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1876 Thomas Heraty's Diary
| Date | Day | Entry |
| Jan. 2 | Sun | Henry Jordan's girl's funeral. Stopped to see Dick Phalin who is quite sick. Insured #13 schoolhouse for $250.00. Received $5.00. |
| Jan. 3 | Mon | At school all day. |
| Jan. 7 | Fri | Old Bob Cox was buried. Mrs. Mc (Nicholas - F.S.) sick. |
| Jan. 10 | Mon | Michael Reilley died in Nebraska. |
| Jan. 15 | Sat | Schoolhouse broken into. |
| Jan. 17 | Mon | Tom Rooney sick. Learned in the morning about school being gutted. |
| Jan. 18 | Tue | At school all day. Bone and Jordan at school inquiring about testimony, etc. |
| Jan. 22 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell by Rev. Vahey. Not much of a sermon. He ground his ax by selling his books. Made a good sale. |
| Jan. 26 | Wed | Kitty O'Brien in the school. |
| Jan. 27 | Thur | Heard of Michael Riley's death. |
| Jan. 29 | Sat | Gal's (Gallaghers) had quilting bee; party and dancing all night. Dance also at Calvey's. |
| Feb. 9 | Wed | At school all day. Connell went to Cade (Cascade) after priest. He came about 3 p.m. and anointed Ma. She's about the same. Mr. and Mrs. Slattery up here all night. |
| Feb. 12 | Sat | Raffle at Butler's on the Reilley will (?) Quilting bee at Slattery's and dance in the night. Pat Murray had chopping bee, dance in the night. Heir born to Naughton's. |
| Feb. 16 | Wed | Wm. Andrews barn burned. |
| Feb. 20 | Sun | Bill O'Brien's house caught fire. Martin Hanahan and Mary Bowen called to be married. |
| Feb. 21 | Mon | Bill Cooney was buried. |
| Feb. 23 | Tue | Martin and Mary Bowen married. |
| Feb. 25 | Fri | Maggy Flanigan _____ in the p.m. |
| Feb. 29 | Tue | Slattery had a bee hauling logs. Mary Bowen went home. Martin Burke in town. |
| March 2 | Thur | Uncle James over in the evening with piles of news about friends. |
| March 3 | Fri | Mike Gahagan's boy buried. |
| March 14 | Tue | Old man Rooney quite sick. |
| March 16 | Thur | The last day of school term. Had large attendance. |
| March 19 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. First day boys attended to altar. |
| March 21 | Tue | Old man Rooney died at 3 p.m. Was at the wake in the night. |
| March 25 | Thur | Old man Rooney was buried. Attended. Got home at 2 p.m. |
| April 2 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Attended with Mona. Jim Riley went away. Paid $1.50 priest dues in full for 1875 to Tierney. |
| April 3 | Mon | Martin Burke came to work today at $18.00 per month. |
| April 6 | Thur | Ellen Thackeray and young Martin died. Mission at Mitchell. |
| April 7 | Fri | Father McFarlin attended last day of missions in Mitchell. |
| April 11 | Tue | Mrs. & Eddy McHale overnight. |
| April 16 | Sun | Easter. John Brogan's first boy was baptized, Thomas Henry. |
| April 30 | Sun | Mass at Mitchell. Pews sold. I bought #22 south at $5.00 |
| May 3 | Wed | Old Mrs. Caufield died. |
| May 5 | Fri | Old Mrs. Caufield was buried. Attended. Only got as far as the church. |
| May 23 | Tue | Went to Dee (Dundee) in the p.m. and had tooth pulled. |
| May 31 | Wed | McNair had barn raising. Helped him in the p.m. |
| June 10 | Sat | Had help digging up stone all day. Ed Calvey, Zeke Bowen and Kilcoin, Mike Connors and Connells team helped. |
| June 14 | Wed | A splendid working day. Had great Centennial stone bee. Had nearly 80 men. Cleared up about 9 acres. Had grand dance in the evening. Had about 11,500 tickets. |
| June 18 | Sun | Had talk with Burke in the evening. He left in a huff. |
| June 23 | Sun | Picnic at Osceola. Didn't go. John Franey in his new shanty. |
| July 13 | Thur | Mrs. Pat Eagan died. |
| July 16 | Sun | Mrs. Pat Eagan buried. |
| July 25 | Tue | Mike Kilcoin and Eliza Murray were married. |
| Aug. 4 | Fri | Circus at Plymouth. Mona and I attended. |
| Aug. 7 | Mon | Aunt Ellen and the Dey folks called here. |
| Sept. 1 | Fri | Arr. boy for Calvey. A girl to Dwyer. |
| Sept. 8 | Fri | Mike O'Brien in town from Negaunee with Mary Calvey. |
| Oct. 3 | Tue | Attended Allen (?) Scott's wake in the night. |
| Oct. 10 | Wed | Johnny Rodden began to work at $7.00 per month, working for 6 months. |
| Oct. 17 | Tue | Larry Reilley's boy buried today. |
| Oct. 22 | Sun | John Reilley's boy buried. |
| Nov. 1 | Wed | Michael Mugan died this a.m. Mary Calvey and Adon Brown called to be married. |
| Nov. 2 | Tue | Tim Carroll began to work today for $130.00 for 12 months. |
| Nov. 3 | Fri | Michael Mugan was buried. |
| Nov. 6 | Mon | Nick O'Brien had stone bee. |
| Nov. 8 | Wed | Mary Calvey and Adam (?) Brown married |
| Nov. 12 | Sun | Shindig at Connell's in the night. Paid Mary Connell on legacy in full, $20.00. |
| Nov. 14 | Tue | Jim Connell had stone bee. |
| Nov. 16 | Thur | Jim Connell had stone bee. They had dance in the evening. |
| Nov. 19 | Sun | Jim (?) O'Brien of Osceola called to be married to Moriarty. |
| Nov. 20 | Mon | Miss _______, daughter of Tom Henry was buried. |
| Nov. 24 | Fri | William Skelton here all night. Having road petition signed. |
| Dec. 2 | Sat | Sent letter to Tom (?) Heraty, Chicago about engine, etc. |
| Dec. 4 | Mon | Louisa Flanigan's child boy buried with scarlet fever. |
| Dec. 21 | Thur | Healy at Connell's overnight. |
| Dec. 24 | Sun | Paid priest $2.00. Dues for 1876 first time. Gave one dollar to Clifford for _________. |
| Dec. 25 | Mon | Mass at Mitchell. Dined at Connell's, all of us. Went from there to Maloy boy's funeral. |
| Dec. 31 | Sun | Mass at Osceola. Michael McGrath's little girl buried. |
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