Excerpts from the Journal of Abraham Rudolph 

Jefferson County Pennsylvania
Additional entries made after his move to Minnesota


DATE TEXT
5/27/1877 T.C. ANDERSON & D. W. LEECH sentenced to 1yr 9mo & 1 yr 5 mo. (This may have been in Jefferson Co. PA)
5/8/1880 Jno DAVIS of Big Run, Pa died.
5/19/1881 F.P.R. (Franklin Pierce RUDOLPH) got married in Penna.
10/21/1881 I got letter from A.A.R. (Abraham Augustus RUDOLPH) stating PSRs (Phineas Sylvester RUDOLPH) wife died on the 13th. (Jeff Co. PA)
9/22/1887 John SCHEYER and wife and Chas MUTH & Fred Booheit of Penna. They visited with us this afternoon.
11/15/1888 W.D.J. MARLIN died (Jeff Co., Pa).
11/17/1888 had a card from Hobah Lodge 276 A.F.M. notifying me of the death of Williamson D.J. MARLIN, esq. the Secretary of the Lodge. He among my best friends. His death is a shock to me (card from J.P. GEORGE brought me news of the death (Jefferson Co. Pa).
7/12/1889 Isaac RUDOLPH got hurt (Pennsylvania)
7/18/1889 Isaac RUDOLPH died (Pennsylvania).
11/2/1895 D. T. (Diana Temperance) MCELWAIN died (Jeff Co., Pa.)
11/8/1895 got a letter from AAR (Abraham Augustus RUDOLPH) with the sad news of the death of Anne MCELWAIN my oldest daughter.
8/26/1896 I heard of the death of my brother David RUDOLPH. (Jeff Co. PA)
2/2/1897 My brother John (RUDOLPH) died on the 26th of Jan. ae 78y 9m & 13 days. My sister and I left (Jeff. Co. Pa.)
2/4/1899 James RUDOLPH son of A.A.R (Abraham Augustus RUDOLPH) burried in Penna.
7/10/1901 Mr & Mrs LEECH of Pittsburg Pa at our house this a.m.
3/25/1902 12,500 lbs of powder blowed up three men killed at Punxsutawney Pa.
4/25/1902 W.P. JENKS died (Jeff Co. Pa).

Specials thanks to Betty Rudolph for transcribing and donating these excerpts.

© 1997 Betty Rudolph

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