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1844 Abram was married 2nd March 14th February sowed peas 28th sowed peas for seed 1844 March 9th a very heavy thunder cloud 1844 March 22nd the steam engine boiler bursted and killed Mr Smith the engineer and the two fireman and threw pieces 200 yards weighing 15 [illegible] 1844 23 lbs pork out of the brine for an [experiment?] 1844 Shad in Petersburg 10th of February 1844 Brunett married Feb 16th 1844 J Sheilds child was born Feb 23rd 1844 Mrs Sarah Davis died Feb 21st 1844 Mr Dance married to Miss Moore Feb " George Murray died March 22nd " John Ragland's child died March 26th " A Ford died March 24th " James H Polk elected President 1845 All the peas and wheat killed by hard freeze 8th April " Corn two dollars April 20th
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1844 Abram was married 2nd March 14th February sowed peas 28th sowed peas for seed 1844 March 9th a very heavy thunder cloud 1844 March 22nd the steam engine boiler bursted and killed Mr Smith the engineer and the two fireman and threw pieces 200 yards weighing 15 [illegible] 1844 23 lbs pork out of the brine for an [experiment?] 1844 Shad in Petersburg 10th of February 1844 Brunett married Feb 16th 1844 J Sheilds child was born Feb 23rd 1844 Mrs Sarah Davis died Feb 21st 1844 Mr Dance married to Miss Moore Feb " George Murray died March 22nd " John Ragland's child died March 26th " A Ford died March 24th " James H Polk elected President 1845 All the peas and wheat killed by hard freeze 8th April " Corn two dollars April 20th
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