DIARY OF
DR. and MRS. H. M. CLARK (Laura)
YEAR - 1818
The Journal
of Laura Clark
an account of her journey from Milford, Connecticut to Wakeman, Ohio
The Wakeman Community
Library extends its thanks to William
"Court" Prentice for his donation of the beginning of the Diary
of Laura Clark. This account was in the email received from Mr. Prentice. "Years
ago, my father's (he is now 86) grandmother, Winnibel Flora Bryant, was found
to be rocking herself by the fire, reading old pages of something- or-other.
As she finished reading each page she'd toss it in the fire. When
asked what it was that she was reading she said something like " Oh, just
an old journal of my grandmother's, no one remembers her anymore, I don't expect
anyone would be interested in this old account of her trip by wagon to Ohio,
from Connecticut. Whomever asked the question disagreed, and saved what remained."
What follows is what remains of her account of her journey from Milford, Connecticut,
to Ohio in 1818.
The Diary of Laura
Clark
donated by the family of Eileen Watts
Transcribed by Lowell
Dunlap