ENJanuary 1, 1849 - January 9, 1848
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1849 Jany 1st striping Tobacco in
middle barn good striping day
2nd Striping in second & finished 9 O
clock in night what we had down
3rd cloudy & like for Rain or snow
Halling wood & burning little
Plant Bed in new ground
Brot Home berkshire yesterday
& he is gonefound him in Pasture & hes not gone this morning
4th Shelled corn & carried 5 Bus corn
to mill & 1 stack for Palingin we
have 3 Large Logs at mill for Palings.
Cutting in new ground big growth
in little new ground —
Sewed little Plant Bed in new ground
this day weather fair & clear
Halling up a stack Oats 2 days ago
5th Very cold clear & windy
Cutting in new ground all hands
6 Halled out 1 stack wheat straw yesterday
cutting in new ground big growth,-
went to Mr. Lewis to get him on Tuesday
next to act as referee in Jas East Rent
matter about Tobacco Lots & also E Fitzgerald
very cold & windy this day
7 weather moderated cloudy & like for Rainsnowor
8 Still cloudy & like for snow, my wife &
Lucy Ann clement went to Riceville yesterday
7 to get Lucy Anns tooth Extracted
Cutting big growth in new ground -
Henry sick in house. cold
9th Ground covered with snow not very
5 or six snows to this time not deep
cleared off in evening.
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Lucy Ann Clement: JWG refers to Lucy Ann Clement having "Lucy Ann's tooth extracted." He might be referring to Lucy Ann's daughter, who was named Lucy Charles (but JWG might not know or remember that detail; he might assume that she was named after the mother). At this date, the mother, now a widow, would be 30 years old, the daughter, 6. I lean towards this being a mother-daughter reference since JWG would otherwise have written "her tooth." But would a 6-year-old need a tooth to be extracted?