Some entries are also from the diary of Robert's son Joseph (in brackets).
| Jan. 3 | [Joseph] Cousin Fannie's birthday |
| Jan. 5 | Sara [& Jim Taylor] & Mira [& Ed Crosgrove] got their babies baptized -"John David" & " Bertram Morris" ' |
| Jan. 8 | [Joseph] Carson Cosgrove arrived from the west |
| Jan. 16 | [Joseph] "a fire last night down below the depot 3 barns was burned [...] The creek broke up today the ice went over every place. The bridge is unsafe" |
| Jan. 20 | [Joseph] Carson came from Lockport |
| Jan. 22 | [Joseph] Mr. Rinds 2 boys died |
| Jan. 24 | "Mrs. Warren Gibbs buried today Diptheria" |
| Jan. 25 | "B. F Rynds 2 boys buried today Dyptheria"- |
| Feb. 1 | [Joseph] Nellie Parsons died of diptheria last night |
| Feb. 4 | "Hugh & Carson Crosgrove started for the west to day" |
| Feb. 6 | Ella Mateer died 5 a.m. |
| Feb. 8 | Ella's funeral |
| Feb. 15 | caucus |
| Feb. 18 | town meeting |
| Feb. 21 | funeral of Dr. Brown's father |
| Feb. 22 | "Fire broke out in A. J. Weavers Grocery about 10. P.M - and, consumed Peglars- Weavers-Dicks and Stedmans" |
| Mar. 6 | "Carson Crosgrove has bought out a Boot and Shoe store next to Phelps Bank." |
| Mar. 10 | "Jack Taylor arrived this afternoon - with Childs Corpse" |
| Mar. 11 | Corporation election; Jack Taylor's child's funeral today |
| Mar. 19 | Robert "went down to Depot to compare freight bills with R. R. Books - found an error but had not time to look them all up. Richd Walker will have to pay well for his dishonesty." |
| Mar. 28 | Robert "got judgment against Chambers[?] - Eliza Fay was here visiting with us & staid all night." |
| April 1 | Sam Ard's corpse was brought up from Smiths mills to his brother John's |
| April 3 | Sam Ard's funeral |
| April 9 | "met with C. P. Skinner and [Rev.] Mr. Miner in B[an]k - to consult and decide on Eldership - Charlie & I accepted of it" |
| April 5 | Frank Maggee married |
| May 14, 15 | at Depot all afternoon comparing bills and found a good many wrong |
| May 16 | [Robert] "I presented Bill of Freight to R. Walker - he said it might possibly been $100 dollars but he did not see how it could be so much as I said [...] he aggreed to see me Sat - but came in afternoon and said he would do nothing about it &c" |
| May 18 | Robert ordained a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church with C. P. Skinner & D. A A. Nichols |
| May 20 | "Jim [Taylor] & I sued Walker for meat bill this evening" |
| May 21 | "Commenced on Bridge [over Chautauqua Creek] [...] I went over to Mayville today with Cap Jewett to see Murray to counsel with him in regard to Walker - he gave me no encouragement - my Bills are all outlawed - its too bad a man like Walker cannot be brought to Justice" |
| May 22 | "I went down to R.R. to compare more bills - some that I got last summer when I was building - they were wrong - and some in the meat market were wrong also - I left them with Cap Jewett Justice to sue him" |
| May 26 | Robert Shaw's wife had a daughter |
| May 30 | "To day is a National Thanksgiving day - for strewing flowers on Soldiers graves - a good many in town after noon - Old folks concert in U. S. Hall evening" |
| June 6 | Mr. Kemp died |
| June 8 | Funeral of Mr. Kemp; William Nixon died |
| June 11 | William Nixon funeral |
| June 20 | "John Crosgrove had a lawsuit with David Shaw about a ditch - he got beat - Shaw got a judgment against him for $60 - I believe & costs" |
| June 26 | "Button & Harper started meat market" |
| June 27 | closing exercises of school this evening |
| June 30 | went to Dunkirk in the afternoon to see Judge Edwards about Walker |
| July 3 | Barnum's Circus in Dunkirk; "Harper's meat market broke up tonight" |
| July 6 | "there was a light shock of an Earthquake felt this morning by a good many" |
| July 13 | "Carson Crosgrove had a young son this morning" |
| July 16 | "man got arm taken off at Depot today" |
| July 17 | Margaret Johnston died |
| Aug. 4 | "Session & Trustees met & hired Mr. Green for 1 year to supply the pulpit" [Presbyterian] |
| Aug. 6 | Robert Shaw's child baptized Edith May |
| Aug. 9 | Jim Taylor sold meat and groceries to the circus in town |
| Aug. 17 | Methodist camp meeting in Mayville |
| Aug. 21 | "Thos Webb drew a load of plank ove[r] the Bridge this afternoon to fix the walk on the West side" |
| Aug. 22 | Presbyterian Sabbath picnic at the Lake |
| Aug. 23 | teams allowed over the bridge |
| Aug. 25 | school started |
| Aug. 26 | bridge finished |
| Sept. 1 | Ben Wallace died last night |
| Sept. 3 | funeral of Ben Wallace |
| Sept. 8 | "Robert Shaw & I started for Mayville at noon - I had the district Attorney subpoena 4 men from Westfield to commence action against Walker [...] settled up with Walker to night he gave me his note for 6 mos. also he settled with R. Shaw" |
| Sept. 9 | "R. Shaw & I was subpoenaed to Mayville this afternoon - had to pay Dist. Atty. the costs and come home" |
| Sept. 10 | "Celebrating Perrys victory - five cos. from Dunkirk & Fredonia here - a great many Masons here laying the corner stone on the town Hall building" |
| Sept. 25 | "town Caucus today - to elect Delegates to Convention in Mayville - 2 tickets in the field - one set of Delegates for T. M. Prendergast for Sherrif the other for H. Sixby for County clerk - the latter got the Delegation from this place" |
| Oct. 1 | "Jim gone to the Convention in Mayville got home about 5 P.M. Herman Sixby got the nomination for County Clerk & Cotton of Fredonia for Sherriff" |
| Oct. 2 | "a good number from Westfield got their pockets picked in Erie at the Fair" |
| Oct. 14 | "Annual School Meeting to this evening in Union School Hall - elected G. W. Patterson Jno. Spencer & J. H. Plumb" |
| Oct. 15 | "Sam'l Culver's son and Miss Sanford married this evening" |
| Oct. 17 | "Fire men out in the afternoon practicing" |
| Oct. 22 | "Elim Bliss' house and all his Barns and all his cattle pretty much all hay, straw and every thing consumed last night about 11 Oclock" |
| Oct. 23 | "Arthur Skinner married last evening to G. P. Yorks sister" |
| Oct. 27 | R. G. Wright & H. C. Kingsbury elected as trustees, Presb. church |
| Nov. 4 | town election |
| Nov. 7 | "Old Mr. Kendall buried in Buffalo"; [Joseph] Robert Mateer's birthday [??] |
| Nov. 12 | Mrs Dan Morse died; [Joseph] Jane Mateer's birthday |
| Nov. 14 | Mrs. Morse buried |
| Nov. 17 | [Joseph] 16th birthday |
| Nov. 19 | Willie Douglass married |
| Dec. 10 | "town building getting roof boards on - church progressing pretty well" |
| Dec. 11 | "Young Ladies Fair in Virginia Hall" |
| Dec. 12 | "packed a firkin of sausage in cases for Doct Brown to be sent to Central America to his sister [...] Mrs Gestler died" |
| Dec. 23 | "Mrs Tucker was taken with a fit of apoplexy about noon" |
| Dec. 26 | Mrs. Tucker died |
| Dec. 28 | burial on the Hill |