10/1/1855 Monday. Rainy this morning. Osgood Putnam & Pa here thrashing. Large washing. Churning. Cousin Helen Showerman visited here (Pa had 207 bushel).
JCH: Went down to Mr. Averys to help him pack up for the West. Mr. Avery stayed at our house all night. Charles Lamkin and Delos Marsh were here in the evening.
10/2/1855 Tuesday. Cloudy & rainy. Cleaning house, the chamber & north room. J. Hamilton called today. George Shepard here today digging potatoes. Morris Putnam & Lyman Quance.
JCH: Carried Mr. Averys girls up to Spencer Averys. Came home and went down to the village. Bought a halter strap and cord. Called at Mr. Shepards. Cool.
10/3/1855 Wednesday. Rained hard all day. Cleaned the kitchen & pantry. Not very well this afternoon. Indiana called.
JCH: Rained all day. Very unpleasant, but think we shall have better weather soon. Getting ready to be married. At home most of the day.
10/4/1855 Thursday. Beautiful day. Cleaned dining room. Finished cleaning house. Ironing. Wrote a letter to Franklin Shepard. Morris Putnam here to tea. Pa bought a new churn.
JCH: Went over to Mr. Knowltons with Helen. Was over to Mr. Thompsons and Wm Hamiltons. Very fine day. Mr. Knowlton went up to Linden.
10/5/1855 Friday. Heavy shower this afternoon. Baked. Went to village. Ordered a bonnet made.
JCH: Attended the funeral of Mrs. Henry Wait at the Center. Engaged Elder Putnam to perform the ceremony of marriage for next Thursday. Rainy.
10/6/1855 Saturday. Rainy day. Washing. Churning. Sewing. Mr. Bacon called also Mrs. P. Showerman.
JCH: At Stewarts this morning, came down to Harriets with them, and and then Harriet and Laura came home and made the cake. Very wet and rainy at home.
10/7/1855 Sunday. Very cold, rainy. Attended church this forenoon. Jenette & I went down to the woods to night. Mr. & Mrs. Israel Quance & Mrs. P. Showerman called.
JCH: Did not attend church to day. Went over to Peter Putnams with C. Lamkin. Very rainy and wet. No meeting at the school house.
10/8/1855 Monday. Pleasant but cold. Ironing some. Commenced baking cake. J. H. here this afternoon. Elizebeth called.
JCH: Went up with Delos Marsh to Alexander to collect for our drilling. Collected 30 dollars of Mr. Levings.
10/9/1855 Tuesday. Elizabeth here all day helping us bake, very good luck. Mr. P. Showerman called. Lorinda came home from Albion to day. Pa went to the village to the Fair, brought home my bonnet & head dress.
JCH: Attended fair at fair at Batavia with Helen and Eliza. Very good for the first day. Went up to the grave yard with Mr. Leonard Thompson, Miss Nott, Miss Jenne and Eliza. Some pleasant and warm. Was down to Mr. Lamkins in the evening.
10/10/1855 Wednesday. Beautiful day. Considerable to do today. Mr. French here all night. John Hamilton & Charlie Lamkin called. Awful tired.
JCH: Attended the second day of the fair. Very fine show of horses and employments and a fine show of fruit. Hired a carriage and came home with Charles. Stopped at L. S.
10/11/1855 Thursday. Rainy this forenoon. Mr. Belden here to dinner. Married this evening at seven oclock to Mr. John C. Hamilton by Charles Putnam. Had a wedding, about sixty in attendance. A merry time, all of the relatives on both sides. Uncle Daniel Powers stayed all night.
JCH: Was married this evening at seven o clock to Miss Lorette Shepard and had a wedding at her father's. Was married by Elder Charles Putnam. A happy groom and a pleasant time. Cool.
10/12/1855 Friday. Rather pleasant. Snowed at night. Went up to Father Hamilton's this afternoon. Mrs Knowlton and Mrs Stewart there. A party there in the evening of young people "good time", Ma and Pa went there in the afternoon. Uncle D. W. Powers went home this morning. We stayed there all night.
JCH: Went home this afternoon with my wife. Father and Mother Shepard was there in the afternoon. Had a second wedding party in the evening. Had a very pleasant time. About forty attended. Cool and snowed some in the night. Stayed at home all night.
10/13/1855 Saturday. Not very pleasant. Stayed to Father Hamilton’s till afternoon, came home. Pa & Ma & Jennette Shepard went to the village, traded for her 5 ¾ dollars. John went down to take his buggy back.
JCH: At our house in the forenoon. Came down to Father Shepards in the afternoon. Cold and snow on the ground this evening.
10/14/1855 Sunday. Cloudy. Pa & Ma carried Jennette home for good. John & I at home all day alone.
JCH: Was home at father Shepard’s. Did not attend church. Father and mother Shepard went up to Mr. Asahel Shepards. Cool and cloudy. Read the advice in our marriage certificate.
10/15/1855 Monday. Rather pleasant. Large washing. Mary Hall, Lorinda & Olive called also Laura Shepard. Pa & John picking apples.
JCH: Went and carried Charley home. Stopped at our house. Father Shepard went down to Batavia and bought some barrels came home and we picked five barrels. Broke off by the rain. Paid 31 cents for the barrels.
10/16/1855 Tuesday. Dandy day. Baking & churning. Dr. Northrope called. Pa paid him $5. Henry & Helen here in the evening.
JCH: Picked the rest of our barrels full. Very fine fruit and barrel very full.
10/17/1855 Wednesday. Pleasant. Pa & John went to Mr. Nortons on business. Afternoon we went to Father Hamiltons, took tea there. Called to Grandfathers. Came home in the evening.
JCH: Went up to Erastus Norton's with Father Shepard to trade his mare for some sheep. He got sixty dollars for her and took 24 sheep. Went up home and got my trunk. Cold and muddy.
10/18/1855 Thursday. Pleasant day. Ironing most all day. Ma visited to Israel’s. Libby Brainard. here. John & I called to Mr. P. Showerman in the evening.
JCH: Husked corn in the forenoon. Father Shepard traded cows with James Shepard two for one and got the difference in coin. In the afternoon a man here picking apples. About two shillings per bushel.
10/19/1855 Friday. Beautiful day. Churning & sewing. Elizabeth visited here "rather inspection". Pa bought more barrels. John helped Peter Showerman thrashing.
JCH: Helped Peter Showerman thrash. Father went down and got nine barrels. Very pleasant and warm. Father was husking at home in the afternoon.
10/20/1855 Saturday. Very pleasant. Washing some. This afternoon we went to Mr. Knowltons, took tea there. Stayed to Wm. Stewart all night. Jonathan & Wm went away this morning. Very good visit.
JCH: Went up to the blacksmith shop and had our horses shod by Mr. Getten. In late afternoon Lorette and I went to the Knowltons and stayed to tea and then stayed at the Stewarts all night.
10/21/1855 Sunday. Pleasant. Rained at night. Attended church with the Stewarts at the Center. Came home by father Hamiltons, called on Adell Webster, she was very sick, should not have known her.
JCH: Went to meeting with Stewarts folks at the Presbyterian Church. Came round by fathers. We then went over and saw Adell Webster. Not expected to live. Hardly knew her. Rained.
10/22/1855 Monday. Pleasant. Washing. Churning.
JCH: Picked apples all day. Picked nine barrels of russets and about thirty bushels of other fruit. Pleasant but cool.
10/23/1855 Tuesday. Cloudy & rainy. Ironed all day. Pa & Ma visited to Grandfather Showermans. Heard that Adell Webster was not expected to live through the night.
JCH: Picked apples in the forenoon, about twenty bushels. Commenced husking but was broken off by the rain. Father and mother went up to Mr. Showermans.
10/24/1855 Wednesday. Cold & cloudy. Marvin Shepard & family here all day. Adell died this morning. John & I watched. Snowed at night.
JCH: I went down to Batavia to mill for the first time. Mr. Marvin Shepard was at our house all day. Adelle Webster died this morning, very much regretted by all who knew her. Lorette and I watched with the others. Cold and stormy.
10/25/1855 Thursday. Snowed & cold. Marvin Shepard & family here this morning. Orrin Webster brought me home. Moved the stove in the north room. Sleepy and tired.
JCH: Went up home this morning to fathers. Went over to Mr. Showermans and bought a pair of mittens. Came back and later I went down to Batavia and fixed the pipe.
10/26/1855 Friday. Cloudy & cold. Attended Adell Webster’s funeral. Ma staid with aunt Sarah.
JCH: Husked corn in the morning. Very cold. Attended the funeral of Adel Webster. Was one of the bearers. Came home and drew in some corn and apples.
10/27/1855 Saturday. James Quance, Mrs. Hart, Mrs P. Showerman & Helen visited here. Mother & Nancy called. Also Charlie Lamkin, Franklin H. here all night. Pa & John picking apples all day.
JCH: Picking all day in the orchard. Picked one hundred. Mr. Meridith was here to buy cattle and sheep, he did not buy them. Not very pleasant.
10/28/1855 Sunday. Attended church. Heard a missionary preach, Mr. Phillips, he had Hindo with him.
JCH: Attend meeting up south with Lorette. Many there. A missionary was there and preached. He had with him a Hindo. Very interesting. Cool.
10/29/1855 Monday. Pleasant. Washing. John & I visited to Grandfather Showermans all night. He went to East Bethany to a meeting. I called to Father Hamiltons. Mr. & Mrs. Lord came there.
JCH: Husked about fifty bushels of corn. Went up to Mr. Showermans just at night. Went over to E. Bethany to an American meeting. Heavy thunder shower.
10/30/1855 Tuesday. Pleasant. Heavy thunder shower last night. Came home this morning. Went back to Father Hamiltons. Visited with Mr. & Mrs. Lord a cousin from the east. All the children came home. Cousins called here. John carried them to the village.
JCH: At Mr. Showermans to breakfast. Orrin Lord was at our house all day. Our folks all at home. Carried them down to Batavia in the evening. Very pleasant day.
10/31/1855 Wednesday. Pleasant. Called to Elizebeth’s. John went up to his fathers this afternoon. Lorinda Showerman here all night.
JCH: Drew in corn in the forenoon and husked some. Went up to fathers and drew our wheat over to Mr. Marsh’s. About thirty two bushels of mine. Warm.
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