taken Sick last Christmas
day Supposed he had taken
heavy cold was quite sick
for several days then got
some better but gained
very litte [sic] kept along so until
3 mo 19 near 12 oclock [sic] had
an Eliptick [sic] fit died about
9 o clock [sic] the next morning
the 20th buried 22 ‘78
3 mo 23 got a telegraph
from mariposa that my
daughter inlaw [sic]Mary Bo
werman lays very ill no
hopes of her recovery
[Hiilery?] wife of Benjamin
Simpson died 4 mo 4 “78
[pg 15a]
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buried [7?] in the cemetry [sic]
at Picton
4 mo 30 1878 the plum trees
are in full Blow a remarke
ble [sic] Early Spring the people
nearly done Sowing the
Spring grain the trees are
[leeving? or bewing [sic]?] out very fast
4 mo 28 the last accou
nt we had from Marip­
osa May Bowerman was
getting better
George Sear Born 9 mo 14 1810
Sarah Lear Born 6 mo 16 1842
N Sills began to mow 7 mo 8 78
Finished haying the 20
Began to cut barley 7 mo 19
[pg 15b]
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Thomas Waring died