26 September 28. Clayton returns from Colorado; Jason returns and goes on to Princeton Seminary. October 24. Fred in for 2 days–he has resigned his position with the Wabash R.R. and is now manager of the Des Moines and Iowa Falls Railroad. November 8. Clayton and Paul leave for St. Louis and Albuquerque, New Mexico. December 21. Rev. Mills Taylor is called as new pastor of Cedarville Reformed Presbyterian Church. December 24. Clayton returns from New Mexico; Paul remains there for his health (lung trouble). December 25. Jason gets home for Christmas. 1908 January 6. Jason returns to Princeton Seminary. January 14. Death of John Murdock (Martha’s brother).[Note: the following entry was not included in the notes] “Uncle John Murdock passed away very suddenly this morning. He seemed to rest well last night. At six o’clock when he turned over in his bed, Aunt Mary noticed there was something wrong. She went to the nearest neighbor and called them to come, Mr. Daniel Dean, but when she got back he was about gone, and passed quietly away almost immediately to awaken up in heaven to change his rags of earth for the beautiful robe of heaven–how glorious. It is the ones who are left that are the lonely ones.” January 26. Martha’s birthday–64 years old. February 2. The furnace is frozen–had to order repairs from Boston. February 8. Oldest daughter Fannie is 40 years old. February 11. Furnace repaired and working again. March 3. Clara leaves for Chicago, St. Louis and Texas. She has been at the farm since June 1907 and most of the time was cook and housekeeper. April 14-15. Homer in for a short visit; had been ill and off work since December with recurrence of his lung problems. May 19. Paul returns to New Mexico–on June 10 goes to Des Moines to be with Fred. June 23. Clara returns home July 5. Mills Taylor began pastorate [at Cedarville Reformed Presbyterian Church]. July 6. Clayton leaves for Greely, Colorado to visit Edith Rankin–Jason will join to visit Nelle Rankin. July 28. Rev. T. H. MacKenzie and Fannie, Donald & Malcolm, arrive. August. All the family get home at different times and stay various lengths of time. September 3-4. Jason & Fannie and boys leave for N. Y. September 28. After 5 years at Cedarville, Chas. Baskin leaves for medical school at Ann Arbor, Mich. October 22. Clayton and Clara leave for Des Moines to meet Jason there, then on to Greely, Colorado where a double wedding is to take place on October 29. Clayton marries Edith Rankin and Jason marries Nelle Rankin, Oct. 29, 1908. [Note: the following entry from October 29th was not included in the notes] “Father and I here alone. Our thoughts and hearts are “over the hills” and far away at Greely–as we watch the [ ]. The hour for the wedding is here. How much we would love to be there–but that was impossible–as I would not have been equal to the undertaking.
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