Hiram E. Leonard Diary, November 21 - 27, 1872

“21st Thursday  A fine day for Nov  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  Selenharke was buried today.

“22nd Friday  fine weather for Nov  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 nearly sick.

“23rd Saturday  Pretty fine cloudy weather  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick.

“24th Sunday  A fine but cloudy day  I did my choars choared round some up to the other place was round home some and went to bed between 8 & 9 nearly sick with a  cold  Thead Mannings second wife Lucy died today about one oclock in the afternoon  She broak a blood vessel being confined  She had a tumor in the womb.

“25th Monday  rather fine weather for November  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed at 9 nearly sick  Emma Barrus commenced work at Garys.

“26th Tuesday  pretty good winter weather and some snow  I did my choars & choared round some closed up at 8 and went to bed about 9 nearly sick with a cold.

“27th Wednesday  A cold winter  fine winter weather some snow  I did my choars choared round some closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick  Theador Manning second wife was buried this afternoon  Emma Stone came up here today with French.”

Theodore Marshall Manning’s gravestone in the Warrenville Cemetery, including his second wife who died this week in history. It is a well known tombstone and caused a local outcry for how he described his three wives; it is even listed in Ripley’s Believe It or Not! His third wife removed the “healthful” description as she outlive him.