Jeremiah White Graves Diaries

1840 June 10th My Wife Died with Consumption, Funeral Preached the 11th from 14th Chpt & 13 Verse Revelations by Elder G. Dickinson - On the 29th June 1840 My wifes Sister Susanna D Mills & her Husband Andrew L Mills came out to Pttsy^a but too late to see her sister, stayed 5 days & set out for Louisa her Fathers where they now live & have done ever since they were married -

=Very Wet Summer 1840 - & spring Wheat sorry oats good corn promising etc etc.

= On the 1st day of april 1842 JW Graves was taken with Rheumatism & did not ^get well till Harvest & indeed was not well then, but in the Harvest field on 25th June 1842 where they were cutting of wheat & on Saturday 25th had a grum =bling tooth^ache most all day at night my Jaw Prevented me & my wife from sleeping one wink next morning 26th I got Mr Neal to draw my tooth & I was then taken with a rising under my Jaw & on my throat which was near brot me near my grave & its now 26th day of July & I believe it will rise again. May God have mercy upon me & us, JW Grave_{26th July 1842}

1833 my ²³⁸ wife was sick better than a week about the middle of May a little after I had a severe spell & one the 31th May the same month Fanny white was taken sick & she still is very sick June 1st 1833 = Doct White came to see my wife 2 or 3 times in 1833 & he came to see Fanny white about Twice and the last of Feby 1835 he came once to see ^{once [ma]} & came to see my wife the 6th march 18[35] she was taken sick on monday night 2nd March 1835, On Friday the 6th he came in the snow about ½ leg deep stayed all night next day went to Mr Lewis s came back about 10 Oclock at night stayed all night again Sunday 8th w[ent] to Mr Lewis again & from there he we[nt] to Mr Beacons wife & came back to my house on Monday 9th stayed Tuesday & till Wednesday about one oclock & went to Mr Deacons again, came back to my House on Thursday evening stayed all night & till about one oclock Friday & left – Snow nearly gone –

Doct Rawleigh White D^r 1835 To JW Graves D^o June 1st To 6 Barrels Corn @ $2.50 $15.00 1836 Janry Doct White came once to See Fanny White & Louisa Sometime last Summer Jany 2 ¹⁸³⁶ Doct White came yesterday the 1st to See Henry - left this evening came once more to see Henry making 2 Visits 1836 Oct 11th Doct ^R White D^r To 1 Pied steer $20