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
1889 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 “Bancroft’ pacific coast diary
for 1889,
Containing Useful Memoranda and
Tables for Reference, Published Annually, San Francisco. The first 60 pages are the “useful . . . reference”
Only
dates with hand written entries are listed.
=========================1889 ============================
Jan.
1, 1889 Tues.: We all dined at
Abner Allen's Eclipse of the
Sun almost to total at 1:30 p.m. plainly visible.
Jan.
3, 1889, Thursday: Annual Mtg. of
Ex. Com. of C.L.S.C. at University.
H.E.B. went to Alex
Harrison’s & staid a night.
Jan.
6, 1889, Sunday: Prof. Howe of Denver University came to dine with Chas. E.
Cox.
Jan.
22, 1889, Tues.: Jesse and
Mary Edwards & their daughter
Mabel, & bro.-in-law Wm. Grant came here. They went to S.J. in the P.M. with Jas. B. & the
Edwards’ returned & staid here
Jan.
23,1889, Wednesday: The Friends
were at meeting & here to dinner.
James took them to the Foothills (ranch).
Jan.
27, 1889, Sunday: Jesse &
Mary Edwards at mtg. and at G.N.
Jones to dinner. and G. Hammonds
to tea - H.E.B. & I were at G.H to
tea with them.
Jan.
29, 1889 Tuesday: The carpenters began work on C E.
Cox’s house (next door
on corner of Newhall and Chapman in 1998. tk)
Abbie
& Libbie Roberts here.
Feb.
2, 1889, Saturday: L.S.B.Cox
went S. F.& returned.
Feb.
3, 1889, Sun: Fred Dawson here to
dinner.
Feb.
5, Tuesday: Attended the funeral
of Sarah Mendenhall.
Feb.
6, 1889, Wed: I went out with E.
Shelley to their Saratoga Ranch.
Feb.
7, 1889, Thursday: Mother,
H. & I went to the Foothills & dined at Benjamin Wrights. (Had Jas.'s horse & Carriage).
Feb.
11, 1889, Monday: Mrs. Trego??
& daughter Mrs. Mitchell?? Called here: from Oakland
Feb.
12, 1889, Tuesday: James &
Roanna took Mother & me to call on Nathan Talbert & wife near Saml.
Haines’s place.
Feb.
14, 1889 Thursday: James took
Mother, H. & I to Geo. Cloud’s & L. Cloud went with us to his
Father’s. Called at Quito
Farm on our way home. I went
with L. S. B. C. to a Lecture at U. P.
on Volapiek??
Feb.
15, 1889, Fri.: Snow on the
Mountains. Set out 4 Olive tree
cuttings from Quito farm (Mission
Olives)
Feb.
17, 1889 Sunday: Saml. Cloud &
his Mother here to dinner.
Mark Sickal, son-in-law of Jas. R. Bean (of Benicia) here
to tea.
Feb.
19, 1889 Tuesday: Went in
afternoon to hear D. L. Moody at Horticultural Hall.
Feb.
20, 1889 Wed: Mother, H. & I
dined at Henry Trego’s with Benja. & Mahalath Jones.
Feb.
21, 1889, Thurs. I attended
a Lecture with L.S.B.C. at U. P.
by Prof. Holden on 6 mo.'s work at Mt. Hamilton.
Feb.
22, 1889, Friday: Chas. &
Lydia & I went to hear D. L. Moody at Horticultural Hall.
Mar.
3, 1889, Sunday: Henry Tatum and
Saml. Haines here to dinner.
Mar.
7, 1889, Thurs.: Mother
& I started for Pasadena by R. R. via Lathrop.
Mar.
8, 1889, Friday: Reached Pasadena
in the morning. Met at Station by
Albert & Chas. Tebbetts.
Albert took us a drive in the p. m.
Mar
9, 1889, Sat: Recd calls at C. E. Tebbett’s from Dr. Nicholson &
wife, John C. Gore? & wife.
etc.
Mar 10, 1889, Sun: Attended Pasadena Mtg. & F. D.
S. Albert & Mary and
Mother & I dined with John C. Gore? & wife at there Grandson’s Prof. Holder’s on Orange Grove Ave.
Mar.
11, 1889 Mon.: Mother & I,, with A. & M. Tebbetts dined at Saml
Abbotts. Jas. Townsend took
me a drive to J. R. Ts., Lawson Hollingsworth, Smith James’s, etc..
Mar
12, 1889, Tues.: D. L. Moody
in Pasadena.
Mar.
13, 1889, Wed: very Rainy. Attended Pasadena Mid-week mtg. 6 present.
Mar.
14, 1889, Thurs: Rainy.
Mar
15 & 16,1889, has “List of Old pupils I met in
Pasadena” 20
Calls
made in Pasadena not mentioned in Diary elsewhere.
Jas.
Townsend, Martha Dorland, Geo. Chase,
Zino Taber, Louis Congill?, M. L. Kirk.
Mar
17, 1889 Sun.: I attended Meeting
at Allen Lee’s & dined there.
Spent the p.m. with The Tebbetts
family at John Painters.
Mar.
20, 1889, Wed: M. H. Tebbetts
& I went to El Modena. Dined
at John Vestal’s. At Golden
Wedding of Henry O. Way & wife,
Went with Wm. Sharpless to Villa Park to Albert Sharpless’s where
Joshua Hoopes is staying.
Mar.
21, 1889, Thursday: M. H. T.
& I at El Modena Mtg. Dined at
Wm. Jenkins’s, with his sister Phebe Williams & Jas. Grennell & wife, Luther Gordon & wife,
Louisa Tagin ? & other called. Went by Street Cars via Orange to Santa Ana & staid at Aaron
Huddlistons?? (his daughter Ella Paddok.?)
Mar
22, 1889, Friday: Saw the
Ostriches at A. H.’s.
Returned to Pasadena via Whittier where we called on Jon A. Bailey, John C. Hiatts’, Cyrus
Lindleys’, etc. Dined
at Gibbs House with John H. Pickering & called at Luther? Hadley at Wimock? ranch.
Mar
23, 1889, Sat: I went to
Long Beach via Los Angelos.
After calling on Thompson Trame?? & daughter at Tilman
Hobson’s. Staid at Iowa
Villa House.
Mar.
24, 1889, Sunday: Attend
F.D.S. & Meeting at Long Beach.
Benj. a Hollingsworth & Rebecca Naylor
present. Dined with Jacob &
Edith M. Stubbs at his son-in-law's, -----Charles.
Mar
25, 1889, Mon.: Returned from Long
Beach via Los Angelos to Pasadena.
Called at Tacy? Roods, H.
Wood;s, Dr. Riggs;, Wm. Jones’, Dr. Grennill’s, & took tea with
Mother & A. & M. H. T. at Lindly?? Michins??
Mar
26,1889, Tues.: Called at Ed.
Townsend’s, Jesse Jones’, & Henry Wesley’s-- Albert took me in the p.m. to
Eaton Canyon-& Altadena.
Mar.
27, 1889, Wed: At Pasadena
Meeting. We dined with A. & M.
H. T. at Calvin W. Abbott’s.
with M. Dowlg---?
Called at J. M. Abbotts? & Wm. P. Evans’s, C. W. A. took us a
drive. Reuben Hartley
& family took tea with us at Prof. Tebbetts.
Mar
28, 1889, Thurs: I
left Pasadena for home. Albert & Mary T. took me to Los Angelos. took train at 1:20 p.m.
Mar
29, 1889, Friday: Reached
home about 6 p.m.
April
2, 1889, Tuesday: Dr. Allen Furnas
from nr. Danville, Ind. here.
April
3, Wed: Dr. Turnas at Meeting
& here to dinner.
April
4, 1889, Thurs: R. S. Dodge from
Sparta, Wis. (frd of Cousin Ira A. Hill) here to tea.
April
6, 1889, Sat: Waldron Cheyney,
from Phila. bro.-in-law of Anna Potts called here. (One of first 5 who organized a Y.M.C.A.)
April
29, 1889, Monday: H.E.B. started
from Pasadena to return with Mother.
May
7, 1889, Tues.: Mother &
Hannah returned from Pasadena.
May
27, 1889, Monday: I
went to Pacific Grove.
June
1, 1889, Sat: I returned from P.
Grove. Bought a new
carriage. (SEE cost in Cash
Accounts below) Jas. & Roanna returned from P.
Grove.
June
6, 1889, Thurs: Picnic at Alum
Rock (Park) for F. D. School & Friends. H. & I went.
June
10, 1889, Monday: Chas.
& L.S.B. Cox commenced to living in their new house (corner of Newhall and Chapman Streets next to
Joel and Hannah Bean’s house in Chapman Davis tract of College Park,
between San Jose and Santa Clara,
with a San Jose address of 855, now 1105 Chapman Street)
June
12, 1889, Wed: Jeramiah A.
Grennell & wife Dr. Jessup
& Wm. B. Coffin. were at meeting.
June
15, 1889, Sat. J. A. Grennell here
to dinner.
June
26, 1889, Wed: H. E. B. & R.F. Bean went to Pacific Grove.
July
1, 1889, Mon.: I went to P. Grove, with Chas. E. Cox and others. Chautauqua Assembly
commenced--(See Program in pocket of this Book) (not there!)
July
2, 1889, Tues.: James Bean went to
P. Grove.
July
9, 1889, Tues.: H. E. B. returned
home from P. Grove.
L.
S. B. Cox went to The Grove.
July
10, 1889, Wed: I came Home from P.
Grove in the afternoon. L.S.B. Cox
read Paper on Wordsworth in the forenoon.
July
11, 1889, Thurs: Catharine E. Bean reached home from Phila accompanied by her Uncle Samuel R.
Shipley. L. S. B. Cox
returned from P. Grove.
July
12, 1889, Fri.: S. R. Shipley & H. E. Bean went to Monterey. (brother and sister)
July
13, 1889, Sat: S.R.S. - H.E.B.
& Chas. E. Cox took the 18 mile drive in the a. m. & returned home in the afternoon. A company at C.E.C;s in the Evening.
July
14, 1889, Sunday: C. & L
Cox & S.R.S. & C. E. B. went to Sivert Shelley’s to tea.
July
15, 1889, Mon.: Our company went
to G. N. Jones in the Evening.
July
16, 1889, Tues.:
H.E.B., S.R.S., L.S..C. & C. E. B. went with a company by carry all to Stanford University
Grounds.
July
18, 1889, Thurs: S.R.S. and
company returned from Mt. Hamilton
& he left for S. F. & homeward trip in the p. m.
July
21, 1889, Sun: B. Clark Miles came in the Eveg. from Monterey & Pasadena.
July
28, 1889, Sun: Saml Haines here to
dinner.
July
29, 1889, Mon.: B. C. Miles left
for home. Eliz & Ida Shelley
& Lulu Mayna?? here to tea.
July
31, 1889, Wed: Dr. Housekeeper
& wife from Phila called here.
Aug.
2, 1889, Fri.: R. T. Bean returned
for P. Grove.
Aug.
7, 1889, Wed: James returned
for P. Grove.
Aug.
10, 1889 Sat: I attended Mo.
Mtg. at Stockton Ave. in the p.m.
Aug.
11, 1889, Sunday: A Birthday Tea
for C.E.B. & C.E.C. Chas.,
Lydia, & Isaac Cox here.
Aug.
27, 1889, Tues.:
I started for Iowa.
Aug.
31, 1889, Sat: Reached Council bluffs went by Electric Street Cars to Omaha
& back to C. Bluffs.
Sept.
1, 1889, Sunday: spent the day at
Council Bluffs, Iowa. Attended
Congregational church.
Sept.
2, 1889, Monday: went from Council
Bluffs to Oskaloosa.
Sept.
3, 1889, Tues.: Q. M. commenced at
Oskaloosa. took tea at Daniel
Hunt’s.
Sept.
4, 1889, Wed:
At Iowa Q.M. at Oskaloosa. took Boarding at ---Beechler’s.
Sept.
10, 1889, Tues.: Q. M. closed at
Oskaloosa. I went to West
Branch. Staid at Wm
Branson’s.
Sept.
11, 1889, Wed: went to c. T. Pennvsis’? to stay.
Sept.
14, 1889, Sat: At West branch Mo.
Mtg.
Sept.
15, 1889, Sunday. at West Branch Meeting in the new House. went to the Staples sisters to
stay.
Sept.
17, 1889, Tues.: Attended a Mtg.
appointed by Henry Stanley Newman at West Branch, old Mtg. house.
Staid at Jesse Aegerd;s??
Sept.
18, 1889, Wed: At W. Branch Mtg.
Sept.
20, 1889, Fri.: Went to Springdale
& staid at G. P. Wood’s.
Sept.
21, 1889, Sat: At Springdale Mo
Mtg., at Springdale. 30 present.
Sept.
22, 1889, Sun: At West branch
Meeting and dined at Chas. Coffin’s with J. & R. Argus, Eliza Watson,
Archibald Crosbie, Jesse West & Wm. Argus. Called at Regin Thompson’s.
Sept.
24, 1889, Tues.: At Q. M. of M.
& E. at West branch.
Sept.
25, 1889, Wed: Q. M. Commenced at
West Branch. Cyrus W. Harvey
present with Certificate, accompanied by Enoch Carter & wife -
Sept.
27, 1889, Fri.: Staid at Jesse
Aegus’s with a company of 23 (guests)
Sept.
29, 1889, Sunday: At the Q. M. at
W. Branch.
Sept.
30, 1889, Monday: Q. M. closed at
W. Branch.
Oct.
1, 1889, Tues.: Dined at T.
Coggeshead’s went to
Cedar Rapids in the afternoon.
took tea at G. Hamon’s with Eddie bean & took evening train
for the West.
Oct.
2, 1889, Wed: R.R. Collision after
leaving North Platt in the Evening.
Oct.
3, 1889, Thurs: Our train ran off
the track some 25 miles East of Cheyenne and the Passenger Cars were
overturned. None seriously
injured.
Oct.
6, 1889, Sunday: Reached San
Francisco Early in the morning.
Attended Meeting there. & came home in the afternoon.
Oct.
9, 1889, Wed: H.E.B. went to Napa
to the State W.C.T.U.
Oct.
12, 1889, Sat: Cathie went to San
Francisco. Bert Bean (son
{1864-1952} of Joel’s brother, James Bean{1822-1915})
started for the East via Pasadena.
H.E.B. came from Napa to S. F.
Oct.
13, 1889, Sun: H.E.B. attended
Mtg. in San Francisco, with C. E. B. -- C.E.B. returned from S. F. in the Evening.
Oct.
14, 1889, Monday: H.E.B. returned
home from San Francisco.
Oct.
28, 1889, Monday: Amos Jones, from
Maui, S. Iles, staid here.
Oct.
30, 1889, Wed: Amos Jones at
Meeting.
Nov.
2, 1889, Sat: Mother & H.
& I called on Truman Cooper’s family & Stephen Griffins.
Nov.
4, 1889, Mon.: Lindley & Elizabeth Kirk from Atlantic, Iowa, & his Aunt
_____________________________ of San Jose here to tea.
Nov.
14, 1889, Thurs: I went to
Wright’s Station. Dined at
Read’s.
Nov. 27, 1889 Wed: Charley Reynolds & wife from
Pasadena & Jas. Canney were at meeting H.E.B. & I attended their Mtg. at Stockton Ave. in the p.m.
Dec. 2, 1889, Monday: James & Roanna returned from P.
Grove after a Month’s absence.
Dec.
4, 1889, Wed: Sewing Circle here
in the p.m.
Dec.
13, 1889, Friday: C. E. Cox went
to S. F. to attend Ex. Com of C. L. S. C.
Dec.
14, 1889, Sat: C.E.B. went to San
Francisco.
Dec.
15, 1889 Sun: C.E.C. & C.E.B.
returned from S. F. in the Evening.
Dec.
16, 1889, Monday: Attended the
Funeral of Wm Lewis. Chas. & Lily here to tea.
======== Last Daily Entry Of Joel
Bean’s 1889 “Engagement Calendar”. =======
1889
MEMORANDA page.
“Speak
to the Earth and it will teach thee”
Scripture
quoted by Asa Staples, (Senior)
SELECTED
ENTRIES FROM 1889 “CASH ACCOUNT” pages.
January 1889,: 1 Pd G. N. Jones for Mtg. $
6.50
4 Pd C. E. Cox for P. O. Box to 10th Mo. $1.50
4 Pd for recording Release of Mortgage $1.25
5
Pd for 6 Peach trees $
1.80
14 Gave or Lent John
N. Lawson, E. Los Angelos
(with
note from Chas. W. Earle) $10.50
February 1889,:
8 Pd S.
Bun for 1/2 fence by E. B’s Lot $ 6.00
12 Pd for Plowing lot by Mtg. house –wheat $ 1.50
$
1.75
Opposite
Feb. 1889 Page: Oregon Accounts
19 Recvd 8. Mo. 25. ’88 Rent $2.00
Nov. 2 Rent on
Wash House $3.00
Dec. 1 Rent on Cottage $6.00
Dec.
15, ’88 pd for burning brush & logs on ranch $16.67
pd.
Mary $1.35, $3.90 tax Window glass .20_______
$22.12
5
mo. 22. 1889
Sent
B. C. Miles bal of amt rendered for fencing $60.25
Sent
B. C. Miles ------? For $325.00
11th Mo 8 For
Bank $200 Sidewalk $5 Land
$120
12
Mo Sent B. C. Miles $300 for Bank, $100 for land --? $400.00
March
1889: Exp.
In Journey to Pasadena $40.70
Gave
for Chinese
April: (many small household amts.—cleaning carpets
$10.00 largest))
19
Sent C. E. B. draft $40.00
29 Exp.
of H.E.B. in Journey to Pasadena
Cash
pd in by M. Laurance? $25.00
H.E.B’s
P. Grove money $ 5.00
House
Money $10.00
June 1889,:
15 Pd Van Eaton for Haying Mtg. house Lot $
2.00
17 Spectacles .75
25 Pd for Lumber $
3.65
26 Pd cost for 4 1/2 cords wood @ 6.50 $29.75
1 Paid for Carriage & Harness
($25.00) $275.00
Gave
C. & L. towards furnishing house $100.00
July
1889: Pd
Alvin (Cox) for watering $1.25
23 Pd for Sawing 4 1/2 cords wood $3.60
August
1889: 12 Sent for
Friend $2.00 + exp. 5c $2.05
12 Axe
Handle $ .35
September: (Blank—no entries)
October
1889: Exp. to Iowa
$118.48
Contributed
by Jas. B. $35.00 $83.48
14 Pd for Splitting Wood (Scanland) $ 3.50
21 Street Car ticket $ 3.00
31 Pd tax on P. Grove lots $ 6.92
November
1889:
Philadelphia
1889
Letters, Names of sender with date Answered in order by month. 80 dates of answer listed on 5 pages.
====================END
OF 1889============================
Joel
Bean’s 1889 Engagement
Calendar was copied into the Mackintosh Computer on Microsoft Word 4.0. October
26, 1998 at Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library by
Tom
M. King
393
Rutland Ave,
San
Jose, CA 95128.
PHONE
(408) 286-7157
or
E-Mail thomk48@hotmail.com.