Written while LIVING in College Park, San Jose,
California
Copied by Tom M. King of San Jose, CA.
June 29, 1998 at Swarthmore College F. H. L.
Archives.
(This 1885 “Diary” contains
information written in ink for the year when the San Jose Mo. Mtg. was laid down by Iowa Yearly Mt.
and the 1885 Quaker Meeting House was built in College Park.)
Note: The end pages of this small 3 x 2 booklet
include “Household Accounts”, some addresses, and
============================1885 ============================
“Bills Payable, April
1885"”
Due C.E.B.
$20.00
Household Money $30.00
Borrowed for Mtg. House $50.00
In May 1885 is recorded: Pd C.E.B.
$20.00
Household
Money $ 5.00
(There is no record here of the repayment of
the rest of the Household Money).
__________________________________________________
On the last pages of the 1885 Calendar are 9
ADDRESSES.
SAMUEL R.
SHIPLEY, 1033 Spruce St., Philadelphia (Hannah S. Bean's brother, owner of Provident Insurance
Co. and Windon Estate .)
FRIENDS REVIEW, HENRY HARTSHORN, 1316 Filbert St,
Phila.
WALTER MORRIS, Veile, Denmark.
J.
T. SKINNER, Supt. Water Works, Box 53, Monterey (CA)
GEO.
BARIGHT “MRS MILLER” 331 Third St., San Jose
PEARSON F MOREHOUSE, BELLE MOREHOUSE, 565 18th
St., east Oakland
ALLEN BROWN, 5th St. (North Jackson
HERMAN SAXE, East San Jose, Webster Sh, 2nd from
Bridge, right, go to 2nd corner.
SALLIE HORTON c/o RICHARD ANTHONY, 964 18th St.,
Oakland, Cal.
=========
Beginning Of 1885 "Engagement Calendar" ===============
Monday, 5 (January, 1885) S. Lloyd & M. Stubbs here to dinner. (See 1884 for Dec. visits in San Jose)
Wed. Jan. 7, 1885 Cathie commenced 2nd term
at J. Peirces’.
Thursday, Jan. 8, 1885: Samuel Lloyd &
Mahlon Stubbs from Kansas at Mo.
Mtg. Having been about here
3 weeks.
Monday, Jan. 12, 1885: Finished Extracts
for Mem. Of T. Coan for Review. Cathie commenced
second term at Wm. L. Clark’s (corrected)
Sunday, Jan. 18, 1885: Ellwood Comfort and
his daughter Sarah here to dinner.
Mon.
Jan. 19, 1885 James
went to Wright’s Station.
Tuesday, Jan. 20, 1885: Jas. returned from Wright’s
Sun. Jan. 25, 1885 Katie Webb came here to
stay a week.
Tuesday, Jan. 27, 1885: H.E.B. Took dinner at Amanda Taylor's, with F. A. Baright, Eloise
Dawson & her sister Stevens.
Thursday, Jan. 29, 1885: I attended Mtg. of
ExCom. Of C. L. S. C. At Methodist Church Parlors, San Jose,
in the Evening.
Friday, Jan. 30, 1885: Cathie took tea at
Amanda Taylor’s with other young women.
Sat. Jan. 31, 1885 Katie Webb returned
home.
Wed., Feb. 4, 1885: Prof. H. B. Norton & wife took tea & spent the Evening here.
Fri.
Feb. 6, 1885 Jessie
Norton & Mabel Field came & staid all night. Carrie Brown, Blanche & Lottie Mabury here in the
Evening.
Saturday, Feb. 7, 1885: H. & C. & I took tea at Lina Casterman’s (?) with
Prof. Norton & wife &
sister Mary Norton.
Wednesday, Feb. 11, 1885: Rufus P. King (Baltimore Yearly Meeting Quaker who
"saved" N. Carolina Quakers from extinction after the American Civil
War) & Alpheus W.
White came here. (The
latter, son of John White of Providence Mtg. Red Cross P.O., Randolph Co., N. C.)
Thurs., Feb. 12, 1885 Rufus P. King &
A.W. White at Mo. Mtg. In the Evening a large company filled our Library to hear
R. P. King’s Experiences in the War etc...
Friday, Feb. 13, 1885: Rufus P. King went to Oakland with Geo.
N. Jones.
Saturday, Feb. 14, 1885: Alpheus W. White went to San Francisco to take
Steamer with R.P.K. For Sydney,
Australia.
Sunday, Feb. 15, 1885 Read at the Evening
gathering at G. N. Jones from “The Friend in his
Family” the account (or part of it) of Edward Burrough.
Sat.
Feb. 21, 1885 Samuel
Haines of Phili here to tea.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 1885: At the Evening
Social Mtg. at G. N. Jones’s I read account of James
Parnell from “The Friend in his Family”
Monday, Feb. 23, 1885: Toney commenced
plowing Orchards.
Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1885: Capt. Murray & wife called here.
Thursday, Feb. 26, 1885: Toney finished plowing for James & us.
Sunday, Mar. 1, 1885: Geo. & Lily Cloud and Samuel Haines
here to dinner. Ellwood Comfort to
tea. At Evening Social Mtg. At G. N .Jones’s I read acct. of
Isaac & Mary Pennington.
Thurs.
Mar. 5, 1885 Benjamin & Mahalath Jones here to
dinner, and Jas. & Roanna B.(ean).
Friday, Mar. 6, 1885: H. & I took dinner at 5 p.m. at Hiram
Mabury’s.
Sunday. Mar. 8, 1885 At Evening
Mtg. I finished acct. Of Isaac & Mary Pennington from
“Annals of Early Friends”.
Monday, Mar. 9, 1885: H>E.B. Started for Iowa, in company with
Frances Baright and Phebe Canney.
Tuesday, Mar. 10, 1885: Thos. Freeman & c Sprayed our
orchards.
Tues. Mar. 17, 1885 Jas. B. & I bought lumber for Meeting house.
Thursday, Mar. 19, 1885: Carpenters began work on the Mtg. House ____
_
_Johnson and Melville Ward.
Fri. Mar. 20, 1885 The Mtg. house frame was raised.
(Ten
days follow with no diary entries)
Tuesday, Mar. 31, 1885 Melville Ward began to paint Mtg. house
outside.
Friday, April 3, 1885 The Meeting house was plastered first
coat by S. L. Weaver, 333 No. 1St. St., San Jose.
Tues., April 7, 1885 Commenced taking milk
of
Leonard 1 qt per day-
Mon.
April 13, 1885 Rec’d. Box of Books from Providence. See Memorandum.
Tuesday, April 14, 1885: Mother, C. & I called at the Mabury’s
Friday, April 24, 1885: Mother went to town to make calls with
Geo. & Mrs. W.B. Jones. She & I took tea at Geo. Jones’s.
Sat., April 25, 1885 Finished the Mtg. House.
Cathie went to Mt. Hamilton with a party from W. S. (?)
Clark’s.
Sunday, April 26, 1885 First Meeting in the new Meeting house.
Tues.
April 28, 1885 Caroline A.
Jacobs staid here, from Oakland.
Formerly Chautauqua Lake Shore, N.Y.
Wednesday, April 29, 1885:. Dr. Stansbury’s sister, a Cousin of Hannah J. Bailey, called.
Thursday, April 30, 1885: Some of our Hay was cut.
Fri.
May 1, 1885 The rest of
the Hay was cut on our lots.
Saturday, May 2, 1885: Wm. H. Robinson
from Maine here to dinner.
Sunday, May 3, 1885:. W. B. Jones
commenced a L. D. S. Class at Mtg. House.
Benj. & Mahalath Jones dined with us. Finished reading thro “The Life of Hannah
Stafford Allen”.
Mon.
May 4, 1885 Stopped taking milk of - - - Leonard.
Friday, May 8, 1885: Had 2 loads hay put in Barn.
Orchard plowed by - - Phelps of Santa Clara. l.75. Began to furnish Jas.
B. with milk 1 qt daily -
Saturday, May 9, 1885: Finished hauling
Hay.
Tuesday, May 12, 1885: Planted Squash Seeds
on Jas. B’s. Lots.
Wed.
May 13, 1885 Jas. &
I planted Squash Seeds in his Willow Orchard. Wm Robinson staid here.
Thursday, May 14, 1885: John Scott was at
Mo. Mtg.
Sunday, May 17, 1885: John Scott had a
Mtg. At the Mtg.
House at 3 p.m. And staid
here. He will be 87 yrs old on the
1st of 6th mo. 57 years a
minister.
Fri.
May 22, 1885 Cathies School with Kitty Pierce closed.
Sunday, May 24, 1885:. Geo. & Priscilla Pitt of Mitsham
(?) W’s London, Eng. On
their way from Japan, were at Mtg.
& here to dinner etc. in the afternoon.
Mon.
May 25, 1885 Mother went with Jas. & R.T.B. To
call on Aunt Susan Price at the Willows.
Tuesday,May 26, 1885: Cathie & I went
to - - - Lambert’s Strawberry Ranch & got a few Strawberries Susan Price & two
daughters were at James’s--also E.
Webb & wife.
Wednesday, May 27, 1885: Had pump repaired with new Cathers (?).
Thurs.
May 28, 1885 Anna & Lula Mayne & May Bland here to tea with
Cathie.
Friday, May 29, 1885: Attended Funeral of
Iram Hinshaw’s Son.
Lucy Winston came here. Cathie & I attended Sopholactian Society’s
Anniversary in the Evening.
Saturday, May 30, 1885: Albert & Hannah
Coffin (ee?) from Ill called with Abbie (?) Tryo. Lucy Winston & Cathie took tea at G. N. Jones’s with Lottie Mabury etc.
Monday, June 1, 1885: Jas. & Roanna & Harry went to Pacific
Grove.
Thursday, June 4, 1885: Cathie & I went
after Mtg. To University
Commencement.
Friday, June 5, 1885: Lucy Winston went to
G. N. Jones to stay.
Sunday. June 7, 1885: Josiah Haines & wife & Caroline
Tolwell from Phila. 1716 Green
St. here in p.m.
Monday, June 8, 1885: James came up from P. Grove for a few days.
Wednesday, June 10, 1885: Lottie Mabury commenced Lessons in
Logic & Political Economy, here.
J. H. McCallock, friend of
I. A. Will (?) called here.
Fri.
June 12, 1885 Attended close of Cathies School & took Lunch at
Wm. S. Clark’s with “Mrs.” Miler & daughter
& “Mrs.” Duncan & daughter.
Sunday, June 14, 1885: Called at Stephen
Hobson’s with B. H. Jones.
B.H. & M. G. Jones here to tea.
Wednesday, June 17, 1885: Fanny Barber here.
Saturday, June 20, 1885: Geo. & W. B. Jones & Lena Taylor here to tea.
Tuesday, June 23, 1885: The Jones’s
& we & S. & P. Mendenhall with Lana (?) Taylor, James
Wedon (?), Sing & Chas. went to Mineral Spring nr Saratoga to picnic. Geo. Clossed (?) & wife & Janet
Haines Joined us.
Friday, June 26, 1885 H.E.B. returned from Iowa with
C.E. & L.S.B. Cox.
Sat.
June 27, 1885 The lots on Chapman Tract were Sold at Auction.
Sunday, June 28, 1885: Attended Memorial
Service at Normal School Hall in memory of Prof. Henry B.
Norton.
Saturday 4 (July 1885) H.E.B. went to Pacific Grove.
Tuesday, July 7, 1885: H.E.B. returned from P.
Grove.
Friday, July 31, 1885 Chas. E. Cox went to Skyland.
Monday, Aug. 10, 1885 C. E. Cox returned from Skyland.
Tues. Aug. 11, 1885 A company here in the home of
Cathie’s friends on her Birthday.
Thursday 13 (August 1885) SAN JOSE MO MTG. LAID DOWN.
Fri. Aug. 14, 1885 Cathie Started for Phila, A. Trega (?)
& Sculla Bradshaw for Illinois & Mary Buckley (8th & San Fernando
St.) for Phila. L.S.B.Cox went
with them to Oakland, where S. (Sarah?) Winchester joined the
travelers’ party.
Saturday, Aug. 15, 1885 H.E.B. & C. E. Cox went to Skyland
to Marian Norton’s.
Lydia returned from Oakland.
Mon. Aug. 17, 1885 H.E.B. & C. E. C. returned from
Skyland.
Friday, Aug. 21, 1885: Chas. & Lydia went with G. & W.
B. Jones to ______
Harrison’s nr. Saratoga to make a call.
Monday, Aug. 24, 1885: L.S.B.C. commenced teaching at Wm.
Clark’s.
Friday, Aug. 28, 1885: C. T. Warner & his son Chet washed trees with Concentrated
Lye. 190 Montgomery St. 4 cans lye in 5 gall. water.
Sunday, Aug. 30, 1885: Hannah Neall was at Meeting with Mrs. Pierce
& “Kittie”
Saml Haines, Hannah Webb & Herman Saxe here to dinner.
Mon. Sept. 7, 1885 C. E. Cox commenced teaching at Biship
Warrins, at Santa Cruz.
Wednesday, Sept. 9, 1885: Mother & I went to Pacific Grove.
Thurs.. Sept. 10, 1885 Simon Moore hauled some freight &
lumber from Monterey to the Grove for me.
Friday, Sept. 11, 1885: Belle Morehouse came here. (lived in Oakland)
Friday, Sept. 18, 1885: Belle Morehouse went to Geo.
Jones’s.
Sunday, Sept. 20, 1885: Geo. Cloudd & wife here to dinner.
Monday, Sept. 21, 1885: Very warm. Mother & I returned from P. Grove. Carrie Sanders came by same train. Jacob Gunter took us to Monterey &
Del Monte (Hotel?).
Mon. Sept. 28, 1885 Paul Mabury began to recite lessons
here.
Friday, Oct. 9, 1885:
Mother went to Edward Webb’s to spend a week. Walter Mordock from London, Eng., came
here, & after tea, went to G. N. Jones’s to board.
Saturday, Oct. 17, 1885: Edward & Emily Webb brot Mother
home & dined here. Walter with
them.
Thurs. Oct. 22, 1885 L.S.B.Cox went to Santa Cruz to Spend a
week.
Friday, Oct. 30, 1885 L.S.B.C. returned with Chas. from Santa
Cruz.
(No Entries in Engagement Calendar for Nov. 1885)
Monday 14 (Dec. 1885) David Tatum came here.
Tues. Dec. 15, 1885 Called with D. T. at M.
Mendenhall’s. We dined
at Jas. B’s. Attended David
Tatum’s Lecture on Temperance in the Evening at San Jose.
Wednesday, Dec. 16, 1885: D. T. returned from The Willows where
he staid last night. (area
where Wards and Canneys lived on Minnesota Ave.) I
took tea at G. N. Js. with D. T.
Thursday, Dec. 17, 1885: D. Tatum left this morning.
Fri. Dec. 18, 1885 Vacation commenced for Paul Mabury
& for L.S.B.C. pupiles.
==========(End of
1885 daily entries.)
=======================
MEMORANDA
3 MO. 5. SENT FOR E.B. FOR WEST BRANCH RECORD P.O. ??? 1.50. FROM VOL 6. NO 23. TO VOL 7. NO 23
ASKED RECEIPT.
================================1885===================
Joel Bean’s
1885 Engagement Calendar was
copied into the Mackintosh Computer on Microsoft Word 4.0. June 29, 1998 at
Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library by
Tom M. King
393 Rutland Ave,
San Jose, CA 95128.
or E-Mail thomk48@hotmail.com