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Collection: Smedley Family Papers

Title: Smedley Family Papers

Object ID: MG0148

Date Range: 1859-1874

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Collection: Smedley Family Papers

Title: Smedley Family Papers

Description: The Smedley Family Papers contain an account book for Joel Smedley's mill, a daybook, and two of his diaries. An unidentified daybook appears to be from southern Lancaster County and the Smedley family.

Admin/Biographical History: Joel Smedley was a miller and retailer in Fulton Twp.

Date Range: 1859-1874

Year Range From: 1859

Year Range To: 1874

Date of Accumulation: 1859-1874

Creator: Smedley family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 04

People: Smedley, Joel; Smedley, Rebekah Lewis

Subjects: Business records; Diaries; Millers

Search Terms: Business records; Daybooks; Diaries; Finding aids; Fulton Twp.; Manuscript groups; Millers

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0148

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Notes: Preferred Citation: Smedley Family Papers (MG0148), Folder #, LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

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Other Numbers: MG-148

Other Number: MG-148

Classification: MG0148

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: The collection was cataloged and the finding aid was prepared in 1998-1999. Added to database 29 September 2021.; These volumes were transferred from MG0266 Daybook and Ledger Collection, Series 3 and Series 4 on 12 March 2009.

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Collection: John Eshelman (Lampeter Twp.) Records

Title: John Eshelman (Lampeter Twp.) Records

Object ID: MG0562

Date Range: 1841-1887

. Eshelman, John W. �230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Subject Headings: Business records Diaries Mills and mill-work Search Terms: Business records Diaries Finding aids Manuscript groups Mills Related Materials: Deed #2103: Deed from

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Collection: John Eshelman (Lampeter Twp.) Records

Title: John Eshelman (Lampeter Twp.) Records

Description: The John Eshelman (Lampeter Twp.) Records contain a daybook, a daybook and account book, and a ledger for John W. Eshelman's mill in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. He purchased, milled, and stored corn, rye and other grains.

Date Range: 1841-1887

Year Range From: 1841

Year Range To: 1887

Date of Accumulation: 1841-1887

Creator: Eshelman, John W.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 12

People: Eshelman, Bertie C.; Eshelman, John W.

Other Creators: Eshelman, Bertie C.

Subjects: Business records; Diaries; Mills and mill-work

Search Terms: Business records; Diaries; Finding aids; Manuscript groups; Mills

Extent: 3 volumes, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0562

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Deed #2103: Deed from Abraham Witmer and Jacob Hartman to Jacob Stoffer, June 1776. (Unrecorded Deeds); Deed #1859: Indenture between Christian Stauffer and Daniel Stauffer, March 1812. (Unrecorded Deeds); Curatorial Collection: Wooden bookkeeper's desk of the Eshelman Feed Company.

Notes: Preferred Citation: Title or description of item, date (day, month, year), John Eshelman (Lampeter Twp.) Records (MG0562), LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org. Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 1977.997

Other Numbers: MG-562

Classification: MG0562

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Organized and finding aid typed by HST, 29 January 2010. Added to database 26 December 2021.

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Object ID: MG0846

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

230 North President Avenue • Lancaster, Pennsylvania 17603-3125 717.392.4633 • www.LancasterHistory.org Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records, 1727-1929, 20th century Object ID: MG0846 5 boxes 4 cubic ft. 30 folders—35 documents and 90 pages to scan; original diaries and transcriptions

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Collection: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Title: Gibbons Diaries, Family Papers, and Mill Records

Description: This collection contains letters, family papers, deeds, diaries, and mill records from three generations of the Gibbons family. The collection starts with documents focused on James Gibbons, then contains papers central to Daniel Gibbons, and finally end with the third generation papers surrounding Joseph Gibbons. The letters in this collection span from 1783 until 1865. The contents within the letters describe the daily happenings within the family and on their property which was located in Lampeter Township, Lancaster County. The family deeds in the collection detail the exchanging of property to and from the Gibbons family mostly within Lampeter Township and Upper Leacock Township, Lancaster County. The deeds span from 1727 to 1879. Also included are some miscellaneous family papers that span from 1799 to 1871. The content of these family papers ranges from anonymous stories about the Gibbons family, an independent order of Good Templars of Joseph Gibbons, to a land draft of James Gibbons' Land. This collection also contains diaries from various members of the Gibbons family, spanning the three generations. These diaries detail the day to day lives of the Gibbons family and also include historical anniversaries of important events or detail the passing of members within the Gibbons family and the surrounding community. The Mill Records in the collection contain information about [ ]. Overall, the Gibbons Family collection includes the regular happenings over the family's three generations in both business and secular life.

Date Range: 1727 - 1980s

Creator: Gibbons family

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Bonsall, Daniel; Bonsall, Edward Horne; Bonsall, Rachel; Brinton, William; Brown, Ellen; Brubaker, Marianna Gibbons; Conrad, Abraham; Dunbar, Andrew; Dunbar, Mary; Eaby, Christian; Eaby, Samuel; Earle, Mary Hussey; Evans, Thomas; Evans, Rebecca; Evans, William; Gibbons, Abraham; Gibbons, Caroline; Gibbons, Daniel; Gibbons, Deborah; Gibbons, Joseph; Gibbons, Phebe Hussey Earle; Gibbons, Rachel; Gibbons, Samuel; Gibbons, William; Grigs, Joseph; Hamilton, James; Hertzkey, John; Kendall, John; Kirk, Jeremiah; Lightfoot, Jepthat; Miller, Eliza; Miller, John; Reynolds, Margaret; Stauffer, Christian; Steer, Joseph; Stevens, Thaddeus; Thomas, William B.; Wartnaby, Elizabeth

Subjects: Business records; Deeds; Letters; Mills and mill-work; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Search Terms: Business records; Correspondence; Deeds; Diaries; Finding aids; Lampeter Twp.; Leacock Twp.; Letters; Manuscript groups; Mill Creek; Mills; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Quakers; Society of Friends; Westtown Boarding School

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0846

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copies: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.008

Other Numbers: MG-846

Other Number: MG-846

Classification: MG0846

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Folders 1-30 processed and finding aid prepared from the donor's notes by MB, 8 July 2021. Added to database 12 July 2021.

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847

Date Range: 1879, 2020

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This collection contains Frank E. Witmer's original 1879 diary, as well as a transcription and index prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace. The diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family. He primarily records the work involved in running a truck farm--planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops, and preparing for market. Other entries of interest include helping a neighbor move a carriage house; building a hog pen; canning; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the process of moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school and the leisure activities of the young men.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 1879, 2020

Creation Date: 1879, 2020

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Brackbill, Thaddeus; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr

Other Creators: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Transcriptions; Indexes; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 3 items, 146 pages to scan

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

Copyright: Images have been provided for research purposes only. Please contact research@lancasterhistory.org for a high-resolution image and permission to publish.; LancasterHistory retains the rights to the digital images and content presented. The doctrine of fair use allows limited use of copyrighted material without permission from the copyright holder. Fair use includes comment, criticism, teaching, and private scholarship. Any images and data downloaded, printed or photocopied for these purposes should provide a citation. All other uses beyond those allowed by fair use require written permission.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory. Persons wishing to publish any material from this site must assume all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright or other use restrictions. Publication fees may apply.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: PDFs of the transcription and index are attached to the correlating records.

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Collection: John H. Hook Collection

Title: John H. Hook Collection

Object ID: MG0089

Date Range: 1906, 1913

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Collection: John H. Hook Collection

Title: John H. Hook Collection

Description: Collection contains personal and business papers of John H. Hook. His 1906 diary is a record of his family and social life, business meetings, local baseball games, weather and Lancaster businesses, such as Long's Park, the Stevens Industrial School, Ann Street School and Federal Cigar Co. The billhead is an example of purchases made by his customers.

Admin/Biographical History: Copied from Biographical Annals of Lancaster County, Pa., 1903 by J. H. Beers & Co., page 746-747:; JOHN H. HOOK, who is a prominent citizen of Lancaster, Pa., and one who has long been identified with the material improvement and growth of the city, was born April 5, 1858, in Lancaster, a son of John and Catherine (Klaus) Hook, natives of Greiss, Gross-Gerau, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, although they met and were married in Lancaster, Pa. John Hook emigrated to America in 1831, while the date of his wife's emigration was one year later. They have their pleasant home in Lancaster, where he is employed as a stone-mason and stonecutter. He was born in October, 1823, a son of Jacob and Christiana Hook, natives of Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, the former of whom was born on April 14, 1804, came to America in 1831, and died March 2, 1871. Mrs. Christiana Hook died in Germany, in 1850, aged fifty-six years, four months and twenty days. Mrs. Catherine (Klaus) Hook was a daughter of Ernest and Margaret Klaus, of Dreiburg, Hessen Darmstadt, Germany, who came to Lancaster county, in 1834, where he died, and was buried at Strasburg, Pa. John and Catherine (Klaus) Hook are members of the German Lutheran Church. In politics he is a supporter of the Democratic party. They had born to them these children: John H.; Elizabeth, who married Frank Witmer, of Lancaster; Henry, who resides at home, unmarried; Adam P., who died of yellow fever in Havana; Catherine, who married William Zercher, a tobacco merchant of Lancaster; Frederick, who is a barber; and William F., unmarried, who lives at home.; John H. Hook was reared in a home where he was early taught the value of industry. Until he was thirteen years of age, he attended school and then became water boy on the railroad, retaining his connection with railroad work, from 1871, when he made this humble beginning, until 1898, when he quit the road. From 1884 to 1889 he was master stone-mason for the Frederick Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. In October, 1889, he made his beginning in contracting with J. F. Kellar and until his health failed, in June, 1898, he continued at that work. During that time Mr. Hook was engaged in building and contracting on a large scale, in Lancaster City, and in 1898, in association with Dr. M. L. Davis, began the building of garbage crematories, and in 1898 built a 100-ton crematory for the United States Government at Havana. Cuba. It would be a task to name all the work which has been completed by Mr. Hook in the building line, but a few of the notable constructions are: No. 13 bridge over the Juniata River, near Altoona, Pa., containing 10,700 cubic yards of masonry, built at a cost of $107,000, on the Middle Division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and for the same, a bridge over Stone Creek, at Huntingdon, Pa., containing 4,000 cubic yards of masonry; also a bridge for the same over Shaver's Creek, at Petersburg, Huntingdon Co., Pa., containing 3,500 yards of masonry. It was at this point that Mr. Hook was stricken with paralysis, the heavy demands made upon his physical strength being more that he could endure. His present business includes contracting and grading, and probably there is no more competent man in his line in Lancaster county.; In September, 1884, Mr. Hook was united in marriage with Mary E. Boud, who was born at Barren Hill, Montgomery Co., Pa., a daughter of James and Sarah ( Fisher) Boud, natives of that county. The former was a son of James and Elizabeth Boud, natives of New Jersey. Mrs. Hook's father was a contractor and builder, and he died in 1879, at the age of sixty-seven years. Her grandfather was a cooper. The maternal grandparents of Mrs. Hook were George and Elizabeth Fisher, farming people of Montgomery county. Mrs. Hook's mother was born in January, 1821, and now resides at Audubon, Pa. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Boud were: William H., who keeps a hotel at Audubon; Kate F., who married Clinton Caster, and lives at Audubon, where he is engaged in brick manufacturing; Mary E., who became Mrs. Hook; and Margaret, who died unmarried. The children born to Mr. Hook and wife were: Adam, deceased; Henry B.; Irene M.; Josephine; Mary F. L.; John F.; and Paul R.; Mr. Hook has led too busy a life to have taken a very active part in politics, although no citizen of this locality is better qualified. For six years he consented to be judge of elections, but finally resigned the office. Until the silver question agitated the Democratic party, he had always adhered to its principles, but since that time, has been identified with the Republican party. For the past twenty-three years he has been an Odd Fellow, and also be longs to the order of Seven Wise Men. Mr. Hook was reared in the Lutheran Church, and is a most liberal contributor to its support, his family being regular attendants on its services and active in its work.; Although somewhat hampered by ill-health, Mr. Hook has retained in a very remarkable degree his energy, and still is the active and intelligent head of his business. It is to Mr. Hook that the city is indebted for the very satisfactory electric plant, erected at Slack Water, which supplies Lancaster with its light. He is also president of the South Mountain Kaolin Co., capitalized at $250,000, and president of the Cline Stock Car Co., capitalized at $100,000. Mr. Hook is one of the reliable, energetic and progressive citizens, who leave worthy monuments behind them, when called from life, and who can be but illy spared. He enjoys the esteem and confidence of his fellow citizens, and also has a large circle of personal friends.

Date Range: 1906, 1913

Year Range From: 1906

Year Range To: 1913

Date of Accumulation: 1906, 1913

Creator: Hook, John H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 03

People: Eisenberger, W. V.; Hook, John H.

Subjects: Diaries; Business records; Weather; Billheads

Search Terms: Billheads; Business records; Diaries; Federal Cigar Company; Finding aids; Green Pool Rooms; Gunzenhauser Bakery; Long's Park; Manuscript groups; Safety Buggy Company; Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology; Weather

Extent: 1 box, 2 folders, .1 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0089

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Access Conditions / Restrictions: No restrictions.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please direct questions to Research Center Staff at research@lancasterhistory.org.; Permission for reproduction and/or publication must be obtained in writing from LancasterHistory.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Other Numbers: MG-89

Classification: MG0089

Description Level: Fonds

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Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Object ID: MG0278

Date Range: 1850-1862

Collection: Bushong Diary Collection

Title: Bushong Diary Collection

Description: This collection contains the diaries of Gilbert and Edith Bushong.; The first diaries in this collection (Folder #1), written by Gilbert Bushong who is 14 years old, are dated from 3m 17 1850 - 5m 29 1852 and April 20, 1853. The topics covered are the everyday events of family life and farming activities. He also writes about school life, and butchering hogs, and trips to visit family and friends.; The second part of this collection (Folder #2-5) was written by Edith Paxson Bushong and dates from December 31, 1858 - April 5, 1862, after Gilbert presents her with a new diary journal on his return from a trip to Lancaster. Edith writes mostly about the welfare of her family and friends, including news of marriages, births, illnesses, and deaths.; She also writes about life on the farm, her housework routine, and news of the Civil War, including the battle at Gettysburg.

Admin/Biographical History: Gilbert Bushong was the son of Henry Bushong and Esther Valentine. He was born on 2 December 1836 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and died on 10 December 1911 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. He was a farmer in Eden Twp., Lancaster County. Gilbert was a member of the Society of Friends (Quakers) and an abolitionist who helped, with family members Henry and Jacob Bushong, to run the Underground Railroad for runaway slaves during the Civil War at Bird-in-Hand, Pennsylvania.; Edith D. Kinsey Paxson was born on 14 January 1836 and died 2 December 1914 in Chester County, Pennsylvania. She was the second daughter of Elwood H. Paxson and Elizabeth Moore White. She married Gilbert Bushong on 20 December 1855. The Bushongs owned a farm along what is now Valley Road, Route 372, on the eastern side of Eden Twp. and received their mail at May Post Office. They are buried together at Sadsbury Meeting Cemetery in Chester County.; Children of Gilbert and Edith Bushong:; 1. Dr. Charles Henry Bushong (1 October 1856-20 December 1903). He was married twice, to sisters who were twins, Anna W. Keene and Nora E. Keene. One died and he married the other.; 2. Frances E. Bushong (18 May 1858-16 November 1861).; 3. Marion E. Bushong (20 March 1860-March 1937). She married Sanders M. Collins on 20 December 1884. Their children were Edith Bushong Collins (1886-1966) and Wallace Collins (b. 1899). Edith never married. She kept house for her father and was a school teacher. Wallace married Marion Chandler.; 4. Marvin E. Bushong (7 June 1878-27 October 1936). He married Lydia Rakestraw on 10 September 1903. Their children were Henry Rakestraw Bushong (b. 28 July 1904) and Gertrude (b. 4 August 1909). At 21, Marvin was appointed a Justice of the Peace of Eden Twp. and in 1908 was elected Clerk of Quarter Sessions at Lancaster County. Later, he was associated with the Pennsylvania Water and Power Company, and in 1933 was vice-president of the Safe Harbor Water Power Corp.

Date Range: 1850-1862

Year Range From: 1850

Year Range To: 1862

Creator: Bushong, Gilbert, 1836-1911

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 08

People: Albright, Esther; Alexander, James; Alexander, Rachel; Bacon, Martha; Bacon, Tom; Baer, Joel; Baily, Rachel; Bair, David; Barnhouse, Pusey; Barton, Mavis; Beatol, Ely; Beecher, Henry Ward; Bernard, Louisa; Bolton, Mary; Bolton, Sallie; Bolton, Susanna; Bonsall, Daniel; Bower, Hiram; Bowers, H.; Bromell, Isaac; Brown, Elas; Brown, John; Bushing, Francis Elwood; Bushong, Jesse G.; Bushong, Anna W. Keene; Bushong, Charles Henry; Bushong, Edith D. Kinsey Paxson; Bushong, Edith K.; Bushong, Edwin; Bushong, Esther Valentine; Bushong, Frances E.; Bushong, Gilbert; Bushong, Henry; Bushong, Henry Rakestraw; Bushong, Israel; Bushong, Jacob; Bushong, John; Bushong, Lydia Rakestraw; Bushong, Margaret; Bushong, Marion E.; Bushong, Marvin E.; Bushong, Mary; Bushong, Nora E. Keene; Bushong, Gertrude; Carter, Benjamin; Carter, John; Carter, Tish; Cato, Jesse; Chanley, Hannah; Clarkson, Mary Ann; Coats, Simmons; Colfax, Schuyler; Collins, Edith Bushong; Collins, Marion Chandler; Collins, Marion E. Bushong; Collins, Sanders M.; Collins, Wallace; Cooper, Elwood; Cooper, H. W.; Cooper, Mary; Cramer, Cyrus; Cramer, Sheldon; Davis, Abner; Dewberries, Nathan; Dickinson, Annie; Dingee, Hannah; Dubell, Lydia Ann; Dubree, Nathan; Eavensen, Mary; Eavensham, Alvin; Eavensham, Martha Ellen; Eavenson, Albin; Eavenson, Alvin; Eavenson, Elwood; Eavenson, Emily; Eavenson, Jones; Eavenson, Mary; Eckhart, William; Eckman, Isaac; Evenson, Pierce; Everett, Hamilton; Everett, Rebecca; Everson, Reese; Ferguson, Annie; Field, Mary; Fisher, Conrad; Garrettson, Oliver; Garrison, P.; Garrison, William Lloyd; Gauge, Elizabeth; Gilbert, Abama; Gilbert, Alben; Gilbert, Amos; Gilbert, Bell; Gilbert, Catherine; Gilbert, Emily; Gilbert, Florence; Gilbert, Hannah; Gilbert, Harding; Gilbert, Howard W.; Gilbert, Jesse; Gilbert, Joshua; Gilbert, Mary; Gilbert, Newton; Gilbert, Omar; Gilbert, Sallie; Gilbert, Sarah; Gillton, Theodore; Gockley, Annie; Gockley, Sebastian; Grant, Ulysses S.; Green, Louisa; Griest, Ellwood; Hanna, Edie; Harding, Isaac; Haslem, William; Hauches, Phebe; Hauser, Edie; Hawkes, Joseph; Hayes, Mrs. William; Hayes, Nathaniel; Heaslem, William; Heidelbaugh, Margaret; Heidlebaugh, Albert; Heidlebaugh, Milton; Heidlebaugh, Samuel; Heidlebaugh, Susan; Hensel, George; Herr, Anna; Hicks, Rachel; Hobson, Jane; Hobson, Phebe; Hobson, Thebe; Hobson, Thomas; Hodson, John; Holson, Irene; Hood, James; Hopkins, Hannah; Hopkins, Maria; Hopkins, Samuel; Hopkins, Stanton; Hoskens, John; Houston, Joseph; Hunt, John; Hunter, Joe; Hunter, John; Hunter, Mary; Jackson, James; James, Harriet; Johns, John; Johns, Scott; Johns, Susan; Johnson, Hannah; Johnson, Henry; Johnson, Jacob; Johnson, Martha; Johnson, Mattie; Johnson, Moses; Johnson, Rachel; Johnson, Sarah; Johnston, Henry; Johnston, Moses; Jones, Emerson; Jones, Emma; Jones, Jael; Jones, Mary; Kauffman, Lewis; Kennedy, Hal Patterson; Kent, Nancy; Kent, Vince; Kern, Frank; King, Anna; King, Jerry; King, Samuel; Kirk, Benjamin; Kirk, Sarah; Kuhn, Lizzie; Lamborne, Alicia; Livingston, John B.; Love, Alfred H.; Lyle, William; Marsh, Mary; Marshlands, Belle; Massey, Isaac; Massey, Mary; Massey, Samuel; Matthew, Lydia; Matthews, Thomas; McClintick, Martha; McGill, Eliza; McGill, Sarah; Mercer, Rachel; Miller, Frank; Miller, Joseph; Minnich, Isaac; Moore, Gainer; Moore, Isaac; Moore, Mary; Morrison, Caroline; Morrison, Emma; Morrison, Henry; Morrison, Joseph; Moses, Thomas; Murry, Harvey; Neal, Susan; Newswanger, Joseph E.; Oran, James; Parke, William; Paxson, Alice; Paxson, Alvin; Paxson, Elizabeth Moore White; Paxson, Elwood H.; Paxson, Frankie; Paxson, James; Paxson, Matilda; Paxson, Mavis; Paxson, Tillie; Peart, Lewis; Peart, Rebecca; Peart, Roland; Pennock, Maggie; Pickering, M. H.; Pickering, Elias; Pierce, Edith; Pierce, George; Pierce, Levi; Proctor, Caroline; Rakestraw, Abraham; Rakestraw, Carrie; Rakestraw, Connie; Rakestraw, Eliza; Rakestraw, Ester; Rakestraw, Henry; Rakestraw, Liddy; Rakestraw, Mary; Rakestraw, Sarah; Rakestraw, William; Resh, James; Reynolds, John F.; Rich, Sallie; Risk, James; Risk, Mary; Ritz, Jack; Roberts, Anna; Roberts, Henry; Roberts, Martha; Robinson, Moses; Rockey, Mrs. Jacob; Royer, Hannah; Rusel, James; Russell, Mary B.; Scott, Barbara; Scott, John; Sheldon, Hannah; Sheldon, William; Slate, Henry; Slater, John; South, Benjamin; Sprecher, Jonathan; Sproul, Anne; Stauffer, Jacob; Stauffer, John; Stauffer, Mattie; Stauffer, Mrs.; Stauffer, Peter; Stevens, Thaddeus; Stowe, Mrs.; Stuart, Mary; Sutter, Joe; Swisher, Patrick; Taylor, Jacob; Taylor, Joseph C.; Thomas, Ann; Thomas, Callie; Thomas, Caroline; Thomas, John; Thomas, Orza A.; Thompson, George; Thompson, Harriet; Valentine, Anna L.; Valentine, Emmaline; Valentine, Francis; Valentine, Joseph; Valentine, Rachel; Valentine, Rebecca; Valentine, Thomas; Walker, John; Walker, Washington; Walter, Jesse; Walters, George; Watson, Matilda; Way, Martha; Webb, John P.; Webster, Elizabeth; Webster, Ezra; Wells, Gilbert; Wells, Joseph; Wells, Mary; Westley, Ellen; Westley, Joseph; Westly, John; Whinney, Sarah Pusey; White, Addie; White, Clara; White, Lettie; White, Oliver; Whitson, Ester; Whitson, George; Whitson, Jacob; Whitson, Matilda; Whitson, Merce; Whitson, Micah; Whitson, Moses; Whitson, Thomas; Whitson, Webster; Whitson, William; Wilhelm, Mrs.; William, Henry; Williams, Carrie; Williams, Edwin; Williams, Frank; Williams, Henry; Williams, Sue; Wilson, Tillie; Winston, George; Withers, Anna; Withers, Augustus; Withers, William; Zook, Morris

Other Creators: Bushong, Edith K., 1836-1914.

Subjects: African Americans--History; Agriculture; Bereavement; Canning and preserving; Enslaved persons--Emancipation; Farms; Health; Housekeeping; Mental health; Quakers; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Search Terms: Agriculture; Barr's Bookstore; Bereavement; Births; Canning and preserving; Civil War; Columbia - Wrightsville Bridge; David Bear's Dry Goods; Death; Diaries; Emancipation; Farming; Funerals; Gardening; Health; Housekeeping; Illnesses; Lancaster County Mutual Insurance Company; McGlaughlin's Auction; Mental health; Octoraro Relief Association; Pennsylvania Institution for the Instruction of the Blind; Persons of color; Quakers; Quarryville Aid Society; Sadsbury Friends Meeting; Seances; Slavery; Spiritualism; Travel; York Furnace

Extent: 1 box, 5 folders, .25 cubic ft.

Object Name: Archive

Language: English

Object ID: MG0278

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Associated Material: Family Papers, 1833-1872 at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Restrictions are noted at the item level.

Copyright: Collection may not be photocopied. Please contact Research Staff or Archives Staff with questions.

Credit: Bushong Diary Collection (MG-278), Folder #, LancasterHistory.org

Classification: MG0278

Description Level: Fonds

Custodial History: Processed, finding aid started by PK, Spring-Summer 2010; Finding aid completed by NS, RS, 2013.

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F001

Date Range: 1879

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: This diary provides a detailed record of the daily activities of all members of the family, such as farm work (planting, maintaining, and harvesting crops); building a hog pen; helping a neighbor move a carriage house; washing the buggies; canning; preparing for market; attendance at several Mennonite churches in the area; the processes involved in moving from one house and barn to a new house and barn on the property; frequent visits between relatives and neighbors; and a few mentions of school; and the leisure activities of the young men. Daily Journal for 1879, published annually for the trade, from I. B. Seeley's Truss & Bandage Establishments, 1347 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia and No. 737 Broadway, New York. The volume also contains a counting-house calendar, rates of postage, and interest tables.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 1879

Creation Date: 1879

Creator: Witmer, Franklin Elmer, 1855-1931

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Brackbill, Thaddeus

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 146 pages to scan (26 pages are loose), 13.75 x 4.25 inches

Object Name: Diary

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847_F001

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Transcription: MG0847_F002; Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use transcription and index, MG0847_F002 and MG0847_F003.; Original diary may be used by appointment--contact research@lancasterhistory.org at least two weeks prior to visit.

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Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 1

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 1

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Index to the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F003

Date Range: 2020/11

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Index to the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: Index to the diary of Frank E. Witmer, 1879.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 2020/11

Creation Date: 2021

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Brackbill, Thaddeus

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture; Indexes

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Indexes; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 10 pages

Object Name: Index

Language: English

Object ID: MG0847_F003

Location of Originals: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Related Item Notes: Original diary: MG0847_F001; Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: A PDF has been provided for research purposes.

Copyright: A PDF has been provided for research purposes only.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 3

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 3

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Index prepared in November 2020.

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Transcription of the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Object ID: MG0847_F002

Date Range: 2020/11

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Collection: Frank E. Witmer's 1879 Diary

Title: Transcription of the diary of Frank E. Witmer

Description: Transcription of the diary of Frank E. Witmer, 1879.

Admin/Biographical History: In 1879, Franklin E. Witmer (1855-1931), at age 23, was the eldest son of Aaron L. Witmer, farmer of West Lampeter Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and his wife Mary Ann (Herr) Witmer. The household also included his younger brothers Abraham (Abram), 21, and Jacob Elam (Elem), 19; two school-age girls Sarah Dunlap, 13, an apprentice servant, and Hettie Fritz, 8, a ward of Mr. and Mrs. Witmer; and for part of the year a teen-age boarder-farm hand , Thaddeus (Thad) Brackbill. In Frank's diary, each person's activity was recorded daily, almost as if he had set himself a deliberate project to do so.; Mr. Witmer's truck farm embraced fields of grain (wheat, oats and rye), several acres of tobacco, a varied fruit orchard, a large truck garden, and a greenhouse for vegetables and flowering plants, a small herd of dairy cattle, some hogs and chickens; enough variety to make year-round weekly visits to market in Lancaster. During the year the family moved into a new house, raised a new barn, stables, hog-pen and chicken-house, and rented the old house and barn to a tenant farmer, Jacob Dieter.; The Witmers were Mennonites, regularly attending church in Lampeter Twp. and Strasburg, and occasionally in New Providence and Lancaster. Sarah and Hettie and briefly Elam, attended the Lampeter School. Their chief source of entertainment seems to have been visiting among their extended Witmer and Herr families and neighbors, although Abram and Elam sometimes attended "singing school" and the Lampeter Lyceum and did some "driving about" of an evening. Only Abram seems to have had a special girlfriend.; Although all the men of the family did everything in the way of farm chores, each of the boys also had a specialty. Frank, the oldest, had his own corn and tobacco patches to tend and market, Abram tended to concentrate on the greenhouse and truck-garden, and Elam helped his father provide veterinary services to other farmers in the area.; Frank Witmer married Mary Ann Herr on November 30, 1881; he continued general farming in West Lampeter Township, died there on December 10, 1931, and was buried in the Mennonite cemetery in nearby Willow Street, Pennsylvania.; This history was prepared by Dr. David H. Wallace.

Date Range: 2020/11

Creation Date: 2020/11

Creator: Wallace, David H.

Storage Location: LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA

Storage Room: Archives South

Storage Wall: Side 19

People: Wallace, David Harold; Witmer, Franklin Elmer; Witmer, Aaron L.; Witmer, Mary Ann Herr; Witmer, Abraham Herr; Witmer, Jacob Elam; Dunlap, Sarah; Fritz, Hettie; Brackbill, Thaddeus

Subjects: Truck farming; Diaries; Agriculture

Search Terms: Truck farming; Diaries; Farming; Agriculture; Transcriptions; Finding aids; Manuscript groups

Extent: 1 item, 60 pages

Object Name: Transcript

Object ID: MG0847_F002

Location of Originals: Original diary at LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, MG0847_F001

Related Item Notes: Index: MG0847_F003

Access Conditions / Restrictions: Please use the PDF.

Copyright: A PDF has been provided for research purposes only.

Credit: Courtesy of LancasterHistory, Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

Accession Number: 2021.011

Other Numbers: MG-847, Folder 2

Other Number: MG-847, Folder 2

Classification: MG0847

Description Level: Item

Custodial History: Transcribed in November 2020.

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