The following was provided by Jerry Sanner (#47394587)
Graham Nodaway County Mo. - May the 30, 1883
Dear Uncle and Aunt, I take this oppertunity to pen you a few lines to let you know how we are gitting a long. We are all well. We live inn Missouri, Nodaway County. I live with Asa. William [Hockett] isn't a living, he past a way three years a goe last February the 21. I haven't heard from you for along time I under stand that Aaron isant a living we moved from Ohio too Ind. Plainfield when he died then I went too live with Asa and his family and one year agoe last spring tha took a notion to move hear and Asa the only child that I had, I had to come too. I had none of my relations ther but William Smith and family tha live inn Moorsville, Morgan County, Ind. I suppose you hear from Ohio; All of my sisters are living but Sarah Pike and Hannah Hopkins John isant a living. Isom Hopkins isant living he died after Hannah died. Mary Ann Smith is living with her olds daughter Carry Green at the ould home sted. hour stept mother isant a living. Ephraim Smith, he lives at nits town, Henry County, Ind. We resceaved a letter from William Smith a few days a goe tha wer all well the too boys has had the measels but is about well now tha recieved a letter from Ephraim Smith tha wer all well.
Well how menny Children have you got and are tha all Married and doing for there selves and what are there names I have for got everone of ther names and wher doe tha live and wher is Uncle William Smith Children. I want thee to weight mee a letter and tell mee all about where tha all live we live here wher all is strangers too us and I feel so lonely.
I would be glad to hear from you. I saw advertisement inn a paper by the name of Carey Smith living inn Iowa Citty. Is it Uncle Williams Cary. Asa has bought him a farm with one hundred and sixty acres inn it and five inn nother place with timber onn it he has a good farm and doing well sofar I have plenty to keep mee as long as i live and I am so thankfull that I have so that I never may become burdensom to ennyboddy Asa is good and kind to mee as enny child can be.
I would be so glad to see thee and aunt we live about foreteen mils from Maryville and how menny Mils doe you live from Ioway line and what part doe you live inn I meen the line between Missouri and ioway, it is five miles from her to Mateland wher the Railroad Station is Livina and James Moon lives in Minnesota and all of there Children tha live near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. that is there post offes if thee was to wright to her it would pleas her verry much. Rachel lives inn Westborow, Ohio, Margaret lives wher she did when thee was out there. John Smith brought that farm onn the other side of the road from wher father lived and he bought fathers farm too if the[e] Remembers the place wher there was pine trees set out inn front of the house; he left plenty for all off his children and Mary Ann to; tha had one boy and too girls, Asa has five children living. I will send there names Emma, Alvin, Alma, Lina, Levi he is the baby 10 years old. Well I will have to draw this scribling to a Close I am a fraid you cant read this if you cant come over and I will tell it to you I am a verry poore hand to spell and to wright but I wanted to hear from you so verry much I was bound to try and see if I could git answer. now wright soon to your well whishing niece.
Sina Hockett; to Uncle Seth and Aunt Polly Smith
Graham Nodaway County Mo. - May the 30, 1883
Dear Uncle and Aunt, I take this oppertunity to pen you a few lines to let you know how we are gitting a long. We are all well. We live inn Missouri, Nodaway County. I live with Asa. William [Hockett] isn't a living, he past a way three years a goe last February the 21. I haven't heard from you for along time I under stand that Aaron isant a living we moved from Ohio too Ind. Plainfield when he died then I went too live with Asa and his family and one year agoe last spring tha took a notion to move hear and Asa the only child that I had, I had to come too. I had none of my relations ther but William Smith and family tha live inn Moorsville, Morgan County, Ind. I suppose you hear from Ohio; All of my sisters are living but Sarah Pike and Hannah Hopkins John isant a living. Isom Hopkins isant living he died after Hannah died. Mary Ann Smith is living with her olds daughter Carry Green at the ould home sted. hour stept mother isant a living. Ephraim Smith, he lives at nits town, Henry County, Ind. We resceaved a letter from William Smith a few days a goe tha wer all well the too boys has had the measels but is about well now tha recieved a letter from Ephraim Smith tha wer all well.
Well how menny Children have you got and are tha all Married and doing for there selves and what are there names I have for got everone of ther names and wher doe tha live and wher is Uncle William Smith Children. I want thee to weight mee a letter and tell mee all about where tha all live we live here wher all is strangers too us and I feel so lonely.
I would be glad to hear from you. I saw advertisement inn a paper by the name of Carey Smith living inn Iowa Citty. Is it Uncle Williams Cary. Asa has bought him a farm with one hundred and sixty acres inn it and five inn nother place with timber onn it he has a good farm and doing well sofar I have plenty to keep mee as long as i live and I am so thankfull that I have so that I never may become burdensom to ennyboddy Asa is good and kind to mee as enny child can be.
I would be so glad to see thee and aunt we live about foreteen mils from Maryville and how menny Mils doe you live from Ioway line and what part doe you live inn I meen the line between Missouri and ioway, it is five miles from her to Mateland wher the Railroad Station is Livina and James Moon lives in Minnesota and all of there Children tha live near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. that is there post offes if thee was to wright to her it would pleas her verry much. Rachel lives inn Westborow, Ohio, Margaret lives wher she did when thee was out there. John Smith brought that farm onn the other side of the road from wher father lived and he bought fathers farm too if the[e] Remembers the place wher there was pine trees set out inn front of the house; he left plenty for all off his children and Mary Ann to; tha had one boy and too girls, Asa has five children living. I will send there names Emma, Alvin, Alma, Lina, Levi he is the baby 10 years old. Well I will have to draw this scribling to a Close I am a fraid you cant read this if you cant come over and I will tell it to you I am a verry poore hand to spell and to wright but I wanted to hear from you so verry much I was bound to try and see if I could git answer. now wright soon to your well whishing niece.
Sina Hockett; to Uncle Seth and Aunt Polly Smith
The following was provided by Jerry Sanner (#47394587)
Graham Nodaway County Mo. - May the 30, 1883
Dear Uncle and Aunt, I take this oppertunity to pen you a few lines to let you know how we are gitting a long. We are all well. We live inn Missouri, Nodaway County. I live with Asa. William [Hockett] isn't a living, he past a way three years a goe last February the 21. I haven't heard from you for along time I under stand that Aaron isant a living we moved from Ohio too Ind. Plainfield when he died then I went too live with Asa and his family and one year agoe last spring tha took a notion to move hear and Asa the only child that I had, I had to come too. I had none of my relations ther but William Smith and family tha live inn Moorsville, Morgan County, Ind. I suppose you hear from Ohio; All of my sisters are living but Sarah Pike and Hannah Hopkins John isant a living. Isom Hopkins isant living he died after Hannah died. Mary Ann Smith is living with her olds daughter Carry Green at the ould home sted. hour stept mother isant a living. Ephraim Smith, he lives at nits town, Henry County, Ind. We resceaved a letter from William Smith a few days a goe tha wer all well the too boys has had the measels but is about well now tha recieved a letter from Ephraim Smith tha wer all well.
Well how menny Children have you got and are tha all Married and doing for there selves and what are there names I have for got everone of ther names and wher doe tha live and wher is Uncle William Smith Children. I want thee to weight mee a letter and tell mee all about where tha all live we live here wher all is strangers too us and I feel so lonely.
I would be glad to hear from you. I saw advertisement inn a paper by the name of Carey Smith living inn Iowa Citty. Is it Uncle Williams Cary. Asa has bought him a farm with one hundred and sixty acres inn it and five inn nother place with timber onn it he has a good farm and doing well sofar I have plenty to keep mee as long as i live and I am so thankfull that I have so that I never may become burdensom to ennyboddy Asa is good and kind to mee as enny child can be.
I would be so glad to see thee and aunt we live about foreteen mils from Maryville and how menny Mils doe you live from Ioway line and what part doe you live inn I meen the line between Missouri and ioway, it is five miles from her to Mateland wher the Railroad Station is Livina and James Moon lives in Minnesota and all of there Children tha live near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. that is there post offes if thee was to wright to her it would pleas her verry much. Rachel lives inn Westborow, Ohio, Margaret lives wher she did when thee was out there. John Smith brought that farm onn the other side of the road from wher father lived and he bought fathers farm too if the[e] Remembers the place wher there was pine trees set out inn front of the house; he left plenty for all off his children and Mary Ann to; tha had one boy and too girls, Asa has five children living. I will send there names Emma, Alvin, Alma, Lina, Levi he is the baby 10 years old. Well I will have to draw this scribling to a Close I am a fraid you cant read this if you cant come over and I will tell it to you I am a verry poore hand to spell and to wright but I wanted to hear from you so verry much I was bound to try and see if I could git answer. now wright soon to your well whishing niece.
Sina Hockett; to Uncle Seth and Aunt Polly Smith
Graham Nodaway County Mo. - May the 30, 1883
Dear Uncle and Aunt, I take this oppertunity to pen you a few lines to let you know how we are gitting a long. We are all well. We live inn Missouri, Nodaway County. I live with Asa. William [Hockett] isn't a living, he past a way three years a goe last February the 21. I haven't heard from you for along time I under stand that Aaron isant a living we moved from Ohio too Ind. Plainfield when he died then I went too live with Asa and his family and one year agoe last spring tha took a notion to move hear and Asa the only child that I had, I had to come too. I had none of my relations ther but William Smith and family tha live inn Moorsville, Morgan County, Ind. I suppose you hear from Ohio; All of my sisters are living but Sarah Pike and Hannah Hopkins John isant a living. Isom Hopkins isant living he died after Hannah died. Mary Ann Smith is living with her olds daughter Carry Green at the ould home sted. hour stept mother isant a living. Ephraim Smith, he lives at nits town, Henry County, Ind. We resceaved a letter from William Smith a few days a goe tha wer all well the too boys has had the measels but is about well now tha recieved a letter from Ephraim Smith tha wer all well.
Well how menny Children have you got and are tha all Married and doing for there selves and what are there names I have for got everone of ther names and wher doe tha live and wher is Uncle William Smith Children. I want thee to weight mee a letter and tell mee all about where tha all live we live here wher all is strangers too us and I feel so lonely.
I would be glad to hear from you. I saw advertisement inn a paper by the name of Carey Smith living inn Iowa Citty. Is it Uncle Williams Cary. Asa has bought him a farm with one hundred and sixty acres inn it and five inn nother place with timber onn it he has a good farm and doing well sofar I have plenty to keep mee as long as i live and I am so thankfull that I have so that I never may become burdensom to ennyboddy Asa is good and kind to mee as enny child can be.
I would be so glad to see thee and aunt we live about foreteen mils from Maryville and how menny Mils doe you live from Ioway line and what part doe you live inn I meen the line between Missouri and ioway, it is five miles from her to Mateland wher the Railroad Station is Livina and James Moon lives in Minnesota and all of there Children tha live near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. that is there post offes if thee was to wright to her it would pleas her verry much. Rachel lives inn Westborow, Ohio, Margaret lives wher she did when thee was out there. John Smith brought that farm onn the other side of the road from wher father lived and he bought fathers farm too if the[e] Remembers the place wher there was pine trees set out inn front of the house; he left plenty for all off his children and Mary Ann to; tha had one boy and too girls, Asa has five children living. I will send there names Emma, Alvin, Alma, Lina, Levi he is the baby 10 years old. Well I will have to draw this scribling to a Close I am a fraid you cant read this if you cant come over and I will tell it to you I am a verry poore hand to spell and to wright but I wanted to hear from you so verry much I was bound to try and see if I could git answer. now wright soon to your well whishing niece.
Sina Hockett; to Uncle Seth and Aunt Polly Smith
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