My Great Grandmother was 25 when she died and wrote this letter to her Son, my Grandfather. My Grandfather was 10 months old.
My Great Grandmother died of TB.
Alice Marie Fennell Cooper, my Mother, was named after Mary Alice Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Interview with Marie Fennell Cooper; conducted by J. M. Cooper,in San Antonio, TX, January 1994.
At my fathers confined to my room,
Severely afflicted. November 24th 1894.
My dear Cuthburt Clyde Fennell
My dear child
I, your dear mother, greatly desire to live with
and train you in all the ways of righteousness
though as I am so severely afficted, I fear
that I can never perform this duty, nor enjoy
the pleasure, so I desire to make known
some of my desires toward you, My dear
child, if I should not have the privilege of
living with and training of you, I want you
to be a good child all the days of you life.
first; be a good and abedient child to your
parents. As soon as you can get an educa-
tion, then read the bible that I leave for
you, which will teach you all righteousness,
when you read and become acquainted
with God, fear him and keep his comm-
andments, seek him and his righteousiness
and he (God) will give you all the
blessings that is best for you, in this life
and a home in Heaven at last.
My dear little darling boy, if I cannot live,
I your loving mother, leave for you her
bible and trunk, for your own use; I now
ask you my darling child to never keep bad
company, always shun it, keep the company
of honest Christians and try to live for God, so
when you must pass away like may you
will meet me in Heaven that I myself enjoy
your presence with God and all his people.
My darling child, I now commit you to the care
of our parents on earth and our God in Heaven.
May they all care for, guide, direct, and protect you
through all this life and the life to come is the request
and prayer of your loving mother.
Mary Alice Fennell
My dear little boy
your grand Pa JB WILLIAMSON was born
April 25th 1836
your grand ma MA WILLIAMSON was born
SEPT 7th 1838
your grand Pa W.L. FENNELL was born
MARCH 29th 1832
your grand ma JULIA C FENNELL was born
MAY 26th 1834
your Pa W.D. FENNELL was born
AUGUST 24th 1862
your ma M. A. FENNELL was born
OCTOBER 20th 1869
yourself C. C. FENNELL was born
MARCH 9th 1894
J. B. WILLIAMSON
It looks like the above was written by Mary Alice Fennell at the same time as the letter was written, everything in Upper Case letters looks like was added later by J. B. Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Mary Alice Williamson Fennell, to her son, Cuthburt Clyde Fennell November 24, 1894, Cuthburt Clyde was 10 months old and his mother Mary Alice was 25 years old. Mary Alice died 12 days after writing this letter, photocopy in poss of J. M. Cooper.
My Great Grandmother died of TB.
Alice Marie Fennell Cooper, my Mother, was named after Mary Alice Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Interview with Marie Fennell Cooper; conducted by J. M. Cooper,in San Antonio, TX, January 1994.
At my fathers confined to my room,
Severely afflicted. November 24th 1894.
My dear Cuthburt Clyde Fennell
My dear child
I, your dear mother, greatly desire to live with
and train you in all the ways of righteousness
though as I am so severely afficted, I fear
that I can never perform this duty, nor enjoy
the pleasure, so I desire to make known
some of my desires toward you, My dear
child, if I should not have the privilege of
living with and training of you, I want you
to be a good child all the days of you life.
first; be a good and abedient child to your
parents. As soon as you can get an educa-
tion, then read the bible that I leave for
you, which will teach you all righteousness,
when you read and become acquainted
with God, fear him and keep his comm-
andments, seek him and his righteousiness
and he (God) will give you all the
blessings that is best for you, in this life
and a home in Heaven at last.
My dear little darling boy, if I cannot live,
I your loving mother, leave for you her
bible and trunk, for your own use; I now
ask you my darling child to never keep bad
company, always shun it, keep the company
of honest Christians and try to live for God, so
when you must pass away like may you
will meet me in Heaven that I myself enjoy
your presence with God and all his people.
My darling child, I now commit you to the care
of our parents on earth and our God in Heaven.
May they all care for, guide, direct, and protect you
through all this life and the life to come is the request
and prayer of your loving mother.
Mary Alice Fennell
My dear little boy
your grand Pa JB WILLIAMSON was born
April 25th 1836
your grand ma MA WILLIAMSON was born
SEPT 7th 1838
your grand Pa W.L. FENNELL was born
MARCH 29th 1832
your grand ma JULIA C FENNELL was born
MAY 26th 1834
your Pa W.D. FENNELL was born
AUGUST 24th 1862
your ma M. A. FENNELL was born
OCTOBER 20th 1869
yourself C. C. FENNELL was born
MARCH 9th 1894
J. B. WILLIAMSON
It looks like the above was written by Mary Alice Fennell at the same time as the letter was written, everything in Upper Case letters looks like was added later by J. B. Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Mary Alice Williamson Fennell, to her son, Cuthburt Clyde Fennell November 24, 1894, Cuthburt Clyde was 10 months old and his mother Mary Alice was 25 years old. Mary Alice died 12 days after writing this letter, photocopy in poss of J. M. Cooper.
My Great Grandmother was 25 when she died and wrote this letter to her Son, my Grandfather. My Grandfather was 10 months old.
My Great Grandmother died of TB.
Alice Marie Fennell Cooper, my Mother, was named after Mary Alice Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Interview with Marie Fennell Cooper; conducted by J. M. Cooper,in San Antonio, TX, January 1994.
At my fathers confined to my room,
Severely afflicted. November 24th 1894.
My dear Cuthburt Clyde Fennell
My dear child
I, your dear mother, greatly desire to live with
and train you in all the ways of righteousness
though as I am so severely afficted, I fear
that I can never perform this duty, nor enjoy
the pleasure, so I desire to make known
some of my desires toward you, My dear
child, if I should not have the privilege of
living with and training of you, I want you
to be a good child all the days of you life.
first; be a good and abedient child to your
parents. As soon as you can get an educa-
tion, then read the bible that I leave for
you, which will teach you all righteousness,
when you read and become acquainted
with God, fear him and keep his comm-
andments, seek him and his righteousiness
and he (God) will give you all the
blessings that is best for you, in this life
and a home in Heaven at last.
My dear little darling boy, if I cannot live,
I your loving mother, leave for you her
bible and trunk, for your own use; I now
ask you my darling child to never keep bad
company, always shun it, keep the company
of honest Christians and try to live for God, so
when you must pass away like may you
will meet me in Heaven that I myself enjoy
your presence with God and all his people.
My darling child, I now commit you to the care
of our parents on earth and our God in Heaven.
May they all care for, guide, direct, and protect you
through all this life and the life to come is the request
and prayer of your loving mother.
Mary Alice Fennell
My dear little boy
your grand Pa JB WILLIAMSON was born
April 25th 1836
your grand ma MA WILLIAMSON was born
SEPT 7th 1838
your grand Pa W.L. FENNELL was born
MARCH 29th 1832
your grand ma JULIA C FENNELL was born
MAY 26th 1834
your Pa W.D. FENNELL was born
AUGUST 24th 1862
your ma M. A. FENNELL was born
OCTOBER 20th 1869
yourself C. C. FENNELL was born
MARCH 9th 1894
J. B. WILLIAMSON
It looks like the above was written by Mary Alice Fennell at the same time as the letter was written, everything in Upper Case letters looks like was added later by J. B. Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Mary Alice Williamson Fennell, to her son, Cuthburt Clyde Fennell November 24, 1894, Cuthburt Clyde was 10 months old and his mother Mary Alice was 25 years old. Mary Alice died 12 days after writing this letter, photocopy in poss of J. M. Cooper.
My Great Grandmother died of TB.
Alice Marie Fennell Cooper, my Mother, was named after Mary Alice Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Interview with Marie Fennell Cooper; conducted by J. M. Cooper,in San Antonio, TX, January 1994.
At my fathers confined to my room,
Severely afflicted. November 24th 1894.
My dear Cuthburt Clyde Fennell
My dear child
I, your dear mother, greatly desire to live with
and train you in all the ways of righteousness
though as I am so severely afficted, I fear
that I can never perform this duty, nor enjoy
the pleasure, so I desire to make known
some of my desires toward you, My dear
child, if I should not have the privilege of
living with and training of you, I want you
to be a good child all the days of you life.
first; be a good and abedient child to your
parents. As soon as you can get an educa-
tion, then read the bible that I leave for
you, which will teach you all righteousness,
when you read and become acquainted
with God, fear him and keep his comm-
andments, seek him and his righteousiness
and he (God) will give you all the
blessings that is best for you, in this life
and a home in Heaven at last.
My dear little darling boy, if I cannot live,
I your loving mother, leave for you her
bible and trunk, for your own use; I now
ask you my darling child to never keep bad
company, always shun it, keep the company
of honest Christians and try to live for God, so
when you must pass away like may you
will meet me in Heaven that I myself enjoy
your presence with God and all his people.
My darling child, I now commit you to the care
of our parents on earth and our God in Heaven.
May they all care for, guide, direct, and protect you
through all this life and the life to come is the request
and prayer of your loving mother.
Mary Alice Fennell
My dear little boy
your grand Pa JB WILLIAMSON was born
April 25th 1836
your grand ma MA WILLIAMSON was born
SEPT 7th 1838
your grand Pa W.L. FENNELL was born
MARCH 29th 1832
your grand ma JULIA C FENNELL was born
MAY 26th 1834
your Pa W.D. FENNELL was born
AUGUST 24th 1862
your ma M. A. FENNELL was born
OCTOBER 20th 1869
yourself C. C. FENNELL was born
MARCH 9th 1894
J. B. WILLIAMSON
It looks like the above was written by Mary Alice Fennell at the same time as the letter was written, everything in Upper Case letters looks like was added later by J. B. Williamson.
BIOGRAPHY: Letter from Mary Alice Williamson Fennell, to her son, Cuthburt Clyde Fennell November 24, 1894, Cuthburt Clyde was 10 months old and his mother Mary Alice was 25 years old. Mary Alice died 12 days after writing this letter, photocopy in poss of J. M. Cooper.
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