George Commands Aaron Chapman To Leave The House
Last week George had taken in Aaron Chapman who appeared at the door saying his father had thrown him out. But the same evening his father Wm Chapman had appeared and forbade George to board young Aaron. George went with the boy to his father’s house to try (without success) to effect a reconciliation.
Wednesday, December 29, 1841: There was a dispute arose between them and Wm commanded his son still and the son obeyed and then left the house. Said Wm gave me to understand that he wanted his son Aaron to sign the farm over to him that his grandfather had given him, and that made trouble by Aaron refusing to sign over to his father. I returned home and found Aaron to my house. I told him to take his chest away, tonight, and he did carry his chest from my house but returned. I told him he might stay tonight but my request was to have him look for a new home tomorrow on account that his father forbid me boarding him.
Friday: This morning I paid Freelove Pierce for tailoring for six days work one dol and fifty cts and I carried her home
Saturday: Today I took the sleigh and carried my wife and two youngest daughters to the dedication of the Christian Chapel of this town. Elder Courier preached the dedication discourse.
Sunday: Today I took double sleigh and carried my wife and two sons and two youngest daughters to Christian Chapel to meeting.
Thursday: Today I took my cutter and rode into Troy.
George sold cheese and bought tools for his son.
We started home at sunset and we came to Sand Lake to Rufus Withee’s and stayed and we found that Henry Withee was dead. He died of old age.
Friday: Today I paid said R. Withee twenty one dollars, which is the interest up to the 20th Oct last on a three hundred note, and at noon we left said Withees and came to Brother Beers and stayed. We got there at nearly sunset.
Saturday: Today we returned from brother Samuel Beers and got home at sunset.
Wednesday, January 12, 1842: Today I am unwell with dark disiness and headache. I did a few chores.
In the next two weeks George makes trips to Pittsfield, Troy, and many places in the immediate neighborhood for trading purposes.
Thursday, January 27: Today quite snowy. I took the cutter and carried my children to school and at night I went after them again.
Friday: I was quite unwell with a disiness in my head
Monday: I walked down to the old widow Booge’s to see if I could buy straw but I could not buy any. Today some rainy. I tended to my chores.
The first week in February he made a trading trip to Pittsfield and chopped wood.
Monday, Feb 7: I tended to chores and chopped some wood to the door. On this evening I took my single wagon and my wife and two daughters Angeline and Sarah, they rode and I walked. We went to the Presbyterian Meeting House in this town near Hiram W. Brown’s tavern and there I paid 37 cts for admittance to see one Mr. Larrabee, once a native of this town, perform the Science of Electricity and explained many things of the art of man. Quite a full house.