Remembrance Book
of Mrs. Elizabeth (Fryman) Hinish Berrien County, Michigan
wife of David B. Hinish
contributed for use on this website by their
great-grandson Howard Fox. Transcribed from the original by William Brackett
August 2013.
Front Cover
Entry # 1:
Dear Aunt the Christian life
with prayer begins
and with it doth conclude
tis this invigorates the soul
and is the death of sin
fourteen years
have passed since
Pleasant Plain Last
we first meet and more soon must
Iowa part again in all probability never on
earth to meet again
Sept 25th
Til
us each to enter that heaven
1879 to rest prepared for the redeemed
of the Lord
Is
that sineers wish of
your
Niece
Margaret
Fryman
Entry # 2:
Annie
Forget me not tis all I ask
For friends it is an easy task
And when you see in after years
These lines that I have writen
her
O then dear Annie condescend
To think of Anna as your friend
Anna V. Ewalt
Berrien
Springs
Mich
Oct 5th 1879
Entry # 3:
A line of my writing Oh what Shall it be,
A token of friendship between you & me
E
A Shearer
Berrien
Center Mich
Aug
8th 1880
Entry # 4:
With you through the
Journey of life goes the well
Wishes of your friend.
Let us meet above.
J.
M. Willis
Berrien
Springs
Mich
Entry # 5:
To write in your Album dear Mother you ask:
Oh well it is not such a difficult task,
All I can say is contained here in one line
May the blessings of Heaven be thine.
From
your daughter
Anna
H.
Berrien Springs Sept 22-1883
Entry # 6:
Dear Friend:
May Heaven’s choicest
blessings cheer your daye is the
wish of
your Sister in Christ:
E. J. Willis
When with friends we have to part March 23d 1883
Who can half the anguish tell
Or the woe that fills each heart
To say farwell, farwell.
Entry # 7:
Dear
Cousin
How drery life would be if it was
not for friends to cheer us in our
Lonely hours, and your friends
are having a good time on this
your 54 anniversary as this album
will testify
Your
Friend
T
C Elsm
Berrien Springs
Mch 23d 83 Mich
Entry # 8:
(Fancy writing)
Compliments
Of my penmanship
W.
H. Daugherty
Penmanship
Penmanship
Presented to Mrs. Hinish
Entry # 9:
Lima Ind.
Dear
Sister in Christ
Let
us Strive for the price
of holiness to the Lord
By
prayer with one accord
John
Snyder
Entry # 10:
(Fancy writing)
Compliments of
E.
F. Light
Buchanan, Mich.,
8/13th 1886
Entry # 11:
Much must be borne which is
Hard To bear God helps us all!
Who need indeed His care
And yet I know the
Shepherd loves His sheep.
S.
J. Fryman
Entry # 12:
May
the 22nd 1883
This life is but a fletting
dream
all things earthly will pass
away
all
that we see is temperel
But
things not seen are eternal
Your Cousin A G Shearer
Entry # 13:
Dear
friend
“If a wish of mine can be of worth
May this be your future given
A pleasant happy home on Earth
And a future home in Heaven
Alvin
Willis
March
23d 1883
Entry # 14:
Dear Friend
Cast your burden on the Lord
and he will Sustain you, for
those that trust in the Lord Shall never
Confoundet
May 28th 1884 William
Berger
Entry # 15:
Jan
19th 1885
Dear aunt lifes journey Is short
and we all must dy
but let us live so we will
meet in that seet by and by
Your
nephew
G.
W. Fryman
Pleasant Plain Jefferson Co Iowa
Entry # 16:
May future with
her kindest Smiles
Wreath Laurles for thy brow
May loving angels
Guard and keep thee
Ever pure as thou art now
Compliments of
G
W. Sickafoose
Berrien Springs
Aug 29th 1887
Entry # 17
May there be Just clouds enough
In
thy life to cause
A
glorious Sun Set
Mrs.
R. A. Sickafoose
Berrien Springs Mich
Aug
29th 1887
Entry # 18:
Dear Friend;
May
your joys and sorrows
Make
you strong, life’s race to run
Till
the lips of smiling angels
Greet
you with the words “Well Done”
Mrs.
V. Harrington
Berrien Springs Mich.
Oct. 10th 1884
Entry # 19:
Dear Friend
There
is a tie
That
binds true hearts
Together
April 7
And
if you, never brake that tie
1883
We
shall be friends forever
Yours
everlastingly
Mrs.
Lct. Helmick
Entry # 20:
Lifes
checkerd scenes these album leaves display
Pure white, rosey tint, and fading gray,
The
beatious rose of summer will not last,
So youths gay flattering season Soon is past,
May
health and pleasure long be thine,
When cold the hand that this feeble line,
As
ever your Pastor
J
F Bartimess
Entry # 21:
March
the 11 1884
Compliments of Mrs. Dr Wheeler
Berrien
Springs Mich
Entry # 22:
Oct
2, 1883
Sister Hinish,
Your birthday will always
Be green in the memory
Of your friends.
Martha Cleaver
Berrien Springs Mich.
Entry # 23:
Dear Aunt-
May future with her kindest –
Smiles
Wreath Laurels for thy brow
May loving angels guard and
keep
The ever pure as thou art now
May 19th 1887
Your Niece
Mille Hinish
Entry # 24:
Dear Aunt
I hope that you will always
remember
Your 54th
anniversary as one of the
bright days in your life and
may
you have many more as
pleasant
is the wish of your
Nephew and Friend H.
W. Hinish
Berrien
Springs
March 25 83
Mich.
Entry # 25:
May
11th/84
Let Fate do her worst there are
relics of joy
Bright dreams of the past,
which she cannot destroy
Frank Goodman
Durango
Colo.
Entry # 26:
March
11th 1884
My Dear Friend
May the Lord watch
between thee and me when
we are absent from
each other
Your
affe-
Friend
Susan Mars
Entry # 27:
Repect and well wishes of
Your sister in Christ
Mrs. E. Bradley
March 25, 1883
Berrien
Springs
Entry # 28:
“As the ripples follow the bark
at sea
So may Gods blessings follow
thee”
Alice Bradley
Entry # 29:
Dear Friend
On March the twenty third
We all remembered the word
Although we had … work to do
We thought it more pleasant to
visit you
So that on some future day
You might remember your
birthday
Your Friend & Pastor
J. S. Cleaver
Berrien Springs
Mich.
Entry # 30:
April 27th 1883
Life is but a day at best
Sprung from night in darkness
last
Hope not sunshine every hour
Fear not – clouds will always
lower
Your Friend Elizabeth
Stemm
Entry # 31:
April 26 1883
Be content with the lot god
has
marked out for you.
love honor and
obey him in all things and
your last
days will be peaceful and
happy
Adam
K Stemm
Entry # 32:
Let this be sacred
To the memory of your
friend
Clarence Willis
Berrien Springs
Entry # 33:
Dear Aunt
Time will end our story
But no time if we end well
Can end our glory
Sincerely
yours
Tatesville
E
S Hinish
May 15, 1887
Entry # 34:
April 26th 1883
May he who hath penciled
these leaves with beauty
Given the flowers their
bloom, and lent music to
the lay of the timid bird,
graciuously remember
thee in that day when he
shall gather His Jewels
Is the wish of your Friend
Regina
L. Stemm
Entry # 35:
All the paths of faith, tho
severed wide,
O’er which the feet of
prayerful reverence pass,
Meet at the gate of paradise at
last.
W. L. S.
April 28th 1883 Berrien Springs Mich
Entry # 36:
Perhaps Dear Sister this may
be
The last you will ever
receive of me
Then keep oh keep till time
shall end
The last remembrance of your
Friend
Written by your Sister, B
Hinish
Tatesville May
the 13th 1887
Entry # 37:
Fannie M Bradley
Berrien Springs
Michigan
Entry # 38:
Sincerely Your Friend
A. E. Stahl
Berrien Springs March 23rd
1883
Entry # 39:
May Sunshine illume thy
Pathway
And joy be thy guest
Is the wish of your
friend
Mary
Helmick
Berrien Springs April 6-1883
On the back of the remembrance book are pasted two name cards:
Ever Faithful Milton H. Feather
and
Forget Me Not Nellie A. Cotheman
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