1912


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January 1, 1912  We cleared in morning.

January 2, 1912  I helped Si Fox kill hogs.  Boys cleared.

January 3, 1912  We cleared.

January 4, 1912  I hauled wood.  Boys cleared.

January 5, 1912  We cleared in the evening.

January 6, 1912  Snowed all day.  Cold.

January 7, 1912  Horace and Alice was here.  9 below zero this morning.

January 8, 1912  Cold.  Nothing doing.

January 9, 1912  Nothing doing.

January 10, 1912  Worked some in shop.

January 11, 1912  Snowed about all day.  Nothing doing.

January 12, 1912  We got some wood for Mother.

January 13, 1912  Lon Day left for Illinois.  We cut some wood.  Fenley Masters and Ruby Garwood was here at night.

January 14, 1912  Onie Day was here.

January 15, 1912  Turned cold.  We cut some wood.

January 16, 1912  Jay Godman got load of hay.

January 17, 1912  Set some traps.  Turned warm.

January 18, 1912  We caught dilpicles(?).  Rained.

January 19, 1912  I went to Etown.

January 20, 1912  We celebrated our china wedding.  20 years.

January 21, 1912  We had company and stayed at home.

January 22, 1912  We got wood and moved in stack of fodder.

January 23, 1912  We cleared.

January 24, 1912  I killed hogs.  Tina sick today.

January 25, 1912  I was at Clara Nall's in morning.  Cleared in evening.

January 26, 1912  I went to Vine Grove for Mother.  Boys cleared some.

January 27, 1912  I hauled wood for Mother and Horace.

January 28, 1912  We stayed at home.

January 29, 1912  Boys and Horace cleared in evening.

January 30, 1912  We cleared all day.  New girl at Joe Pfeiffer's.

January 31, 1912  Si Irwin and Elmer Harris got two loads of hay.  We cleared.


February 1, 1912  Si Irwin got load of hay.  We cleared.

February 2, 1912  Si Irwin got load of hay.  We cut wood for Mother in evening.

February 3, 1912  Snow.  I went to mill at Buck's.

February 4, 1912  Cold.  6 below zero.  We stayed at home.

February 5, 1912  Still cold.  Nothing doing.

February 6, 1912  Still cold.  Nothing doing.

February 7, 1912  I went to Etown.

February 8, 1912  Cleaned out stables and filed saw.

February 9, 1912  We hauled manure.

February 10, 1912  Hauled load of manure and cut and hauled load of wood.

February 11, 1912  We went to church at Sycamore.  The preacher was here for dinner.

February 12, 1912  We hauled manure.  Worked colt in evening.

February 13, 1912  We cleared.

February 14, 1912  Boys cleared.  I hauled wood for Horace and Mother.

February 15, 1912  We cleared.

February 16, 1912  We hauled manure.

February 17, 1912  We hauled manure.  Hauled hay stack.  Went to Lon Hibbs place and got cultivator.

February 18, 1912  John Atcher's wife died.  We stayed at home.

February 19, 1912  Went to Etown to sale.

February 20, 1912  Cleared in morning.  Rained in the evening.

February 21, 1912  Worked in shop making big cant(?) hook.  Rained in morning.  Snowed in evening.

February 22, 1912  I worked on harness.

February 23, 1912  I hauled wood in morning.  Boys cut stalks.  We cleared in evening.  Boy Henry Masters.

February 24, 1912  Rained.  We cut some stalks.  I worked some in shop.

February 25, 1912  Virgil and I went to Henry's.  Rained.

February 26, 1912  Worked some on harness.  Rained.

February 27, 1912  We cut stalks and cleared.

February 28, 1912  We cleared.

February 29, 1912  Snowed in morning.  Onie and Barnie Day started for Illinois.


March 1, 1912  We went to Etown to get Tina teeth made.  Tom Moore and Pete(?) Childers died.

March 2, 1912  We cleared.  Snowed in evening and at night.

March 3, 1912  Big snow this morning.  Mrs. Laura Williams died.  Went to see about digging grave.

March 4, 1912  Went to Mrs. Williams burying.

March 5, 1912  Snowed all day.  Gummed saw.

March 6, 1912  I worked on harness.

March 7, 1912  I worked on harness and made single trees.  Rained.

March 8, 1912  I worked some in shop.  Rained.

March 9, 1912  I went to Etown.  Turned cold.  Brother Pawley was here at night.

March 10, 1912  We was at Horace Williams.

March 11, 1912  Snowed.  I fixed shoes and went to see Albert Earley.

March 12, 1912  Rained all day.  William Hobbs' daughter got killed in Louisville.

March 13, 1912  We cleared.

March 14, 1912  We sowed tobacco beds and hauled wood and tapped sugar trees.  Rained.

March 15, 1912  I was at Albert Wetterer's in morning.  We cleared in evening.

March 16, 1912  We cleared.

March 17, 1912  Horace and Alice was here.

March 18, 1912  We hauled hay stack.

March 19, 1912  We went to Etown.

March 20, 1912  Went to sale at G. Williams.

March 21, 1912  Rained all day.  Sale at Bill Sherrard's.

March 22, 1912  We cleared and hauled wood.

March 23, 1912  We hauled two loads of posts.  Rained.

March 24, 1912  Ray and Harley Irwin and Alta Cowley and Alice Williams was here.  Rained all day.

March 25, 1912  We hauled manure.  Molly found colt.

March 26, 1912  Went to Etown.

March 27, 1912  We made warm bed and hauled manure.

March 28, 1912  Hauled manure in morning.  Rained in evening.

March 29, 1912  We trimmed apple trees for Mother.

March 30, 1912  Trimmed apple trees for Mother in morning.  Sowed some grass seed in evening.

March 31, 1912  We went to Jim Stovall's.


April 1, 1912  Went to Shaw sale.  Rained.

April 2, 1912  Rained.  Worked in shop.

April 3, 1912  I went to Vine Grove.  Boys cleared.

April 4, 1912  I hauled rails.  Boys cleared.

April 5, 1912  I sowed clover seed and planted potatoes.  Boys helped.

April 6, 1912  We helped Horace and Mother plant potatoes.

April 7, 1912  Horace Masters and Bob Howard was here.  We was at S. R. Irwin's in the evening.

April 8, 1912  Hauled load of fodder from Horace and began plowing for corn.  Uncle John Irwin died.

April 9, 1912  I plowed for corn.

April 10, 1912  I plowed for corn.

April 11, 1912  I plowed for corn.  Horace plowed for me.

April 12, 1912   I went to Etown.  Got wire fence.  Horace plowed.

April 13, 1912  Rained.  I made plow beam.

April 14, 1912  We went to church at Sycamore.

April 15, 1912  Fenced orchard and plowed.

April 16, 1912  We plowed.  Broke garden.  Rained all night.

April 17, 1912  We worked on fence and went fishing.  Rained.

April 18, 1912  We worked on fence in bottom.

April 19, 1912  Big frost this morning.  We worked on fence in bottom.

April 20, 1912  We plowed on Hibb's place.

April 21, 1912  Hal and Kate was here.  We stayed at home.

April 22, 1912  Rained.  I worked in shop.

April 23, 1912  Went to Etown.

April 24, 1912  Rob Day and Lula Bush was married.  We plowed.

April 25, 1912  We plowed at Hibbs' place.

April 26, 1912  Rained big rain.  I worked in shop.

April 27, 1912  I worked in shop.  Went fishing.

April 28, 1912  We was at W. A. Day's in evening.

April 29, 1912  Rained.  I worked in shop.

April 30, 1912  I worked in shop.  Boys cleared.


May 1, 1912  Hauled wood for Horace in morning and plowed in evening.

May 2, 1912  We plowed.

May 3, 1912  Horace finished plowing at the Hibb's place.  I went to Vine Grove.  Bred Molly.

May 4, 1912  We plowed for Horace.

May 5, 1912  D. C. Bailey and wife was here.  Rained.

May 6, 1912  Rained.  I worked in shop.  Boys sawed some logs.

May 7, 1912  I put  pair of shoes on Charlie and went to Tunnel Hill and got load of house plunder for Thomas Williams.

May 8, 1912  I went to Etown and got fertilizer.

May 9, 1912  We harrowed for corn.

May 10, 1912  We harrowed in morning and planted corn in evening.

May 11, 1912  Rained.  Sawed some logs in evening.  Kate Pfeiffer was here.

May 12, 1912  We was at S. R. Irwin's.

May 13, 1912  We piled logs and plowed in new ground.

May 14, 1912  Plowed in new ground and planted corn for Horace and made sweet potato patch for Horace.

May 15, 1912  We planted corn at Hibb's place.

May 16, 1912  Rained.  I worked some in shop.

May 17, 1912  Plowed in new ground in morning and planted corn at Hibb's place in evening.

May 18, 1912  Harrowed in old field and planted some in same. Alta Cowley and Virgil Williams was here at night.

May 19, 1912  We stayed at home.

May 20, 1912  We planted corn in old field.

May 21, 1912  We finished planting corn in old field and plowed garden and potatoes in morning and broke and planted patch of corn for Horace in evening.

May 22, 1912  We helped Horace brake and plant new ground.

May 23, 1912  We planted some corn for Horace in morning and harrowed for Mother the rest of the day.

May 24, 1912  We went to Etown.  Boys worked for Mother.  Rained at night.

May 25, 1912  We hauled wood off the new ground.

May 26, 1912  We went to R. R. Hibbs.

May 27, 1912  Plowed in new ground.

May 28, 1912  We plowed in new ground and planted some in same.  Rained some in evening.

May 29, 1912  We plowed in new ground.

May 30, 1912  We planted corn at Horace's.

May 31, 1912  We replanted corn at Bailey's place.


June 1, 1912  We made watermelon patch.  Nannie Hibbs died.  Bred the old cow.

June 2, 1912  We was at Arthur Bailey's.

June 3, 1912  We harrowed corn at Bailey's place.

June 4, 1912  We harrowed corn at same.

June 5, 1912  We harrowed corn at home.  Henry Peck and Jay Godman was here.

June 6, 1912  We harrowed corn at home.

June 7, 1912  Went to Vine Grove.

June 8, 1912  Went swimming on Mill Creek.

June 9, 1912  We went to quarterly meeting at Sycamore.

June 10, 1912  Fixed cultivator.  Emily Chenault and Harve Burnette married.

June 11, 1912  Planted corn on the Bailey's patch.

June 12, 1912  Plowed corn on the Bailey patch.

June 13, 1912  Plowed corn at home.

June 14, 1912  Finished plowing corn over at home.

June 15, 1912  Rained a shower this morning.  I went to Etown.

June 16, 1912  We was at Clarence Gunnings in evening.  Rained at night.

June 17, 1912  Cut some wheat.  Rained in evening.

June 18, 1912  Worked some in shop.  Rained.

June 19, 1912  I broke patches in morning.  Cut some wheat in evening.

June 20, 1912  Worked braking orchard and hauled some manure and planted some corn.

June 21, 1912  I worked in shop and plowed some corn.  Rained.

June 22, 1912  We plowed at the Hibbs' place.  Horace helped.

June 23, 1912  We was at Mother's.

June 24, 1912  We plowed corn at Hibb's place in morning and cut some wheat in evening.  Rained some in evening.  Sam Fox's wife died.

June 25, 1912  I worked in the shop.  Rained.

June 26, 1912  We cut wheat.  Went to wedding.  Jess Williams and Kate Masters was married.

June 27, 1912  We cut wheat.

June 28, 1912  We plowed corn.

June 29, 1912  We cut some wheat.  Helped Si Fox cut wheat in evening.

June 30, 1912  We went to Mill Creek to Sunday School rally.


July 1, 1912  I went to Etown.

July 2, 1912  Done jobs.  Rained some.

July 3, 1912  Worked some in shop and plowed some corn.  Rained.

July 4, 1912  Rained.  Cut tree for Jay Godman.

July 5, 1912  I worked some in shop.

July 6, 1912  I plowed some corn.  Rained.  Went hunting.

July 7, 1912  We stayed at home.

July 8, 1912  We plowed corn.

July 9, 1912  We finished plowing corn at Hibbs' place.  Horace helped.

July 10, 1912  We cut some grass at Mother's.

July 11, 1912  I cut grass at Mother's.

July 12, 1912  I went to Etown in morning and cut grass at Mother's in evening.

July 13, 1912  Cut and put grass at Mother's

July 14, 1912  Went to church at Sycamore and to Horace Williams in evening.

July 15, 1912  Cut and put up hay in bottom.

July 16, 1912  Hauled rails for stacking bottoms for wheat and plowed late corn patch.

July 17, 1912  I cut grass.  Rained in evening.

July 18, 1912  Rained nearly all day.  I put in bellows and worked in shop.

July 19, 1912  We put up hay.  Old uncle Thomas Chenault died.

July 20, 1912  We put up hay.

July 21, 1912  We stayed at home.  Big rain and thunderstorm at night.

July 22, 1912  I went to Etown.

July 23, 1912  Worked in shop.  Fixed road to haul wheat.  Thunderstorm in evening.

July 24, 1912  Cut some weeds out of corn and cut weeds along creek.

July 25, 1912  Stacked wheat.

July 26, 1912  We finished stacking wheat and cut and put up hay in bottom.

July 27, 1912   We stacked hay and bottom and got done putting up hay in bottom.

July 28, 1912  R. R. Hibbs and wife was here.

July 29, 1912  We cut grass in pasture.

July 30, 1912  We finished putting up grass in pasture.

July 31, 1912  I cut grass at Mother's.


August 1, 1912  We put up hay at Mother's.

August 2, 1912  I went to Vine Grove for Mother.

August 3, 1912  I went to D. C. Bailey's and Mother's.  Rained.

August 4, 1912  We all went to Sunday School Convention at Cedar Creek.

August 5, 1912  We moved the hay press over here and worked on it.

August 6, 1912  Virgil and I went to Etown.

August 7, 1912  I was at John Masters'.  Rained.

August 8, 1912  Rained.  Moved the hay press.

August 9, 1912  Rained.  Set the hay press.  Worked some in shop.

August 10, 1912  We bailed hay for Arthur Bailey.  Girl at Charlie Hobbs.

August 11, 1912  Mother and Henry Masters and family was here.

August 12, 1912  We finished baling hay for Arthur Bailey and moved the press to my barn.  New boy at D. C. Chenault's.

August 13, 1912  We baled hay for me.

August 14, 1912  We planted some potatoes and worked late corn.

August 15, 1912  We went fishing on Mill Creek.

August 16, 1912  Went to Etown.

August 17, 1912  I threshed wheat.  Had 114 bushels.  Rained big rain in evening.  Went fox hunting at night.  Pie supper at Sycamore.

August 18, 1912  Jesse Cowley and wife was here.

August 19, 1912  We moved part of hay press and did some jobs.

August 20, 1912  Rained.  We cut some hay wire.

August 21, 1912  Rained.  I went hunting.  Fixed Mother's and my telephones.

August 22, 1912  Made sandboard for wagon and set the hay press in bottom.

August 23, 1912  I went to Etown.

August 24, 1912  Bought six pigs from Joe Pfeiffer's and brought them home.

August 25, 1912  We stayed at home.

August 26, 1912  We baled hay.

August 27, 1912  We baled hay.

August 28, 1912  We baled hay and moved the press to Ed Pfeiffer's.

August 29, 1912  We baled hay for Ed Pfeiffer.

August 30, 1912  We went to Ed Pfeiffer's and set hay press in evening.

August 31, 1912  We baled hay for Ed Pfeiffer.


September 1, 1912  John Shelton and wife was here.

September 2, 1912  We finished baling hay for Ed Pfeiffer.

September 3, 1912  Went to fair.

September 4, 1912  Went to James Lee's for barn raising.

September 5, 1912  I fixed telephone line.

September 6, 1912  I went to Etown.

September 7, 1912  I went to Don Nall's and got roosters.

September 8, 1912  We had company.  Eat watermelons.

September 9, 1912  Cut clover in the wheat stubble.

September 10, 1912  Cut clover.

September 11, 1912  We put up hay.  Robbie Bailey and Roy Irwin were married.

September 12, 1912  We cut corn.

September 13, 1912  We cut corn.

September 14, 1912  We cut some corn.

September 15, 1912  W. A. Day and family and Rob Day and wife was here.  Rained.

September 16, 1912  Fixed some fence.  Hauled some wood and load of pumpkins.

September 17, 1912  We cut and put up hay.  Rained in evening and at night.  Tina is sick.  Had the doctor with her at night.

September 18, 1912  Stayed at the house.  Tina sick.

September 19, 1912  We cut grass.

September 20, 1912  We put up the rest of our hay in the wheat stubble.

September 21, 1912  We cut corn in morning.  Rained in evening.  Bud Day got load of pumpkins.

September 22, 1912  I went to Vine Grove to get medicine for Tina.  John and Mary was here.  Rained.

September 23, 1912  We cut corn.

September 24, 1912  We cut corn.

September 25, 1912  We went to Vine Grove to wheat mill.

September 26, 1912  Rained in the morning.  Went to Etown in evening.

September 27, 1912  We cut corn.

September 28, 1912  We cut corn.

September 29, 1912  We stayed at home.

September 30, 1912  We cut corn.  Horace and I settled up and squared up even.


October 1, 1912  We hauled pumpkins.  Clarence Gunning got two loads and Jim Cowley got one load.

October 2, 1912  Went to Etown and got ton of fertilizer.

October 3, 1912  We plowed for wheat.  Jim Cowley got load of pumpkins.

October 4, 1912  We plowed for wheat in morning and sowed wheat in evening.

October 5, 1912  We helped clean off graveyard at Maffet's in morning and sowed wheat in evening.

October 6, 1912  We stayed at home in morning and went to Horace Williams in evening.

October 7, 1912  We hauled pumpkins.

October 8, 1912  We plowed for wheat.

October 9, 1912  We sowed wheat.

October 10, 1912  Went to Etown.

October 11, 1912  We finished cutting corn.

October 12, 1912  Went to Etown in morning and sowed grass in evening.

October 13, 1912  Joe Pfeiffer and family was here.

October 14, 1912  I went to Etown.  Roosevelt was shot at Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

October 15, 1912  Hauled gravel and boards for Mother.

October 16, 1912  Worked for Mother on worn house.

October 17, 1912  Worked for Mother on house.  Rained in evening.

October 18, 1912  Rained all day.  Bought cow from Clarence Gunning.

October 19, 1912  Worked for Mother.  We went to Ed Ash's in evening.

October 20, 1912  We was at Ed Ash's.

October 21, 1912  Worked for Mother.

October 22, 1912  Worked for Mother.  Rained in evening.

October 23, 1912  Worked for Mother.

October 24, 1912  Worked for Mother.

October 25, 1912  Worked for Mother.

October 26, 1912  Went to Etown and to John Helm sale.

October 27, 1912  We was at R. R. Hibbs.

October 28, 1912  We sowed some wheat.

October 29, 1912  I fixed fence in bottom.

October 30, 1912  I went to Mother's and put locks on worn house.  J. S. Sherman died.

October 31, 1912  Rained.  I went to Etown.


November 1, 1912  Rained in morning.  Set hay press in evening.

November 2, 1912  We baled hay.

November 3, 1912  Kate Pfeiffer was here.

November 4, 1912  We baled hay stack.

November 5, 1912  I fixed some fence.

November 6, 1912  Fixed some fence.  Rained.

November 7, 1912  Fixed fence and hauled some wood for Mother.

November 8, 1912  Helped Horace gather corn.

November 9, 1912  Gathered corn for me.

November 10, 1912  We went to church at Sycamore and to W. A. Day's.

November 11, 1912  Hauled in fodder and gathered load of corn.

November 12, 1912  I went to Vine Grove with load of wheat.

November 13, 1912  Hauled load of wood and gathered load of corn.  Rained.

November 14, 1912  I went to Vine Grove.  Took load of wheat.

November 15, 1912  I went to Vine Grove.  Took load of wheat.

November 16, 1912  Gathered corn.  Settled up with Horace.

November 17, 1912  I was at J. H. Shelton's.  Nobody at home.

November 18, 1912  I went to Etown.  Boys gathered corn.

November 19, 1912  We hauled fodder and gathered corn.

November 20, 1912  Hauled some fodder and worked at the barn and set strawberry plants.

November 21, 1912  I went to Frank Fowler's sale.

November 22, 1912  Gathered in evening at Bailey's.

November 23, 1912  Gathered corn at same.

November 24, 1912  John Masters and family was here.  Snowed.

November 25, 1912  We gathered corn at Bailey's field.

November 26, 1912  We gathered corn at same.

November 27, 1912  We finished gathering corn at Bailey's place.

November 28, 1912  Went hunting with Arthur Bailey.

November 29, 1912  We gathered corn for Horace and me.

November 30, 1912  We hauled fodder for Horace and me and finished gathering corn for me and finished hauling fodder.  Finished gathering corn.


December 1, 1912  We went to James Lee's.

December 2, 1912  I went hunting and went to Horace's and got tobacco.

December 3, 1912  Shoed Molly and hauled some wood for Mother.

December 4, 1912  I went with Mother to Etown.  Rained in evening.

December 5, 1912  I went squirrel hunting.  Killed seven and one rabbit.  Rained.  Barnie, Shirley, and Jessie Day was here.

December 6, 1912  I went hunting.

December 7, 1912  I went to mill and to Jim Lee's.  Boys went to John Masters'.

December 8, 1912  We went to church at Sycamore.  The preacher was here.

December 9, 1912  I helped Horace kill hogs.

December 10, 1912  I hauled wood for Mother.

December 11, 1912  I worked at Mother's.  Turned cold.

December 12, 1912  I hauled wood for me.  Cold.  11 above zero.

December 13, 1912  I fixed Bessie's shoes and went hunting.

December 14, 1912  Took load of corn to Mother.  Had 27 1/2 bushels.  Hauled load of wood.

December 15, 1912  We stayed at home.  Bred old Kate.

December 16, 1912  Killed hogs for Mother.

December 17, 1912  I was at James Lee's.  Rained.

December 18, 1912  Snowed and rained.

December 19, 1912  Tina and I went to Etown.

December 20, 1912  I went to sale at Cyrus Viers.

December 21, 1912  I killed pig.

December 22, 1912  We stayed at home.

December 23, 1912  Me and the boys went to Etown.  Snowed.

December 24, 1912  We cut some wood at wood pile.

December 25, 1912  We went to Mother's.  Ed Ash and family came home with us.

December 26, 1912  Ed Ash and family was here.  Ed and I went hunting.

December 27, 1912  I went to John W. Shelton's.  The school was out.

December 28, 1912  I helped move D. B. Sims from Etown.

December 29, 1912  I helped D. B. Sims unload his goods and put them up.  Rained at night.

December 30, 1912  Hauled load for Mr. Sims.

December 31, 1912  Unloaded load for Mr. Sims and hauled load of fodder for same and went hunting in evening.