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| Excerpt from the 1857 diary of Ebenezer Lindsley of Downsville,
NY: Mary sick
Background: Ebenezer Lindsley of Downsville, NY was born in 1826. He kept
diaries from 1854 - 1898. Excerpts are included here from 1855 - 1860 recounting
his marriage and the sickness and death of his wife Mary from smallpox in 1857.
Upon her death, his 7 month old daughter Lilly went to live
with relatives. Ebenezer remarried and was reunited with Lilly in 1860.
- 1855: October 10: Marriage of Ebenezer to Mary
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1856: October 3: Birth of daughter Lilly
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1857: May 17: Mary sick--missed church
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1857: May 18: Mary worse--Doctor called
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1857: May 19: Mary worse--another Doctor called
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1857: May 20: Mary weaker
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1857: May 20: Mary still weaker
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1857: May 20: Mary's last words
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1857: May 21: Mary died
- 1857: May 22:
News of Mary's death spread
- 1857: May 23-24: Family
arrive: Mary's funeral
- 1857: May 24: Mary's
funeral
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1857: May 25: Lilly sent to relatives; Ebenezer gives up
house
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1857: June 18: Ebenezer visits Lilly; remembers Mary
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1857: June 18: Ebenezer remembers Mary
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1857: December 21: Ebenezer finds the world cold and
gloomy
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1860: February 6: Ebenezer's thoughts on remarriage
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1860: April 23: Ebenezer marries Julia Shafer.
Courtesy of the Delaware County Historical Association Archives,
46549 State Hwy 10, Delhi, NY, 13753.
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