The floor joists under most of the Ell were not doing much to hold up the floor. They did, however, have some stories to tell. Even though I had to remove them (above pile) to make way for a more substantial floor framing, I decided to re-use them in a way that would preserve their stories. I used them as the exposed ceiling joists of the new pine ceiling.
Albert Prescott
Paine - Son of Samuel, Jr. and the main householder here upon
its completion and until his death many years later
Albert again. Seems like the thing to do was to incribe your
initials and date whenever the spirit moved you.
I don't know exactly who EM was (maybe I'll find a reference
in the book) but he left his mark here a number of times as
well.
This is the most modern of the signatures. I was fortunate enough
to meet one of the Stricklands involved over the years here
in Painesville, who I think was George's daughter-in-law.