Journal of Elijah Charles Clapp
1900 Diary
1900
(worked on a ranch grinding brain and tending stock for awhile)
August 31
went to Mannassa to build Jacksons house
September 1900
worked ½ day and went home to see my sick girl
sun 9 tended meeting at Eastdale
mon 10 came over on my wheel masoned ½ day and sent Mandas name to the temple
fri 14 got word my girl was worse came home and found her dead the nabors very cind to us in our berivement
sat 15 prepared for the furnel
sun 16 buried her no meeting that day
November 1900
sat 3 tended the best priesthood meeting in this stake Bro Louis Swenson spoke in tonges and the interpretation was given it was sayed that we would have a church academy build her for the teaching of the young
December 1900
3 went to Mannassa to plaster Bishop Jackson for 17 ½ per hour
24 went after wood for meeting house