Simmons Genealogy
The New Simmons Kinfolk Newsletter
February 1875
Monday, 01 Feb 1875
Went to Tomis Kavned childs
furnel (Thomas ?? child’s funeral)
Tuesday, 02 Feb 1875
At Ionia
Sealie Lanie died
Paid out 40.60
Wednesday, 03 Feb 1875
At home
Cold and bluslning?? (blustery)
Thursday, 04 Feb 1875
At home
Cold and blustning?? (blustery)
Friday, 05 Feb 1875
Went to Ionia
And mailed to my son
Scott 5.00
And paid out 6.35
Saturday, 06 Feb 1875
At home
Very cold
Sunday, 07 Feb 1875
Went to meeting
Monday, 08 Feb 1875
At home
And gave an order for fruit
trees
Tuesday, 09 Feb 1875
At home
And bought a Spring Bed 7.00
Wednesday, 10 Feb 1875
At home
And making ice house
Thursday, 11 Feb 1875
At home
And very cold and blustning
(blustery)
Friday, 12 Feb 1875
At home
And wrote to W. L. Young
Saturday, 13 Feb 1875
At Ionia
Paid out 3.50
Sunday, 14 Feb 1875
Went to Tuttle’s church to meeting
Monday, 15 Feb 1875
Went to Ionia to the mill with
Fred
Paid out 1.20
Tuesday, 16 Feb 1875
?? wood for Nelson from
Emeries ½ day
Wednesday, 17 Feb 1875
At home cold
Thursday, 18 Feb 1875
At home
And Doctor Wicken was here
Staid (stayed) over knigh
(night)
Paid 3.00
Friday, 19 Feb 1875
At home quite warm
Saturday, 20 Feb 1875
To Ionia
And Flora came home with me
Paid out 1.92
Sunday, 21 Feb 1875
At tendid Tomas Hanens and
Samul Baddens furnel
(attended Thomas Hanen’s and
Samuel Badden’s funeral)
Monday, 22 Feb 1875
At home
Tuesday, 23 Feb 1875
At home
Wednesday, 24 Feb 1875
At Ionia bought
Sugar . . . 4.38
And for gerocies
(groceries) 1.18
Thursday, 25 Feb 1875
At home
And Mother came to Nelsons
(Mother might be a reference
to Jane E., Lyman's 2nd wife)
Friday, 26 Feb 1875
At home
And Mr Buttler staid over
knight and bought 2 books
of him (Mr. Butler stayed
over night)
Abram Edy (Eddy) died
Saturday, 27 Feb 1875
To Ionia with wheat
Scott came from ??
Sunday, 28 Feb 1875
Attended Abram Eddys furnel
(Abram Eddy’s funeral)
The hole (whole) amount
paid out 38.10
The hole (whole) amount
received 8.00
March 1875
Monday, 01 Mar 1875
At home
Cold and blustering (blustery)
Tuesday, 02 Mar 1875
At home
And sharpened drag teeth
Wednesday, 03 Mar 1875
At home
Snow from the North
Thursday, 04 Mar 1875
At home
and the boys went to Ionia with
wheat 2 loads
Friday, 05 Mar 1875
At home and the boys went to
Ionia with wheat
Saturday, 06 Mar 1875
At home, warmer
Sunday, 07 Mar 1875
Went to meeting at the
Benedict School house
Monday, 08 Mar 1875
To Ionia
And paid out for groceries 5.40
And paid on high water
road 25.00
Tuesday, 09 Mar 1875
At home
And Manny and Martha was
here and made us a visit
Wednesday, 10 Mar 1875
At home
Emeretty (Emeretta) confined
Thursday, 11 Mar 1875
At home
And Doctor Wicker staid
(stayed) over night with us
And paid him 3.00
Friday, 12 Mar 1875
Went to Ionia
Warmer, paid out 6.25
Saturday, 13 Mar 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 11.70
Sunday, 14 Mar 1875
Went to meeting at the hall
Monday, 15 Mar 1875
Went to R Flimings
Had 4 shoes set and 80
(probably 80 cents)
Went to Ionia in the after
noon 2.15
Paid out Allan 10.00
Filona G
Tuesday, 16 Mar 1875
At home and very cold
Very blustering (blustery)
Wednesday, 17 Mar 1875
At home and very cold and
blustering (blustery)
Thursday, 18 Mar 1875
Went to Mr Shelton’s funeral
Friday, 19 Mar 1875
At home
Saturday, 20 Mar 1875
Went to Ionia
And paid out 7.90
Sunday, 21 Mar 1875
Went to meeting at the
Benedict School house
Monday, 22 Mar 1875
At home
Tuesday, 23 Mar 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 11.67
Wednesday, 24 Mar 1875
At home
And paid out 1.95
Thursday, 25 Mar 1875
At home
Friday, 26 Mar 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 1.05
Saturday, 27 Mar 1875
At home and worked in the
shop
Sunday, 28 Mar 1875
At home
And the road very bad
Monday, 29 Mar 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 9.50
Tuesday, 30 Mar 1875
At home cleaning house
Wednesday, 31 Mar 1875
At home cleaning house
The hole (whole) amount
paid out 27.40
And the hole (whole) amount
received 187.03
January 1875
Friday, 1 Jan 1875
Went to Ionia
Emery and Amelia was to my house
Paid out 1.99
Avisiting
Saturday, 2 Jan 1875
At home
Sunday, 3 Jan 1875
Went to meeting
(Throughout the notebook this reference to “went to meeting” usually means a meeting at his church.)
Monday, 4 Jan 1875
At home
Tuesday, 5 Jan 1875
At home
Wednesday, 6 Jan 1875
At home
Thursday, 7 Jan 1875
At home
Friday, 8 Jan 1875
Went to Ionia and Filona went
down with me
Saturday, 9 Jan 1875
At home
Sunday, 10 Jan 1875
Went to meeting
Monday, 11 Jan 1875
At home
Tuesday, 12 Jan 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 1.75
Wednesday, 13 Jan 1875
Went R Flemings and
got the horses shod
(shoed)
Thursday, 14 Jan 1875
At home
And worked on the hay nack
(stack)
Friday, 15 Jan 1875
Went to Amelia to
see Inc (Inice Lyman’s
grand daughter)
and Homer Bailey
Saturday, 16 Jan 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 7.48
Sunday, 17 Jan 1875
Went to Tuttle
Church to meeting
Monday, 18 Jan 1875
At home
And worked on the
hay sack (stack)
Tuesday, 19 Jan 1875
At home
To work on the hay sack (stack)
Wednesday, 20 Jan 1875
At home
Thursday, 21 Jan 1875
At home
Friday, 22 Jan 1875
Went to Ionia
Saturday, 23 Jan 1875
At home
Paid out 82 (probably cents)
Sunday, 24 Jan 1875
Went to meeting
Paid Br Philly for teaching 5.00
Monday, 25 Jan 1875
At home
Tuesday, 26 Jan 1875
Went to Ionia
Paid out 95 (probably cents)
Wednesday, 27 Jan 1875
At home
Thursday, 28 Jan 1875
Went to George Allons childs
furnel (Allan’s child’s funeral)
Doctor Wicker paid 3.00
Friday, 29 Jan 1875
Went to Selia Lonies and
Saturday, 30 Jan 1875
At home and worked on the
drag
Sunday, 31 Jan 1875
At home sick
The hole (whole) amount
paid out 20.99
The hole (whole) amount
received 18.71