George Holcomb

Tuesday, April 5, 1842: I went to Simon Cranston’s to Town Meeting. The Democratic ticket ran in all except one constable. [Read more…] about Illnesses In April

Saturday, March 26, 1842: This afternoon I walked to Hancock to Squ Silas Gardner’s to have him examine a bill of sale and see if it can be obtained. [Read more…] about Cousin Verona’s Daughter Dies

(George’s cousin Samuel died on Sunday, March 20) [Read more…] about George Holcomb

Tuesday, March 1, 1842: Today I took my one horse wagon and carried my wife over to the widow Anna Moffitt’s. [Read more…] about Cousin Samuel Holcomb Dies

Thursday Feb 10, 1842: I called up to John Smith’s to have him call at my house when he was passing by to have his council what to have done to my chimney in my cheese house, for the cauldron kettle had falled down. [Read more…] about How To Fix The Cheese House

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. [Read more…] about George Holcomb

Friday, July 16, 1841: We hoed potatoes and part of the afternoon we helped Wm Bliss Maxon raise a barn. [Read more…] about Summer Time

Friday, March 12, 1841: Mr. Aaron Marrels and wife came and agreed for my house that they now live in for one year from the first day of April next and they are to have the same garden as last year and pay me twelve dollars in cash for the rent and he is to take the house as it is, I am not to do any repairs nor find any materials for him to do any repairs. [Read more…] about A Storm Blows In The Windows; George Buys A Bee Hive

Monday, February 15, 1841: This afternoon I took the sleigh and carried my wife and cousin Verona Holcomb to brother Simeon Wylie’s. [Read more…] about Singing School; Winter Illness

Friday, January 15, 1841: Today Sarah is taken sick.

Saturday: I and my two sons went into my swamp and chopped and drew a load of wood home and towards night I went up to Calvin P. Sackett’s. Doctor Elijah Graves was there to doctor his wife and I had said Doctor Graves come home with me to doctor my daughter Sarah. We found that she had the canker rash and scarlet fever. My children went to singing school in my double wagon to Capt. Abner Bull’s.

Thursday: Today some stormy and today I repaired my bobsled. Monday, February 1: Today I took the two horse sleigh and carried my wife and Charlotte to the funeral of the wife of Old Elijah Goodrich to the Seventh Day Baptist meeting house. I called to Hiram W. Brown’s to see Squ Leland Sheldon to have him not collect the cost against Wm. Chapman that I had made on the suit that went in my favor. Tonight quite a snow storm.

Tuesday: Today I took the two horse sleigh and my wife with me with about four hundred weight cheese and nearly noon we started for Troy. We carried Angeline along to Mr. Juni Chittendon’s and left her on a visit. We went to Mr. Henry Withees and stayed tonight at Sand Lake.

Wednesday: This morning quite a snow squall and about nine o’clock we started for Troy. The remainder of my cheese I sold in Troy in Congress St to Mr. nearly two cwt weight of skin cheese at four dollars per cwt and the remainder in late made new milk cheese at six dol per cwt. The whole came to nearly eighteen dollars. We then went onto River Street and my wife sold 13 pair of socks at 37 cts. We left Troy at half past three o’clock and returned to Sand Lake to Mr. Henry Withees and stayed.

Saturday: This afternoon Mr. Bush called and took tea and this evening my children went to singing school to Abner Bull’s.

Sunday: Tonight my children went to singing school to Abner Bull’s with a cutter and the singing master Mr. Spear and the wife of cousin Samuel Holcomb came home with them and stayed with us on a visit.