16 Jan 1883 Letter
Notes:
Letter from Mary Ellen Arnold Foster and Virlindo Arnold Allen
and of Carroll County, Georgia to their sister and brother-in-law, Thomas Christmas O'Mary and Elizabeth Arnold O'Mary of Winston County, Alabama.
Mary Ellen Arnold (b: 28 Jun 1833 Henry, GA d: 3 Feb 1904) married William Sims Foster (b: 11 Sep 1826 d: 4 Aug 1877). Source: Miller
Family.
See additional genealogy notes and photo at bottom.
Letter:
Georgia
Carroll County
January the 16th 1883
Dear brother and sister
I seat myself to rite you a few lines to let you no that we all well and doing
well and i hope those few lines may come such to hand and find you all well and
doing well. i received your kind letter and was more than glad to hear from you
one more time. i want to see you all verry bad. i wish that i could come see
you all. crop was good in this countyr last year. well Elizabeth my children
has nearly all left me. Lizza married in November. She
married a Mr. Tom Mitchel. she is living in Carrollton. She
is doing well he has 5 children. David married Miss Cora Hughes of Coweata. He has a nice lady. Molly married Mr. John Stevins. A nice
young man. David and Molly will clos by me. i shall feel verry lonely I want
you all to come and see us bad and Gorge and family is well and doing well. if
i could see you i could tell you a heap that i cant rite. Our preacher for
third year is named Wesley Arnold. he said he is a cousin
to us. all rite soon. i love to read a letter from you. remember me and my
children in your prays. so i must close. rite soon.
I am your sister until death.
Mary Foster
Thomas and Elizabeth
Omary
Dear brother and sister
i seat myself to rite you a few lines to let you no that we ar all well and i
hope those few lines may find you all well. i want to see you all verry bad. i
wish i could come to see you tho i can't come. it is so far. you come and one
more time in life. John is living in Claburn County at a his post office is
Cissaro at Poundes Mills. Molly Oneal is married. she married Thad Cook. we ar living with Mr. Loving near Mr. Perebu old mills.
Molly sais tell ant Lizzie she wants to see her and wishes she lived close by
you so she could go to see you. She sais tell Susy
and Georgiaan she wants to see them both. she
ways one hundred and 18 pounds. sais you no she is a lady. Lizzie sais she
wants to see you all. she ways one hundred. Stokes sais he
wants to see you all and he wishes he was out thair. he is making 13th dollar
per month. uncle bob little is ded. he died with disspaptic. aint Linna and the
children was well and Uncle Ezakiel was well. i want you to rite to me soon and
often. so i must close rite rite.
I remain your sister until deth.
Verlinda Allen
Thomas and Elizabeth
Omary
Picture
of William Stokes Allen and Verlinda Arnold Allen and their daughters behind
them, Jessie Verena Allen, Loretta "Rett" Allen, Fanny
"Frances" Allen and Elizabeth Allen. Their other daughters Sarah
Allen, Sally Allen, and Mary Allen are not in the picture. Fanny Allen married
William Hightower. Sally Allen was married 17 Apr 1892 to John M. Terrell.
Jessie Allen married first to Perry Driver of Carroll County and second to John
M Terrell. Photo date: ?
Source: 78
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