Step into the 1800’s and visit the life of a Quaker girl from the Chili area.
Yesterday the Chili Public Library was glad to receive the donated book Mary Thorn's Journal: A Quaker Girl's Life in 1855. The book is an annotated transcription by Barb Chapman of the diary of Mary's Thorn. Sandra Erickson, a librarian from the Central library presented the book in honor of Ms. Chapman who was present.
Mary Thorn was 21 years old when she wrote the diary. She had finished her schooling at the Chili District No.4 Cobblestone Schoolhouse when she was fifteen years old. She taught at both the Chili Cobblestone School and at the Scottsville District No. 1 School on East Genesee Street. At the time that she was writing the diary, she lived on a farm with her family on Scottsville Road in the Town of Chili. She had responsibility for the two young children in the Thorn household and of helping with the cooking and cleaning.
The original diary is in the Skivington Library at the Sage-Marlowe House, owned by the Wheatland Historical Association, in Scottsville. The book is a welcome addition to our local history division.
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