Lou Chritton's Diary, June 1946

Lou (Hogue) Chritton

My great-grandmother, Dicey Louisa "Lou" (Hogue) Chritton, began keeping a diary on the first of January, 1946. The diary was a pocket "five year diary" with each page marked with five small slots to be filled in on the same date each year for five years. This is an excerpt from her diary.

Lou is living with her son-in-law and daughter, Leamon and Ora "Mae" Moot, in Wichita. She suffered from a thyroid condition that cause a goiter. She has been getting nearly daily treatments to reduce the size of the goiter since April. During this month she stops the treatments and goes to visit relatives near Concordia, Kansas, staying with her son, Lynn Chritton, and his wife Laura (Fuller) Chritton. 

Saturday, June 1, 1946

We went to the doctor today. My, it was cold! Feels like winter weather. It is about time for summer.

Sunday, June 2, 1946

This was Sunday. We stayed at home. We got Gladys some oleo ready to mail.

Monday, June 3, 1946

We went to see Doc today. It was a little warmer. Didn’t quite freeze today.

Albert Herman Chritton (March 8, 1860 - March 28, 1938)

Albert Herman Chritton

Born March 8, 1860 in Clarksville, Tennessee, USA.
Married Dicey Louisa "Lou" Hogue, Circa 1892.
Died March 29, 1938 in Pomona, Howell, Missouri, USA.
Buried in Mt. Zion Church, Howell, Missouri, USA.

Father: Joseph Washburn Chritton
Mother: Nancy Derrickson

Biography

Albert Herman Chritton was born on Thursday, March 8, 1860 in Clarksville, Tennessee. His parents were 40-year-old Joseph Washburn Chritton, a carpenter and tanner, and 38-year-old Nancy Derrickson.

Al was the second youngest of Joseph and Nancy’s large family. When he was born, he already had eight older siblings, Mary (18), James Monroe (16), William F. (14), Christopher C. (12), Rachel A. (11), Isaiah Derrickson “I.D.” (8), Josiah J. (5), and Alexander Adkin “Ad” (2).