Mattie Vorhis was the youngest child of David Davis Vorhis and Mary M. Jones.
Among the wealth of Jones family letters is one dated May 4, 1863, from Ada Wikoff in Hamilton Co., OH, to her cousin Tighlman Jones serving in the U.S. Army. "I received a letter from cousin Cemantha Vorhis last Saturday / it had her minature in it. She is not what we would call handsome but there is something so good in her looks that you could not help but love her."
Mattie wrote a letter to relatives in Illinois, March 28, 1865, in which she described the marriage of "my youngest Sister" and enclosed pieces of both their dresses. Celestia Jane Vorhis (1844-1919) was married in Davis Co., IA, Oct. 16, 1864. Although Samantha (1845-1924) was younger than Celestia, Celestia was still Samantha's "youngest sister."
Left to right in the accompanying photograph: Martha Melvina Vorhis, brother, William Reece Vorhis, and sister, Samantha Bionca "Mattie" Vorhis, taken sometime prior to Mattie's marriage to William Lewis Crumrine, Sept. 2, 1866, in Davis Co., IA. They had three children: John E., Edward, and Mary E. Mattie and William divorced; sons John and Edward were living with their father in Ellsworth Co., KS, in 1880, while family letters indicate that daughter Mary remained with her mother.
William and Mattie lived briefly in Barton Co., MO, before returning to Davis Co.
Mattie wrote a cousin, March 14, 1875: "come over and aske your Aunt Mary which is the prttiest and best child in person / mine is very mischievous but a freer hearted child cant be found / she will divide the last and as for good looks my / My Ma always told me pretty is as pretty does so come over and see for yourselves / I have nothing to say of my own good looks but leave you to guess at it"
Another family letter dated Oct. 22, 1877, tells that "I had a letter from Martha Melvina last week / Cemantha Bionca was going to be married very soon to a widower that lived near Gloaceaters."
Mattie married Hugh Taylor in Davis Co., IA, between Oct. 22 and Dec. 10, 1877. They had six children.
Among the wealth of Jones family letters is one dated May 4, 1863, from Ada Wikoff in Hamilton Co., OH, to her cousin Tighlman Jones serving in the U.S. Army. "I received a letter from cousin Cemantha Vorhis last Saturday / it had her minature in it. She is not what we would call handsome but there is something so good in her looks that you could not help but love her."
Mattie wrote a letter to relatives in Illinois, March 28, 1865, in which she described the marriage of "my youngest Sister" and enclosed pieces of both their dresses. Celestia Jane Vorhis (1844-1919) was married in Davis Co., IA, Oct. 16, 1864. Although Samantha (1845-1924) was younger than Celestia, Celestia was still Samantha's "youngest sister."
Left to right in the accompanying photograph: Martha Melvina Vorhis, brother, William Reece Vorhis, and sister, Samantha Bionca "Mattie" Vorhis, taken sometime prior to Mattie's marriage to William Lewis Crumrine, Sept. 2, 1866, in Davis Co., IA. They had three children: John E., Edward, and Mary E. Mattie and William divorced; sons John and Edward were living with their father in Ellsworth Co., KS, in 1880, while family letters indicate that daughter Mary remained with her mother.
William and Mattie lived briefly in Barton Co., MO, before returning to Davis Co.
Mattie wrote a cousin, March 14, 1875: "come over and aske your Aunt Mary which is the prttiest and best child in person / mine is very mischievous but a freer hearted child cant be found / she will divide the last and as for good looks my / My Ma always told me pretty is as pretty does so come over and see for yourselves / I have nothing to say of my own good looks but leave you to guess at it"
Another family letter dated Oct. 22, 1877, tells that "I had a letter from Martha Melvina last week / Cemantha Bionca was going to be married very soon to a widower that lived near Gloaceaters."
Mattie married Hugh Taylor in Davis Co., IA, between Oct. 22 and Dec. 10, 1877. They had six children.
Mattie Vorhis was the youngest child of David Davis Vorhis and Mary M. Jones.
Among the wealth of Jones family letters is one dated May 4, 1863, from Ada Wikoff in Hamilton Co., OH, to her cousin Tighlman Jones serving in the U.S. Army. "I received a letter from cousin Cemantha Vorhis last Saturday / it had her minature in it. She is not what we would call handsome but there is something so good in her looks that you could not help but love her."
Mattie wrote a letter to relatives in Illinois, March 28, 1865, in which she described the marriage of "my youngest Sister" and enclosed pieces of both their dresses. Celestia Jane Vorhis (1844-1919) was married in Davis Co., IA, Oct. 16, 1864. Although Samantha (1845-1924) was younger than Celestia, Celestia was still Samantha's "youngest sister."
Left to right in the accompanying photograph: Martha Melvina Vorhis, brother, William Reece Vorhis, and sister, Samantha Bionca "Mattie" Vorhis, taken sometime prior to Mattie's marriage to William Lewis Crumrine, Sept. 2, 1866, in Davis Co., IA. They had three children: John E., Edward, and Mary E. Mattie and William divorced; sons John and Edward were living with their father in Ellsworth Co., KS, in 1880, while family letters indicate that daughter Mary remained with her mother.
William and Mattie lived briefly in Barton Co., MO, before returning to Davis Co.
Mattie wrote a cousin, March 14, 1875: "come over and aske your Aunt Mary which is the prttiest and best child in person / mine is very mischievous but a freer hearted child cant be found / she will divide the last and as for good looks my / My Ma always told me pretty is as pretty does so come over and see for yourselves / I have nothing to say of my own good looks but leave you to guess at it"
Another family letter dated Oct. 22, 1877, tells that "I had a letter from Martha Melvina last week / Cemantha Bionca was going to be married very soon to a widower that lived near Gloaceaters."
Mattie married Hugh Taylor in Davis Co., IA, between Oct. 22 and Dec. 10, 1877. They had six children.
Among the wealth of Jones family letters is one dated May 4, 1863, from Ada Wikoff in Hamilton Co., OH, to her cousin Tighlman Jones serving in the U.S. Army. "I received a letter from cousin Cemantha Vorhis last Saturday / it had her minature in it. She is not what we would call handsome but there is something so good in her looks that you could not help but love her."
Mattie wrote a letter to relatives in Illinois, March 28, 1865, in which she described the marriage of "my youngest Sister" and enclosed pieces of both their dresses. Celestia Jane Vorhis (1844-1919) was married in Davis Co., IA, Oct. 16, 1864. Although Samantha (1845-1924) was younger than Celestia, Celestia was still Samantha's "youngest sister."
Left to right in the accompanying photograph: Martha Melvina Vorhis, brother, William Reece Vorhis, and sister, Samantha Bionca "Mattie" Vorhis, taken sometime prior to Mattie's marriage to William Lewis Crumrine, Sept. 2, 1866, in Davis Co., IA. They had three children: John E., Edward, and Mary E. Mattie and William divorced; sons John and Edward were living with their father in Ellsworth Co., KS, in 1880, while family letters indicate that daughter Mary remained with her mother.
William and Mattie lived briefly in Barton Co., MO, before returning to Davis Co.
Mattie wrote a cousin, March 14, 1875: "come over and aske your Aunt Mary which is the prttiest and best child in person / mine is very mischievous but a freer hearted child cant be found / she will divide the last and as for good looks my / My Ma always told me pretty is as pretty does so come over and see for yourselves / I have nothing to say of my own good looks but leave you to guess at it"
Another family letter dated Oct. 22, 1877, tells that "I had a letter from Martha Melvina last week / Cemantha Bionca was going to be married very soon to a widower that lived near Gloaceaters."
Mattie married Hugh Taylor in Davis Co., IA, between Oct. 22 and Dec. 10, 1877. They had six children.
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