Ann Prior Jarvis Diary — March 21, 1884

Emmaline Jarvis Cottam. From the George and Ann Prior Jarvis Family Website.

March 21. Dolly man paid me a visit. Weather [fair?] brought a parcel from Mrs West to be sent to [Parion?] wrote to Charley.   ^it is^ Emmelines birthday gave her some Chow chow. rode in my buggy with Josey for an hour in the Evening.

Notes

Dolly man — perhaps someone named Dolly Mann? Perhaps a peddler?

Emmeline — her daughter Emmaline Jarvis Cottam, married to Thomas P. Cottam. Emmaline had one child and was expecting her second at the time this was written.

Chow chow — pickled vegetable relish made of cabbage and other vegetables, perhaps introduced to the family by the Southern settlers.

Josey — her daughter Victoria Josephine Jarvis Miles, not yet married to George Miles.

Sources

Jarvis Family Web Gallery. Digital copy of photograph. George and Ann Prior Jarvis Family Website. https://picasaweb.google.com/jarvisfamilyweb/TheEmmalineJarvisCottamBranch.

Thigpen, Susan M. "Chow-Chow Recipe for Sweet Southern Style Relish." The Mountain Laurel: The Journal of Mountain Life [blog], accessed January 10, 2014, http://www.mtnlaurel.com/recipes/752-southern-sweet-chow-chow-relish.html.