Hiram E. Leonard Diary, February 26 - March 3, 1874

“26th Thursday  fine weather & some muddy  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed at 10 nearly sick with a cold  Caroline went to prayer meeting and got home ¼ before 10 Seth Wescott died today or tonight.

“27th Friday  fine weather & some muddy  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  Alfonzo Gould came here this afternoon about 4 ½ & stayed all night.

“28th Saturday  A cloudy damp day & rained in evening  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick  Jonathan Mack died this morning of Tifus fever & 2 more boys are verry sick.

“March 1st Sunday  A damp cloudy muddy disagreeable day  I did my choars was round home all day choared some & wrote some, all of us at home all day went to bed about 9 nearly sick with cold  Seth Westcott was buried today.

“2nd Monday  fine weather but muddy roads  I did my choars was round the office all day closed up at 8 & went to bed about 10 nearly sick   Jonathan Mack was buried today people met at the house at 12 & come by about 2 PM.

Jonathan Mack’s grave at the Warrenville Cemetery

“3rd Tuesday  damp muddy weather  I did my choars was round the house all day closed up at   & went to bed about 9 ½ nearly sick with a cold  John Stafford started for Cleveland Ohio.”