Following is the set of footnotes associated with research of the transcription of the August 1857 diary entries by Lorette Shepard & John Hamilton. These footnotes are also interspersed and embedded within the transcription.
- Lorinda ♢ Lorette’s half-aunt Lorinda Showerman Bride (1832-1859) married James Bride in 1856. They lived in Altona, Iowa.
- James Shepards boys ♢ Uncle James Shepard and wife Amanda Putnam, lived on Putnam Settlement and had five sons, Franklin 24, Daniel 22, Harlan 20, Ransom 18, and David 12.
- Quance women ♢ Possible women considered ‘Quance women” would have consisted of great-aunt Mehitable Powers Quance (1788-1878), Sarah Ann Chaddock Quance (1820-1862) and her daughter Lorett, Sarah Quance Putnam (1814-1965) and her daughters Eveline, Emeline, and Emerette Quance, Elizabeth Showerman Quance (1828-1883) and her daughter Lois age 2, and Lucy Barnea Quance (1829-1898) and her daughter Roselle. Most of them live on East Road, Batavia.
- Harlan Shepard ♢ Harlan James Shepard, age 20, was single and lived with his parents James and Amanda Shepard.
- Erysipelas ♢ Erysipelas is a bacterial infection, like streptococcal bacteria, that can enter the skin usually through cut or wound. Laura Levings 28 was married to John Hamilton’s brother, William.
- Eunice Lyons ♢ Eunice Lyons, 35, was taken into the Peter and Roxanny Showerman family when she was about 11 years old in Freedom, Cattaraugus County.
- Harriets ♢ Harriet 34, was John Hamilton’s sister, married to David Knowlton of Bethany.
- Mr. Wm Nott ♢ William Nott (1786-1863) was born in England and lived with Polly in Bethany .
- Eveline Starges Cornwell (1820-1857)♢ Wife of Charles B. Cornwell (1820's-1900) who was born in CT; they had one daughter, Frances, age 4, and lived on Shepard Road, Batavia.
- Town ♢ Norman Town (abt 1800-1871) and his wife Sarah lived on Shepard Road earlier in his life.
- Harriet & Laura ♢ Harriet Shepard 27 and Laura Shepard 24 were half-sisters of Lorette’s father, John Shepard, Jr.
- Bilious fever ♢ A fever caused by excess bilirubin in the system often causing jaundice.
- Hiram Showerman’s wife ♢ Phebe Johnson 27 first wife of Hiram Showerman (1818-1884), was a daughter of William Johnson (1793-1852) and Harriet Flavell (1797-1888) of Francis Road, Bethany. She died in Wisconsin.
- Webster Showerman ♢ Webster Showerman was a step-brother of Peter Showerman; they had the same father, John Showerman Jr., but Peter’s mother was Catherine Niver who died in 1824 and Webster’s mother was Elizabeth Powell Powers Showerman who lived near Lorette. Incidentally, Peter’s wife, aunt Roxanny, was the youngest sibling of Asahel Powers who died in 1823.
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