Letters
to LUCINDA HOPKINS PORTER-SUMMERS and
her sister REBECCA BARLOW PORTER-WILSON
Lucinda received letters and mails them on to her sisters to keep the
family close with the many miles between them.
It appears that the last to get the letter is Rebecca and there they lay
in her letter box all those years waiting for me Linda Gayle
WILSON-TATE-HEUCKENDORF to unfold the family lineage.
lindagayle@southerngrace.com
In
1972 my little aunt Allie Mae WILSON-DUKE-STURGIS, of 86 years gave me a little
black letter trunk that had belonged to my great grandmother REBECCA BARLOW
PORTER-WILSON, in the trunk was about 20 some letters connecting Rebecca’s family. Rebecca left her family bible and
other family information to her youngest daughter Lucinda Janetta (“Nettie”)
Jane Wilson-PARROTT and then Nettie wrote the family history and passed it down
to the WILSON family.
I
have transcribed some of those letters that I feel are pertinent and give depth
and realism to my family history. Documents, letters and pictures give my
ancestors new life.
State
of Tenn. Oct 1872
Davidson
Co.
Mrs.
LUCINDA SUMMERS
Dear
Niece
I
received a letter from you bearing intelligence of the news of your brother
LEVY being yet alive and doing well which I was glad to hear fearing he would
not be heard from any more was glad to hear from you and family and hope if
this comes to hand may find you all well.
LUCINDA
I have often thought of you and the times we have had together I am now getting
old and affected in body and mind have had much sickness and trouble and sorrow
since I saw you how much more god only knows am living all alone.
Come
to the conclusion it would be bad to break up cant live this way first again 2
years had kind colored people in my yard. This year you have no one. My
own and take the third have plenty of
old corn yet am old. Sold near $20
worth of bacon have 25head of hogs intend to rent out for next year. And try
some body else. house however disagreeable it may be. I have a small home can rent it out for 40 or 50 dollars only
quite limited 60 acres exception of 12 or 15 acres and balance in timber no
profit to me. My life is lonely one.
Your Aunt SERINA and NANCY lives together and NANCY B. children to wit GEORGE
15 yrs old IDA 13 yrs old CHARLES WESLY eleven all belong to the church they
live in Hickman Co. Tenn. address little Lat or Lick creek a day travel from
here I was there this summer but down with chills while there They have a large
farm and fine buildings and doing well but a sick family while I was there
Nancy has worn out lungs
Serina
not good health we like the balance will soon be gone. Your Aunt Polly and
family all gone but one son and 3 grandchildren. AMANDA BARTLETT gone and you Uncle J.S. BARTLETT married again
lives in Kentucky. WARREN ERAYTUS and
BEN lives in 20 miles of him. GEORGE
lives in Missouri at Poplar Bluff. JOHN
at the FLEMMING place near brother THOMAS Ark.
Just received a letter from brother THOMAS. They were all well but John
he had risenings all over him the Doctor said it was a bad case.
TOMA
lives with a 4th wife and a little daughter 5 years old. TOMA married a grass widow twice and ALVAN
AMANDA’S son has married a your grass widow.
You see I might close you might write again.
Lucinda
farewell remember me
Affectingly
R.
B. GREER
To
Niece
LUCINDA
SUMMERS
Give
my love to LOUSIA and MARY
All
them to write to me.
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