Day in the Life

Dec 21, 1896

Journal Entry

December 21, 1896 ~ Monday

21. I spent the day in the Office and attended to the business
of the Day A hand pointing to the right I received a Letter from E A Scammans
son of Dr Ezra LScammans wh[ich] informes me that
his Mother is Dead on Friday Dec 18, 1896

A coffin Rhoda F Scammans
was Born March 12, 1807
Died Dec 18, 1896
Aged 87 years 9 Months & 6 days

Thus all of the Carter family are now Dead Except
Shuah who lives in scarborough Maine I wrote
A hand pointing to the right a Letter to Dr Ezra A Scammans

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Scammans, Luther
7 Dec 1808 - 10 Jul 1878
73 mentions
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Scammans, Rhoda Farnham Carter
13 Mar 1809 - 23 Dec 1896
63 mentions
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Moulton, Shuah Coffin Carter
20 Dec 1811 - 19 Jun 1905
89 mentions
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Letter from Francis J. Law, 21 December 1896
Pres. Woodruff Dear bro, my wife wished me to write & ask yo what shold be done with infints that is born dead, & before they are fully developed, it is the custom to dig a hole where it is most convenient & berry them as you wold a beast, now through some cause unknown to us my wife miscarried a week ago Sh was a bout 4 month advansed in pregnancy, & our feelings revolt against the usual way of disposeing of such infints is why we ask the question, we wold further ask if we will ever have any claim on, or have any thing to do with our infint thus lost, in eternity

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Wilford changes fast day from the first Thursday to the first Sunday of each month.

Dec 21, 1896