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Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell manuscripts; diary Entries

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Title	Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell manuscripts; diary Entries
Subject	Ohio Women Military Ohio Daily Life Civil War Soldiers Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Cornell, Lucinda Lenore Merriss, 1832-1911
Place	Westerville (Ohio) Hilliard (Ohio) Franklin County (Ohio)
Description	The Cornell Collection is comprised of 56 extant diaries kept by Lucinda Lenore Merris Cornell (1832-1911) while living in Hilliard and (predominantly) Westerville, Ohio. The entire collection covers 1855-1911 and reflects daily life typical of the time. A sampling of pages from the diary are included here. The entries cover the years 1861-1865 and document the homefront during the Civil War. The diaries include entries about local enlistment, friends going off to war, and items such as "Ironed a shirt for a recruiting officer who came along last night." The diaries also describe a trip to Columbus to hear President Abraham Lincoln , during which Cornell was able to shake the president's hand. Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell (1832-1911) lived on a farm with her family near Hilliard from 1855 until 1864. She met and married a young farmer and Civil War veteran John Bishop Cornell (1828-1885). Upon her marriage to Cornell on December 27, 1864, she moved to Westerville. The move to Westerville was difficult especially as she and her husband moved in with Lucinda's mother-in-law and sister-in-law on South State Street. They moved to the Chever farm in 1868 and lived in a log cabin. Upon the death of her mother in law in 1869, Lucinda and John moved back to South State Street. Three of her six children attended Otterbein College. She and John donated $50 towards the fund to rebuild the main building (later known as Towers Hall). Lucinda lived during the time when Westerville was transformed from an agrarian community to a village centered around Otterbein College.
Creator	Cornell, Lucinda Lenore Merriss, 1832-1911
Date of Original	1861 - 1865
Collection	Lucinda Lenore Merriss Cornell Collection
Source	Unpublished material (archives/manuscripts)
Submitting Institution	Otterbein College
Type	Text; 1861;1865
Format	manuscripts

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Full Text	February Tuesday 12 1861 At Tommie King Libbie washed I finished her tidy_ I am fixing to return home went with Lillie to Barkers & returned with Sally [Illegible] is here they talked of parties & C concluded to stay til saturday Wednesday 13 At Tommie Kings, Went Columbus with Mattoons, took dinner at Medical College with Perses & Prof. Mattoons wife, went to state yard, Saw and heard a speech from President Lincoln - crowded into the state house & shook hands with him, the great & Learned President - returned to Kings eve Thursday 14 At Lib Kings cut out Libbies [illegible] by mine _ it rained_ helped her [illegible] on Tomies [illegible] went with Persons & Albert Mattoon up to Barbers II staid night we expected other ... young folks in but it was too " " stormy

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