Priscilla was the daughter of Jesse King and Mary Rugg. She married Chester Pace.
Letter from Priscilla to her brother William Jesse King, Perry Co., OH, November 28, 1858, finished January 25, 1859:
"Dear brother and sister: I have sat down this morning to try to rite a few lines to you to let you know that we are all alive and tolerable well at this time. I hope when these lines reaches you the will find you all well and comfortable. As for myself my neek still hurts me tolerable bad. I am so hoarse that I cannot talk verey loud. I feel very lonesome. I have not had a leter from any of you for sometime. I still thot some of you must be coming on the acont you did not write. I must till you abut our crops. The crops was very poor. Grain is very scarce. We have had two snows. It began to snow yesterday morning and snowed till it was eighteen intches deep and then comenced raining and rained ever sense --now 11 oclocke. It is verey hard on the dumb bruts. We have had a new school house built this fall. It is about 10 rods from the south end of the lane on our place. The school begins the 6 day of december. Harison Shull is going to teach. The frends is all well far as I know. Samuel was here not long sense and the was well as comon. Carsons folks was well the last I herd of them. He is teaching or a going to teach close to whare he lives and Aaron is agoing to teach close to Carsons. It has been healthey here this season...very litle ague for a level country. William, I have been loking for you this fall. I want to know when you are a coming, dear brother. I want you to rite me along leter if you please and tel me how all my frends is giting along. I have not had a leter for a long time from any of you and I feel very lonsum. I feel as if my days was nearly spent and thy have been very unpofitable. I want to know if you and Susaan has joened meeting yet and what kind you a going to belong to. Give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Brown and tel thim to rite to me if they please. I wold like to heare Mr. Brown preach again if I cold. Our horsees and catle will sufer if the snow lays on the ground. There is rite smart for the catle to get in the woods yet. There is hundreds of hogs starve to death here this winter. This is the 21 of December. The ground is bare at this time but very icy. We have never seen as hard times sinse we have been in this country as we are agoing to see this winter. I am afraid but we mus try to put our trust in Providence. We thrashed 20 dozens of our wheat and onley got 1 bushel. There was very litle grain raised this year here. We heare that there is good crops in Illinoise. Thomas Thomson was in from there this fall. It has been som time sense I comenced this leter but I am sutch a poor riter I thought I wold not through it away. It is now the night before Chrismas and Chester has been so that he cold not walk scarcley any--his feet is so sore, and he apeares tonight as if he was taking the lung fever. I am seting up trying to docter him. Very lonsom. I canot rite mutch more. I must bring my leter to aclose by saying fareyou well dear frends. To rite mutch a word to Merelender Ann King. I had not room to you. Mary and Margret is going to rite to you. So give my love to all the children." signed: Prusilla P. to W.K.
Letter from Mary King Alexander, sister of Priscilla King Pace, Sept. 4th, 1862, Bluffton, Ind.:
"Dear Sisters and Brothers: We are well and hoping this will find you all well. If you have heard no bad news prepare for it now. We have no sister Priscilla. She is gone. She died on the 28 of August and was buried on the 30th. I will write more sometime if I live. Write to me all of you if you please." signed: Mary Alexander
Letter from Priscilla to her brother William Jesse King, Perry Co., OH, November 28, 1858, finished January 25, 1859:
"Dear brother and sister: I have sat down this morning to try to rite a few lines to you to let you know that we are all alive and tolerable well at this time. I hope when these lines reaches you the will find you all well and comfortable. As for myself my neek still hurts me tolerable bad. I am so hoarse that I cannot talk verey loud. I feel very lonesome. I have not had a leter from any of you for sometime. I still thot some of you must be coming on the acont you did not write. I must till you abut our crops. The crops was very poor. Grain is very scarce. We have had two snows. It began to snow yesterday morning and snowed till it was eighteen intches deep and then comenced raining and rained ever sense --now 11 oclocke. It is verey hard on the dumb bruts. We have had a new school house built this fall. It is about 10 rods from the south end of the lane on our place. The school begins the 6 day of december. Harison Shull is going to teach. The frends is all well far as I know. Samuel was here not long sense and the was well as comon. Carsons folks was well the last I herd of them. He is teaching or a going to teach close to whare he lives and Aaron is agoing to teach close to Carsons. It has been healthey here this season...very litle ague for a level country. William, I have been loking for you this fall. I want to know when you are a coming, dear brother. I want you to rite me along leter if you please and tel me how all my frends is giting along. I have not had a leter for a long time from any of you and I feel very lonsum. I feel as if my days was nearly spent and thy have been very unpofitable. I want to know if you and Susaan has joened meeting yet and what kind you a going to belong to. Give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Brown and tel thim to rite to me if they please. I wold like to heare Mr. Brown preach again if I cold. Our horsees and catle will sufer if the snow lays on the ground. There is rite smart for the catle to get in the woods yet. There is hundreds of hogs starve to death here this winter. This is the 21 of December. The ground is bare at this time but very icy. We have never seen as hard times sinse we have been in this country as we are agoing to see this winter. I am afraid but we mus try to put our trust in Providence. We thrashed 20 dozens of our wheat and onley got 1 bushel. There was very litle grain raised this year here. We heare that there is good crops in Illinoise. Thomas Thomson was in from there this fall. It has been som time sense I comenced this leter but I am sutch a poor riter I thought I wold not through it away. It is now the night before Chrismas and Chester has been so that he cold not walk scarcley any--his feet is so sore, and he apeares tonight as if he was taking the lung fever. I am seting up trying to docter him. Very lonsom. I canot rite mutch more. I must bring my leter to aclose by saying fareyou well dear frends. To rite mutch a word to Merelender Ann King. I had not room to you. Mary and Margret is going to rite to you. So give my love to all the children." signed: Prusilla P. to W.K.
Letter from Mary King Alexander, sister of Priscilla King Pace, Sept. 4th, 1862, Bluffton, Ind.:
"Dear Sisters and Brothers: We are well and hoping this will find you all well. If you have heard no bad news prepare for it now. We have no sister Priscilla. She is gone. She died on the 28 of August and was buried on the 30th. I will write more sometime if I live. Write to me all of you if you please." signed: Mary Alexander
Priscilla was the daughter of Jesse King and Mary Rugg. She married Chester Pace.
Letter from Priscilla to her brother William Jesse King, Perry Co., OH, November 28, 1858, finished January 25, 1859:
"Dear brother and sister: I have sat down this morning to try to rite a few lines to you to let you know that we are all alive and tolerable well at this time. I hope when these lines reaches you the will find you all well and comfortable. As for myself my neek still hurts me tolerable bad. I am so hoarse that I cannot talk verey loud. I feel very lonesome. I have not had a leter from any of you for sometime. I still thot some of you must be coming on the acont you did not write. I must till you abut our crops. The crops was very poor. Grain is very scarce. We have had two snows. It began to snow yesterday morning and snowed till it was eighteen intches deep and then comenced raining and rained ever sense --now 11 oclocke. It is verey hard on the dumb bruts. We have had a new school house built this fall. It is about 10 rods from the south end of the lane on our place. The school begins the 6 day of december. Harison Shull is going to teach. The frends is all well far as I know. Samuel was here not long sense and the was well as comon. Carsons folks was well the last I herd of them. He is teaching or a going to teach close to whare he lives and Aaron is agoing to teach close to Carsons. It has been healthey here this season...very litle ague for a level country. William, I have been loking for you this fall. I want to know when you are a coming, dear brother. I want you to rite me along leter if you please and tel me how all my frends is giting along. I have not had a leter for a long time from any of you and I feel very lonsum. I feel as if my days was nearly spent and thy have been very unpofitable. I want to know if you and Susaan has joened meeting yet and what kind you a going to belong to. Give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Brown and tel thim to rite to me if they please. I wold like to heare Mr. Brown preach again if I cold. Our horsees and catle will sufer if the snow lays on the ground. There is rite smart for the catle to get in the woods yet. There is hundreds of hogs starve to death here this winter. This is the 21 of December. The ground is bare at this time but very icy. We have never seen as hard times sinse we have been in this country as we are agoing to see this winter. I am afraid but we mus try to put our trust in Providence. We thrashed 20 dozens of our wheat and onley got 1 bushel. There was very litle grain raised this year here. We heare that there is good crops in Illinoise. Thomas Thomson was in from there this fall. It has been som time sense I comenced this leter but I am sutch a poor riter I thought I wold not through it away. It is now the night before Chrismas and Chester has been so that he cold not walk scarcley any--his feet is so sore, and he apeares tonight as if he was taking the lung fever. I am seting up trying to docter him. Very lonsom. I canot rite mutch more. I must bring my leter to aclose by saying fareyou well dear frends. To rite mutch a word to Merelender Ann King. I had not room to you. Mary and Margret is going to rite to you. So give my love to all the children." signed: Prusilla P. to W.K.
Letter from Mary King Alexander, sister of Priscilla King Pace, Sept. 4th, 1862, Bluffton, Ind.:
"Dear Sisters and Brothers: We are well and hoping this will find you all well. If you have heard no bad news prepare for it now. We have no sister Priscilla. She is gone. She died on the 28 of August and was buried on the 30th. I will write more sometime if I live. Write to me all of you if you please." signed: Mary Alexander
Letter from Priscilla to her brother William Jesse King, Perry Co., OH, November 28, 1858, finished January 25, 1859:
"Dear brother and sister: I have sat down this morning to try to rite a few lines to you to let you know that we are all alive and tolerable well at this time. I hope when these lines reaches you the will find you all well and comfortable. As for myself my neek still hurts me tolerable bad. I am so hoarse that I cannot talk verey loud. I feel very lonesome. I have not had a leter from any of you for sometime. I still thot some of you must be coming on the acont you did not write. I must till you abut our crops. The crops was very poor. Grain is very scarce. We have had two snows. It began to snow yesterday morning and snowed till it was eighteen intches deep and then comenced raining and rained ever sense --now 11 oclocke. It is verey hard on the dumb bruts. We have had a new school house built this fall. It is about 10 rods from the south end of the lane on our place. The school begins the 6 day of december. Harison Shull is going to teach. The frends is all well far as I know. Samuel was here not long sense and the was well as comon. Carsons folks was well the last I herd of them. He is teaching or a going to teach close to whare he lives and Aaron is agoing to teach close to Carsons. It has been healthey here this season...very litle ague for a level country. William, I have been loking for you this fall. I want to know when you are a coming, dear brother. I want you to rite me along leter if you please and tel me how all my frends is giting along. I have not had a leter for a long time from any of you and I feel very lonsum. I feel as if my days was nearly spent and thy have been very unpofitable. I want to know if you and Susaan has joened meeting yet and what kind you a going to belong to. Give my love to Mr. and Mrs. Brown and tel thim to rite to me if they please. I wold like to heare Mr. Brown preach again if I cold. Our horsees and catle will sufer if the snow lays on the ground. There is rite smart for the catle to get in the woods yet. There is hundreds of hogs starve to death here this winter. This is the 21 of December. The ground is bare at this time but very icy. We have never seen as hard times sinse we have been in this country as we are agoing to see this winter. I am afraid but we mus try to put our trust in Providence. We thrashed 20 dozens of our wheat and onley got 1 bushel. There was very litle grain raised this year here. We heare that there is good crops in Illinoise. Thomas Thomson was in from there this fall. It has been som time sense I comenced this leter but I am sutch a poor riter I thought I wold not through it away. It is now the night before Chrismas and Chester has been so that he cold not walk scarcley any--his feet is so sore, and he apeares tonight as if he was taking the lung fever. I am seting up trying to docter him. Very lonsom. I canot rite mutch more. I must bring my leter to aclose by saying fareyou well dear frends. To rite mutch a word to Merelender Ann King. I had not room to you. Mary and Margret is going to rite to you. So give my love to all the children." signed: Prusilla P. to W.K.
Letter from Mary King Alexander, sister of Priscilla King Pace, Sept. 4th, 1862, Bluffton, Ind.:
"Dear Sisters and Brothers: We are well and hoping this will find you all well. If you have heard no bad news prepare for it now. We have no sister Priscilla. She is gone. She died on the 28 of August and was buried on the 30th. I will write more sometime if I live. Write to me all of you if you please." signed: Mary Alexander
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