Julia Brumfield Diaries

A good day. Ben & Jim worked on the house all day and did not get near all done that they want to do. Josie ironed some. Mrs Car churned. I got dinner.

Mrs Butcher & Mrs Dalton come a while. I was glad to see them. Mrs Butcher looks well and young for her. John & Edwin come this evening. I am glad to see them. Heard today that Jack Harvey is on his way home. He is sick. I am sorry for his mother and him. Heard today that Rorner James died this morning. There is several that dont care if he is dead.

Josie is lookin for Rob & Ella to morrow.

A good day. Had a sprinkle of rain this morning. John has bin here all day. Will stay tonight. Hugh Brumfield and Henry went to the mountain this morning to hunt grapes. Did not find many.

Josie and I got dinner. We eat late and did not get any supper.

I went to Marvins this evening. Some one gave his dog a dose this morning and she died. Ben & Marvin thought a heap of her. I would like to know who did it but never will I dont expect.

A beautiful day. No sign of rain. Jim & Marvin moved some tobacco this morning. Ben went to Chalk Level to get some peices sawed to make a roller to roll their wheat land. They worked on the roller all evening and did not finish it. Josie sewed some on a dress for Edna.

I went to Marvins this evening. They are getting on very well there. Tonight Marvin & Ben has gone hunting.

We heard this morning that Mr Taz Wooding died last night. Will be buried tomorrow.

A good day. Jim went to Chatham. Ben carried him. He carried several things. I went with him. We got home a little after dark. I did not go in a store. We did not have time. Henry & Franklin went to school. Today is Otho Blairs birth day. I have thought of many things that happened that day and of the people that was liveing them that have passed a way. Preacher Damron [?] staid at our house the night before Otho was born. He is dead. Henry Henry Brumfield & Dr Wooding are both gone and all have to go soon. Mrs Car is here with us yet I am glad for her to be here anytime she will. Josie has bin busy all day and has a head ache tonight. I have not seen Kate in a long time until this evening.

Sun., Jan. 14, 1923

"Josie" was Uncle Ben Brumfield's first wife. Mrs. Carr was Aunt Josie's mother.

Jan. 23

"Mrs. Cook" was sister to K. Johnson Reynolds.

Jan. 28

"Alice Thompson died last night . . . ."

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May you treasure this little 1923 diary written by Grandmother Julia Brumfield as much as I do.

Mother