John Jay Johns Journal. John Jay Johns

to visit Mag. (Mrs. Borden).

       Mrs. Durfee would be Ann Glenday Durfee, mother of Jane Amanda Durfee. SDC 1/26/1999

      Aug. 16, 1865. Annie fell from fence at Mr. Pourie's on the pavement and cut her forehead.

      Sept. 5, 1865. Baltimore (negro) is about finishing the plastering of the kitchen.

      Oct. 19, 1865. Eclipse of the sun Today.

      Nov. 11, 1865. Our little child, Maggie, died last night at seven o'clock of the croup, nearly 3 yrs old.

      Nov. 12, 1865. Today, Sabbath, a lovely autumn day, we buried our dear little Maggie in the graveyard at Lindenwood.

      Nov. 25, 1865. We have had Indian summer now for nearly one Month, with hardly any variation of temperature. The days are clear and beautiful and mild and the nights a little frosty.