FORD – GLOVER
Estelle FORD – Outside of letter – To Kizzie and Madge GLOVER – Dresden, Tenn – June 24, 1824
Dear Kizzie and Madge: What are you doing I am playing I have a little kitten his name is Tommy I play with him all the time nearly he is all yellow I wish I could see you all. Be sure and write to me. By By Estelle Ford – Submitted by Sharon A. Crocker Thurman.
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Greenfield Tenn – Monday Night
Kind Sister – Will try and answer your letter we got last Wednesday night was glad to here from you all feeling as well as for us some days I am better I can’t hardly wait for the time to come only 23 more days. Earl is sick was on bed yesterday was cold and nasisazie, He moved out in the sick house a week ago today so when we got your letter last Wednesday he went over to McConnell on Thursday morning and worked hard all day and did not get through and had to go back Friday and finish packing for shiping said tell you he got all that was left there was some things gone the stuff come in on local today and he has done got it in his shop he wont make the tire retter til spring he is doing fine so far ever body says he done the right thing of course it is the dark part of the year. If we can just make it 3 more months we will be all right.
Mrs Crocker has had Dr. Mitchell treating her head. Well I moved her bed from up stairs, and Earl did not put it in any sooner and part of the stove is in there so you may no there is not enough room in ther to turn around. Wish you was here night we had rabbit for thanksgiving and I had a nice diner sent me hope you all are done picking cotton by now I wont cook me 2 cakes next week for Christmas I am afraid if I don’t I will be down and can’t. I am going to put them in a lard stand they tell me they will keep for a month that way I will have enough eggs by then to cook.
Two of my white pullets is laying eggs in 60 ct a dozen. Got 8 little chickens 3 weeks old Earl said he went up to your House to see if every thing was all right and said it look all right.
Hope Cheap got him a good place and you all will do well and make a big crop next year and hope you and Ruth can have lots of chickens and eggs. Well, I dot no anything else to write now will write you when to come and will send you the money then to come on I got me a wash woman ant last it was fine raining all day hope it will be cold in the morning so werite when you feel like it. Maggie, Earl and the children.
Note: Special note, Aunt Maggie died on Dec 1, 1920. The 23 days she is talking about was the birth of the baby. She and her baby were buried together in Highland Cemetery in Greenfield, TN. The letter is from one of my GG-Aunts, probably one of her last. I found her daughter, Katie, still living, 89 in 2001. I sent her a copy, she cried and cried, could not thank me enough, she was so young when her mama died. Submitted by Sharon A. CROCKER THURMAN
