The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1879
Abstract
The 1879 diary of Lucinda Merriss Cornell focuses on her day-to-day life at home as the mother of six and a homemaker in Westerville, Ohio. It begins with shopping lists and cash accounts listed by month. For example, Lucinda keeps track of the money she pays Professor Todd for Blanche’s music lessons. This diary includes information on marriages, births, and deaths of known persons. Notable dates include:
February 27: Mary Sammis & Johnie Resler were married.
April 11: Lucinda visits with Mary Bonebrake, who is sick.
May 5: Mary Bonebrake died.
June 10: Fred and Sac Spring’s baby is born.
June 29: Mrs. Carrie Conklin died 7 p.m.
September 2: Mrs. Shrock died.
Recommended Citation
Cornell, Lucinda Lenore Merriss, "Diary from 1879" (1879). The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries. 24.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/cornell_diaries/24
Creative Commons License
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Comments
Transcribed in November 1993 by Kara Lynne Smith.