1912 Diary of Lewis Baumgardner
Biscuit Spring Run, Somerset County, PA. USA, 2023
A blank diary seems to have been a Christmas gift from Lewis’ teacher, Alva Shoenfelt. It’s likely Alva gave each student a blank diary as a class project and helped them set it up on January 1st in the same manner Lewis uses for his entries. I was able to find genealogical information on most of the names Lewis mentions in his diary entries. Available photographs are included with individual information, which is marked by an endnote # in the text. Endnote explanations follow the diary's text.