The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries
Document Type
Book
Publication Date
1880
Abstract
The 1880 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 includes details about her work (ironing, churning butter, baking, minding children, sewing, cleaning, etc.) and time spent with friends, family, and acquaintances. It begins with shopping lists and cash accounts listed by month. This diary includes information on marriages and deaths of known persons. Notable dates include:
February 2: Lucinda visits the Keefer home because Old Man Keefer is sick and had a fit.
February 10: Old Man Keefer died.
March 4: First mention of legal trial between old Hupp (Kupp?) and John Cornell; old Hupp sued John.
May 24: Lucinda visits with a sick Dady Parks (Uncle Abner Parks?).
May 28: Frank Lee buried.
June 8: Dady Parks dies.
June 29: Lucinda attends Will Williams & Emma Baldwins wedding at Ridenours.
August 11: Annie Condits died.
November 1: Lucinda hires Olive Belle Reed (Redd?) to help around the house at $1 per week.
November 15: Lucinda sends “Bell Reed” away when she shows up to do work.
Recommended Citation
Cornell, Lucinda Lenore Merriss, "Diary from 1880" (1880). The Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Diaries. 25.
https://digitalcommons.otterbein.edu/cornell_diaries/25
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Comments
Transcribed in November 1993 by Kara Lynne Smith.