock then i soed some and washd the Dishes and scrubed and i went to bed at eleven oclock very warm to night 28. on Sab i went to brother Gossets in the morn he was alying he died in the tryumphs of faith he said he did love his dear redemer he has ben in gaged in religeon this year past and has spoke in our metings frequently by the way of exortation and often remind us of the shortness of time and that Death was near at hand it is plesent to Day 29. on Mun I spould on my flanen peece in the fore noon then went to the buring of Mr Gosset i came home and finished spooling my flaning plesent to Day 30. tus put in my peas in the fore noon and did hous work in the afternoon 31. on Wed I Did the hous work and finesd meet for mins pies in the evening spun and dubeld and twisted tu cuts of stocking yarn this Day ends the year hanah came hear this evening it raind January, 1824 Jan 1 on thus i did the hous work and helped make my pies it raind very fast all day and very warm 2. on frid i workd about the hous and nit on Stilmans stocking it raind to Day also 3. on Sat I Did the hous work and cild a turkey and boild my sope over and helped take up our flax it was very warm in deed finidhd Stilmans Socks and iorned some 4. on Sab there is no meting to Day 5. on Mun I Did the hous work and broke 2 or 3 lb of wool and made my petycoate 6. on tus I Did the work and washed scrubd and carded ? in the evening and spun 7. on Wed Did the hous work spun Stocking yarn and spun some weak yarn and diped 16 lb of candels finished by seven plesent 8. on Thur i Did the hous work and spun on my stocking yarn we churned 8 lb of butter this evening warm nit also 9. on Frid I Did the work and spun on my stocking yarn very warm in deed at this time 10. on Sat i Did the work about the hous and iorned and spun and helped winow grain and nit and mended till 11 oclock very warm 11. on Sun there was no meting to Day it has rained 3 or 4 Days very warm 12. on Mun i Did the hous work and nit a little then went to Mrs Smiths and cut her out a frock very warm in deed 13. on tus we cild our hogs i boild out my sope fat it was so warm that we had to open our back Doer this evening 14. on Wed i was quite sick i lye a bed a parte of the Day I nit a little Mr Smith and Wife came hear this eve with May Dun and Mary ann 15. on Thus i nit in the fore noon and in the after noon cut out Stilmin a round about and the babe a frock and workd on them in the evening quite un well in this evening 16. on frid I soed in the fore noon then bakd pitoe bread and pies in the evening finish Stilman round about 17. on Sat I found in the fore noon at 11 oclock Mr Pangb and Lemon came hear with the breathern for church meeting brother Lemen opened the meting by prayer 18. on Sun Mr Pang preachd at our hous from 1st Cor XV & 35 then Mr Laymon preachd brother Gossett pirer and from John XI & 28 and Jesey said 19. on Mun ? part of Mrs martings peas it was very rotten and made a blanket and made a pair of trousers very cold in deed 20. on tus i and Stilman went to Mrs Woods to git Stil great coat cut i maid all night 21. i went to ruben Shepards in the morning and staid all Day and workd on Stilmans coat came home and nit at night it was moderated a littel to Day ' 22. on thus spoll Mrs Martins peace and work at it and sisd it washd Dishies and nit in the evening 23. on frid put in Mrs Martins pese wove one yd and made all my quills it is very ? 24. on Satt wove in the fore noon and did hous work in the afternoon Brother and Sister Wood came here this evening and staid all night with us 25. on Sab I staid at home no meting to Day jesse came here to Day it aind some 26. on Mun wove some on Mrs Martins nit in the evening warmer 27. on tus wove 4 yds and made my quills 28. on Wed got out the peace cold to Day nit the rest of the Day and evening 29. on Thu i carded and spun 6 or 7 cuts of stocking yarn and Dubeled it 30. on frid washd in the fore noon and nit in the evening 31. Sat finished my stocking yarn and Did hous work in the after noon and did up my cape February feb 1 on Sab i was at home very cold 2. on Mun i spun 4 cuts of thread and Dubled it and twisted it and 6 cuts of stock and in the evening soed on Stilman grate cote 3. on tus finishd Stilman cote and cut out my frock and made the scirt and sleves 4. on Wed finishd my frock cape 5. on thus spun a pair of stocking for my and carded for my self warm 6. on frid spun in the fore noon and ant bery came here this fore noon and Mrs Mart i finish carding my wool in the evening 7. on Satt finish my stocking yarn and bakd beans in the evening and fixd Olivers shirt 8. on Sab we all went to bro Sand to singing scool and reading 9. Mun spun 12 into flax chain plesent 10. tus i spun 11 cuts had Singing school in the evening Mrs Holmns was the techer 11. on Wed spun 8 cuts and nit in the eve 12. on thus spun twelve cuts 13. fri whie washd the hous bakd pies and bread and scourd chairs olive is quite sick cant set up 14. Sat Singing schol was at our hous and church meting like wise oliver is sick to Day Mrs mount came here this eve it snowd very fast in Deed 15. Sab we had preaching at our hous it still snowd very fast all Day oliver is better 16. on Mun i spun 12 cuts 17. on tus spun 2 cuts then went to hilsborough with ant hannah nit in the evening 18. on Wed spun 12 cut of chain 19. on thu spun 6 cuts in the fore noon unkel joel and ant came here this after noon i nit on Stilmans socks in the evening plesent 02. on frid i did hous work scrubd and made three rolers and finishd Stilmins socks 21. on Sat I spun six cuts in the fore noon iorned and mended till 11 oclock at night 22. on Sab i went to brother Sanders to church 23. on Mun Did the hous work and spun 12 cuts 24. on tus Did the hous work spun flax 25. on Wed spun and Did the hous work in the fore noon and went to Mrs Tompsons in the after noon 26. on thu did the hous work spun flax 27. on fri Did the hous work helpd washd and scrubed and spun six cuts it snowed 28. on Sat Did the hous work and spun this week I spun fore dussen and a half and Did the hous work everu Day 29. on Sab I was at home and wrote a letter to Joseph Grant very plesent March, 1824 March 1 on Mun Mrs Mount and Fred (or Jared) started for batavia i Did the hous work to Day and spun some 2. on tus I Did the hous work and spun 3. on Wed I did the hous work spun 4. on thur I Did the hous work spun 5. on fird I did the hous work spun 6. on Sat Did the hous work and spun this weee I spun 8 scains of chains and Did all the hous work and helpd boile of fifty lb of shuger it raind 7. on Sun I was at home it raind 8. on Mun I did the hous work spun 9. on tus Did the hous work spun 10. on Wed Did the hous work spun 11. on thus Did the hous work spun 12. on Frid Did hous work spun 13. on Sat Did the hous work spun and sturd off shuger and mended in this week spun 7 scains of chaine 14. on Sab I was at home no meting 15. on Mun Did the hous work and spun twelve cuts 16. on tus Did the hous work spun 12 cuts of chain Mr purdy work on the barn to Day and so forth 17. on Wed we washd our curtings and nit in the evening hannah came 18. on thur iorned my curtings and Did the work about the hous nit 19. on fri Did the work and put up my curtings nit in the evening 20. on Sat baked bread in the fore noon and met for church meting 21. on Sab there was meting at our hous pang burn and layman both preached 22. on Mun spun twelve cuts and Did the work about the hous 23. on tus spun big wheel toe 24. on Wed spun toe nit in the evening 25. on thur spun big wheel toe 26. on frid spun big wheel toe 27. on Sat spu toe and workd a little in the garding all i have spun this week is 60 cuts and mended a little at night plesent 28. on Sab I went to brother Sanders to School Mrs Sanders had a fit She is quite unwell 29. on Mun spun toe on the big wheel 30. on Tues I carded and spun 8 cuts of cotten nit in the evening 31. on Wed spun 8 cuts of cotten nit April, 1824 April 1 thurs spun toe on teh big wheel 8 cuts 2. on frid spun stocking yarn for mary and did hous work 3. on Sat Did the hous work spun a little Joseph and Mary came here 4. on Sab Docter nicksion and Jesse came here there was preaching at the chool hous by Mr pangburn 5. on Mun Joseph and Mary returned home i finshd many stocking yarn then spun chain the rest of the Day very plesent 7 cuts 6. on tusd spun chain 9 cuts nit in eve 7. on Wed Did hous work made pies and prepared for the raising plesent 8. on thurs waited on the men that raised our barn very plesent to Day 9. on Frid did hous work spun a little and workd in the garding then went to Mrs Martings from there to the meting Mr Dollins pre from Math 6 chapter 6 verse 10. on Sat. i did the hous work and spun and mended in the evening 11. on Sabeth no meting it raind very fast the most of the Day i am not well 12. on Mun did hous work spun chain 13. on tus did hous work spun chain 14. Wed did hous work and spun chain 15. thur I washed and did hous work 16. on frid baked pies and did the hous work and so forth 17. Sat prepared for church meting not one brother or sister came this week dozen of chain plesent spun 18. on Sun pangburn and layman preched in the school hous 19. on Mun Did hous work and wet my hoper and boild lie Mr Airey came here this Day to git a school 20. tus did hous work and boild lie till fore oclock spun in the evening 21. Wed boild of my sope in the fore noon made garding in the after noon we have three or fore men all this week making shingels for the barn 22. on thur did hous work and made pies in the fore noon finishd my garding in the after noon spun a little 23. on Frid washed and scrubd raind 24. on Sat did hous work and iorned spun 18 cuts this week 25. on Sab i was at home sins of rain warm for the seson 26. on Mun did hous work mended 27. on tus did hous work spun it raind hannahs child born to Day 28. on Wed spun and did the hous work sister Wood came here to Day and got a lb of tea 29. on thur spun all Day 11 cuts 30. on frid i cleand out my shirting peace and spun some unwell to Day May, 1824 May 1 on Sat I mended all Day this week spun 5 scains plesent 2. on Sab no meting i was at home oliver is quite sick to Day very sick 3. on Mun spoold and warp my pen with the help of Mrs Harris i went to bed as soon as Dark 4. on tus i put in my pece and wove one yd and a half on my shurting it is very good 5. on We wove 4 yd and a half and went to Brother Shep in the after noon She is quite sick 6. on thursDay wove 6 yd and made points of my quills 7. on fri made quills for Oliver wove 01 yd and washed blankets and culerd colers 8. on Satt wove 7 yd and mended till 11 oclock at night 9. on Sab no meting we went to Brother Woods and spent this Day 10. on Mun wove 7 yd and made parte of my quills plesent 11. on tus wove too yd and three quarters got out my pece at eleven oclock in the after noon and made Stillman a pair of trousers 12. on Wed did hous work cut out robert a frock and made parts of them Mr Marting famely was all here 13. on thu baked twice did wash Martings famely was here planting with all our famely 14. on fri finish roberts frock and did trousers and did some hous work ______________ No other entries have been found to date. These pages were found among the papers of Kenneth E. HARRIS a direct descendant of Oliver Harris > Robert Harris > James O. Harris > Henry R. A. Harris > Maynard E. Harris. Kenneth died on 14 Jul 2005 in Wilmington, OH. This transcription is courtesy of his widow Mary Eleanor Harris. |