January 18, 1857 - January 19, 1857

18th Jany 1857 we have had a dreadful night
of it Peggy like dying all night Lester
Coleman here Clem & Arch married etc
& it commenced snowing some time in the night
& this morning is Dreadfull on every living
thing Peggy frequently inquires after her
Miss Nancie, Snow drifted very much &
I reckon Shoe deep or more —
[?] Oclock, Same day Send for Doct Estes &
Came about 11 Oclock & began to work
On Peggy & She continued to get worse till
Just before 2 she breathed her last while
we were at Dinner tho Doct Gave her
an injection of Castor Oil Spts Turpentine
& soap Suds after she had a Passage in
a few minutes She died, he also put on
Blisters on her arms & ankles. etc, - she
Died very Easy & Seemed to be pretty much
in her senses to the last - paid Doct $2.00
Still Snowing hard wind blowing from
N. E. & such a day I never saw in my life
Snow has drifted very much

19th Snowed nearly all night & the Snow is about
Knee deep generally & where it is drifted it is
as deep as the fence & the wind has blowed the
Snow all day like it was Snowing, the great=
=est Snow Storm I ever saw allmost in my
life. this morning & till nearly 12 Oclock we
were cleaning the Snow out of our houses
& dug the grave for Peggy But did not finish
the coffin Mr F ^wyatt came & went to work on it
about 2 Oclock in evening, done nothing also
but Cut wood & make fires & feed, there was a bay
mare came here yesterday Sunday in the storm