The Diary of Jennie (Love) Murray

The following is a list of births extracted from a diary kept by Jennie (Love) Murray of Meigs County. A note from the donor of this information:

The information is from a diary found in a trunk belonging to my grandmother, Jennie (Love) Murray. I assume the information was kept by her, but not sure. The trunk was in my family when I was a child, and I remember seeing the book. My cousin, Gene Welsh, now has it, and he extracted the information, rather than keep handling the book. The pages have become very brittle.

Hily (Murray) Richards

					CHILDREN	
1900		

March
 	 6    VonSchriltz, Lew		girl
	20    Phillips, Pat		boy    Donald
	24    Longstreth, John		girl
	25    Siders, Joseph		boy
	25    Nichols, Howard		girl
	28    Folden, John		girl   Anna May
	28    Ogden, Noah		boy    Elsworth Kenny
April
	20    Nelson, Charles		girl
	24    Thompson, L. B.		boy
	28    Beach, Ross		boy    Howard
May
	 2    Chase, Miles		girl   Garnet
	10    Smith, Okley		boy
	16    Merriett, Will Prof.	girl
	25    Edmundson, Lang		boy
	29    Martin, Charley		girl
	30    Farley, Henry		girl
June
  	 ?    Russell, Manda		girl
	10    Robinson, Burt		boy
July
	22    Harmon, Anthony		girl   Audrey
Aug
	 4    Bobo,  Vince		girl   Jewell
	 4    Hysell, Watt		girl & boy (twins)
	12    Miller, Iva Folden	girl
Sept
	 1    Love, Leslie		boy
	 3    Neighborgall, Dan		girl
	 3    Larkins, Don		boy
	 8    Baker, John		girl
	15    Edmundson, Calvin		girl
	15    Lysle, Oren		boy
	26    Vensante, George		girl
Oct.
 	 5    Strasbaugh, ??		boy
	 7    Murray, Charles		boy  (Jennie's Baby)
	 9    West, J. P.		boy  (Middleport)
	 9    Worthz, Dr.		boy   Ray  (of Coalton)
	10    Shenerfield, Wesley	boy
	25    Turner, Dave		girl   Hazel
Nov
	 3    Moler, Bern		girl
	30    Brown, Elza		girl
Dec.
	 2    Snider, John		boy
	 7    Smith, Setta Folden	boy & girl (twins)
	13    Folden, Leon		??
1901
Jan
	 1    Savage, Charley		boy
	 9    Woods, Marion		girl
	12    Wiseman, Janie		boy
	17    Davis, Howard		boy
	21    Cline, Chester		girl
	22    Wiseman, Hollis		girl
Feb
	 6    Dennison, Wallace		boy
	 8    Nelson, Clyde		boy
	 8    Woodyard, James		girls (twins)  Pomeroy
	19    Davis, Leon		girl
March
 	29    Lyman, Sarn		boy
	 ?    Sace, Homer		boy
April
	 5    VonSchriltz, Amer		boy
	 6    Curry, Frank		girl   of Wilkesville
May
 	13    Hamilton, ??		girls  (twins)  of Middleport
	??    Nickleson, Will		boy
June
	26    Newsome, June		girl
	26    Mulholland, John		boy
July
	 1    Roup, Jim			boy
	15    Warner, Edith Morton	girl
	20    Bowles, Finley		boy (born dead)
	22    Stalder, Erma Brown	boy
	26    Irwins, ???		boy, girl, girl  (triplets)
Aug
	 4    Grate, Bertha Braley	boy
	 8    Syn, Leon			girl
	16    Swisher, Mary VonSchriltz    boy
	20    White, Addie Brown	girl   Bernice
Sept
	 1    Martin, Ernest F.		girl
	 6    Chase, Miles		girl  Susan Alice
	 9    Johnson, Lewis		boy
	13    Strong, Glen		girl  (Emma Holliday)
	15    Gardner, Willie		boy (Hattie Folden)
	30    Woods, Sherman		girl
Oct
	 6    Bowen, John & Eva		boy
	10    Folden, Jab		girl
	20    Cameron, It & Stella	girl
	29    Moler, Bern		girl  (born dead)
Nov
	 8    Folden, Charley		boy (born dead)
	10    Winn, Fred		girls (twins)
	20    Turner, Billie		boy
	21    Childers, Bill		3 ???  (triplets)
	20    Gilmore, Robert & Autie	girl
	24    Ralph, Emory		girl
	27    Jones, Ballard		boy
	27    Huffman, Lizzie		girl
Dec
	 8    Rathburn, Charley		girl  Helen of Rutland
	21    Smith, Setta Folden	boy   of Florida	
	31    Vernon, Wiseman Cora	girl  (4lbs)
1902
Jan
	 1    Wills, Bern		girl
	 4    Wiseman, Hiram		girl
	11    Lysle, Orren		girl
	14    Fleek, Jim		girl
	18    Wilcox, Osro Mrs.		girl
Feb
	 1    Boatman, Nancy Bobo	girl
	25    Folden, Leon		boy
March
	 2    Stout, Dal		boy
	 4    Lowe, Agnese		girl
	10    Moler, Pearl		boy
	19    Dudgeons, Jim  daug	boy
	24    Jones, Carney		boy
	27    Thompson, L. B. 		girl
	27    Wright, Will & Cora	girl
	27    Castor, C. L.		girl
April
	 3    Lowe, Andy  (Mina Ota)	boy
	15    Humphery, Earl		girl
	15    Dennison, Walice		girl
	25    Glockner, George		girl   Han Nelson
May
	 1    Nelson, Delno		boy
	 6    Holliday, Ross		girl
	30    Phillips, Pat & Bessie	boy  (McMorrow)
	30    Wiseman, Howard		girl
	31    Woods, Lew (Gardner Eda)    boy
June
	 3    McCan, O. S.		boy
	 3    Bishop, Ebb		boy
	13    Jackson, Anson		girl
	13    Smith, Dessie (Stansbury)	girl
	12    Phelps, Marion		girl
July
	29    Nelson, Mary		boy
Aug
	 1    Rife, Vall		boy
	10    Bowles, Tim		girl
	16    Saxton, Burnie		boy
	24    Haning, Dora		boy
Sept
	 4    Rathburn, Charley		boy
	12    Swan, Bill		girl
	14    Wilson, George		boy
	19    Rathburn, Melzer		boy
	28    Miller, John (Iva Folden)	boy
Oct
	 5    Reed, Lemmell (Jennie Harkins)  boy
	13    Sanders, Rob		girl
Nov.
	 3    Moler, Burn		girl
Dec.
	 3    Bowles, Bart		??
Nov.
 	13    Forrest, Burr		girl (dead)
	29    Vonschriltz		boy
1903
Jan
	 8    Davis, Lan		girl
	10    Allen, Bill G.		boy
	15    Goff, Sada Ogden		boy
	30    Chase, Jim		boy
Feb.
	 8    Love, Leslie		boy
	23    Folden, Essie		boy
March
	 4    Murray, Charles & Jennie	girl  (Sarah Lucille)
	 ?    Moler, Pearl		boy
	 ?    Moler, Roy		boy
	31    Vernon, Cora		boy
April
	27    Cameron, Charley Itt	girl
	28    Welch, Clint		girl
May
	 ?    Strong, Glenn (Emma Holliday)  boy
June
	20    Holt, Ray			boy
	20    Bickle, Dell		girl
Aug.
	?     Hutton, Less		girl & boy (twins)
	25    Herman, Frank		boys (twins)
Sept
	11    Lyman, Sam		girl  (died Jan. 1905)
	14    Brown, Elza		boy  (Frank)
Oct
	10    Woods, Jasper		girl
	17    Sidenstricker, Floyd	girl


1904
Jan.
	15    Lyle, Orren		girl
Feb
 	14    Saxton, Lew		boys (twins)
	24    Rathburn, Charley		boy
	27    Pickering, Frank		girl
March
	 5    Miner, Sherm		girl (dead)
	10    Pond, Howard		girl
	26    Gilmore, Lillie		girl
April
	23    Holliday, Charley		girl
June
	18    Turner, J. A.		girl
	15    Cline, Mamie Dunbar	girl
Sept.
	 3    Holliday, Ross		girl
Oct
	20    Price, Tom (zella McCarty)	boy
1905
March
	 3    Tyler, Ab			boy
	18    VonSchriltz, Amer		girl
	24    VonSchriltz, James	girl  (Grace)
April
	13    Gardner, Frank		boy
	13    Swan, William		girl
	26    Smith, Cash		boy
Aug
	17    Jackson, Walter		boy (amos)
	17    Castor, C. L. 		boy
	20    Lightburn, Vaile		boy
	21    Ward, John		girl
	?     Strong, Glenn		girl
Sept
	10    Jones, Ballard		girl
	10    Holliday, Gill and Mimmie	 ?
	17    Curry, Dick		boy
	19    Minor, Sherm		boy
	24    Turner, Jim		girl
Nov
	 9    Rathburn, Charley		boy
Dec
	16    Bobo, Vince		boy
1906
Jan
	 9    Gardner, Willie		boy
	14    Cameron, Charlie		girl
	19    Newsome, June		boy
	25    Jackson, Anson		girl
March
	 3    Folden, Charley		girl (dead)
	 6    Davis, Roy		boy (dead)
	 6    Folden, John		girl
	 9    Hunt, Val			girl
Sept
	 5    Thompson, Kirk		girl
	10    VonSchriltz, Amer		girl
	28    Folden, Howard		boy
Oct
	14    Chase, Wilkie		boy
	20    Folden, Herm		girl
	25    Dennison, Wallace		boy
	27    Tyler, Ab Mrs.		girl
	28    Hack, Lewis		boy
Dec.
	20    Tuckerman, Rue		girl
1907
Jan
	 8    Ward, William		boy
	13    Folden, Herb		girl
	28    Norton, Clarence		boy
March
	 2    Miller, Floyd		girl
	19    Leonard, Ross		girl
Feb
	 3    Winget, ??    		girl    Gave birth to baby in Meigs Co. Jail, first ever to be born there.