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Lorette Shepard & John Hamilton writings
Linda J Shepard
Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:56
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Indians ♢ 1856, 1859
- Irish drinking in Batavia ♢ 1858
- Ives, Mr. ♢ 1855
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Hall, Mary ♢ 1855
- Hamilton, Benjamin Frank ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, Eliza ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, Eugene L. ♢ 1859 - 1859
- Hamilton, Helen ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, James ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, Mr. Hiram ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, Mr. John C. ♢ 1855-1859
- Hamilton, Mr. William ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, Mrs. Hiram (Lucinda Lord) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hamilton, Mrs. John (Lorette Shepard) ♢ 1855-1859
- Hamilton, Mrs. William (Laura Levings) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Harmon, Emaline ♢ 1859
- Harmon, Mr. ♢ 1858
- Harroun, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Hart, Mrs. Lucy ♢ 1855, 1857
- Hartshorn, David A. ♢ 1858 - 1859
- Hatch, Mr. Dwight in Wyoming County ♢ 1855, 1856, 1858, 1859
- Hatch, Mrs. Dwight (Lucia Ann Reed Levings) ♢ 1856
- Hathaway, Mr. from Lyons ♢ 1857
- Hawley, Jane ♢ 1856, 1857
- Hawley, Mr. Nelson ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hawley, Mrs. Nelson (Sally Shepard) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Hawley, Samuel ♢ 1855, 1857
- Hawley, Wallace ♢ 1855, 1857, 1859
- Hawley, William ♢ 1856
- Hindo ♢ 1855
- Hoag, Polly ♢ 1859
- Holden, James P. ♢ 1855, 1857, 1858
- Holden, Richard Orlando ♢ 1857
- Holdens Store ♢ 1856, 1857, 1858, 1859
- Holton/Holter, Mrs. ♢ 1857, 1858
- Home Magazine ♢ 1859
- Hood, Thomas ♢ 1858
- Houghton, Miss Annette ♢ 1857
- House Raising for Wm Hamilton ♢ 1859
- Howe, old Mrs. ♢ 1858
- Hubbard, Mr. Eldridge N. ♢ 1858
- Hubbard, Mrs. (Mary (Polly) Bradner) ♢ 1858
- Huggins, H. ♢ 1857
- Huntington, Azro ♢ 1855
- Huntington, George & Abigail♢ 1857, 1859
- Huntington, Joshua and Rebecca ♢ 1855, 1859
- Huntington, Mr. & Mrs. ♢ 1855
- Huntington, Mr. Gurdon ♢ 1859
- Huntington, Mrs. Gurdon (Polly Powers) ♢ 1859
- Huntington, Nelson ♢ 1855
- Hurty, Mary ♢ 1856
- Hurty, Miss ♢ 1856
- Hurty, Mr. Hiram ♢ 1855, 1856
- Hurty, Mrs. Hiram (Lorette Francis Putnam) ♢ 1855, 1856, 1858
- Hyde, Mr. Edwin J. ♢ 1858
- Hyde, Mrs. Edwin (Jane Emerett Norton) ♢ 1858
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:53
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Gambling in Batavia ♢ 1857
- Gardner, Maria ♢ 1857
- Gardner, Mrs. ♢ 1857
- Gardner, Mrs. Jennett ♢ 1859
- Gas lights in Batavia ♢ 1856
- Gates, Achsa ♢ 1859
- Gear, Mrs. Charlotte ♢ 1855
- Genesee County Mills ♢ 1855
- Genesee County Poor House ♢ 1855
- George, Ellen ♢ 1857
- George, Henry and Helen ♢ 1857
- Getten, Mr. Henry ♢ 1855, 1856, 1858
- Getten, Mrs. Henry (Mary Elizabeth Churchill) ♢ 1855, 1856
- Gilman, Elder ♢ 1858
- Glover, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Graham, Elder from NYC ♢ 1859
- Graves, Mary ♢ 1855
- Greely, Horace ♢ 1858
- Green, Billy ♢ 1857
- Green, Martha ♢ 1855, 1858, 1859
- Grover, Martin ♢ 1856
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:51
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Fair Grounds ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Farmersville ♢ 1856
- Farnham, Mr. and Mrs. Lucius ♢ 1855, 1857, 1858
- Filkins, Angelina ♢ 1858
- Filkins, Caroline ♢ 1859
- Filmore, Mr./Elder ♢ 1855 - 1858
- Fister, Elder ♢ 1857 - 1858
- Ford, Mr. and wife (Lydia) ♢ 1858
- Foster, Shef ♢ 1856
- Franklin, Joseph ♢ 1856
- Franklin, Sir John ♢ 1856
- Freeman, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Fremont Meeting ♢ 1856
- French, Lucy Woodruff ♢ 1859
- French, Nathaniel ♢ 1855, 1859
- Frisbe, Mr.Alonzo ♢ 1856 - 1858
- Frisbe, Mrs. Alonzo (Ejesta Smith) ♢ 1856-1858
- Frisch, Polly Hoag ♢ 1859
- Fross, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Fuller, Mr. Elder ♢ 1857
- Fuller, William from Conn. ♢ 1856
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:50
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Earthquake shock ♢ 1857
- Eggleston, Jennie ♢ 1859
- Eldred, Mrs. Ira (Mary West) ♢ 1855
- Ellicott Hall ♢ 1858, 1859
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo ♢ 1859
- Emmons, Elder/Rev. William ♢ 1857, 1858
- Evans, Mr. ♢ 1858
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:47
D
The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Daily, Mr. near Eagle ♢ 1859
- Danforth, Charles ♢ 1855
- Daniels, Phoebe ♢ 1859
- Dascombe, Lewis ♢ 1856, 1859
- Davis, Elder ♢ 1856-1857
- Dayton, Mr. ♢ 1856
- Debating School ♢ 1856 - 1859
- Denton, Mr. Edward M. ♢ 1855, 1859
- Denton, Mrs. Edward (Laura) ♢ 1859
- Denton, Mrs. Edward (Nancy E. Stewart) ♢ 1855-1857
- DeShon, Mr. William J. ♢ 1858
- DeShon, Mrs. William (Ellen M. Lyman) ♢ 1860
- Diaphonia ♢ 1861
- Diwana, Ly ♢ 1855
- Didget, John ♢ 1859
- Dixon, Mr. ♢ 1855, 1859
- Dolittle, Mr. & Mrs. ♢ 1858
- Donaldson, Mr. ♢ 1856
- Donati's Comet ♢ 1858
- Dorman, Elder & wife ♢ 1856, 1857
- Dorman, Mr. & Mrs. ♢ 1855
- Dunbar, Mariah ♢ 1856
- Dunbar, Mr. James and wife ♢ 1856
- Dyre, Mr. & Mrs. ♢ 1856
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Cacner Road folks ♢ 1858
- Calkins, Frances ♢ 1855
- Calkins, Mr. Sylvester ♢ 1856 - 1859
- Calkins, Mrs. Sylvester (Clarissa Moore) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Catholic and Romanism lecture ♢ 1856
- Chaddock, Ira J. ♢ 1856, 1859
- Chaddock, Lyman and Louise ♢ 1859
- Chaddock, Mr. ♢ 1859
- Chaddock, Mr. Dennis B. ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Chaddock, Mrs. Dennis (Polly Shepard) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Chaddock, Mr. Suel ♢ 1859
- Chaddock, Mrs. Suel (Achsa Gates) ♢ 1859
- Chaddock, Mrs. Suel (Mary J. Southwell) ♢ 1859
- Chaddock, Seymour ♢ 1855, 1856, 1859
- Chadwick, Deacon ♢ 1858
- Chaffee, Marvin ♢ 1856
- Charles, Mr. William ♢ 1857 - 1859
- Checkered Tavern ♢ 1856
- Churchill, Mr. ♢ 1855, 1859
- Circus at Batavia ♢ 1856 - 1858
- Clark, Harriet ♢ 1856
- Clement, Orson ♢ 1855
- Coe, Mrs. Henry (Abby Moore Sparks) ♢ 1856
- Cole, Lorette ♢ 1856
- Cole, Mr. Walter ♢ 1855 - 1860
- Cole, Mrs. Walter (Sophia Blanchard) ♢ 1855, 1857, 1859
- Comet, Donati's ♢ 1858
- Conklin, Asenath ♢ 1856
- Conklin, Augustus ♢ 1855, 1856
- Constable, Major ♢ 1858
- Cornwell, Mrs. Charles B. (Eveline Starges) ♢ 1857
- Cortes, Dom Fernando, medium/spiritualist ♢ 1856, 1857
- Cotes, Dr. Levi ♢ 1859
- Covell, Mr. Richard D. ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Covell, Mrs. Richard (Phoebe Hawley) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Cowdin, Justice ♢ 1860
- Cox, Dr ♢ 1858
- Craig, Miss Helen ♢ 1856
- Crane, Col. C. ♢ 1856
- Crane, Ulysses P. ♢ 1859
- Crawford, Ellen ♢ 1859
- Crawford, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Creek Road School ♢ 1858
- Crosman, Mr. & wife ♢ 1859
- Cull, Wm & wife ♢ 1858
- Cummings, Lucy A. ♢ 1859
- Cummings, Mr. Charles K. ♢ 1859
- Cummings, Mrs. Charles K. (Lucy M. Andrews) ♢ 1859
- Cummings, Mr. Harrison (Deacon) ♢ 1857, 1859
- Cummings, Mrs. Harrison (Lucinda Kendall) ♢ 1859
- Curry, David, the murderer ♢ 1859
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Tuesday, 23 March 2021 12:43
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The following alphabetical list is comprised of persons, places, events, etc, and corresponding year(s) as identified from within the diary transcriptions.
- Bacon, Mariette ♢ 1858
- Bacon, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Bailey, Mr. ♢ 1859
- Baker, Dr. ♢ 1858
- Baker, Dr. John F. ♢ 1856
- Baker, Martha W. ♢ 1859
- Baker, Mrs John F (Pheobe Louise Weeks) ♢ 1859
- Ball Game ♢ 1857 - 1859
- Bank of LeRoy ♢ 1858
- Banks, Mr. ♢ 1856
- Baptist Church ♢ 1856
- Baptist Meetings ♢ 1856 - 1859
- Barn Moving ♢ 1857, 1859
- Barn Raising ♢ 1855-1859
- Barnum, P. T. ♢ 1855, 1856
- Bartholf, James ♢ 1858, 1859
- Bartholf, Jane ♢ 1859
- Bartholf, Mr., auction ♢ 1855
- Bartholf, Mr., lime kiln ♢ 1856
- Bartholf, Mrs. James (Mary Stone) ♢ 1859
- Beecher, Henry Ward ♢ 1856
- Beecher, Rev. Thomas K. ♢ 1859
- Belamy, Mr. ♢ 1856
- Belden, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Benedict, James ♢ 1855
- Benedict, Miss ♢ 1856
- Benedict, William G. ♢ 1855-1857
- Benton, George W. ♢ 1857-1859
- Benton, Mrs. George (Anice) ♢ 1857-1859
- Bigelow, Jennie A. Safford ♢ 1858
- Bigelow, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Bigelow, Mrs. Almira Dibble ♢ 1858
- Bigelow, Wm. Reed ♢ 1858
- Blackner, Mr. ♢ 1858
- Blodget, Mr. ♢ 1859
- Blodget, Julia ♢ 1858
- Blondain, Jean Francois Gravelet (aka Charles Blondin) ♢ 1859
- Blood, Mr. Hotel ♢ 1855
- Bostwick Boys ♢ 1858
- Bostwick, Henry ♢ 1856, 1857
- Bostwick, Mr. ♢ 1857, 1859
- Boyce, Mr. ♢ 1855
- Boylan, Elizabeth ♢ 1859
- Bradner, Aunt Lydia Powell ♢ 1856
- Bradner, Uncle John ♢ 1856, 1858
- Brainard, Elizabeth (Libby) ♢ 1855, 1859
- Brainard, Jesse ♢ 1856
- Brainard, Levi ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Brainard, Mary ♢ 1855-1858
- Brainard, Mrs. Levi (Julia Powers) ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Breckenridge, Mr. John C., V. P. ♢ 1856
- Bride, James ♢ 1856, 1858
- Bride, Lorinda Showerman ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Brooks, Erastus ♢ 1856
- Brown, Adelaid (Mrs. Carlos West). ♢ 1857
- Brown, Adelaid E. (Mrs. George Rumsey, Jr.) ♢ 1858
- Brown, Cassius ♢ 1855
- Brown, Daniel ♢ 1855
- Brown, Lyman A. ♢ 1856, 1858
- Brown, Mrs Lyman A. (Philothetta Prescott) ♢ 1856, 1858
- Brown, Mr. ♢ 1855, 1858
- Brown, Schoolhouse. ♢ 1855-1859
- Browns Mill ♢ 1855-1859
- Bryan, Chancy B. and Belinda (Shepard) ♢ 1856
- Bryan, Emily ♢ 1857
- Bryan, Eunice ♢ 1855, 1858, 1859
- Buchanan, President ♢ 1856
- Buell, Austin ♢ 1856
- Buell, Cyrus ♢ 1856-1857
- Buell, Melvin ♢ 1856
- Bullock, Gallen ♢ 1855
- Burt, Miss ♢ 1857
- Butler, Mr. Sidney W. ♢ 1856, 1858, 1859
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Monday, 22 March 2021 19:43
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- American Party ♢ 1855, 1856
- Andrews, Almon ♢ 1858 - 1859
- Andrews, David ♢ 1857
- Andrews, Lucy M. ♢ 1859
- Andrews, Mrs. Almon (Harriet Shepard) ♢ 1855-1859
- Annual and Quarterly Meetings of Baptists ♢ 1855 - 1859
- Armstrong, Mr. preached ♢ 1856
- Armstrong, Mr. the Principal ♢ 1855
- Ashley, Mr. Phineas L.♢ 1857, 1858, 1859
- Auburn Prison ♢ 1859
- Avery, Jennet ♢ 1855, 1858
- Avery, Spencer ♢ 1855
- Avery, Mr. William ♢ 1855
- Avery's girls ♢ 1855
- Avon Reservoir ♢ 1858
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Tuesday, 23 February 2021 15:27
December 1856
Following is the set of footnotes associated with research of the transcription of the December 1856 diary entries by Lorette Shepard & John Hamilton. These footnotes are also interspersed and embedded within the transcription.
- Nelson & Dan Shepard ♢ Nelson Hawley 45 married to John Shepard’s sister, Sally Shepard; Daniel Shepard 21 son of James and Amanda Shepard.
- Mrs. Getten & Mrs. Lyman Brown ♢ Mary Elizabeth Churchill, 28, a daughter of Ara Churchill and Sarah Hyde, married Henry Getten when she was 18.They had two children, Oscar 7, Helen 6. Philothetta Prescott, 34, married Lyman Brown when she was 18. They had six children: Adelide, Ellen Rosalinda, Carlos, Cecelia and Minnie.
- Clark Shaw’s ♢ Clark Shaw (1829-1912) age 27, married Fannie Shepard, daughter of John Shepard Sr and Catherine Wilson Shaw and lived in Dover, Ohio before moving to Aurora, Erie County in 1852. They had one son, Arthur about 6 months old.
- Oscar Lord ♢ Oscar Lord (1825-1879) was a dealer of hats, caps and furs in Batavia. His ad appeared every week in the Republican Advocate . In 1870 he married Lenora Valencia Wait (1839-1904), daughter of Ira Waite and Phoebe (Hotchkiss) Rumsey (1808-1884). Oscar and Lenora had two children, Fannie Minerva Lord born in 1871, and Oscar Lord Jr. born in 1872. Oscar died of apoplexy (paralysis due to a stroke) in 1879 and was buried in the Old Batavia Cemetery, where Lenora was also buried in 1904.
- five dollars ♢ Five dollars in 1856 is about $153 in 2010.
- Phebe ♢ Phebe Shepard, 27, was the first of twelve children born to James Shepard and Amanda Shepard. In 1848 she attended Varysburg Seminary, and was now enrolling at the Genesee and Wyoming Seminary in Alexander, NY.
- Martins folks ♢ Martin and twin Marvin Shepard lived in a large two-family house in Wethersfield. Martin and Elvira had three children Eugene 15, Malvina 12, and Marvin 2.
- Farmersville ♢ Farmersville is located directly south of Batavia in Cattaraugus County, just south of Arcade.
- the children ♢ Marvin’s children at Pike Seminary Cornelia 13, and Martin’s children there Eugene 15 and Malvina 12.
- Marvin Chafee & wife ♢ Levi and his wife Rosina Campbell 32 lived in Pike and had two children Ezra and Albert.
- Ira Leonard & Mariah ♢ Ira 24, and Maria 23, Leonard had recently married in December 1855 right after he graduated from Albany Law School.
- Mr. Wesley Sweetland & wife ♢ Rev. Lewis Sweetland lived on Ellicott St Rd near Shepard Rd and next to Seneca Short, with his wife Lucilla Palmer and their five children. Their son John Wesley Sweetland and wife Malvina Short were married in 1854. Sylvester and Clarissa Calkins were neighbors of the Shorts.
- Nancy ♢ Nancy Stewart Denton (1832-1857) sister of William H Stewart
- poles ♢ The poles are made from cedar trees found in the swamp across from Lorette’s parents house. They are naturally resistant to rot, decay, and insect damage so they last a long time with little maintenance.
- Mr. & Mrs. Hatch ♢ Dwight Hatch 26 and his wife Lucia Levings 24 lived in Gainsville, Wyoming County, New York.
- Mr Denton and wife ♢ Edward M Denton married Nancy E Stewart, sister of William Stewart, about 1852. They had a son David 5, and daughter Ida 1.
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1857 Diary Summary
John 25 and Lorette 21 settle into their second year of marriage. They live with her parents who are remodeling their house on Shepard Road, Batavia, NY. Baby brother, Charles is 3 and Lorette helps with his care. Daily they see their relatives and friends marry and have children. Lorette gives music lessons to neighbors and attends singing school and weekly sees her best friend and half-aunt Elizabeth Showerman Quance who lives around the corner on East Road with her husband Israel. John attends a debate club, reads a book on spiritualism, moves his barn, goes fishing, raises sheep, makes maple syrup, and plays baseball. Life is filled with dinners, picnics, attending various churches, deaths and marriages, and a lot of visiting.
1857 Surnames Mentioned
Andrews, Ashley, Benedict, Benton, Bostwick, Brainard, Brown, Bryan, Buell, Burt, Calkins, Chaddock, Charles, Cole, Cornwell, Cortez, Covell/Coville, Cummings, Davis, Denton, Dorman, Emmons, Farnham, Fillmore, Fister, Green, Hamilton, Hart, Hathaway, Hawley, Holden, Holter/Holton, Houghton, Huggins, Huntington, Jackman, Johnson, Judd, Judson, Keaton, Knowlton, Lamkin, Lane, Lathrop, Lawrence, Leonard, Levings, Lincoln, Loomis, Lord, Lovelace, Lyman, Lyons, Madden, Marsh, Marshall, McMillen, Moore, Newton, Northrup, Norton, Nott, Olin, Parmer, Patterson, Perry, Phelps, Plato, Powers, Putnam, Quance, Read, Reamer, Rogers, Rolland, Sale, Shaw, Shepard, Showerman, Skinner, Smith, Sprague, Stevens, Stewart, Strong, Sweetland, Thayer, Thompson, Town, Waite, Walker, Wales, Ware, Watts, Webster, Weed, West, Wilkenson, Woodward, Wortendyke
Life as Lorette
Life as Lorette presents the journey from diary discovery to revealing pioneers of Genesee County, New York.
World Events of 1857
- An earthquake hit Tokyo and about 107,000 died
- Frederick Laggenheim took the first photo of a solar eclipse
- H. Sichel & Sohne, the producers of the popular Blue Nun white wine, was founded in Germany
- The SS Central America sinks to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, cargo includes 43 bars of gold
National Events of 1857
- In Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court rules that a slave is not a citizen
- James Gibbs of Virginia patented a chain-stitch single-thread sewing machine
- The California gold rush town of Columbia burned down in a fire that was blamed on a Chinese cook; the miners soon evicted all Chinese from the town
- Mormon leader Brigham Young called out the Nauvoo Legion to fight the U.S. Troops if they enter Utah Territory
- Lithographers Nathaniel Currier and Charles Ives become partners
- Count Agoston Haraszthy founded the Buena Vista Winery in Sonoma, California
- Paul Broca discovered that particular regions of the brain are specialized for particular functions
- The first US coin to be called a nickel was the copper and nickel one-cent piece
New York State Events in 1857
- The first passenger elevator is installed in a New York City store
- Landscape architect Frederick Law Olmstead and architect Calvert Vaux won the competition to develop New York City's Central Park
- New York City's Ohio Life Insurance and Trust Company branch fails, precipitating a financial panic; 4,932 U. S. firms fail
- John Alsop King takes office as the first Republican governor
- The American Chess Association organized. The first major US chess tournament was held in NYC
Local Events in 1857
- Treaty with the Seneca Tonawanda Band was signed restoring about 8,000 acres of land to the Seneca Nation
- The Genesee River floods carrying away buildings on Rochester's Main Street Bridge
- Susan B. Anthony and William Lloyd Garrison speak at an Abolition meeting in Corinthian Hall, Rochester
- Le Roy's Ingham Collegiate Institute is chartered as Ingham University
- Belva Lockwood graduates from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary in Lima, NY; she later runs for U.S. President in 1884 and 1888
- Polly Hoag Frisch's second husband, Otto Frisch, deserts her in the same year that two more of her children die in the Town of Alabama. Relatives, neighbors, and friends are suspicious