Appendix B
Diarist Information

Abbott, Nathan K., 1799–1878 (diary 1832–1874). Never married. Farmer, teacher. Bow and Concord, N.H.

Baldwin, Abigail, 1797–1876 (diary 1853–1854). Married 1823. Minister's wife, farmer. Plymouth, Vt.

Barrett, Martha Osborne, 1827–1905 (diary 1848–1879). Never married. Teacher, needleworker, machine-shop clerk. Peabody, Mass.

Barrett, Samantha, ca. 1780–1830 (diary 1815–1830). Never married. Weaver, farmer. New Hartford, Conn.

Barrett, Zeloda, 1786–1836 (diary 1804–1831). Never married. Weaver, spinner, caretaker/nurse. New Hartford, Conn.

Beacham, Sarah, 1838–1909 (diary 1863–1903). Never married. Millworker, weaver. Ossipee, N.H.

Bennett, A[rthur], ?–1846 (diary 1844–1846). Married 1834. Sawmill worker. Woodstock, Vt.

Bennett, Francis, Jr., 1837–? (diary 1852–1854). Single. Grocery clerk. Gloucester, Mass.

Benson, Charles A., 1830–1881 (diary 1862–1881). Married. Ship steward. Salem, Mass.

Berbineau, Lorenza (Stevens), ca. 1806–1869 (diary 1851–1869). Married 1842. Domestic servant. Boston.

Brown, Pamela, 1816–? (diary 1835–1838). Single during diary period (married 1840). Teacher. Plymouth (Plymouth Notch), Vt.

Brown, Sally Experience, 1807–? (diary 1832–1834). Single during diary period (married 1835). Domestic worker, teacher. Plymouth (Plymouth Notch), Vt.

Campbell, John, 1762–1832 (diary 1795–1832). Married 1787, widowed, remarried 1814. Farmer. Windham, N.H.

Carpenter Edward Jenner, 1825–1900 (diary 1844–1845). Single during diary period (married 1850). Cabinetmaker's apprentice. Greenfield, Mass.

Chandler, Horatio Nelson, 1804–1873 (diary 1839–1842). Married 1836. Farmer, store clerk, carpenter. Chesterfield, N.H.

Chapman, Louisa Ann, 1814–1892 (diary 1848–1849). Single during diary period (married 1853). Teacher, seamstress. Ipswich, Mass.

Clapp, David, Jr., 1806–1893 (diary 1820–1824). Single during diary period (married 1835). Printer's apprentice. Dorchester and Boston, Mass.

Clark, Daniel, 1768–1828 (diary 1789–1828). Married. Farmer, potter. Concord, N.H.

Crossman, Adelaide (Isham), 1837–1892 (diary 1855–1867). Married 1855, widowed 1864, remarried 1866. Farmer, seamstress. South Sutton, Mass.

Crossman, Ferdinand, 1834–1864 (diary 1855). Married 1855. Farmer, cotton-mill worker. South Sutton, Mass.

Doloff, Melissa, 1839–? (diary 1858). Single, married. Teacher. Sutton, Vt.

Forbes, Susan E. Parsons (Brown), 1824–1910 (diary 1841–1908). Married 1859. Millworker, teacher, boardinghouse keeper. Epsom, N.H.

Foster, John, 1840–1902 (diary 1856). Single during diary period (married 1866). Millworker. New Ipswich, N.H.

Foster, John Plummer, 1817–1891 (diary 1848–1888). Married 1845. Farmer. North Andover, Mass.

Gilbert, Parna, 1825–? (diary 1848–1853). Single during diary period (married 1853). Seamstress, domestic, nurse. Peru, Worthington, and Cummington, Mass.

Goodenough, Lizzie A. (Wilson), 1843–? (diary 1865–1875). Married 1869. Domestic servant, seamstress. Brattleboro, Vt.

Green, Harriott (Smalley), 1805–1849 (diary 1844–1845). Married 1824. Farmer. Williamstown and Brandon, Vt.

Hall, Mary, 1806–? (diary 1821–1836). Single during diary period (married 1838). Weaver, book-folder. Lowell, Mass., and Concord, N.H.

Hill, Ivory B., 1833–? (diary 1857–1880). Married 1854. Shoemaker, farmer. West Northwood, N.H.

Holbrook, Mary Grace, 1834–1913 (diary 1852–1854). Single, married. Seamstress, shoebinder, dressmaker. Oxford, Conn.

Hopkins, Marion, 1832–? (diary 1851–1855). Single, married. Millworker, leather pieceworker. Sunapee, N.H.

James, Samuel Shepard, 1820–1907 (diary 1839–1907). Married 1845. Farmer, teacher, surveyor. Northwood, N.H.

Jones, Mary Giddings (Coult), 1830–1910 (diary 1851–1859). Married 1853. Teacher, seamstress. Barkhamsted, Conn.

Kent, John H., ?–? (diary 1854). Blacksmith, hauler. RowIcy, Mass.

Kimball, Joshes, 1798–1881 (diary 1838–1881). Married 1824, widowed 1855, remarried 1856. Carpenter, farmer. Boxford and Georgetown, Mass.

Kimball, Walter Lewis, 1825–1849 (diary 1846–1849). Never married. Carpenter (joiner). Georgetown, Mass.

Lane, Joshua, 1762–1829 (diary 1788–1829). Married 1788. Farmer, teacher, town surveyor. Sanbornton, N.H.

Lye, Joseph, 1792–1834 (diary 1817–1832). Never married. Shoemaker, laborer, fisherman. Lynn, Mass.

Mason, Albert, 1807–1890 (diary 1830–1889). Married. Farmer. Monroe, N.H.

Mudge, Mary Jane, 1830–? (diary 1854). Single during diary period (married 1856). Teacher. Lynn, Mass.

Nims, Brigham, 1811–1893 (diary 1840–1888). Married 1853. Farmer, teacher, blacksmith, tailor. Roxbury, N.H.

Parks, Vestus Haley, 1805–1889 (diary 1827–1829). Single during diary period (married 1831). Gunpowder-mill worker, peddler of tin and rags. Russell, Mass.

Porter, Alfred, 1826–1864 (diary 1854–1856). Never married. Shoemaker, farmer, mariner. Danvers, Mass.

Robinson, Perley Carr, 1801–? (diary 1849). Married. Farmer, tailor. Poplin, N.H.

Root, Sarah, 1820–? (diary 1859–1864). Married 1838. Boardinghouse keeper. Belchertown, Mass.

Sanborn, Ezra, 1820–1892 (diary 1861–1878). Married 1851. Farmer, shoemaker. Contoocook, N.H.

Severance, Harriet Anne, 1838–? (diary 1862–1866). Single. Domestic, nurse, hoop-skirt factory worker. Northampton and Leyden, Mass.

Smith, David T., 1803–? (diary 1832–1860). Married 1833. Carpenter, farmer. Rowley, Mass.

Stoddard, Ann Julia, ?–? (diary 1866). Single. Teacher, domestic servant. Lyndon and Sutton (North Ridge), Vt.

Taft, Nancy, 1809–1843 (diary 1838). Single. Teacher. Barre, Vt.

Tilton, Pollie (Cathcart), 1805–? (diary 1839–1860). Single during diary period (married 1860). Domestic, nurse. Goshen and Williamsburg, Mass.

Trask, Sarah, 1828–1892 (diary 1849–1851). Never married. Shoebinder. Beverly, Mass.

Unknown Author, ?–? (diary 1859). Married. Farmer. Newburyport, Mass.

Weymouth, James S., 1819–1912 (diary 1850–1869). Married 1843. Farmer, teacher. Belmont, N.H.

Whipple, George S., 1822–? (diary 1838). Single. Store clerk. Newburyport, Mass.

Williams, Paulina (Bascom), 1803–1843 (diary 1830–1833). Married 1827. Wife of itinerant minister. West Haven, Orwell, and Tinmouth, Vt.