Journal

Name/Title

Journal

Entry/Object ID

20.18.11

Description

New Year's Journal Letter of Amanda Conner Cleland. Material: paper. Size: 5" x 8". Description: white lined stationery; 7 pages containing the thoughts of Amanda Cleland handwritten in ink: "The Old Year and the New".

Context

James Wilson Cleland and Miss Amanda C. Conner of Blooming Grove were married October 3, 1877. Amanda was born September 11, 1852, in Indiana, and came to Waseca County with her parents in 1856. J. W. Cleland was born September 27, 1847 in Delaware County, NY., and was one of nine children born to Rev. and Mrs. W. J. Cleland. He came West with his family in 1863. He carried on the homestead farm until 1885, when the place was sold and he purchased a small farm on the west shore of Clear Lake, near Waseca. J. W. was stricken by paralysis while working about a threshing machine. He never recovered from the stroke and died after a very prolonged illness, July 15, 1903.

Made/Created

Date made

1900

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Journal

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Journal

Create Date

February 28, 2019

Update Date

September 19, 2024