Sunday, June 10, 1832: Sister Newton fails, I helped lift her off and on bed.
Monday: This morning I rode over after Doctor E. Graves. He came to Mother, she was distressed at the stomach and puking and I did shoe my sled and put up a leach.
Tuesday: I went and helped sister Newton on to her bed. I returned home and got my loading ready for market.
(Wednesday George was in Troy selling his load of goods and buying supplies, returning about midnight)
Thursday: On this morning Sister Newton died about 4 o’clock, after 15 years sickness and lame and blind and at last with the dropsy. I had the widow Wylie’s wagon and rode to Lebanon near Gilbert’s tavern to notify Mrs. Harrison of the death of sister Jerusha Newton.
Friday: This forenoon I attended a court betwixt Anthony Kerr plaintiff and Henry Hull, defendant, but I got released on account of the death of my sister, and this afternoon we tended the funeral at the Saturday meeting house, Elder Jones preached.
Saturday: This forenoon I tended the same want(?) betwixt said Kerr and Hull as is before mentioned, but my witness was not called for and I returned home.
July 4, 1832: I rode to the north part of the town up to the Arvin Wood Farm to see Joshua Carr, he was to work there. I engaged him to come next Monday and pry up and sill my barn.
Thursday: We cut and drew timber and large prys to fix the barn, and we ground our scythes and began to mow round the barns, and took down the stalls on the barn floor.
Saturday: We hayed on said Rodgers Farm and tonight I took the double wagon and went to Lebanon. I got trusted to Tanner’s Store for one pound hyson tea, three gallons of N York rum and two gal molasses.
Monday: Today Mr. Joshua Carr came to new sill part of my barn. We hewed and framed a cross sill and took up the thrashing floor and some boards off the side.
Tuesday: Today we cut and drew another stick and hewed it and spliced the south sill to the barn, and Amos Chapman went with the wagon and horses to the Shakers and got their jack to raise our barn, and he called on the way to Tanner’s Store and got me eight pounds nails.