Samuel Chandler Parkinson, b. 20 February 1853,
St. Louis, Missouri, d. 20 May 1922, Franklin, Idaho.
m. 9 December 1872,
Salt Lake City, Utah. Mary Ann Hobbs, b. 15 August 1855, Cheltenham,
Glouster, England, d. 21 December 1912.
Children:
Nessie
Estella, 1873
Edith Arabella, 1875
Samuel William,
1876
May, 1878
Albert Hobbs, 1880
Leonard G,
1882
Theresa b. 22 October 1884 while Samuel was on his
mission.
Raymond Chandler, 1888
Anita, 1891
Bernice
Richard, 1893
Roland Hobbs,1895
Myrtle Ann,
1899
Roma, 1902
The following was microfilmed by the Utah
Historical Society in Preston, 29 November 1955 from original in the posession
of B. R. Parkinson. 1 Volume. Cover stamped: "Franklin Co-op Mer. Institute,
Franklin, Idaho." Film is available from Family History Centers. #0237817. None
of the his children know the whereabouts of the original. It is not in the
collections of the Church Historical Department or the Utah Historical
Society.
Also filmed at that time was a collection of newspaper articles and
the missionary journal of B. R. Parkinson and some printed items about Samuel
Rose Parkinson.
Editorial Method:
1. All spelling, punctuation, and
capitalization have been retained as they appear in the original. Where the
exact spelling is not clear, current usage is given. Spacing between daily diary
entries and paragraphing is retained as in the original.
2. Missing or
unintelligible words are indicated by dots and dashes within brackets-- dots
[...] representing the approximate number of missing letters and dashes[--] the
approximate number of missing words.
3. Editorial insertions and
conjectural reading of a missing or unintelligible word are italicized and
enclosed in brackets [blank page]
4. Above the line insertions are
indicated at the point of insertion thus: /night
5. Where a word or
letter has been lined out it appears thus: cows
6. A sample page
of Samuel's handwriting is included in the appendix.
7. Page numbers are
in bold as printed in the book: 1
8. In most cases Samuel
wrote the word "and" diagonally with the "a" above the line and the "d" on the
line.
Mission Journal, Southern States May
1884 to 1885.
5
May 14, 1884
Members who have paid for the
Contributor
W. Kirkup paid
G. Pomery "
G. Alders "
M. Prieart
"
Emma Comish "
L.Andrews "
6
[undreadable]
7
May 14, 84
Donation List
S. [.]
Robinson $ 00.25
S.C. Cutler 00.25
R.C. Parkinson 01.00
T. Webster
01.00
W.H. Smart 00.50
A.p. Shumway 00.50
W. Whitehead 00.50
E. K[.]
k[.]y 01.00
C. [------]
O. L. Parker 01.00
J. Herd 00.50
J.
Calle[.] 00.50
8
L.L. Hatch $00.50
L. Andrus 01.00
Total
$11.50
Sharlott Prat 01.50
Clarsia Parkinson 00.50
pocket
Cumpus
2 pare of drawers
1 umbrella
2 Shirts Colored
2 pair of
cellulide cuffs
X bosom "
1 comb & glas [mirror] & towel
X
rasir & Sope
1 key
1 X satchel
X pencils
one Brush Close
[clothes brush]
9 ano
Mexico andrain County
/
Ewerd Bery
James Packer Wingey
Peg Menmuido
Ray
prefuntiras
10
May 16, 1884 Missionary
Donation
for SCP.
Martha Hobb $ 1.00
Zina Goslan 00.10
Sister [....]
01.50
Jas. Packer 01.00
Thomas Smart 2.00
W. Woodward 1.00
L. L.
Hatch 4.00
W. L. Webster 5.00
C. Parkinson 0.50
A. a. Parkinson
1.00
[...] Durant 0 .50
Carrie More 0.50
S. O. Robinson 0.50
Thos'
Mendenhall 1.50
Jos. Sarbrough 1.00
11
Eloisa Nash
00.60
Andresn .25
Walter Wickham 1.00
S. R. Cutler 1.00
Anna
Lundgrun .50
Chas Hobb Sen 1.00
Mary Hawks .50
Jos Perkins .50
James
Packer Sen 2.00
Luisa Mendenhall 2.00
A. P. Fordham 1.00
James Hobbs
Jun 1.00
W. C. Parkinson 3.00
Nellie Parkinson 2.00
G. C. 2.00
P. B.
Nash 1.00
Edith Hadlock
1.00
12
C. Peterson 02.00
F. Low
Sen[ior] 01.50
Joseph Parkinson .15
W. Hobbs 02.00
Sister
Webster 01.00
A. Alder 0.50
Joseph Parkinson .10
S. R. Parkinson
$10.00
May 27, 1884 Received
from Co. $50.00
Aug 25 received
from
A. A. Parkinson ($1.00)
Aug 3 _. C. p. ($5.00)
Sharlotte Pratt $
1.00
13
June 7 Left one voise of warning
at the foot of the
mountain
June 16 left one of John Morgan
first track at Sister
Pills
June 16 Left one vois of warning
At Mrs. Smith to
read
[revival] Camp meetings
and elect day/and/ are holidays
for
the devel and his
Agents.
B. H. Roberts
Chattanooga Box 103
Tenn
14
Tazwell Co [VA or IL]
John T Litely
Y. M.
Jamson
[Berks] Gardener
[emmigrated] [--]
15
[blank]
16
Ler the Children to Sing.
They ras thir
[difapirs] here
and we hve to by [buy] ours.
It is hard on
boots here and
Clothing nothing but mountains
and timber here.
I
grant many of the people
here is in Slavery as bad as
the /negroe/
niggers was before the wore [war]
People is verry deceitful here.
The most of them it is hard
to tell who is your friend. the
Elders
onely have one friend that
they can depend on and that
is the Lord.
meeting last Sunday
" to day
[It appears that the following
pages are notations for a letter to his wife
Polly/Pollie.]
17
A great menny of the
wimmin in this
Contrey
have Children and dont know
where they get them.
plow run
without horse
or man.
I wonder if I am missed at
home.
Walnut nut
is good for
ringworm.
Ask James Chawick the pres [price]
of
bran, that bran in
the bin belongs to the
Company.
they have thir
dinner at
a levon [eleven] o clock
18
To
[two] m
Men killed here last
Night Stabed and Shot
one
another.
Polly it is hard for me to
Study I would rather work.
Most
all the cows here have
Venom horns. I have wore
my hat out faning my
Self.
my boy is all rite.
you know Polly that We
live verry well and
now it goes
rather hard with me.
is thir plenty of water in
the
well.
I am not Better than the
Master
potatoes 2 feet
long
19
Pollie I must say I am
getting rather lazy.
they
toat there water on there
head here.
Where did they thrash?
How mutch
is pork worth
a pound? is the pigs
verry large? fat them urley.
Will
the Cows give milk
all winter? Tell Charley
to feed the milke Cows
hay. How mutch Wood
has Charley hauled?
fead your Chickens
good
Top your appel treas
20
I have ben where Larnce
and
Garson is none [known].
Some times I am verry
tired at night
I have
[-] where there is
[-] manny nigers
the first they speak about
is [-]
.
how do you get along Si[..]
the [-] and so many of
To a [-] folks
are gone.
W. C. Parkinson do you want
Blaksmith
[Benney] owns
plase
Does the cows give milk
Father A [-] my [-]
the people are in a
Starving condision.
21
The fire plasses are
6 ft
wide.
Most the people tredt
you kind
Pollie the people Saying
and
the Children are the
Best looking family they Ever
Seen.
22
July 12 Sent one letter to
Esther and one to
Franklin
and one Joshaway Hawks.
23
Buttler
Tim 3
Cap 15--16
1 Cron 29-29
2 Cron 2 : 15
1 Cor 5 cap [chapter]
4 virs
1 " 15 " 29 "
Col 4 " 16 "
Efes, Jude 3
1 Gla 1 8
"
Jude 14 "
24
[ 10 - - -]]
John 14 Chap 26
ve
2 _____ Chap 3 "
5 " " 31 "
12 Corin 1
Efe 4
chap
1 Cor 13 Chap 8 "
Act 15 "
1 Tim 1 " 14 "
Titus 1 " 5
"
25
Donations to S.C.P.
Sep 23 Received five dollars
from Company by W.C. P.
June 20 received $5.00
from S.R. Parkinson
and one dollar from
Clarse Parkinson and
$5.00 five doller from
Pollie Parkinson
26
[Henry] [heading of page]
2
epes 2 15,16,17
Col 4 Chap 16
ephes 6
virs
27
[Buttler] [heading of page]
7 chap
15 Mathew
2 epe 9 verse
1 Col 21 "
5 "
7 Chap of Matthew 15 ve
2
Peter 19-20-21
29 Chap Gen
49 " " 22
85 " Salms
28 " Izek 21
29
" "
[-]
[-]
28
37 chap Gal 15 vers
36 chap
Jeremiah
29
[blank page]
[pp 30, 31
missing]
32
p. Henery [heading]
Mr.
[H....] seed the
Arem [Cela . er] should
receive the Holy
Ghost
[vertically on the page]
1 11 eve 9 verse
12 chap Cor
1-9 vers
33
1 of romans 16
16 cp of Mark 16 v
20 " " Act
20
1 Tim 1
2 Thes 2 Chapter
1 Chap Gla 6 "
1 " firs [-] 1 "
13 "
" " 15
4 " ephe
2 " Acts
16 " John 13 v
5 " Act 32
6 " Acts
5
" John 26
5 " John 26 [or 25]
5 " Peter 18-19
2 K
3
34
July 12 received a letter
from George C.
Parkinson
Prs A. Cazier Eqs [Esq.]
Box 103 Chattanooga Tenn
Care
of B. H. Roberts
[Smithsville] [Morrison] Co.
Mr miss
[& Mrs] Joseph Hunt
T. S. Smith
Falkville
Morgan Co.
Ala
35
July 13 answered Georges letter
Anny Parkinson Letter
not answered
Sharlott P Pratt " " "
E. Buckley " " "
Lucy Parkinson " "
"
A. A. Parkinson " " "
36 [Scribbled lines across the page
perhaps indicating he had written a letter of this information.]
Send
me word if [C.........]. can
talk any yet.
They get [or set] out the
coffey mill
[th....] the Gin and then the bacon
the cotton fields are
white with
bools [bols].
Your chicken coop is warmer
than many of the
houses.
How is the Little piggs getting
A long How many
did you
keep
did the meat I left you
Last you till you killed the pigs
this
fall
how mutch flour have you
got of that that I left you
please let
me know
37 [Scribbled lines across the page perhaps indicating
he had written a letter of this information.]
the people
toat
there grist to Mill
are carry the girl
to the dance
Jen
[January] 12 a big Syclone
Jen 15 4 Nigers set fire
to a barn and burnt
up 7 mules and 1000 bus[hels]
of corn. 3 of the Nigers
was killed 2
of them
was hung. The rest will
be hung as soon as
they can ketch
them.
38 [Scribbled lines across the page perhaps indicating he
had written a letter of this information.]
did You
Save Eny Luser
[Lucerne] seed
put that peas of land
take good Care of my
mandoline i would like
play a A Time on it
[-] [-]
[-]Book dose
Sam [...]
[-] [-]
Dose may know hir
Letters yet Dose Albert
ask
where I am now
Can Lennard talk
mutch
Like Chickens
How many
piggs
Send your Regards
39
if you [can] any
think
of
the Lining of my cote
pleas take notes of the
questions I
ask you
did you get your pay
of the company
I find my birthday
and
the babys Come on
the Same day
Same month
Wages is (50¢) per
day
How long did that flour
Last You
40
President John
Morgan
What is the fair from
Chattanooga to
[Aranomy]
41
[blank
page]
42
Books that I
Want the little Book
caled
the hand of
Profidence
reciped for Piles
sure cure indians
Pile
Ointment
43
[blank]
[Pages 44 through 63
missing]
64
perused the letter
65
May 1,
1884 S C. Parkinson
Juranal May 1 Received
Letter from Brother Taylor
to on a mission to the
Southern States & to Start
May 20.
Answered Letters May 2
No Excuse to offer ,&, Stating
I was ready to
go.
May 17 Went to Logan to Confrance
Same day Seen temple dedicated
May 18 Attended to meetings ,&,
received notice not to Start
on
my mission for one week
May 26 Come to odgeden
railway fair $4.45
66
May 26 Came from ogdin
to Salt Lake City paid
$2,00
Set apart to go on
a mission by H.G. Grant
paid my fare to
Chatinuga
24 & Staid
With Bro Couly all night
May 27 Started from
Salt
Lake City came
up the valley along
by the wasatch mountains
then up
blacksmith fork
Canion. Stoped then [-] on
Acount of hi water.
had to
walk half
a mile ,&, Carry our Ludge
[luggage]
67
May 28. Went from pesant
valley junction
down
prices canion eight miles
to a washought then
returned to place
of
beginning
May 29 Come from
pesant valley to
odgin City was
transfurd one half mile
30 Started from ogden
Come up webor
rivor
then to bair rivor then
to Evingston then to grean
rivor then to
rock Springs
68
then north plat then
South plat then
Larmia City Seen a great
Menny antilope
then to Shyan City
,&,
transfurd to the union
pacific then to Denver
City then to pueblo
then
to orcansus then to
Los angelus [animas]
then to Carson City
[probably Dodge or Garden City]
June 1 traveled up the
orcansus
river
June 2 Cole river then
to orcansus City [located on the
Kansas/Oklahoma border]
69
June 3 then from
Cansus City
to ST. Loouis
June 4 Went to ant
Clarrid Stoped all [He had an Aunt
Sarah McKinney and an Uncle William Berry in St. Louis, Samuel Rose's
step-sister and step-brother.]
Night then went up
to Zoological
garden
Came back on the Street
Car then went up to
Store bought 2
Shirts
one pare of pants
paid $5.00 for them
Crosed the mosurid
rivor on the iron bridge
Seen a great menny
boats on the
river
70
June 4 pased threw
Sinsanata ,&, a cros
the
ohio river then
Contucke
Lexington then to
Cumblin [Cumberland]
river
in Pulaskey Co
Crosed the tensee
River ,&, Come to
Chatinuga Stoped
at the florinteen hotul
June 5 Stoped in
Chattanooga Tenn
all day had a meel
in the bedroom with
Brother
B.H.Roberts
71
,&, Kimbel ,&, Sent to
our fields of
Labor
In alabamma ,&, I
also paid Kimbel
$80.00 in Cache ,&, I
was
to have it When Ever I
wanted it
----------------------------
[Squiggly line]
June 6 Started from
Chattanooga
to
Tuscumbia on the
Memphis ,&, Charleston
R.R. Crosed
the
TennSee river twis
,&, Stoped in
Tuscumbia all
Night
[Helen Keller was born 1880 1/2 mile from
Tuscumbia.]
72
June 7 come from
Tuscumbia on a
wagon
roads verry muddy
Come to Russelvill paid
$1.50 for the ride
,&,
Stoped there all night
& paid 75¢ for Supper &
bed
& brectfust
June 8, 1884 walked from
russelvill to a family at
the foot of the mountain
& was in vited in to Eat
Dinner and a Long
talk
abought our faith and
Left a vois of warning [missionary
tract]
with him & Come to
73
Brother Baylies
&
Stoped all night 12 miles
June 9 Left Brother
Bayles ,&. went
4 miles
to brother Stricklans &
Stoped all night had
A good
time
" 10 Come from Mrs.
Strickland to Brother Bayleys
,&,
Stoped all night & Shaved
and got my hair Shingele
4 miles
" 11
went from bayles to
Stricklans 4 miles & Stoped
all
night
74
June 12, went from bro
Stricklons into woods
had prayers ,&, Studded [studied]
June 13. Come from Stricklon
to mr Scots & got Lost
Traveled 6 mile
June 14. Walked from
Mr
Scots to Wooton ,&, Stoped
all night 4 miles
June 15 Walked
from wooton
plase to Sister dillls plase
went to a methess
[Methodist] meeting
3 miles 35 members presant
Wimmun ,&, men
all Smoked
75
June 16. walked from Sister
Bayles to 3 ro
[or] 5 plases before
We Could get a plase to Stop
Stoped at Mrs
Smiths plase
all night Left a vois of warning
["We" --This is the only
time I recall him indicating he had a companion.]
to read walked ,5,
miles
June 17. from mr Smiths
to Orrick plase ,&, I
was verry
Sick walked ,4 mi
June 18 walked from orricks
to mrs Stricklons and
was
Sick. ,5, miles
June 19. walked from mrs
Stricklen to Bro.
Bayles and a
to Father and mother walked 4 mi
[I wonder if he left out
"wrote a letter" to Father and Mother?]
76
June 20 walked
from Brother
Bayles to Burfield and had
a long talk with them on
the
Gospel and Stayed all
night 6 miles
June 21 walked from
Burfield
to Kuykendall plase All night
7 miles
June 22
[Sunday] walked from
Kuykindall to flippus [Phillips]
and
held one meeting had
a verry good time I spoke
on faith ,3,
miles
June 23. walked from flippos to a high
bluff where we Could See
5 or 6 miles
77
over the low hills and timber
the to Mr
burfields and
Stoped all night 4 miles
June 24 walked
from
burfields to Stricklens
12 miles
June 25 hleped Mr
Stricklin
with his wheat
June 26. Cut grain
for
Strikclen
June 27 Cut grean
for
Stricklen
78
June 28 cut grain for Stricklen
June 29
walked from
Mr Stricklon to Mr James
Stanfords and held one
meeting
14 presant 12 miles
June 30 walked from
Mr James Stanfords
to Mr
Quinns had dinner
walked into valley Mr
Robbinson would not
Let us
Stay because we
was we was mormens
walked 10 miles before we
Could get
a plase to
Stop had a Dream
79
July 1 Walked from Mr.
Quinns
To russelvill back to Mr parks
Stoped all night 10 miles
received a letter from
L. Andrus
July 2 walked 10 miles
recieved
4 letters and 2 papers
July 3 rote 3 Letters and
Walked 4
miles
July 4 Stoped with Mr
Stricken and was redding
July 5
walked from Stricklen
to Scots 4 miles
80
July 6 Held one
meeting
at Scots Brother buttler
baptised Sister Scot and
I Confirmed
her a member
of the Church of Jessus
Christ of Latterday
Saints
July 7 Walked from mr
Scots to Stricklens 3 miles
July 8
I was Sick and
Stoped at Striklons
July 9 Stoped with mr Strett
all
day and Studded [studied].
July 10. Stoped at
Stricklons
81
Totle of miles walked
up to July 10 156
miles
July 11 Walked from
Stricklons to Bayles
4 miles
July
12 Walked from
bayles to barfields 7 miles
July 13 walked from
barfield
to bayles then cared [carried] our
Satchels to Stricklons
12 miles
July 14 Stoped at Mr
Stricklon all Night
July 15 I
walked from
mr Stricklens to Scots 4 miles
82
July 16
Walked from Scots
to Allsburn but we could
not Stop With him
then
Walked to Standfords
15 miles
July 17 Walked from Stanfords 7
plases befour we could get a plase
to Stop Strother
Stoped at J.H.
Stured 16 miles
Printest [Prentiss, Mississippi (MS)] Co.
July
18 Walked from Stured
to Mr. Rion 13 miles and Stoped
all night Terimingo
[Tishmingo, MS]
July 19 Walked from Rions
to Mr. Addams
Stoped
all night 10 miles
83
236 miles July 19
July
20 Walked from Mr.
Addams to Mr Robinsons
Held a meeting and Stoped
all night 2 miles
July 21 Walked from Mr
robinsons to Mr J.W.
Dudal
5 miles
July 22 Walked from
Mr dudals to Mr Barnett.
had
one meeting 10 miles
5 refused
July 23. Walked from
Mr. Barnett to Mr
Hollay
Stoped all night 4
84
July 24 Walked from
Mr
Holbys to Mr
G.A.Clark 12 miles
July 25 Walked Clarkes
plase to
Epps for dinner
Then to Mr
Ledbetter and Stoped all
Night 6
miles
July 26 Walked from
Ledbitters to Stanfords
12
miles
July 27 Held meeting
at Stanfords then walked
to halmontons 6
miles Seen [or Sun- ie.
Sunday]
[mauno]
85
July 28 Walked from
Mr
Hamelton to Mr. Quinns
15 miles
July 29 Walked from Mr. Quins
to
Mr. Stricklons ,10, miles
July 30 Stoped With Mr. Stricklon
and rote
Some letters one to
Sharlott Prat and one to
William and one to
Mother
and Clarah
received the Same day letters
from W.C. And S.p. and
C.P.
and Same day rote to
nessey
[daughter]
86
July 31 walked from Mr. Stricklans
to
Mr Bayles 4 miles
Aug 1 Walked from Mr
Baylis to Mr Barfields
7
miles
Aug 2 Walked from
Barfields to russelhill
[Russellville]
received a letter from Polly
and a letter from Frank
and
a letter from Ester and a
letter from mother and lent
John
Buttler $150¢ and
Stoped with henery Barfild
walked 12
miles
87
Aug 3 Walked from Barfields
to Bayles Stoped all
night
6 miles
Aug 4 Walked from Bayles
to Stricklens 4 miles and
lent $1.00 to Israelsen.
Aug 5 Walked from Stricklons
to Scots 3
miles.
Aug 5 Walked from Stricklons
to Scots 3 miles
Aug 6
Walked from Scots to
Utons 4 miles
Aug 7 Walked from Utons
to J.
J. Jones 12 miles
refused 9 plases
88
Aug 8 [a
Friday] Walked from Mr. J. Jones
to Mr. henrys refuzed 4 plases
and
walked 5 miles and
went to a meeting in the eving
Cald the Camilites
[Campbellites]
Aug 9 [a Saturday] held 2 meetings one
at
10 oclock and one at 3
in the afternoon had 130
members Each meeting
and Stoped with Mr Grayhams
all night Walked 4 miles
Aug 10 Walked
from Mr Grahams
to Mr Crows Stoped all night
turned of 8 plases.
Walked
15 miles
89
[Written along left margin and across
top of page.]
in mississippi and tisimingo [Tishomingo] Co. Colbort [Colbert,
AL] Co Franklin Co [AL]
Aug 11 Walked from Mr
Crows and went to
meeting
and took dinner with a
preacher then walked
to mister G.M.
Sanders
refused 5 plases 5 miles
We Was then in mississippi
Aug 12
Walked Mr Sanders
to Mr Moodys and held
one meeting and walked 5
miles
Totle of miles walked Aug 12 411 miles
Aug 13. Walked from
Mr.
Moodys to mr Rayes held
meeting Walked 4 miles
and Crosed Seeder
[Cedar] Crick
on a boat
90
Aug 14 Walked from Mr
Rayes to Mr. Whites
and Stoped all nite Walked
14 miles
Aug 15
Walked from Mr
Whites to Mr hamilton
10 miles
Aug 16 Walked from
Mr
hamelton to thomas
Bayles Stoped all night
10 miles
Aug 17
Walked from Mr T
Bayles to Mr Scots Stoped
Al night ,4.
miles
91
Aug 18 Walked from
Mr Scots to Mr
Stricklons
stoped all night Walked 4 miles
Aug 19 Walked from
Mr
aug 19 Stoped with Mr
Stricklons all nite
Aug 20 Walked
from
Mr Stricklons to Mr
Bayles Stoped all night
4 miles
Aug 21
Walked from Mr
Bayles to Barfields Would
Not let us Stope Walked
Back
to Bayles 13 miles
92
Aug 22 Stoped all nite
with
Mr Bayles
Aug 23 Walked from Mr. Bayles
to Mr. Scots and Stoped
all
night 7 miles
Aug 24 Walked to the Chisa
and held meeting 20
members
present Stoped all night
with Mr. Scots
Aug 25 Walked from
Scots
to Mrs hayes Stoped
all night ,4, miles
Aug 26 Walked from
Sisters
93
Dills to mister Scots Stoped
all night 4
miles
Aug 27 Walked from Mr
Scots to Mr Stricklens
and Stoped all
Night
4 miles
Aug 28 Stoped with Mr
Stricklons
Aug 29 Walked
from Mr
Stricklons to the post office
and then to Bro Bayles and
Stoped all night 13 miles
and received $(5.00) from F.C.P.
Aug 30
Stoped with Brother
Bayley all Night
94
Aug 31 Walked from
Mr
Bayles to Mr Stricklons & Stoped
Al night walked 4 miles
Sep
1 Stoped with Mr
Stricklen and give him
$2.50) and rote a letter
L.
Andus one to F.C.P.
and one to Clara Parkinson
Sep 2 Stoped with Mr
Stricklen
Sep 3 Come from Mr
Stricklons to Mr Scots Stoped
all
Night 4 miles
95
Sep 4 Com from Mr. Scots
to Mr
Utons Stoped all night
4 miles
Sep 5 Walked from Utons to the
office
got a letter from hom
and one from Laron Andrus
and Bro hurd and
walk
16 miles
Sep 6 Stoped Bro. Bayley
all night
Sep 7 Walked from
Mr
Bayles to Mr Rapers
Stoped all night 2 miles
Sep 8 Walked from
Mr. raper
to Mr Stricklons 2 miles
Stoped all
night
96
Sep 9 Stoped With Mr Stricklons
Sep 10 Walked
with Mr Stricklon
to mill and cared [carried] a grist [watke]
10
miles and Stoped with
Stricklon
Sep 11 Stoped with Mr
Stricklon
Sept 12 Stoped had a chill
and was Sick all day
Sep 13
Stoped " " "
and received ($1.00) from Mr
Israelsen the Same being
the
amount that he oad me
a man told me that he would be
glad when the mob law
was in fourse
97
Sep 14 Stoped Mr. Stricklen
Sep 15 " "
"
Sep 16 " " "
Sep 17 Walked from Mr. Stricklon
to Robins and
Scots Stoped all
Night Walked 6 miles
Sep 18 Stoped with mr Scot all
night
Sep 19 Walked from Mr Scots
to Mr Stricklons 4
miles
Sep 20 Walked from Stricklons
to Bayles 4
miles
98
Sept 21 Walked from bayles
to the postoffis and
Back to Bayles
12 miles
Sept 22 Stoped with Bro. Bayles
and walked 5
miles
Sep 23 received a letter from
W.C.P. and ($5.00) and
walked
from Mr Bayles to Mr. Stricklens
4 miles
Sep 24 Stoped with Mr.
Stricklen
Sep 25 " " " "
Sept 26 Walked from Stricklens
to hen.
Barfields 10 miles
Sep 27 Walked from mr barfields
to Russelvile and then
to Mr.
filippos and lent Bro Butler
99
$7.80 ) and walked 11
miles
Sep 28 Walked from Mr. flipps
to Mr taylors one 1 mile.
and
helped With a Sick man
Sep 29 Walked from Mr. taylors
to mr Barfields
12 miles
Sep 30. Walked from Mr Barfields
to Br. Bayes [Baylys, see
below] 8 miles
Oct 1 Stoped with Bro. Bayly
Oct 2 " " "
"
Oct 3 Walked from Bro. bayles
to John Rapers Stoped all Night
Walked
2 miles
100
oct 4 Walked from Mr
Rapers to Stricklens and
Stop
all night Walked 2 miles
oct 5 Stoped With Mr
Stricklen all
night
oct 6 Stoped With Mr
Stricklen all night
oct 7 Stoped
with Mr
Stricklen
oct 8 Walked from Mr
Stricklens to Mr.
Scots.
Stoped all Night 4 miles
101
oct 9 Walked from Mr.
Scots
to T. Bayles 3 miles
oct 10 Walked from H. Bayles
to John
ootns 2 miles
oct 11 Walked from Mr. ooten
to Sister dills 4
miles
oct 12 Stoped With Sister
dill
oct 13 Walked from Sister
dills
Bro Bayles 15 miles
oct 14 Stoped With Bro Bayle
Oct 15 Walked to
rapers Stoped
all night 2 miles
102
oct 16
Walked from
rapers
to Stricklens 2 miles
oct 17 Stoped With Striclens
up to
that time rote 45
Letters and also Walked 660
miles
" 18 Walked from
Stricklen
to the postoffice and to
Bayles 12 miles
" 19 Stoped with
Bayley
" 20 Walked from Bayles
to Stricklens 4 miles
" 21 Walked
from Strickeln to Scots
and rote one letter Walked 4
miles
103
oct 22
Stoped with Mr Scot and
rote a letter to
Joseph Huntsucher
" 23 Walked from Mr Scots
to Sister Dills 5
miles
" 24 Walked from Sister Dills
to Bellgreen and bought one
[Bellgreen is south of Cedarcreek]
shirt and then Walked to
Mr
Kirkendawls 12 miles
" 25 Walked from Mr Ker
to Mr Henery
Barfield 8 miles
had dinner then to Bro Bayles
and stoped all night 7
miles
" 26 Stoped
With Bro Bayle
104
oct 27
Walked
from Bro Bayles
to Mr Stricklens 4 miles
oct 28 Stoped With
Stricklen
" 29 " " "
" 30 Walked fro Mr Stricklen
to Mrs Gibson 18
miles
refused 4 plases
" 31 Walked from Mrs Gibson
to Atwood 10
miles refuzed
2 plases
Nov 1 Walked from Mr Atwood
threw Larnce
[Lawrence Co., AL] Co. to Mr Morrison
10 miles
105
[Nov 2-3 are bracketed with the notation "Larance Co."]
Nov 2
Walked from Mr.
Morrisons to Mount Hope
and held meeting 30 preset
[present]
thens to Mr. Stephensons
Stoped all night 6
miles
Nov 3 Walked from Mr
Stephensons to Mr millward
held meeting
80 presant 5 miles
up to now Walked 760 miles
" 4 Walked from Muline
[Moulton] to
Mr. [ blank, no name] Stoped all
night walked
12 miles
" 5 Walked from Mr [blank, no name] to
Mr Woods, 15
Miles
106
Nov 6
Walked from Mr Woods
to Mr Smiths an
member
of the Church 5 miles
" 7 Walked from Bro
Smiths to Bro
Sturend
in Mogan Co. [Morgan Co., AL] 4 miles
" 8 Stoped with
Bro Smith
" 9 " " " "
" 10 Walked from Bro Sturds
to Bro Smiths
4 miles
up to Nov 10 Walked 800 miles
" 11 Walked from T. Smiths
to Mr.
Cornelius Stoped all
night 15 miles refused 5 plases
107
Nov
12
Walked from Cornelious
to D. T. montgumary Stoped
all night Walked
,15, miles
Nov 13 Walked from mr
Cornelious to H. C. Smith
turned
of 10 plasses Walked
18 miles
Nov 14 Walked from H. C. Smith
to Bro
Bayles 16 miles
received A pocket Knife from
Nessey Parkinson
Nov
15 Stoped With Bro
Baley
Nov 16 Walked to Baptizing
and Back 4 miles
Stoped all night
108
and held meeting
Nov 17 Walked from
Bro
Bayles to Mr Stricklands
4 miles
Nov 18 helped Mr
Stricklend
I filed a wheel. With
pocket knife and
hatchet and set
tire.
Nov 19 Stoped with Stricklen
Recieved letter from
C. W. Hobbs
the baby was
Born 1/2 past 5 in the morning
the 23 of
oct
109
Nov 20 Walked from
Stricklens to Mr.
rapers
Stoped all night 8 miles
Nov 21 Walked from
rapers to Scots
6 miles
" 22 Stoped With Scot
" 23 " " "
and held
meeting
and to Stricklen
" 24 from Stricklens to
Bro Bayles 4
miles
" 25 Walked from Bayles
to J. Stanferds 11
miles
110
Nov 26
Stoped with Stanford
" 27 Walked
from Stanfords
to Scots 10 miles
up to Nov 27 walked 905
miles
"
28 Stoped With Scot
" 29 Walked from " to
Stricklens 4 miles
" 30
Walked from Stricklens
to Bro Bayles 4 miles
Dec 1 Stoped With
Bro
Bayley
Dec 2 Walked from Bro Bayles
to Mr Littles 12
miles.
111
Dec 3 Walked from
Mr Littels to Mr Warhurst
10
Miles
" 4 Walked from
Mr Warhurst to Mr
Macalester 6 miles
" 5
Walked from
Mr Macalesters to Mr
Rus and one
meeting 6 miles
" 6
Walked from the Reis
to Mr Southern held
2 meetings Walked 10 miles
" 7
Walked from Mr Southern
to Mr Warhurst 10 miles
" 8 Walked from
Mr
Warhurst to Mr Barfield
19 miles
112
Dec 9 Walked from
Barfields
to Bro Bayles 6 miles
up to Dec 9 Walked 990
Miles
" 10
Walked from Bro
Bayles to Mr Stricklens
" 11 Stoped With Mr.
Stricklen
" 12 " " " "
" 13 Walked to Scots 4 miles
" 14 Stoped With
Scot
" 15 Walked from Scots
to Stricklons 4 miles
" 16 Walked from Mr.
Stricklens
to Mr Rapers. 2 miles Stoped
all night
Dec 17 Walked from
the
Rapers to Bro Bayles
113
Baleys Same
day
received two Selatoide
Collers from Bro. Kimbel
the Same being
Charged
to my A count Walked
2 miles
Dec 18 Stoped With
Brother
Baley and twisted Some
tobaco and Sent home
Dec 19 Stoped
With Bro
Baley and lent Bro A.m.
Isatelsen lent him $35 dollers
to go
home and Sed he Would
Send it back as Soon as he
got home.
[I
wonder if Israelson was his companion.]
114
Dec
20
Stoped With Bro. Baley
" 21 Walked from Bro Baleys
to Stricklens
4 miles
" 22 Stoped With Mr Stricklen
" 23 Stoped " "
walked 6
miles
" 24 Stoped with Stricklen
" 25 " " " [Christmas Day]
and
had punkin py for
dinner and pased the day
rather Loany thought of
the loved ones at home.
115
Dec 26
Walked from Mr
Stricklens
To Mr Scots 4 miles
" 27 Walked from Scots
down to Big Bair
Crick
and feared [ferried] a cros in a
Log Boat and to Bro.
Parmers
Stoped all night 10 miles
Merian [Marion, AL] Co. [along
the side margin]
" 28 Walked from Parmers
to Mr Gawh Smiths 8
miles
" 29 Walked from Mr Smiths
to Mr. Boyed and held meeting
10
miles
" 30 Walked from Mr Boyeds
to Mr A. Witmons 12
miles
116
Dec 31 Walked from Mr
A. Witemans to Mr
to Bro
Macklemore
Gen [Jan] 1 Had Walked 1070
Miles
Jen 1 Stoped
With Bro
Macklemore
" 2 " " "
" 3 Walked from Bro maklemore
to Mr.
Coplens 7 miles
" 4 Stoped With Mr. Coplens
in Colman Co Ala
[Colbert]
" 5 Stoped With Coplen
" 6 " " "
" 7 Walked fro Mr
Coplens
to Bro Bickerstafs 7 miles
117
Jen 8 Stoped With
Bickerstaf and Walked
to Burnen [perhaps Barton] and got my
pictur taken Walked 5 miles
" 9 Walked from
Bickerstafs to Mr
holiday
Stoped alnight 5 miles
" 10 Stoped With Mr
holiday
Syclone tornado[inserted above dittos]
" 11 " " "
"
" 12 Walked from Mr.
Jack holidays to Mr
Coplens 5 miles
and Sent
3 picturs one
to Pollie and one to Father
and Sister Hobbs
[mother-in-law]
" 13 Stoped With Bro. Coplens
118
Gen
14 Walked
fro Mr Coplens to
Bro hollayds 7 miles
" 15 Stoped With
Bro
Holiday
" 16 " " "
" 17 " " "
" 18 " " "
" 19 Got in the
Swamp and
had to come Back to Bro
holidays
" 20 Walked from Bro
holidays to Wilmans 12
miles
" 21 Walked fro Eron Wites
to John
louiss 12 miles
119
Gen 22 Walked from
John Louiss to Mr
Smiths 12 Miles
" 23 Walked from
Mr Smiths to Bro Parmers
3
Miles
" 24 Walked Stoped With
Bro parmer
" genery 24 Have
Walked 1145 /miles
and I have also Labored in
Franklin. Co. and Marion.
Co
and Colbert. Co. Lawrance Co.
Morgan Co. and Lamar.
Co.
Alabamnia
Tishimingo. Co. and prentiss Co.
Mississippi 25
Held
Meetings
120
Gen 25 Held
meeing at Bro
B.F.
Palmer and Baptsed
one woman and one boy
5 miles
" 26 Walked bro Bro
Palmer
to Bro Manias and Stoped
all night 6 miles and
held a
meeting
" 27 I Baptized one young
Lady and one young
man then walked
to
Mr Scots 15 miles to fierre [ferry]
baptised in bull
Montain
Creek
" 28 Walked from Mr.
Scots to Bro. Bayles
8
miles
121
Gen 29 Walked fro
Bro Bayles to Mr
Barfields 7
miles
received Letter from
Pollie with five dollers
in it
Jan
30 Walked from
Mr Barfields to russell
vill and Back to
Barfield
received 9 Letters and
Five papers 12 miles
Jan 31 from
barfields to
Bro Bayles 6 miles
Feb 1 Stoped With Bro
Bayle
122
Feb 2 Walked from
Bro Bayles to
Stricklen
Stoped al night 4 miles
Feb 3 I had Walked
1207 miles) and
held
24 Meetings and
Baptised 2 two and
conformed 3 three in
to
the Church of Jessus
Christ of
Latterday
Saints
[flourish] S C. Parkinson
Feb 4 Went to
mill the mill
Was 2 1/4 two ours [hours] ours and a
quarter
grinding 3 bus [bushels]
Corn and Walked
3
miles
123
Feb 5 Walked from
Mr. Stricklands to WG
Scots
4
" 6 Stop with Scot
and Split rails
" 7 Soped with Scot
" 8 Stoped
With Scot
" 9 Walked from Scots
to Stricklens 4 miles
Feb 10
Stoped with Mr
Stricklens all. night
Feb 11 Walked from
Strickens
to Bro Bayles
14 miles
Feb 12 Stoped with Bro
Bayley it Snowed 6
deep
same day
124
Feb 2 Walked from BroFeb 13 Walked fro Mr.
Bayles to
Stricklen 14
miles
Bayles to the P.O.
received
Letter from mother and
one from Pollie and
Received
hankichef from
C Peeterson and from
A A Parkinson and
Stoped with Mr
Barfield
walked 6 miles
" 14 Walked from Barfields
to Bro Bayles and
then
to rapers 8 miles
"15 Walked from rapers
to scots 6
miles
125
Feb 16 Walked fro
Scots and Crosed
Bars creek
and to S
Nickelsons and we found
her verry Sick we layed
hands on her
and she
Was relived from her
pain by the powr of
God. walked 15
miles
Feb 17 Stoped with
Sister Nichols for
She was very
Sick
"18 Walked from Sister
Nichols to Bro. Palmors
6 miles Same
night
Walk 15 miles and held
126
Meeting all
of them was
drunk
"19 Stoped with
Bro Palmer
" 20 Walked from Bro
Palmers to
Mr Smith
3 miles and was a
little sick
" 21 Stoped with Mr Smith
"
22 Walked from Mr Smith
to Bro Palmer and had
meeting and walked
3
miles
10 miles
127
Feb 23 I Soped
With Bro
Palmer
" 24 " "
" 25 Walked from
Bro Palmers to Sister
Nickles
and held
Metting and Walke 5 miles
" 26 Walked from Sister
Nicles
to Mr Palmers
and held meeting and
Walked 12 miles
"27 Stoped with
Mr
Palmer
" 28 Walked from Palmer
to his Sons Ben
Palmer
128
and held meeting
and the most of them
was
drunk and come
verry neer having
truble and walked /fraid
12
miles
Mar 1 Walked from
Bro Ben Palmers to Mr
Smiths and held
funeral Servis and
had a good time Walked
[illegible]
miles
" 2 Walked from Smiths
to Palmer's and Blessed
children
then to
Sister Nickels 8 miles
129
and held meeting
and
a good time
Whitch is 31 meetings
Since I left home
Mar 3 blessed 2
children
and walked from Sister
Nickles to Mr Scot 12
miles
Mar 3
Walked 1322 miles
Mar 4 Walked from
Mr Scots to Bro Bayles
8
miles
Mar 5 Walked fro Bro Baleys
to [illegible] Barfilds 6
miles
130
Mar 6 Walked from
Barfields to russelvile
and
received my apointment
From President John Morgan
stating that I was cold
[called] as
President of the Ala confrance
and walked to Bro
Balyes
18 miles
" 7 Stoped with Bro Baley
" 8 " " " "
" 9 Walked
from Bro Baleys
to Mr. Stricklens 4 miles
" 10 Walked from
Stricklens
to Scots 4 miles
" 11 Walked from Scots
to Bro Baleys 8
miles
131
Mar 12 Walked from
helped Br. Baley with
a Log roling
" 13 Went to russelville
on a horse got 2 teeth filed
[filled?]
and rode Back to Bro Baleys
24 miles
" 14 Walked from
Bro
Balyes to Mr Stricklens
4 miles
" 15 Walked from Mr
Stricklens
to Mr Scots
4 miles
" 16 Walked from Mr Scots
to Bro Palmers 15
Miles
" 17 Stoped With Bro
Palmer
132
Mar 18 Stoped
With
Bro Palmer
" 19 Walked from Bro Palmers
to Mrs. Smiths 4
miles
" 20 Stoped With Mr.
Smith
Mar 21 Walked from
Mr
Smith to Bro Palmer
and Ordained him
I finest walked
to the
office of a Prist
under the hands of
S C Parkinson and
J. W. Butler
S. C. P.
being Mouth piese [piece] then
walked to Sister
Nichols
8 miles
133
Mar 22 Organised
A Branch Caled
[called] Bull [or Beaver or Bauer]
Mountain Branch and
then
Set Bro B.F. Palmer
as presideing offercier
of that Branch and had
a
good meeting then
Walked to Bro Palmer 5 miles
" 23 Walked from Bro
Palmers
to Mr Harris and received a
letter from Bro Kimble
Walked 15
miles
" 24 Walked from Mr
Harrises plase to Aron
Wilemans to Bro
Holidays
12 Miles
134
Mar 20 Stoped
With Bro holiday
"
26 Stoped " "
" 27 " " "
" 28 " " "
" 29 Stoped With Bro
Holiday and
held meeting
" 30 Walked from Bro holidays
to West Coplens Stoped
all
night Walked 5 miles
" 31 Stopped with Bro
W.
Coplens
April 1 Stoped With W.
Coplen and haled [hauled]
rails
" 2 Walked from Coplens
to Bickerstafs 10 miles
and
135
Held Meeting
April 3 Stoped With
Bro
Bickerstaf.
" 4 Stoped With Bickerstafs
" 5 " " "
" 6 Walked from
Bickerstafs
to Jack Holidays 5 miles
" 7 Stoped with Jack
Holadays
" 8 Stoped with Jacke
Holiday and helped him role
[roll] logs
(Ap 8 I have walked
1475 miles
)
136
April 9 Walked
from Jack Holidays
to West Coplens
4 miles
Apr 10 stoped With West
Coplen
Apr 11 Walked from
Coplins
to Bro Holadays 6 Miles
April 12 Stoped With
Bro
Holladay
" 13 walked from Bro holladays
to aron Wilemans 12
Miles
April 14 I have held
34 meetings and Baptized
2 and Blessed 2
children
and confirmed 5 and ordained
137
one priest and
organized one Branch
April 14 Walked from
aram Wilemens
[Williams] to mr
Smiths 20 Miles
Apr 15 Walked from Sm-
iths
to Bro B F palmers
4 miles
April 16 Walked from
Palmers to Mr
Scots
15 Miles
" 17 Walked form Joseph
Scots and carried my
Large
satchel 8 Miles
to Bro Bailys and
138
Stoped all
Night
Apr 18 started home from Bro Bayles and
walked to
Tuscumba
32 miles
Apr 19 Stoped in Tuscum-
ba and spent a
plesant
conssidering the influence
that was arond me
(Apr 19 I have
walked
1,600 Miles)
139
Apr 20 started
from
Tuscumba
on the memphis and
charliston railway
to Memphes City
and
crosed the Mississi-
ppi river on a Steam
Boat and travel
thruu
Orcanses State and
crosed Spring river
and then into the
State
of Mossrie [Missouri]
Apr 21 Left F.T. Scot [Fort
Scott] on
the F. T. Scot [Fort Scott] and Gulf
railway then to
Cansus [Kansas] City
140
and then to the
Mosrrory [Missouri] river then
to mobile then up the
Orcansus
[Arkansas]
to the Montains then
over the rocky Montains'
at
Marshel pass 1.8.52
ft above the sea
level.
April 23 crosed
Grean
River at eight o'clock
in the morning and then
crosed the Lower
prise
river then the upper
prise river then down
prices canion
then
141
Provo then
Spanish fork then
to Lehi then to
Salt Lake
City and reported my
Mission and Stoped
all night with
George
Alfred
April 24 Went to Ogdin
[Pages142,143
blank.]
144
Matthew 17 vers
How many generations from
Abarham
to Christ 425
Saint John 11 Capt
35 virs Jesus
wept
How menny barley corns
is there round the World
Matthew 10
Chapt 2-5 virs
What is the name of the
twelve apostles in the
Days of
Jessus
[p. 145 blank.]
146
1884
June 5th
Office at
Chattanooga
D- to Cash $80.00
B.H. Roberts
per J. G.
Kimball
147
Simson bourfield
D. Business Maneger
Deseret
News
Office S.L.C.
148
Post office box 103
Chattanooga
tennasee
Bottal with Quinine
& rubarb
Chattanooga Box
103
Tenn
one mile 1/2 take the
rite hand road
Keep on the Same
road
till you Come to the
Bucket facttory
then take the road
Due
South till you
Come to a East & west
Lain take the west
Laine
[illegible] 1/4 of a mile.
149
Printed page
of "Departments , Bates, Reed & Cooley." Apparently part of the original
purpose of the book he appropriated for his journal. On the page are some
numbers which were totaled. (63, 64, 68, 69 equalling 2.67. Next set of numbers
illegible.)
150
Calendar for 1883
[Last
page]
Advertisement page
Austin, Nichols & Co., Importers and
Wholesale Grocers.
The following is an
index of sorts to those topics of personal interest to the editor.
16-21
Musings on local culture, difficulties of mission, thoughts of family.
36-39
Apparent notes for letters home.
65 Mission call.
66-70 Route of travel to
mission field.
69 St. Louis, visited aunt and zoo, shopped.
71 Arrived at
mission headquarters, Chattenooga, TN.
72 Long gospel talk.
73 Arrived at
assigned area, June 8, 1883.
74 Fourth day of mission went to woods to pray
and study.
Fifth day, lost.
Men and women smoke.
75 3-4 places refused
SCP lodging.
Sick
76 Long talk on gospel with Barfields.
77 Helped with
wheat for four days.
78 Refused lodging; "Mormons."
"Had a Dream."
80
Baptism, first month.
Sick three days.
86 Letters from home.
87 Nine
refusals of lodging in one day.
88 More meetings, more non-members, more
refusals of lodging.
Mississippi county names.
91 Barfield refusal of
lodging.
93 Money from home.
96 Sick five days.
98 Lent money.
102
Summary--number of letters written, miles walked in first four months.
104
Many refusals.
105 Lawrence Co.
107 More refusals
Gift from
home.
108 Helped with wheel maintenance.
Baby born Oct 23, news arrived
11/19.
111 Longest walk--19 miles, 4-12 miles was typical.
113 Tobacco
sent home
Lent Bro. Isrelsen money to go home.
114 Christmas, pumpkin
pie.
Thoughts of home.
115 Log boat. New area.
117 Sent photographs
home.
119 Summary of miles walked and fields of labor.
121 Pollie sent
money.
Mail.
122 Corn grist mill 2 1/4 hours/3 bushels
123 Eight month
summary of miles, meetings, baptisms, confirmations.
Split rails at Scots for
5 days.
6 inches of snow in one day
125 Sister Nickelson very sick.
Blessing.
21 miles walked in one day.
126 Drunks at meeting.
127 Most
people at meeting drunk, "fraid."
130 President of Alabama Conference.
131
Log rolling
Traveled by horse
Teeth filed/filled.
132 Ordained Bro.
Smith a priest.
133 Organized Branch
Brother Palmer, presiding
officer.
134 Five days at Holidays.
Hauled rails.
135 Rolled
logs
136 Summary of miles walked, meetings held, baptisms, blessings,
confirmation, ordinances, branches organized.
138 Started home walking 32
miles. 1600 miles walked in 10 month mission.
139-141 Route traveled home.