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1-11111111 1111111 Oct. 1 Mother and Ann went to Mother Water 2nd Sunday Mrs. Gore the ministers wife died of congestion fever 5 went to Fremont paid Kellogg 30.00 dollars 6gh Dr. Stockwell came to see Uncle Ichabod has the bilious fever. Emerson and all of his children sick with the chills. H.B. Waters & wife & child sick with chills and fits. 10th Mother Waters died after a protracted illness of just 8 weeks Uncle Ichabod lays dangerously sick 16th the girls divided Mother Waters clothes etc. today 17th snowed and rained last night. yesterday began digging potatoes 18th rain - turned to snow it fell 2 in deep - winter appearance - 19 went to Peoria cold wind 20th three negroes came from St. Louis. wind turned south warmer snow not all gone yet 21st ___ Daws dies 22nd finished digging potatoes warm again 23 ___ Daws buried here to day - warm with thunder + light showers 24the H. Clark had 200 bu wheat burned up - very high winds 27th sunday clear and pleasant Uncle Ichabod still very low - I have a severe cold. Ann also - Wm. Anderson died 24 inst. 30th Oct - helped Charles Waters build chimeny 1st Nov. Took my roof off my house and put on a new one - warm and peasant - another negro bound for Canada 2nd finished __ghing my roof Nov. 4 Election day voted for J.G. Birney - beautiful day went to Fremont 6th Administrators sale of property of Father Waters. I bought stove 2 chairs 1 axe 2 log chains 3 candle sticks 1 bedstead sale leather-books 2 augers 1 map of Illinois - lot of brick & shingles etc. set up all night regulating the papers 7th Beautiful weather 11th moved Sarah J. Waters to my house 12th rainy + snowy 13th clear and pleasant - finished my roof abolition meeting at Peoria Walter & Darius went 22nd thrashed wheat cold and windy 23rd 6 degrees Above Zero pretty fair beginning for winter - clear 26th killed hogs - sold a stove to Jas. Holloway 28th sleet - ground covered with ice - got the horses shod - sold E. Ericsson 8 lb butter 1.00 30th Mr. & Mrs. Childs visited here at night it commenced storming 1st Dec. pleasant warm Mr. Gore preached on the state of the Nation 3d went to Peoria - left a horse hide to be tanned at Oakly's