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Hist. Mss.
1-899 SC
Susannah Burkholder, circa 1865-1951
Diary, 1880-1891
1 File (Small Collections)
Administrative Information
A copy of this diary was deposited into the
Archives
by Wilmer Swope, Leetonia, Ohio, in 1990. Updated by Dennis Stoesz
January 18, 1996.
Inventory Listing
1 File (Small Collections)
Diary, 1880-1891
204 pages, typescript, photocopy. Burkholder has
entries of two-four lines per day in her diary, and includes a
description of the weather, church activities, deaths, chores, social
activites, school, and also mentions the election of President
Garfield, 1881. Diary was started when Burkholder was about 15 years
old and includes entries up to age 26. The date of her birth, May 27,
1865, and that she lived at least until June 11, 1951, is arrived at
from her entry on the last page.
Susannah Burkholder lived near East Lewistown
and
North Lima, Ohio, and was part of this Mennonite settlement in the
Mahoning and Columbiana counties. She mentions attending the Metzler's
Church, today known as the North Lima Mennonite Church; mentions the
Oberholtzer's church, today known as Midway Mennonite; and mentions the
Nold Mennonite Church, today known as the Leetonia Mennonite Church.
File also includes two letters from Ellen
(Burkholder)
Maust, Louisville, Stark County, Ohio, 1967-68. Ellen and Susannah were
quite likely sisters. And file includes a photocopy of a photograph of
Susannah and Ellen (Ella), with their parrot Polly, as well.
Name and Subject Tracing
Burkholder, Susannah, ca. 1865-1951
Diaries
Leetonia Mennontie Church, Leetonia, Ohio
Mennonites - Ohio - Columbiana County
Mennonites - Ohio - Mahoning County
Midway Mennonite Church, Columbiana, Ohio
North Lima Mennonite Church, North Lima, Ohio
February 9, 2004 / Posted on web by Rebecca Allen
November 11, 2003 / Updated by Helen Hostetler
File: "HM01-899.doc"
Mennonite Church USA Archives-Goshen, 1700 S
Main St.,
Goshen, Indiana 46526
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