Joel
Bean (1825-1914) moved to San Jose, California, in 1882 and kept 36
“Engagement Calendars” from 1883 to 1913, 30 years. A few years have “extra” diaries and 1886 is
missing.
This 1895 diary is typical of Joel’s diaries, a black leather bound volume about 5 X 3 inches cover, about an inch thick, with
three dates pre-printed on each page .
The title of the volume is “pacific
coast diary for 1895, Containing Useful Memoranda and Tables for Reference, Published
Annually, San Francisco. The first about
20 pages are the “useful . .
. reference”
Only
dates with hand written entries are listed.
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1895 Daily Entries ====================
The flysheet inside the
front cover has these words in ink:
“Joel
Bean”
“Presented with the love of Anna
& Catharine” Xmas.
A small lined slip of
paper in the volume says:
“For
dear “Dada” with the love of Anna & Catharine.”
(Anna
was 8 and Catharine 4. from
Charles E & Lydia S B. Cox)
Jan.
1, 1895 Tues.: Dr.
Tomlinson’s Birthday – 79
Jan.
6, 1895 Sun: Margaret Gates was at
Mtg. with E. Davis. H.E.B & I dined at C.E.C’s with Prof. John
Dickinson
Jan.
9, 1895 Wed: Benja Coppock was at Mtg. & spoke –
(lately from Ind. Territory)
Sewing Circle at Geo. Hammonds.
Jan.
10, 1895 Thurs: B. H. Jones spent
last night here. Geo.
& Mary Hammond here to dinner.
Jan.
13, 1895 Sun: H. & I attended
the Funeral of Judge Payne at 2 p.m. at the Episcopal
Church.
Jan. 23, 1895 Wed:
Sewing Circle here in the p.m.
M. Parsons, C. Taber, H. Bell, A. Griffin, C. & E. Davis, S. &
L. Jones, P. Brun, Alice Haines & sister, E. Roberts, S. Cox here.
Jan.
27, 1895 Sun: Benja & Geo.
& W. B. Jones dined at C.E. C’s.
Jan.
31, 1895 Thurs: Sowed Beets & Carrots
Feb.
1, 1895 Friday: John Smith sowed
wheat on Cathies Lot.
Feb.
6, 1895 Wed: Sewing Circle at Saml
Haines’s in Santa Clara.
Feb. 9,
1895 Sat: H. & I attended a
reception at Dr. Wakefield’s for Dr. Haweis of London. Heard the latest discourse an hour on
Higher Criticism to an Audience of 35 or 40 Ministers of San Jose & others.
Feb.
13, 1895 Wed: Benja Coppock was at Mtg. & spoke. Isaac & Elizabeth Hibbard
& Rachel Stevenson were present.
Mar 3,
1895 Sunday: Allen Flitcrafs &
wife, Dr. Nicholson & wife & party from Penna were at Mtg. From the Vendome. A. F. Spoke & his wife prayed.
Mar 6,
1895, Wed: Isaac & Elizabeth
Hibberd were here to dinner after Mtg. & E. Hibberd went to Sewing Circle
at Abner Allens.
Mar
8, 1895 Fri.: Horse “Ted” & the Carriage were
stolen in the
Evening by two little boys from Santa Clara, when Chas. & Lily were
attending a Lecture.
Mar 10, 1895, Sunday:
Constable Lovely of Santa Clara came in the Evening to inform that
“Ted” & The Carriage were found in S. F. & the Boys arrested.
Mar 11, 1895 Mon.:
Fred Hadley went to S. F. to get the horse & carriage.
Mar
12, 1895 Tues.: F. Hadley returned
about 7 p.m. with “Ted” & the Carriage. They recd a welcome.
Mar
15, 1895 Friday: James Started for
Pasadena
Mar
17, 1895 Sun: Carolina Ladd from Haverford, Pa. was at mtg. And prayed. Stephen & Wm Post from N. Y at Mtg. on their way to Cala Y. M. C. Ladd dined at C. Davis’s &
we called with C. & L. to see her in the p.m.
Mar
18, 1895 Mon.: I attended
Ministers Mtg. At 10:30 a.m. Aug.
Taber read an excellent Paper on Peace.
Mar 26
, 1895 Tues.: “Mrs.”
Bradbury and “Mrs.” Benjja Price from Iowa City called here.
Mar 27, 1895 Wed: Lily & I called at the
“Bristol” on Cousin Ira
A. Hill & family.
Mar 28, 1895 Thurs: Ira A. Hill & wife & daughter came here to stay a
few days.
Mar 31, 1895 Sun: Ira A. & Mary & Kittie Hill
returned from Monterey I the p.m. & took tea at Chas. E. Cs
April
1, 1895 Mon.: Lily took the
Cousins a drive to the Orchard etc.
Company took tea at C’s
April
2, 1895 Tues.: I went with our
Cousins and Lily to Stanford University.
Attended Dr. Jordan’s Lecture and took the drive to the Stables,
and Menlo Park etc.
April
3, 1895 Wed: Ira A. Hill &
family left for S. F at 3 p.m.
Sewing Circle at C.E.C’s
April
6, 1895 Sat: We dined at
C.E.C’s with Pres. Jordan, who came to Lecture at the Washburn School to
Ladies.
April
7, 1895 Sunday: Lily & I went
to hear Dr. Mommery of England, at the Episcopal Church in the Evening.
April
12, 1895 Friday: Cyrus Beede &
wife from Oskaloosa Iowa, staid here.
April 13,
1895 Sat.: C. & M. Beede went
Prof. Stephen Jones’s
April
14,1895 Sun: Cyrus & Martha
Beede at Meeting.
April
21,1895 Sun: George O. Grosman of
Lynn Mass. At Mtg. I went with
James & Prof. Jones & wife to hear J. H. Garnell at the Baptist Tabernacle.
April
22, 1895 Mon.: Attended the
Funeral of Prof. George at College Park.
Services by Dr. Bovard, Hearbyly Briggs, Wm Alexander, ---Jones &
Binson.
May 3,
1895 Fri.: Hannah L. Neall came to
C.E.C’s
May 4,1895 Sat.: Semi-Annual Mtg.
at Mtg. house
– Perhaps 60 or more present including J. Burtt Davey, John Ransome
Barnsby of Manchester, Eng. Mary
Ann D--- son etc.. Papers on Whittier etc.
May 5,, 1895 Sunday: B. H. Jones, Mary Ann Dawson & J. Ransome Barnsby
dined at Charles’s. Anna Valley, J. B. Davy & others called here.
May 6,,
1895 Monday: H. L. Neall returned home.
May
28, 1895 Tues.: Cathie & her
two children came from Tularie to Charles’ (E. Cox, her brother-in-law
next door to Joel Bean’s house)
May 29,,
1895 Wed: Commencement day at Stanford.
Benja Coppock & wife
& his sister Rebecca Pickering were at Meeting. I called at the Vendome in the Eveng on A. T. Ravens
& wife from Phila & met Wm. Howland & wife from Cayauga Co. N. Y.
June 8, 1895 Sat: I attended Mo Mtg. at Stockton Ave.
Allen & Martha Jay & Martha Andrews there.
June 9, 1895 Sun: Martha Andrews at Mtg. & to C. E.
C’s to dinner.
Cathie & I went to
hear Anna Shaw at Methodist House.
June 10 , 1895 Mon:
Lily & I went to hear Susan B. Anthony & Anna Shaw in the Eve O at Unitarian house.
June 11,1895 Tues.: Midweek held this morning. Allen & Martha Jay & M. Andrews present, at C.E.C’s to dinner.
June
19, 1895 Wed: H.E.B. & I went
to Paso Robles.
June
23, 1895 Sun: I attended M. E.
church at Paso Robles in the Morning & the Baptist in the Evening. 7 or 8 present in the Eveng.
Sidewise on JUNE 28 & 29
DATES—“Martha Albright & her Cousin called to see us at the
Hotel Cottages. I called at her
Cousin’s, George Williams
June
30, 1895 Sun: At Paso Robles
-- I attended Congregational
Ch. in the morning. In the absence of the Pastor a Sermon
was read by a member.
At the A.M. E. Ch. in the Eveng.
July
1, 1895 Mon.: Frederick Albright
& wife & _______________ Gardner & wife visited us at the Hotel
Cottages, at Paso Robles.
July 3
1895 Wed: I came from Paso Robles
to Pacific Grove. Left H.E.B. at
A. Dickins. C.E.B.Cox & Joel
& Mary & Sarah Lewis and Chas. & Anna went to P. Grove. Attended Lecture of Dr. Gunsaulus? In
Evng on Puritanism.
July 4
, 1895 Thurs: Heard Oration by
John Flornoy of S. F. Dr. Rice of
Oakland in the Eveng Illustrated Lecture of S. Islands.
July
5, , 1895 Fri.: Heard Dr.
Gunsaulus?? On Tennyson. H. L.
Neall & J called on R. H Smiley at El-Carmello. Prof. Barnard in the eveng Illustrated Lecture on
Astronomy.
July
7, 1895 Sun: Anna & I attended
Episcopal Church. Chas. returned
home in the p.m.
July
8, 1895 Mon.: Heard Dr.
Gemsaulus?? in the p.m. on Robt Browning & in the Evening on Phillip Brooks.
July
9, 1895 Tues.: W. C. T. U. day at
Chautauqua. A good Essay by Jesse
Norton & address by S. M Severance etc. Attended Lecture in the Eveng by Jas. Clement Ambrose
on “My Partner”.
July
10, , 1895 Wed: Heard T. W.
Blackman on Sociology at 11 a.m.
I Returned home. H. E. B.
returned from Paso Robles, meeting
me at Castroville. Morris Cox came
to C. E. C’s.
Jul.
12, 1895 Fri. Morris Cox and Catharine M. Cox went to
P. Grove.
July 15, 1895 Mon.: Stephen & Julia Sparks came
here. I took them to
Campbell’s where they took a
room.
July
16 , 1895 Tues.: L. S. B. Cox went
to P. Grove.
July 21, 1895 Sun: H.E.B. attended Meeting the first time for several
Months. Edward Wright staid here.
July
24, 1895 Wed: Mother, Ellen Davis
& H. & I called at Frank Rambo’s & Albs? Burr’s
orchard.
July
25, 1895 Thurs: Mother, E. Davis,
H. & I went to Friend Coffin’s for a call, on Julian Street beyond
King road.
Aug. 4
, 1895 Sunday: Stephen & Julia
Sparkes at Meeting & here to dinner.
Chas. brought them from Campbell & I took them back in the
carriage.
We called at Geo. Hammond’s
--- the eveng.
Aug.
8, 1895 Thurs. C.E.C. went to P.
Grove.
Aug.
10, 1895 Sat: Hannah Renison came
here to work.
Aug.
12, 1895 Mon.: I started for Iowa.
Aug.
15, 1895 Thurs: I reached Council
Bluffs.
Aug.
16, 1895 Friday: I went from Council Bluffs to West Branch to G. T. Penrose’s
Aug.
17, 1895 Sat: Attended Q. M. at
West Branch. Archibald Groslis? Present.
Aug.
18, 1895 Sun: Attended Meeting at
W. B. and went to Jesse Negus’s to stay. Ole Sawyer, Sibjone? & Tarber Rosdale, Ann Thorena
Tostenson, & others there.
Aug.
19, 1895 Mon.: Dined at Wm.
Negus’s & returned to West Branch.
Aug.
20,1895 Tues.: Made Calls ---
Dined at Ellwood Tatum’s at our old home. Called at Peter Dyhr’s?
Aug.
21, 1895 Wed: Attended Meeting at
W. B. Dined at reason?
Thomson’s with A. Grosbie and Elize Coffin. Went to the Mtg. at the old Mtg. house in the Evening
& staid at Asa Staple’s.
Aug.
22, 1895 Thurs: Made Calls.
Aug.
23, 1895 Fri.: Went with C. T.
Penrose to Springdale. Dined with
Louis & Rachel van Hill, and called at Wm Mathis’s, G. P.
Wood’s, Henry Miles’s, John Pearson’s, Jas. Thomas?, Thos.
Montgomery’s & Ruthie Torenais??
Aug.
24, 1895 Sat: Went with Jesse
& Rachel Negus to Bloomington.
Dined at Saml Mathus’ on the way, and staid at Joshua
Hoops’s
Aug.
25, 1895 Sun: Attended Bloomington
Mtg. Dined at J. Hooper’s
with chas Peasley & wife etc.
Called at John Negus’s &
Sam C. Deanes, Pliny Frys, and staid with John & Laura Minthone at
Muscatine.
Aug.
26, 1895 Mon.: Called on Anna
Mahin & Joh & Elvira Lee, and Returned from Muscatine to W. Branch wit
Jesse & Rachael Negus.
Staid at A. staples.
Aug.
27, 1895 Tues.: Staid at Wm
Penrose’s.
Aug.
28, 1895 Wed: Attended Meeting at
Hickory Grove with C. & M. A. Penrose. Dined at Wilson Hivat’s. Called at Jas. Armstrong’s. staid at T. Coggshall’s.
Aug.
29, 1895 Thurs: Went with G. T.
& M. A. Penrose to Lars Christian Hanson’s to dinner. Staid at G. T. Penrose’s. Aug. 30, Fri.: Went from W. B. to LaGrand to Cousin
Jas. R?utland’s & Lydia Reede’s
Aug.
31, 1895 Sat: Staid at Ole
Sawyer’s.
Sept
1, 1895 Sun: Attended Meeting at
Stavangar. A full house. Took tea
at Joseph Lindley Bean’s with L. Beede & Jas. Outland’s
family. Staid at J.
Outland’s.
YEARLY MEETING is written sidewise across Sept
5, 6, at outter edge of the page.
Sept
7, 1895 Sat: took tea at Barclay
Watson’s
Sept
9, 1895 Mon.: Took tea at Cyrus
Beede’s
Sept
10, 1895 Tues.: Y. M. closed. I went from
Oskaloosa to Earlham & staid with Josiah & Louise Knudson Maxwell. With Wm Mather & wife.
Sept
11, 1895, Wed: Called at Elihuu
Stanley’s & took train for the West in the morning.
Sept
12, 1895, Thurs: Reached Denver in
the morning & stoped over at the Hotel Metropole. Called on I. L. Townsends
& took tea with them after going by St. Cars over the City with I. L. T.
Sept
13, 1895 Fri.: Left Denver for
Salt Lake City. Passed thro the
Grand Canyon, Salida to Leadville 10000 ft high or more.
Sept
14,, 1895 Sat: Reached Salt Lake
City afternoon. Stopped over at Union Pacific Hotel.
Sept
15,, 1895 Sunday: Went to the
Templeton House to stay.
Attended Cong Ch in morning &
a Mormon Mtg. in the p.m.
Heard a bro of Geo. L. Cannon preach. An interesting C. E. union? Mtg. In the Eveng.
Sept
16 1895 Mon.: Left Salt Lake
city for California.
Sept
17, 1895 Tues.: Reached Benicia in
the Evening and staid at Cousin Jas. R. Bean’s.
Sept
18 , 1895Wed: Returned home.
Oct 2,
1895, Wed: Albert & Mary
Tebbetts came here.
Oct 3,
Thurs: E. B’s Birthday --93-- We all took Breakfast at C.E.C’s. We went to Campbell’s Station
with Albert Tebbetts. Geo.
& Mary Hammond here in the Evening.
Oct
13, 1895 Sun: Saml Doncaster &
his Nephew Jas. Henry Doncaster from Sheffield, Engl, at Mtg. & at
C.E.C’s to dinner with us and here to tea. Chas. A.
& M. A.? Tebbetts at Mtg. & with us.
Oct
14, 1895 Mon.: I went to Stanford University with S. & J. H. Doncaster & Chas. A.
Tebbetts. Attended Prof. Griggs
& Dr. Jordan’s Lectures.
Oct
16, 1895 Wed: Sewing Circle here
in p.m. Mary Parsons, Louise
Jones, Jane & Alice Griffin, M. Hammond, L. Allen here, & W. B. Jones
& Chas. & Abby Clough of Lynn, Mass. Called.
Oct.
17, 1895 Thurs: M. H. Tebbetts, H.E.B. & I went to Stanford University in the forenoon. Heard Profs Griggs & Howard?.
Oct.
18, 1895, Fri.: C. A. & M. H.
Tebbetts left for home. E. Bean went with them. Edward Wright & wife staid here.
Oct. 19, 1895 Sat: The
Presbyterian Synod of Cala in Session in S.J. I was in awhile in the a.m.
Oct.
25, 1895 Fri.: H.E.B. & I went
to Stanford University in the pre noon, in company
with Benja & Geo. Jones & Chas. & Abby Clough of Lynn, Mass. Heard Prof. Griggs lecture & Prof.
Lathrop.
Oct.
28, 1895 Mon.: We attended the
funeral of James Canney at 2 p.m. Ann & Sarah Cloud came
here to take a room for a week.
Oct.
30, 1895 Wed: H.E.B. & I went
to Stanford University in the forenoon. Attended lectures of Profs Griggs and
Thobuon? On Ethics.
Nov.
2, 1895, Sat: Semi Annual
Meeting. Papers by Jas. B, I. M.
Cox and J. Burtt Davey, & Report of visit to Iowa by J. B. J. B. Davy staid at
C.E.C’s.
Nov.
3, 1895 Sun: J. Burtt Davy at Mtg.
, tea.
Nov.
12, 1895 Tues.: H.E.B. & I
went to Tulare to I. M. Cox’s
Nov.
17, 1895 Sun: We attended Cong.
Church at Tulare. ----Wedge, Pastor
Nov.
24, 1895 Sun: We attended Cong. Church with Cathie, at Tulare.
Nov.
28,, 1895 Thurs: Thanksgiving
day. Benja & Ella Cox and Alvin and Isaac
Reaves & wife took dinner at Isaac M Cox’s with us.
Dec.
1,, 1895 Sun: We went with Cathie
to Cong. Ch. at Tulare.
Dec.
6, 1895 Fri. We took dinner at
Benja Cox’s with Isaac &
Cathie and the children.
Dec.
8, 1895 Sun: Isaac & I
attended Service by the Evangelist ----------- Martin in Tulare.
Dec.
11, 1895 Wed: We left I. M.
Cox’s & staid in Tulare at “the Repose” Mrs. Murray’s Lodging House. I called at -----Vieles’??
Dec.
12, , 1895 Thurs: We returned home
from Tulare.
Dec.
23, 1895 Mon.: Chas. & Morris
Cox went to Tulare.
Dec.
24, 1895 Tues.: Christmas tree
at the other house
Dec. 25, 1895 Wed:
Elizabeth C. Roberts died near Skyland, aged 27.
Dec.
27, 1895 Fri.: The funeral of
Libbie Roberts at l p.m.
Dec.
30, 1895 Mon.: I read a paper
before the Ministers Mtg. On the duty of Christians & the Churches in
regard to the Venezuelan Constitution ? with England—
1895 CASH ACCOUNTS, PAGES
OF ADDRESSES, AND LETTERS ANSWERED
follows in three sections after the dated entries.
========================== 1895 ========================
Joel
Bean’s 1895 Engagement
Calendar was copied into the Mackintosh Computer on Microsoft Word 4.0. October
27 , 1998 at Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library by
Tom M.
King
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