A Journal - Elkton - McGaheysville, Virginia Area

Miss Lottie M. Davis's Journal
PART TWO

View from the Skyline Drive of  the Elkton - McGaheysville, Virginia area. 

Folks interested in acquiring more information regarding Miss Lottie M. Davis's entries may wish to know that many of the earlier editions of the newspaper which served the Harrisonburg-Rockingam County area is available on microfilm at the Massanutten Regional Library in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  These papers are not indexed by subject; however, if you would take the date cited in Miss Lottie's journal regarding the person you are interested in, the staff may be able to help you find the exact obituary or news story, if it exists.  Be positive to check several issues of the papers before and after the date Miss Lottie cited in her journal to ensure that no error was made.  Some of her entries are obviously based upon personal knowledge, but likewise, she was an intelligent woman who read the local paper and most probably recorded things of interest to her from that source. Also, at times, it took several weeks for some things to be printed in the paper.

 If you choose to do this, be absolutely positive that you print a close up of the article in question as well as print the entire sheet showing the name of the newspaper, the date the article appeared and the article itself. Do not place any notations of any kind on these two copies.  If you want to make additional notations, do so on another sheet of paper and then use a paper clip to hold the sheets together [do not staple].  Better still put them into acid free sheet protectors and the sheet protectors into a three ring notebook.  This is necessary because it is considered standard genealogical procedure and ensures that the article will be accepted as proven documentation in the future.

Journal of Miss Lottie M. Davis
[continued from 26 April 2015]
Page 6
1923 - New wire on porch.
1923 - New piano at UBC [United Brethren Church].
10 March 1923 - Riany Sto-e at sale.
8 Sept 1923 - Lawerence left  York Pa.
1 Aug 1923 - Joe Gilmore died.
3 Aug 1923 - Dr. Richards died age 96 yrs.
15 July 1923 - Went to Dr. Wright.
17 Nov 1923 - Lawrence and Mary married.
3 Dec 1923 - George Offenbacker died.
29 Nov 1923 - Old Red was killed.
1923 - Work on UBC [United Brethren Church]. 
5 Jan 1924 Rev G. W. Clegg accident.
16 May 1927 - Mrs. Warren Gahey died age __.
21 May 1927 - Fawley moved.
16 May 1927 - Papered 3 rooms.
24 Apr 1925 - Mrs. Ella Powell died.
8 May 1925 - Mr. David Petty died at Grove Hill.
30 Apr 1925 - New rug for dining room.
11 Apr 1925 - New Car.
11 May 1925 - Grover Meadows killed wife.
12 May 1925 - Miss Annie Shifflett died.
9 May 1925 - Mrs. Ed Herring died.
Page 7
27 May 1925 - Lucille Richards married.
6 June 1925 - Lightening struck Uncle Luther H.
18 June 1925 - Mr. John Wess Dean died.
5 July 1925 - Warn  Ed Davis birthday
13 July 1924 - Mr. Jarman barn burned.
1924
5 April 1924 - Mrs. Fannie Argenbright died.
17 April 1924 - Rev. Coffey left Elkton.
April 1924 - Aunt Mary Samuel went to Ohio.
17 April 1924 - Mr. J.L. Hopkins died.
28 April 1924 - Operated on foot tied off veins Dr M & W.
11 May - Came home.  The flood.
16 May 1924 - Magale & Brown drown in S. River.
25 April 1924 - Mr. Joe Taylor died. 
18 April 1924 - Mr. D. Offenbacker died.
25 April 1924 - Mr. A. Frazier died.
26 Dec 1924 - Mr. Tom Cash died.
21 Jun 1924 - Dan Baugher's baby died.
19 Jun 1924 - Dr. Argenbright died.
Page 8
1924
30 March 1924 - Mr. Dan Schuler died.
19 June 1924 - Mrs. Jammie Shifflett went jail.
1 July 1924 - Ralph Shifflett died.
1 July 1924 - Lester McGuire new baby.
June 1924 - Lucille Richard,Ola Lam, Margie Merica graduate from H school.
11 March 1924 - Iseman fire at Harrisonburg.
2 April 1924 - Shoemakers moved to Harrisonburg.
9 April 1924 - Edith Coffey new baby. [Mrs. Herbert L. Coffey]
April 1924 - Sallie Fogel new baby.
19 March 1924 - C.W. Breeden sold home.
1925
4 May 1925 - Miss Louise Davis died. 
15 March 1925 - Lena  baby.
13 March 1925 - Sold Jersey [Most probably her cow].
8 Aug 1925 - Lee Apal [?] Birthday.
August 1925 - Gurturde Breeden married.
8 Nov 1925 - Mrs. Mary Ann Davis died.
6 Nov 1925 - Mr. A. S. Shifflett died.
19 Nov 1925 - Mrs. Mollie J brakes collar bone.
Page 9
1923 Mr. Eaton new store.
Dec 1925 - Earl starts new home.
22 Jan 1924 - Mr. Long died.
Jan 1924 - Mrs. William Rogers died.
29 Jan 1924 - New piano from Bowman.
20 Feb 1924 - New cows.
16 Feb 1924 - Mr. Joe Taylor paralized.
Feb 1924 - Mr. Jack Lam died.
5 Feb 1924 - Vella Maude Monger Birthday [daughter of Clark and Lelia Davis           Monger and thus Miss Lottie's niece].
11 Feb 1924 - John Snyder died.
Dec 1924 - Hugh Frye new Supt.
Oct 1925 - Guy started to school [Guy Monger, son of Clark and Lelia Davis               Monger and thus her nephew].
1925 - New wall put around spring.
[To be continued....]