Charles Gramesly Timeline

Charles Gramesly Timeline

Taken from Gramesly's personal papers.

1842  Palmyra, N.Y. Born June 2 in the Williams H

1843  P.  Father runs a hide and leather Store in P
1844  Geneva   Henry born Oct. 10  Move to Seneca and farm Uncle M.
1845  G  Still at at S.  This is the year I ate too much C pie

1846  P  Henpeck Dad run Indiana on canal
1847  P sitto. I ran E. and H west.  Aunt An Stod H
1848  G  Sold boat.  Aunt Sally J. died.  We move to Seneca.

1849  G   and locate in Grandmother's back room and
1850   G  I go to school.  Set corners all I can Father
1851  G  gets small farm joining Grandmothers and they
1852  G  build  a house.  Many sugar trees and we make
1853  G  sugar every spring.  Dad gets partime outfit
1854  G  and starts in brick house opposite Grandmothers
1855  P  Dad gets notion to start and store and grain
1856  P  biz in Palmyra, and we move out there in 55
1857  P  To I tend grocery for dad till Apl 57 when he
1858  C (?) quit and went west to Wis and later
1859  C to Ch. Ill  Aunt Ann & family came down
1860  C in 57 and we built a house and lived
1861  C one family from Sept. 57 till Apl 59  Isaac
1862  C  took the old house and Dad built a new one
1863  C  G on the corner road running N.  The war began
1864   C  G in 61 and Uncle GW & H with Aunt C  come
1865   G  I went to N.Y.  in Apl 63 and stayed a year
1866  G  Returning to Ill.  K +H+ Dad all went
1867  G  into the war.  I think Kenydr (?)came 66
1868  G
1869  G
1870  G  m + Ann went E.  I taught W.G.  Mother home Oct. 73
1871  G  Toll gates.  AA buy house.  He gets away.
1872  G.  Miles appoints me Ass. PM.
1873  G  SPO whole year.
1876  C  get PO on LS  all summer at Aunt  Ms + C
1875  C Isaac died  Feb 14  Buy Simons Liquor St.
1876  C  Mother d.  Jan 31  I went to Wis.
1877  C  Went  E. Wint  G. SH  Marry Tue Aug
1878  C  Aunt A + Molly died  Mag born Sep 3  Move to Buck lot
1879
1880   Billards   Ph born Aug 11
1881   Buy  Mc Gro and Owen  (?) works for me
1882  Liquor Store
1883
1884 Went Berlin Grely
1885  Went N.Y.  G. S.H  July Sept.  Buy ranch
1886 work on ranch R.R. ties +s wood posts saloon
1887  Buddy born Feb  Fanny died Dec
1888  Timber  + hS
1889  Try to farm at R.G. SimmonsHe didn't last.
1890  Milt drake + others
1891  J WD farm cl(?) make ties xc
1892  J WD Built barn at ranch
1893  Worlds fair father JWD left for (?) Tue N.Y.
1894  J WD returns and work
1895  Uncle Y died  Make Tue Adm  Tue gets Loxa land
1896  Settling up estate.  Get ready to build but want

1897  want build house.  Buy 120 Deffenbach farm  Trade Pr Rd
1898  Rent place to  Deffenbach and Shirley.
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913  Tue went NPC  Mar. very big floods
1914  broke leg.  War   beg Aug Rent to Harman
1915  H.G. died Aug 17 dislocate knee   front.  Phebe marries  Aug 22
1916
1917  Mag. Cromwell , May Davis and daughter visit
1918  Junior 6/8  Geo 9/20  Flue sweeps country.  Truce Nov .11
1919



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