Foods and Recipies

Many of you  have reminded me that I promised to include an article about early foods every now and then. I do hope that you will not be disappointed in today's selection. As you read this, please remember that our early ancestors did not have access to refrigerators, microwaves or even stoves with ovens. For many even cooking utensils were scarce.

Many folk chose to build their homes near a river, creek or stream of water.  The only problem with this was that Indians and other folk traveled by following established waterways. Conflicts resulted. The death of Daniel Boone's son, James, is but one example.  James Boone was killed by Indians because he camped near a well traveled stream in present day Lee County, Virginia. Soon frontier homes were built further away from streams resulting in water having to be carried for all household needs. 

James Boone's Marker

Regardless of who we are or how long one has worked in research, there are some things that always comes to mind as we add flesh to those proverbial "bones" of genealogy. One of my regrets is that I never thought to ask my maternal grandmother, Ruth Elizabeth Dofflemyer Lilly, how she managed to carry the water her family needed from a spring about one-half mile away from their home.  You see, my grandfather worked away [N&W Railroad] to pay for their farm leaving her to take care of their home, the farm and three young children composed of a set of twin boys and an elder son who all had been born within sixteens months. Basically she had a toddler and two babies who could not walk and were in diapers. She also had a cow and chickens that needed water...how she ever manage to do this by herself is beyond my comprehension. I do know that my grandfather was away from home for months at a time.  

Native American Food Preparations

The animals on the North American continent were different than those the early settlers had been accustomed to in Europe.  Native Americans taught our ancestors how to trap and prepare wild game.

MEATS

[Note:  It is best to clean all wild meat outside the home.]

Pheasant

Birds - Clean birds and leave as whole as possible.  Run stick through bird and roast before fire.

Groundhog

Ground Hog should be fat. Skin and remove innards. Par-boil in water until tender. Remove from the water, then sprinkle all over with salt and pepper.  Bake before a fire or in an oven until done.

Opossum

Opossum are cooked like Ground Hog.  This is a greasy meat - eat only a small amount or it will make you ill.

Raccoons

Raccoons are skinned, cleaned then par-boiled in plain water with plenty of red pepper.  When tender, remove from the pot.  Add salt and pepper.  Bake before a fire or in an oven until brown.

Rabbit

Rabbit - Skin and clean two young rabbits, cutting them into pieces.  Let stand overnight in a mixture of one half vinegar and one half water to which onions, thyme, parsley,salt and pepper have been added to the soaking mixture. When ready to cook, remove rabbit from the liquid. Rinse and dry, then fry on all sides.  In a skillet, brown a chopped onion in about two tablespoons of flour, then add two chopped tomatoes.  Let "smother" well before adding about one quart of beef stock or spring water. Bring to a boil and add rabbits, then simmer one hour or more adding more salt and pepper if needed.

Squirrel

Squirrel - Singe a freshly killed squirrel by putting the squirrel into a fire until it's fur is singed or burned away.  Today, this can be accomplished by holding a tightly rolled lit newspaper beneath the squirrel.  Wash squirrel carefully scrubbing off all hair. Remove innards.  Wash squirrel again. Rub with lard inside and out. Cook until done.  A cornmeal gravy is made from the drippings of the fried squirrel.

A Journal - Elkton - McGaheysville, Virginia Area

Miss Lottie M. Davis

Part Seven
1929 - continued
Page Thirty-six
1929 - July
 5 Jul 1929 - Mrs. Helen Monger Rogers new boy Shelton.
 8 Jul 1929 - Mrs. J.W. Sleam operated on Mon.
 8 Jul 1929 - Dan Baugher hurt hand on Mon.-Tues.
 9 Jul 1929 - Miss Eula McGuire & Elmore [Elmer?] Leap married.
13 Jul 1929 - Mr. Whiteside killed Sat. night.
__ Jul 1929 - Starts new part of shirt factory.
25 Jul 1929 - Mrs. Lester McGuire new baby.
__ Jul 1929 - Lester McGuire buys land.
__ Jul 1929 - Ora Hammer came home.
__ July 1929 - Big barrel on top of mt [mountain?]
30 Jul 1929 - Rev.S.W. Rau died 70 years old on Tues. or Mon.
29 Jul 1929 - Daddy buys Crawford place $1700.00.

1929 - August
12 Aug 1929 - Mrs. Friazer [Frazier] house burned.
14 Aug 1929 - Alice & Charles came here.
16 Aug 1929 - Mrs. Sam Monger mother died Fri.
21 Aug 1929 - Mr. Ed Weast house burned.

Page Thirty-seven
1929- August
20 Aug 1929 - New fertilizer plant open - Tues.
30 Aug 1929 - Mr. Coffeman barn burned - Fri.
__ Aug 1929 - Mrs. Tom Davis in Hospital.

1929 - September
 6 Sep 1929 - Mrs. Claude Baugher new baby.
16 Sep 1929 - Mrs. Crider died 84 years old Swift Run.
22 Sep 1929 - Mrs. John Life fell out of car.
20 Sep 1929 - Doc Comer house burned.
12 Sep 1929 - Mrs. Philip Miller operated on.
20 Sep 1929 - Miss Helen Lion/Liow [Lowe?] married 19 years.
16 Sep 1929 - Mrs. Meadows hurt shoulder.
30 Sep 1929 - Mr Harry Woodard broke leg.
25 Sep 1929 - Mrs. Ida Shifflett husband died.
__ Sep 1929 - New shirt factory open.
__ Sep 1929 - Chas. Secrist hurt by truck.
25 Sep 1929 - Harold get new clock from Sears.
__ Sep 1929 - Graney has arthristis [arthritis].

Page Thirty-eight
1929 - October
 2 Oct 1929 - Mrs. Claude Meadow new baby.
 4 Oct 1929 - Got picture from Ky.
11 Oct 1929 - Penn Laird garage burned.
14 Oct 1929 - New stove range from Loths Company.
18 Oct 1929 - Ladies Aid Supper made $70.00.
17 Oct 1929 - Carl Miller dies 13 years old from Bridgewater Va.
__ Oct 1929 - Bud Shifflett married.
18 Oct 1929 - Miss Lena Coffman killed Fri. by Ray Dean was 52 years old.
12 Oct 1929 -  Mrs. Flora Hammer Arementrout [Armentrout] new baby.
20 Oct 1929 - Mrs. Polly Hall car overturned.
27 Oct 1929 - Mr. Fultz home burned.
30 Oct 1929 - Mr & Mrs. Collmey visit us on Wed.
28 Oct 1929 - Vella Maude Monger came over to go school.

Page 39
1929 - November
 2 Nov 1929 - Mr. Swartzle operated on.
 2 Nov 1929 - Busy Bees Supper.
 9 Nov 1929 - New Coat & Hat $16.00.
11 Nov 1929 - Went to Harrisonburg with Mable.
11 Nov 1929 - Mrs. Clark Hammer died Mon.
15 Nov 1929 - Miss Margaret Leebrick died 26 years Fri.
19 Nov 1929 - Grace operated on Tuesday.
22 Nov 1929 - Mrs. John May died 55 years Fri.
23 Nov 1929 - Mr. Roy Kyger wired home.
22 Nov 1929 - Mr. Cal Kite died on Fri.
24 Nov 1929 - Mrs. Amon [Ammon] died 61 years old Sun.
25 Nov 1929 - Mr. Jerhu Long died 74 years old Mon.
29 Nov 1929 - Mr. Sedrell Dixson died 30 years old Fri.
__ Nov 1929 - Willie Davis came back home Taxie. [She is referring to a taxi cab.]

1919 - December
 1 Dec 1929 - Dixson Funeral on Sun.
 2 Dec 1929 - Mr. Robert Armentrout died Mon.
 4 Dec 1929 - Mr & Mrs. Robert Snapp new baby.

Page Forty
1929 - December
 3 Dec 1929 - Sold eggs to new man Shaffer.
 8 Dec 1929 - Ruth Oliver died 20 years old.
 9 Dec 1929 - Got hogs from Williams weight 162 1/2lbs.  $19.50 Mon.
 9 Dec 1929 - Got hogs from Lawson weight 144 Lbs. $17.34.  [Total spent] $36.84 on Mon.
18 Dec 1929 - Lelia went to Roanoke.
20 Dec 1929 - Sam Lam died age 25 years.
22 Dec 1929 - Snow fell 9 inches.
20 Dec 1929 - Mrs. Harold Workman new baby.
20 Dec 1929 - Conrad Long & Miss Hughs married.
31 Dec 1929 - John Long & Miss Wayne married.
__ Dec 1929 - McGuire new phone put in house.

1930 - January
 9 Jan 1930 - Fire Siren put on jail.
10 Jan 1930 - Mrs. Charles Watkins died 45 years old Fri.
13 Jan 1930 Vernie went to hospital.
16 Jan 1930 - Mrs. Vernie Powell new baby.
__ Jan 1930 Mr. George Wyant store closed.
19 Jan 1930 - Mr. Luther Dean barn burned.

Page Forty-one
1930 - January
24 Jan 1930 - Elmore [Elmer] Lam had wreck with S. Shocked.
28 Jan 1930 - Ora Hammer operated on Tues.
29 Jan 1930 - Vernie had tube in side. Wed.
__ Jan 1930 - Dr. McCllid [sp.?] bought Rhode property.
To be continued...

The Frontier - Virginia - 1776

 A document which was signed on the 8th of Oct 1776 for Government Service in Fincastle County, Virginia states, “For being legally apart of the colony and for the creation of new counties, a citation of the Committee for the Western Part references the election of John Gabriel Jones and George Rogers Clark as their representatives.  Members of the Committee included in this manuscript are: John Gabriel Jones - chairman,  John Bowman, John Cowen, William Bennett, Joseph Bowman, John Crittenden, Isaac Hite, George Rogers Clark, Silas Harland, Hugh McGary, Andrew McConnel, James Herrod, Wm. McConnel and John Maxwell.  Signed by John Gabriel Jones - Chairman and Abraham Hite Jr. - Clerk at Harrodsburg,  20th of June 1776.  This act formed Kentucky, Washington and Montgomery counties in Virginia and made Fincastle County, Virginia extinct. The act took effect on the 31st of December 1776.

Many of us living today do not grasp the importance of this one single document.  This is extremely important because it formed the two counties of Montgomery and Washington but especially so because it opened the entire frontier including what would become the states of Kentucky and Tennessee for westward expansion.  Also note  that it eliminated Fincastle County, Virginia. 

Please look carefully at the names of the men who were present when this document was created and then who signed it.  Several of these men stand out as having ties to our own Shenandoah Valley area.  These men were indeed friends and neighbors of own families.Men who had a direct bearing upon the lives of many members of our own families. Men who were well respected individuals that influenced our nation’s early settlement.   Note again the date this document was signed, 20 June 1776.

Let’s look more closely at the lives of some of these men who not only influenced events happening in our own Shenandoah Valley but also in Virginia and the colonies which became the United States of America.

Belle Grove

 Major Isaac Hite

Major Isaac Hite was born on the 7th of Feb 1758 at his father’s home, Long Meadows which was then in Frederick County, Virginia.  He died on the 24th of Nov 1836 at his home, Belle Grove near Middletown, Virginia.   He was the son of Isaac Hite, Sr and his wife, Alida Eleanor Eltinge who were married 12 Apr 1745 in Frederick County, Virginia.  Isaac was the grandson of Johann Jost Heyd / Hite and his wife, Anna Maria Merckle of Baden, Germany.

He was educated at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, where he was a member of Phi Beta Kappa Society of 1776, which was the first Greek letter fraternity in America.

Isaac Hite enlisted as a private in the American Revolution and rose to the rank of Major.  He served on the staff of General George Washington.  Isaac was aide-de-camp to General Muhlenberg at Yorktown in 1777.  At one point during the American Revolution, he lost one of his fingers due to the fact that it was shot off.  He was made a member of the Society of Cincinnati by General Washington; however in 1781, Isaac Hite was not on good terms with George Rogers Clark in the area which became Lincoln County, Kentucky.

One of Isaac's Hite’s homes was 'Long Meadows' where he was born and grew up. 'Long Meadows' was located south of Middletown, Virgina.   He is also reported to have lived at a property called 'Old Hall' near the Massanutten Mountains along the South Fork of the Shenandoah between 1787 and 1797.  Note the photos in this article which prove that ‘Old Hall’ was indeed located in the yard of his final home, ‘Belle Grove’. 

Old Hall  sign which is located in the yard of Belle Grove.

Excavated foundations of Old Hall with shadow of the above sign.

Isaac Hite had received 'Old Hall' in 1783 at the time of his marriage to first wife, Eleanor ‘Nelly’ Madison.   Isaac and Eleanor ‘Nelly’ Madison Hite lived at ‘Old Hall’ while he built 'Belle Grove' of limestone quarried from his own land.  In 1794 the construction began on the 40 ft x 100 ft. limestone home which had walls two feet thick.  The capstones were ordered from England. 

Eleanor ‘Nelly’ Madison Hite's brother, James Madison and his wife, Dolley Todd Payne Madison spent part of their honeymoon at Old Hall. James Madison became President of the United States serving in this capacity from 1809 to 1817.  He was President during the War of 1812 which was also known as America's second war for independence. He is also known as the Father of the United States Constitution.

After the death of Nelly Madison Hite in 1802, Major Hite married Ann Tunstall Maury.  Three children had been born to the first marriage and ten were born to the second. Twelve of these thirteen children lived to adulthood.  In 1815, as the family grew, an addition was made at the west end of the original house to finish-out the one-hundred-foot facade of Belle Grove as it stands today near Middletown, Virgina.

Belle Grove

The grain and livestock plantation continued to grow from its original gift of four hundred eighty three acres  from Major Hite’s father until finally the Major owned seven thousand five hundred acres of land and one hundred and three slave workers.  On this land he grew wheat, raised cattle and Merino sheep which were and still are prized for their wool.  Major Hite also owned a general store, a grist-mill, a saw-mill and a large distillery.  He died in 1836, and after Ann's death in 1851, ‘Belle Grove’ was sold out of the Hite family.

Seven of the Hite grandsons lost their lives in the service of the Confederacy during the War Between the States.  Union General Phillip Sheridan made his headquarters at ‘Belle Grove’ during the Battle of Cedar Creek. 

Cedar Creek Battlefield sign at Belle Grove.

‘Belle Grove’ is located one mile south of Middletown, Virginia on U.S. Route 11.  It is now the centerpiece of the new Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National Historic Park.  Belle Grove is a Historic Landmark, a Virginia Historic Landmark, and a Historic Property of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

Note 1:  There are two Madison homes/properties named Belle Grove.  The first is a river-seated plantation at Port Conway, VA.  This is where President James Madison was born.  The original house of his birth is no longer standing.  The future President’s mother, Eleanor “Nelly” Conway Madison was living at Mount Pleasant, Virginia, with her husband of a year, as the birth of their first child neared.  Anticipating the event, Nelly traveled to her mother’s home, ‘Belle Grove’, in Port Conway. At midnight on March 16th, 1751, James Madison Jr. was born.  It has long been believed that Major Isaac Hite’s home, ‘Belle Grove’, was named for the earlier ‘Belle Grove’ in honor of his wife’s family where her brother, President James Madison was born and where her mother, Eleanor “Nelly” Conway Madison, grew up. 

Note 2: It has also been long reported that ‘Long Meadows’  was the Middletown home of Isaac Hite and his wife, Alida Eleanor Eltinge.  The Long Meadows Cemetery located on this Virginia farm, is said to contain the graves of Isaac Hite and his wife, Alida Eleanor Eltinge; Major Isaac Hite and his two wives [Eleanor ‘Nelly’ Madison and Ann Tunstall Maury]; and that of Johann Jost  Heyd/Hite's wife, Anna Maria Merckle, who was buried there in 1739 in what is now an unmarked grave.  

When Isaac Hite was 16 in 1737, his father, Johann Jost Heyd/Hite gave him approximately nine hundred acres of land known as the Long Meadow Tract. This property was named for its beautiful view of lovely, fertile meadows along the banks of the North Fork of the Shenandoah River.  The Shenandoah Valley is located between the Blue Ridge Mountains to the east and the Allegheny Mountains to the west. The Massanutten Mountain runs amid the Valley's floor between those two mountain ranges and splits the Shenandoah River into the North Fork and the South Fork. Hite’s Long Meadow Tract is located along the North Fork, at the base of the northern end of the Massanutten Mountain. It extended from the river toward the land where ‘Belle Grove’ now stands.

Isaac Hite who died in 1795, left his vast estate primarily to his son, Major Isaac Hite, who was an up-and-coming planter and entrepreneur in the Shenandoah Valley.  Major Hite divided his father’s land into five separate tracts.  ‘Belle Grove’ was built upon one of those  five tracts. In 1836, when Major Isaac Hite died, he left Traveler's Hall to his daughter, Matilda M. Hite Davison. In 1840, she sold the land to Col. George W. Bowman and his brother, Isaac Bowman, great-grandsons of Johann Jost Heyd/Hite.

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Have you ever thought about what life would be like without all of the sounds that we take for granted?  Phones, cars, television, planes, air conditioning, and motors all make a peculiar noise.   Are there days when just the sirens of rescue units stress you out?   

Do you sometimes feel that you would enjoy spending just one day outside in warm sunshine listening to the sounds of gurgling streams and birds chirping in the trees?

What about the smells around about you? Have you ever thought about the odors that you take for granted because they are part of your life and so familiar to you? Do you know that they are very different than the ones our grandparents experienced? Homemade bread and wood burning in the stove were part of their daily life.  Have  you ever smelled soil rich with forest loam right after a warm spring rain?

Once, I asked my grandfather what he missed most in his life that his grandparents had taken for granted as being part of their own.  He never hesitated an instant before he replied.  Lumber was the single word he uttered with such emotion that it startled me. 

Seeing my reaction, he went on to explain that his grandfather had a true understanding of the forest which he had  never been able to share because his  father never saw the value in his learning about any of it. It had become possible in his own father's lifetime to go to a sawmill and order whatever kind of lumber needed to build a house or to lay a floor.  His grandfather had gained his knowledge of timber from working with past generations of his family. 

My grandfather went onto say that  his grandfather could tell the board feet in any tree from simply looking at it as it stood in the forest. To know the quality and usable board feet of lumber in a tree before it was cut was a skill that my grandfather was sorry that he had never had the opportunity to learn.  It was a skill that he was unable to pass down to members of his own family.

A drastic new way of life emerged during my grandfather's lifetime.  As a young man he traveled by horseback and yet, before his death he sat in his own home and watched a man land upon the moon.  Within his lifetime the telegraph was replaced by telephones, radios and television. He remembered a time when all consumed food was produced at home.  Electricity and indoor plumbing were marvelous inventions that had became part of his own life which his own grandparents would never have believed possible. 

Indeed much has changed in just the past few generations.  Have you ever given thought as to what some of these changes may have made in the life of your own family?

I do hope that you will join me as we travel back in time to the days of not so long ago and explore all facets of life as it was lived by our families. 

                                                                      Until next time,

                                                                             Billie Jo 

                                                                      
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A Journal - Elkton - McGaheysville, Virginia Area

Miss Lottie M. Davis

Part Six
1928- continued
Page Twenty-nine
1928 - October
__ Oct 1928 - Mr. E.H. Fogle left Elkton, Va.
14 Oct 1928 - Mr. & Mrs. Joe Maiden first visit here.
16 Oct 1928 - Painted dining room.
15 Oct 1928 - Centerpiece chance off for $5.00. Ruth P.
18 Oct 1928 - M. Luther Kite  died 28 years.
16 Oct 1928 - Mrs. Elmore [Elmer?] Monger child died.
19 Oct 1928 - Mr. Smith Sale M T.
25 Oct 1928 - Made applebutter.
24 Oct 1928 - M. Pate Walton died.
__ Oct 1928 - C. Early operated on.
26 Oct 1928 - Miss Clara Malone operated on.
30 Oct 1928 - Sent Mr. H.C. Hugh bill.
30 Oct 1928 - Mrs. Elmore [Elmer?] Monger goes to hospital.

1928 - November
  6 Nov 1928 - New President Hoover.
14 Nov 1928 - Mrs. Luther Lam died.
15 Nov 1928 - Bob Dean died 36 years.

Page Thirty
1928 - November
17 Nov 1928 - Annie Cash died 45 years.
19 Nov 1928 - Mr. Floyed [Floyd?] Burk house burned.
29 Nov 1928 - Mr. Lam died 86 years.

1928 - December
 1 Dec 1928 - Tannery stopped.
 4 Dec 1928 - Killed hogs weighed 462 lbs. $ 60.06.
 5 Dec 1928 - Mr. J. W. Simmons died 69 years 10 months.
 6 Dec 1928 - Mr. Ed Kite died 83 years.
 5 Dec 1928 - Tans Jone [Jones?] died colored McGaheysville.
11 Dec 1928 - Millard Monger married.
11 Dec 1928 - Mrs. Robert Keezle new baby girl.
13 Dec 1928 - Mr. Flory Faclor [factory?] burned.
13 Dec 1928 - Mrs Rains married Kite.
15 Dec 1928 - Mr. W. P. R. Weaver died 60 years.
16 Dec 1928 - Mrs. Della Brown died 49 years 1 month 5 days. [Della Monger, daughter of George Washington and Mary Ellen Dearing Monger married Clarence Brown.]
15 Dec 1928 - Mr. Flory bought tannery.
24 Dec 1928 - Lewis Wright & Frances Harsom [Harrison?] married.

Page Thirty-one
1928 - December 
20 Dec 1928 - Miss Burkholder died 40 years.
28 Dec 1928 - Turkey dinner at house.
26 Dec 1928 - Mr. Nich Breeden died 64 years.
30 Dec 1928 - Wilson Burner broke leg.
__ Dec 1928 - Earl new car.
__ Dec 1928 - New fire engine at Elkton, Va.

1929 - January
 6 Jan 1929 - Mrs. Mary V. Leap broke hip on Sun[day] eve[ning].
 7 Jan 1929 - Mr. Eaton married.
 6 Jan 1929 - Mrs. Baugher went to Washington D.C.
14 Jan 1929 - Iria Simmons died 47 years.
11 Jan 1929 - Mr. George W. Merica died 88 years.
 8 Jan 1929 - Mrs. Leap goes to Hospital.
16 Jan 1929 - Miss Nora Miller & J. Caricoff married.
 5 Jan 1929 - Mrs. Guy Leebrick died.
28 Jan 1929 - Broke teeth - Feb 1/29 got them.

Page Thirty-two
1929 - January
 9 Jan 1929 - Rev. Dr. Hoberson moved in Fawley house.
31 Jan 1929 - Mrs. Bud McCoy died 61 years.
31 Jan 1929 - Mrs. Earman died 79 years 1 month 27 days.
 9 Jan 1929 - Clark Monger had teeth taken out.

1929 - February
 3 Feb 1929 - Tom Strickler operated on.
 3 Feb 1929 - Chespeak W.E. house burned.
 7 Feb 1929 - Miss Ruth Dean died Thursday at hospital 13 years, 1 month, 16 days.
 8 Feb 1929 - Miss Genevie Dean operated on.
 3 Feb 1929 - Mrs. Tal. Hammer new baby.
10 Feb 1929 - Mrs. Joe Workman new baby.
 2 Feb 1929 - Joe Jr. Leap operated on.
15 Feb 1929 - Mrs. Lena Davis new baby.
27 Feb 1929 - Mr. Michael died 40 years.

Page Thirty-three
1929 - March
  3 Mar 1929 - Miss Gourney Burk died 61 years old.
  7 Mar 1929 - Mr. George Cash house burned Lam house.
  9 Mar 1929 - Mrs A.P. Yancey died 67 years 1 month, 12 days old.
  7 Mar 1929 - Rev. G.W. McNeil died 39 years old.
__ Mar 1929 - M.H. Downey open shop.
  8 Mar 1929 - Mr. Boss Mowberry died.
10 Mar 1929 - Mrs. Paul Austin new baby.
 4 Mar 1929 - Hoover take seat in White House.
14 Mar 1929 - Eleanor Seay Keezle died on Thursday.
16 Mar 1929 - Adia Moaton died colored.
26 Mar 1929 - Mr. Will Wood killed 52 years old.
30 Mar 1929 - Henry Offenbacker operated on.
28 Mar 1929 - Rev. L.L. Loyd died.

1929 - April
  3 Apr 1929 - Henry Offenbacker died 26 years old.
  6 Apr 1929 - Ice plant burned down at Ore Wash.
 14 Apr 1929 - Mrs. M.V. Leap came from Hospital.

Page Thirty-four
1929 - April
18 Apr 1929 - Dr. Kite moved in new drug store.
22 Apr 1929 - Mr. Crenshaw died 66 years old.
22 Apr 1929 - Harold & Grace married Mon[day].
19 Apr 1929 - Sold to Russell Downs of Port Republic.
19 Apr 1929 - Fred Dovel child died.
29 Apr 1929 - Mrs. Ollie Leap takes set to sell.

1929 - May
  2 May 1929 - Harold & Grace goes to housekeeping at Lucas. [Harold and Grace Townsend Davis].
  5 May 1929 - John Cash house burned.
30 May 1929 - Daddy Hirsh died.
26 May 1929 - Mrs. Roy Simmons new baby.
__ May 1929 - C.C. Monger new light. [Clark C. Monger]
__ May 1929 - C.C. Monger new washing machine. [Clark C. Monger]
__ May 1929 - Fertilizer plant started.

Page Thirty-five
1929 - June
 4 Jun 1929 - Ora Hammer hurt.
 5 Jun 1929 - Mr. Ed Kite Sale on Wed.
 6 Jun 1929 - Cera Hammer limb taken off.
10 Jun 1929 - Hazle Thomas & Ed Garber married.
15 Jun 1929 - Ethel Eppard married on Sat.
 8 June 1929 - C.C. Monger gets new teeth on Sat. [Clark C. Monger]
18 Jun 1929 - Mr. Roy Kyger get chickens.
18 Jun 1929 - Russell Downs place burned Tues.
20 Jun 1929 - Mrs. Will Davis operated on Thurs.
19 Jun 1929 - Mr. Doffermyre [Dofflemyer] operated on Wed.
23 Jun 1929 - Miss Milard Dyck & Gordon Lough married on Sun.
__ Jun 1929 - Will Cave married.
__ Jun 1929 - Russell Downs stop coming Sat.
__ Jun 1929 - Mr. John Chapman sold farm.
29 Jun 1929 - Miss Virginia Leap married Sat.
29 Jun 1929 - Mrs. Jim McGahey operated on Sat.
21 Jun 1929 - Mrs. S. Ross Campbell died suddly [suddenly] on Fri.
To be continued...