1899-1904 diaries and a 1913 account book that belonged to John I. Foss (1860-1934) and Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle" (1868-1929) of West Hollis, Maine. Accompanying these items are 6 letters addressed to Belle Foss, including one from John before their marriage.
John made many entries, Belle made a larger share of them, and a few appeared to have been penned by the Foss's older daughter, Myra Helene Foss (1892-1976).
The 1902 diary also contains some entries for 1913 in the appropriate pages.
See at the end of this post an alphabetical listing of people mentioned in the diaries, some many times and in multiple diaries.
Surnames mentioned in the diaries - the number in parentheses represents what might be different individuals of that surname, not how many times that surname appears throughout the diaries:
| ? | ? [19] | D | D ? [2] | M | Maddox |
| A | Abbott [3] | Dearborn [2] | Manson | ||
| B | B ? [2] | Deering [2] | Mason [3] | ||
| Bachelder | Dyer [2] | Meserve | |||
| Bennett | E | E ? | Mill? | ||
| Benson [10] | Edgecomb [2] | N | Nelson | ||
| Berry | F | Fellows [2] | P | Palmer [4] | |
| Blunt [3] | Fletcher | Partridge [2] | |||
| Bohnson | Fluent [4] | R | Ricker [2] | ||
| Bolton [2] | Foss [9] | Ridlon | |||
| Boothby | G | Gilpatric(k) [5] | S | Sawyer [2] | |
| Bowdoin | Gough | Scribner [2] | |||
| Brackett | Gubtinall | Smith [13] | |||
| Bradbury [5] | Guptil | Staples | |||
| Bradeen | H | Haley [9] | Swett [4] | ||
| Bryant | Hamilton | T | Tarbox [5] | ||
| Burnham [5] | Hanson [2] | Taylor | |||
| Burpee | Harmon [2] | Tompson/Thompson | |||
| C | Carpenter | Hill | Trafton | ||
| Chadbourn(e) [8] | Hobson | Tufts | |||
| Chapman | Holmes [2] | W | Wakefield [3] | ||
| Chase [2] | Hooper | Warren [5] | |||
| Clark [2] | Huff [6] | Watson | |||
| Coffin | J | Jellerson | Webber | ||
| Cole | Jewett [2] | White | |||
| Collins [3] | Johnson [11] | Woodward | |||
| Cotton | Johnston | Y | York | ||
| L | Linscott [4] | ||||
| Littlefield [2] | |||||
| Lord |
From brief online research, hopefully correct - corrections and additions requested:
John I. Foss was born about September 1860 at Saco, Maine, the son of Silas H. Foss and Lucy H. (Briant or Bryant) Foss. Isabelle (Huff) Foss was born about 5 December 1869 at Hollis, Maine, the daughter of George P. Huff and Sarah E. (Bean) Huff.
John and Isabelle married at Hollis, Maine, on 8 December 1890 and had two daughters:
- Myra Helene Foss (1892-1976), who would marry George Woodbury McKenney
- Annie Evelyn Foss (1900-1988), who would marry Lewis Isaac Woodman
John worked at farming and logging for himself and others, with occasional stints at blueberry picking, butter churning and livestock trading. Belle also picked berries and churned butter, and it's implied that she had a soap making business. Their work seemed never-ending.
John and Belle are buried in the Riverside Cemetery at Hollis, Maine.
If you have corrections to the information above or if you have information on any of the people mentioned below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
If you have corrections to the information above or if you have information on any of the people mentioned below, please leave a comment or contact me directly.
The Diaries - check back as more months are posted
1899
1900
1901- missing
1902 - with some entries from 1913
January February March April May June July August September October November December
1903
January February March April May June July August September October November December
1904
January February March April May June July August September October November December
1913 - see 1902 above
People mentioned in the Diaries
1913 - see 1902 above
People mentioned in the Diaries
| ? | Annie - not the Foss's daughter Annie Evelyn, who would not be born until April 4, 1900 | 1899 |
| ? | Little Nettie, born Saturday, August 19, 1899 | 1899 |
| ? | Will and Myra visited on September 10, 1899. | 1899; 1903 |
| ? | Katie - on September 14, 1899, diarist Belle carried Katie to the Mormon meeting. | 1899 |
| ? | Ben | 1900, 1902 |
| ? | Brad and his wife; possibly Brad or a nickname for Bradford or Bradbury; possibly Bradford Scribner | 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| ? | Col or Coll - perhaps Collins William Haley (1862-1927) | 1903, 1904 |
| ? | Florodora at 4241 Folsom Avenue, St. Louis, MO; written on a back end paper | 1902 |
| ? | Had or Had; presumably a nickname; possibly Had Smith or Hod Smith | 1900 |
| ? | James, possibly James Benson | 1900 |
| ? | Jed - possibly Jed Benson | 1902 |
| ? | Joe; worked for diarist John Foss | 1903 |
| ? | Len - where John cut pileing - piling? | 1902 |
| ? | Leona or Leora - perhaps Leona Abbott, daughter of West Hollis Postmaster Elmer E. Abbott or Leona Mae Dearborn, daughter of Charles F. Dearborn and Elzada (Wakefield) Dearborn | 1903, 1904 |
| ? | Lock - not sure if given name, nickname or surname | 1904 |
| ? | Nell or Nellie - The 1900 diary mentions a Nell who stayed with the family while Isabelle recuperated from the birth of her second daughter, Annie Evelyn Foss, born in 1900 | 1900 |
| ? | Sam and Kate visited on May 3, 1903 | 1903 |
| ? | Tean H? - entry of June 25, 1902 notes burial | 1902 |
| ? | Uncle George | 1900 |
| Abbott | Leora; presumably Leora Abbott, daughter of West Hollis Postmaster Elmer E. Abbott | 1900 |
| Abbott | Miss Abbott, who visited with Leona -presumably related to Leora Abbott, daughter of West Hollis Postmaster Elmer E. Abbott | 1900 |
| Abbott | Elmer E. Abbott, postmaster of West Hollis, Maine. John built a fence for him and dug out a watering place for cattle in 1900; his cow died in 1902; John cut on the Abbott woodlot in 1904. | 1900, 1902, 1904 |
| B ? | A. L. B. | 1899 |
| B ? | L. B. | 1903 |
| Bachelder | J. Bachelder whitewashed for the Foss family on April 20, 1903 | 1903 |
| Bennett | Mr. Bennett, mentioned in 1899; his barn suffered damage in a thunder shower on July 25, 1900; came to see John Foss while he was ill in May 1902; Bennett woodlot, 1904 | 1899, 1900, 1902 |
| Benson | Bill Benson | 1899 |
| Benson | F. Benson - possibly Frank Benson | 1899, 1900, 1903 |
| Benson | Frank Benson | 1899 |
| Benson | J. B. - perhaps Jim Benson or his brother Jeremiah Benson | 1899 |
| Benson | Jed Benson | 1900 |
| Benson | Jere Benson, or Jer Benson; presumably Jeremiah Benson, brother of James Benson | 1900, 1902 |
| Benson | Jim Benson - occasional farmhand for the Foss family; James H. Benson (1863-1917), husband of Maud Winifred (Nelson) Benson Hoyt Whitten (1883-1970) | 1902 |
| Benson | Maud; presumably Maud (Nelson) Benson Hoyt Whitten (1883-1970),then wife of the Foss neighbor and farmhand Jim Benson (1863-1917) | 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Benson | Olive Benson; her death mentioned in entry of March 25, 1900 and burial in entry of March 28, 1900. Olive (Gilpatrick) Benson, widow of Joseph L. Benson | 1903 |
| Benson | W. Benson | 1904 |
| Berry | Dan Berrie of Cornish - presumably Daniel Berry - sold John a pair of 3 year old steers | 1902 |
| Blunt | Blunt's sled - possibly sled of John C. Blunt. | 1902 |
| Blunt | J. C. Blunt - entry of May 26, 1902 notes that diarist John Foss lent J. C. Blunt 20 dollars. Perhaps John C. Blunt. Also mentioned in 1904 | 1902, 1904 |
| Blunt | Cole Blunt | 1903, 1904 |
| Bohnson | Dr. Bohnson; perhaps Dentist John C. Bohnson of Portland, Maine | 1903 |
| Bolton | F. Bolton - stayed at the Foss home for several nights in October 1902; possibly Frank O. Bolton (1852-1924); also mentioned in 1903 and 1904 | 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Bolton | F. O. Bolton - perhaps Frank O. Bolton (1852-1924) | 1903 |
| Boothby | Boothby family - visited on August 26, 1899 | 1899 |
| Bowdoin | Bowdoin's woodlot | 1904 |
| Brackett | Frank Brackett | 1900 |
| Bradbury | ?? Bradbury - perhaps Lindley LaPierre Bradbury (1867-1935); possibly the ? Bradbury, either Sim or Sin or Lin or Lim Bradbury mentioned in 1903, 1904 | 1899, 1903, 1904 |
| Bradbury | Bradbury lot | 1900 |
| Bradbury | Burt Bradbury bought two boxes of butter on March 18, 1900; perhaps Burt Allen Bradbury (1877-1949) | 1900 |
| Bradbury | H. Bradbury | 1902 |
| Bradbury | Jim Bradbury | 1903 |
| Bradeen | Bradeen | 1900 |
| Bryant | Annie Bryant | 1904 |
| Burnham | L. Burnham - to whom Belle sold 8 qts of blueberries | 1899 |
| Burnham | Aaron Burnham - entry mentions the September 23, 1899 reception of Aaron Burnham, presumably Hollis Center Postmaster Aaron B. Burnham (1841-1917), on the occasion of his 3rd marriage - to Martha F. Thomas - on September 17, 1899. | 1899 |
| Burnham | Lewis Burnham; presumably Lewis Elmer Burnham, future husband of Leonora Asenath Huff, sister of diarist Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle" | 1900 |
| Burnham | Burnham | 1902, 1903 |
| Burnham | L. Burnham - bought 7-1/2 bushels of apples for $33.00 - perhaps Lewis Elmer Burnham, who would marry Leonora Asenath Huff, "Nora", sister of diarist Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle", in 1906 | 1902 |
| Burpee | "Myra Benson Burpee buried today"; though this is the place for an entry for January 2, 1903, diarist Belle added a note for January 2, 1913, which is the date Myrna Benson Burpee was buried. [Myra (Benson) Burpee, wife of Nathaniel Burpee and daughter of Robert and Mary (Davis) Benson, died at Hollis, Maine, on December 31, 1912.) | 1902 |
| Carpenter | R. Carpenter | 1903 |
| Chadbourn(e) | Chadborn's - Chadbourn or Chadbourne | 1903 |
| Chadbourn(e) | Cole Chadborn - presumably Chadbourn or Chadbourne | 1899 |
| Chadbourn(e) | F. Chadbourn | 1899, 1900 |
| Chadbourn(e) | Frank Chadbourn - perhaps Franklin Albert Chadbourne (1866-1930) of Waterboro, Maine | 1902 |
| Chadbourn(e) | Fred Chadbourn | 1903 |
| Chadbourn(e) | G. Chadbourne | 1904 |
| Chadbourne | Lucy Chadborn - perhaps Lucy G. (Johnson) Chadbourne (abt 1819-1906) | 1903 |
| Chadbourne | Paul M. Chadbourne - his obituary tucked into the diary, but he died May 4, 1899. [Born 15 December 1872, son of Darling H. Chadbourne and Lizzie J. (Hamilton) Chadbourne, and husband of Bertha M. (Warren) Chadbourne, with whom he had a son born on October 1, 1896. Paul and Bertha married on November 27, 1895.] | 1904 |
| Chapman | F. Chapman | 1904 |
| Chase | George Chase - perhaps George P. Chase (1851-1928) of Waterboro and Sanford, Maine; insurance agent | 1899 |
| Chase | Mr. Chase, beef peddler | 1904 |
| Clark | Charles Franklin Clark (1844-1917) and Mary Abbie (York) Clark (1851-1910; lumber dealer, storeowner; entries throughout the diaries | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Clark | W. Clark - perhaps Walter Ellery Clark, son of Charles F. Clark; perhaps the W. Clark who went gunning with John Foss and Dearborn on December 25, 1900 | 1900, 1903 |
| Coffin | "John had Dr. Coffin" - entry of May 8, 1902. Another entry in 1903, Perhaps Dr. Martin Coffin of Buxton, Maine | 1902; 1903 |
| Cole | F. Cole - bought oxen from diarist John Foss in 1899; bought cow from Collins in 1900; mentioned in 1904 | 1899 |
| Collins | Collins; sold a cow to Frank Cole | 1900 |
| Cotton | Cotton home or building, where Belle and Myra attended a meeting | 1899 |
| Cotton | Cotton's oxen | 1902 |
| Cotton | John Furber Cotton, Waterboro, Maine, farmer - entry of June 25, 1902 notes his marriage to teacher Susie Emma Abbott, a native of Buxton, Maine, at Waterboro, Maine, on that date. | 1902 |
| D ? | Leona D. - possibly Leona May Dearborn, daughter of Charles F. Dearborn and Elzada (Wakefield) Dearborn | 1904 |
| D ? | C. D. - possibly Charles F. Dearborn, husband of Elzada (Wakefield) Dearborn | 1904 |
| Dearborn | Dearborn | 1902, 1903 |
| Dearborn | C. Dearborn - possibly Charles F. Dearborn, husband of Elzada (Wakefield) Dearborn | 1904 |
| Deering | W. B. Deering - perhaps William Brooks Deering; mentioned in all diaries | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Deering | Deering - store or farm that sold grain - possibly William Brooks Deering | 1904 |
| Dyer | Joseph Dyer visited | 1900 |
| Dyer | "Joe Dyer died in the night" - entry of Tuesday, July 19, 1904. Blacksmith Joseph A. Dyer (abt Aug 1850-July 19, 1904), son of Joseph A. Dyer and Jane (Gerry) Dyer and husband of Eldora (Gilpatrick) Dyer. His bural noted in entry of July 21, 1904. | 1904 |
| E ? | C. D. E. - possibly a store owner | 1904 |
| Edgecomb | Edgecomb was taken sick | 1900 |
| Edgecomb | Sarah Edgecomb | 1902 |
| Fellows | Dr. Fellows - On December 21, 1899, John Foss went to get Dr. Fellows to see Clara Linscott. Presumably Dr. John A. Fellows | 1899 |
| Fellows | Fellows | 1903 |
| Fletcher | Fletcher - John took a load of logs to Fletcher's | 1900 |
| Fluent | Mr. Fluent - diariest John Foss bought oxen from Mr. Fluent in August 1899; also mentioned in 1902, 1903, 1904 | 1899, 1900, 1903, 1904 |
| Fluent | Ed Fluent - perhaps Edwin Augustus Fluent or Edgar Roy Fluent | 1900, 1904 |
| Fluent | Fluent family | 1902 |
| Fluent | Hiram and Ella - presumably Hiram H. Fluent and wife Ella F. (Smith) Fluent | 1903 |
| Foss | Myra, daughter of diarists John Foss and Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle"; diary mentions her birthday on May 15; she was born in 1892 | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Foss | Mrs. Foss - presumably diarist John Foss' mother, Lucy H. (Bryant) Foss (1837-1901) | 1899 |
| Foss | John Foss and wife Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle", diarists of West Hollis, Maine; John wrote his name on front end paper | 1900 |
| Foss | Annie Evelyn Foss (1900-1988), daughter of diarists John Foss & Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle'; Annie's birth noted in the entry of March 4, 1900 | 1900, 1902 |
| Foss | "Father died today"; entry of April 29, 1902. Silas H. Foss (1819-1902), John Foss' father | 1902 |
| Foss | "Henry went home"; entry of May 2, 1902. J. Henry Foss (1854-1924), Silas H. Foss' son and John Foss' brother. Henry lived in Massachusetts. | 1902 |
| Foss | Myra - Myra Helene Foss, daughter of diarists John Foss & Isabelle (Huff) Foss, "Belle" | 1904 |
| Foss | H. Foss - possibly John Foss's brother Henry Foss | 1904 |
| Gilpatric | Joe Gilpatric - perhaps Joseph Henry Gilpatrick (1874-1924) | 1899 |
| Gilpatric | W. Gilpatric | 1899 |
| Gilpatric | Joseph Gilpatric; perhaps Joseph Googins Gilpatrick (1832-1908) | 1900 |
| Gilpatrick | Orin Gilpatric - John and Isabelle visited in the evening of December 2, 1900; perhaps Orin Gilpatrick (1835-1917) of Hollis, Maine | 1900 |
| Gilpatrick | William Gilpatrick - John Foss visited to see if Gilpatrick would sell timber, and they came to a deal; perhaps William Gilpatrick (1843-1920) of Hollis, Maine | 1900 |
| Gough | Trafton and Gough | 1900 |
| Gubtinall | Mr. Gubtinall - entry of Friday, September 2, 1904 notes that Mr. Gubtinall was around with tin cart. | 1904 |
| Guptil | Mr. Guptil; came to dinner on April 29, 1899 | 1899 |
| Haley | ? Haley - possibly Annie Haley; perhaps the Annie B. (Mason) Haley married to Collins W. Haley of Hollis, Maine | 1899, 1903 |
| Haley | C. H. - perhaps Charles Haley | 1899 |
| Haley | Cecil - presumably Cecil Leighton Haley, who would marry Eva Mahala Smith in 1903 | 1900, 1902, 1903 |
| Haley | Charles Haley; possibly Charles E. Haley (1857-1939) | 1903, 1904 |
| Haley | Coll Haley - perhaps Collins William Haley (1862-1927) - diarist John Foss started cutting timber for Coll Haley in early December 1903 | 1904 |
| Haley | Elmer Haley | 1904 |
| Haley | Eva - Eva Mahala Smith, who married Cecil Leighton Haley in 1903 | 1904 |
| Haley | Cecil; working on his Masonic degree; possibly Cecil Leighton Haley, who would marry Eva Mahala Smith in 1903 | 1900 |
| Hamilton | G. Hamilton - either a butcher or someone who helped diarist John Foss kill a hog | 1899 |
| Hanson | Frank Hanson - perhaps the constable/collector for the town of Hollis | 1899 |
| Hanson | Hanson | 1903, 1904 |
| Harmon | E. Harmon | 1904 |
| Harmon | Ed Harmon | 1904 |
| Hill | Mrs. Hill - presumably Hannah (Seavey) Hill, widow of Jeremiah Hill, Mrs. Hill would die on November 7, 1903, as noted in the 1903 diary. Daughter of James and Mary (Bean) Seaver and widow of Jeremiah Hill. | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903 |
| Hobson | Will Hobson; perhaps William Deering Hobson | 1899 |
| Holmes | "Aunt Asenath died in the morning" - entry of May 24, 1902. Asenath S. (Huff) Holmes (1826-1902), wife of John Holmes and sister of Belle's father George P. Huff. Another entry notes Asenath's burial on May 26, 1902 | 1899, 1902 |
| Holmes | Uncle John - Uncle John may have been John Holmes (1827-1906), widower of recently deceased Asenath S. (Huff) Holmes, Belle's paternal aunt. | 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Hooper | N. Hooper | 1899 |
| Huff | Almira Huff; possibly Almira (Hearl) Huff, wife of Eben S. Huff, a brother to diarist Belle's father George P. Huff | 1899 |
| Huff | Aunt Mira; possibly Almira S. (Bean) Palmer, wife of Charles H. Palmer and sister of Belle's mother Sarah (Bean) Huff; or Almira or Elmira (Hearl) Huff, sister-in-law of diarist Belle's father George P. Huff | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Huff | Carl Huff - entry of Monday, August 22, 1904 notes his funeral. Portland fireman Carle M. A. Huff (1887-1904), son of Frank A. Huff and Martha M. (Knight) Huff] | 1904 |
| Huff | G. P. Huff - John lent hm $45 on September 9, 1902. Presumably Belle's father George P. Huff (1830-1913) | 1900, 1903, 1904 |
| Huff | Mother; Sarah E. (Bean) Huff (1841-1909), mother of diarist Isabelle (Huff) Foss | 1899, 1902, 1904 |
| Huff | Nora; presumably diarist Isabelle (Huff) Foss's sister Lenora Asenath Huff, "Nora", who would marry Lewis Elmer Burnham in 1906 | 1904 |
| Jellerson | Sam and Lill Jellerson - possibly Samuel W. Jellerson and sister Ida Lillian (Jellerson) Jellerson | 1899 |
| Jewett | Jewett's Brook | 1900 |
| Jewett | May Jewett | 1904 |
| Johnson | Charlie and Lena - presumably Charles Hiram Johnson and Elena S. (Tarbox) Johnson, "Lena" | 1899 |
| Johnson | Eva and Gracie Johnson | 1899 |
| Johnson | J. C. Johnson house burned; entry of February 11, 1902 | 1900, 1904 |
| Johnson | John visited the Johnson place. | 1900 |
| Johnson | Johnson boys - presumably from whom John bought stumpage | 1900 |
| Johnson | Johnson meadow | 1900 |
| Johnson | Johnson woods, where John Foss went to see about logging with Will Deering and C. E. Warren | 1902 |
| Johnson | Mrs. Johnson | 1903 |
| Johnson | S. Johnson | 1904 |
| Johnson | Seth Johnson - John Foss helped him get steer out of pasture; entry of October 11, 1900 | 1904 |
| Johnson | Sith Johnson - Seth Johnson ? | 1904 |
| Johnston | F. P. Johnston - presumably Freedom P. Johnston | 1902 |
| Linscott | Mrs. Linscott - accompanied Belle to the Center | 1899 |
| Linscott | Clara Linscott - On December 21, 1899, John Foss went to get Dr. Fellows to see Clara Linscott. Presumably Clara (Gilpatrick) Linscott (1867-1916), wife of Charles J. Linscott | 1899, 1900, 1903 |
| Linscott | Joseph Linscott chopped | 1900 |
| Linscott | Joe Linscott - went hunting with John Foss on November 29, 1900 | 1900, 1903, 1904 |
| Littlefield | Byram Littlefield; presumably Byron S. Littlefield | 1900 |
| Littlefield | Littlefield | 1903 |
| Lord | Myra Lord, perhaps the daughter of John and Catherine Lord and future wife of Eugene Doe | 1902, 1903 |
| Maddox | Mrs. Maddox - her burial mentioned in entry of July 18, 1900, but her mention is crossed out. Possibly Emily Jane (Gowen) Maddox, who died on July 17, 1900 at Standish, Maine; wife of Daniel A. Maddox | 1900 |
| Manson | C. Manson - came to see John Foss while he was ill in May 1902 | 1902 |
| Mason | Mason place - a farm where John was often working | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Mason | Mr. Mason and wife; perhaps owner or absentee owner of the Mason Place, where John Foss frequently farmed | 1900 |
| Mason | Mason place | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Meserve | "Katie and Mrs. Meserve were here" - entry of May 25, 1902. | 1902 |
| Mill? | Evy Mill? | 1904 |
| Nelson | J. Nelson | 1900 |
| Palmer | Aunt Almira Palmer - Almira S. (Bean) Palmer, wife of Charles H. Palmer; sister of diarist Belle's mother Sarah (Bean) Huff; word of her death came on January 6, 1904. Daughter of Jeremiah Robinson Bean and Sarah (Cammett) Bean | 1902 |
| Palmer | C. Palmer - perhaps Charles Henry Palmer, Jr., stepson of Belle's maternal aunt Elmira or Almira S. (Bean) Palmer | 1903, 1904 |
| Palmer | John Palmer - perhaps stepson of Belle's maternal aunt Elmira or Almira S. (Bean) Palmer | 1904 |
| Palmer | Palmer's house burned on January 4, 1902 or January 5, 1902 | 1904 |
| Partridge | Mrs. Partridge | 1899 |
| Partridge | Partridge | 1899 |
| Ricker | Ricker family | 1899 |
| Ricker | Fanny Ricker | 1899 |
| Ridlon | F. Ridlon - they bought a pig from him in July | 1899 |
| Sawyer | Sawyer - owned a woodlot | 1904 |
| Sawyer | Mr. Sawyer | 1904 |
| Scribner | B. Scribner - perhaps Bradford Scribner (1845-1910) of Hollis and Waterboro | 1899, 1900, 1903 |
| Scribner | Mrs. Scribner | 1904 |
| Smith | C. Smith | 1899 |
| Smith | C. W. Smith; presumably Charles W. Smith | 1899 |
| Smith | Con Smith - perhaps storeowner Constine D. Smith (1851-1917) | 1899, 1900, 1902, 1903, 1904 |
| Smith | H. Smith | 1899 |
| Smith | H. Smith timber lot | 1899, 1900 |
| Smith | Hod Smith or Had Smith - came to see John Foss while he was ill in May 1902 | 1900, 1902, 1903 |
| Smith | L. D. Smith - possibly Lorenzo D. Smith - John got beef from him on February 26, 1902; and who killed his pig on April 14, 1902 | 1900 |
| Smith | Laura Smith | 1900 |
| Smith | Len Smith or Lin Smith - perhaps Linwood A. Smith | 1902 |
| Smith | Melville Baxter Smith - his death noted in entry of September 10, 1899 and funeral noted in entry of September 13, 1899. Melville Baxter Smith (1845-1899), died at Hollis, Maine; son of Clement M. Smith and Phoebe Blake (Whitney) Smith and husband of Sarah Josephine Johnston | 1902 |
| Smith | Mrs. Smith - diarist John Foss hauled wood to her place | 1902 |
| Smith | Smith place | 1904 |
| Smith | Will Smith | 1904 |
| Staples | L. T. Staples or S. T. Staples - John bought steers from him. Perhaps Loring T. Staples of Parsonsfield | 1902 |
| Swett | Swett family - John and Isabelle Foss went to dinner at the Swetts' place | 1900 |
| Swett | George Swett; went with John Foss to look for oxen for sale | 1899; 1904 |
| Swett | Ida Swett - several possibilities | 1903 |
| Swett | Mrs. Swett | 1903 |
| Tarbox | Ed Tarbox - presumably Edward A. Tarbox, husband of Jennie B. (Hooper) Tarbox | 1899 |
| Tarbox | Diary mentions the September 25, 1899 reception of George Tarbox, presumably George Henry Tarbox (1856-1923) on the occasion of his marriage to second wife Marietta or Etta Davis on September 17, 1899 | 1899 |
| Tarbox | Ed Tarbox - presumably Edward A. Tarbox, husband of Jennie B. (Hooper) Tarbox | 1900 |
| Tarbox | J. B. Tarbox - his barn suffered damage in a thunder shower on July 25, 1900. Perhaps James Blaisdell Tarbox | 1900 |
| Tarbox | "Mrs. J. B. Tarbox buried"; entry of January 29, 1907 (fitted into the 1904 diary | 1904/1907 |
| Taylor | Frank Taylor of Cornish or Limington, Maine- John Foss bought a pair of oxen from him | 1904 |
| Tompson/Thompson | "The Tompson house blowed tonight"; entry of Saturday, February 24, 1900 | 1900 |
| Trafton | Trafton and Gough | 1900 |
| Tufts | Elmer Tufts - perhaps Elmer E. Tufts of Limerick, Maine | 1899 |
| Wakefield | Frank Wakefield - bought apples from the Foss farm on October 13, 1900 | 1900, 1903 |
| Wakefield | J. E. Wakefield - perhaps South Hollis Postmaster John E. Wakefield | 1903 |
| Wakefield | T. Wakefield | 1904 |
| Warren | C. E. Warren - perhaps Charles E. Warren - and perhaps Charles Elmer Warren | 1899, 1900 |
| Warren | Elmer Warren - perhaps Charles Elmer Warren | 1900 |
| Warren | Frank Warren - John Foss fixed boots for Frank Warren. Frank may have been James Franklin Warren, husband of Loantha C. (Bennett) Warren | 1902 |
| Warren | Mrs. Warren - her house burned on March 15, 1899 | 1903 |
| Warren | Warren place | 1904 |
| Watson | Ida Watson - entries note September 3, 1899 death and September 6, 1899 funeral. Ida (Deering) Watson (1860-1899), died at Waterboro, Maine. She was the daughter of Ezekiel Deering and Abby (Brooks) Deering and the wife of Roscoe Gilbert Watson | 1899 |
| Webber | W. Webber | 1903 |
| West |
Elmer West - perhaps Elmer Frank West (1883-1951) of Waterboro, Maine
| |
| White | W. White | 1902 |
| Woodward | J. Woodward | 1903 |
| York | J. York | 1904 |
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