Our Past and Our Future

Letter written by Etta Vernon

to her first cousin Amos Clinton Vernon

                April 13, 1890

 

See below for a transcript of both pages

See below for a genealogy report for Etta

 

(Page 1)

 

(written upside down on top of page 1)

                                write and tell me how all the folks are.

(in ink written upside down on top of page)

     write and tell me how you are getting along

April 13 – 1890

Arapahoe Neb

Dear Cousin

                 I seat my self this evening to write you a few lines 

will write more if you ans this I am sitting in the American Hotel 

in Arapahoe I may stay all summer I am assistant cook and bottle 

washer I went to Beaver city and staid one week and worked for 

Laura last week She has been sick a week I have had a terrible bad 

cold it to bad that Della lost her baby   ??cie was in town today 

I do not like to go among strangers as well as I thought I would 

I had a carriage ride easter how many egg did you eat – today is the 

longest day I ever seen will I am ashaimed for not  writing sooner

 

(Page 2)

 

but I was afraid your were gone and I waited to hear from 

Ma I got a letter from her Thursday and she did not say a word 

about you so I don’t know wheither you will get this or not if you 

will ans this I will try and do better next time and so Cora is 

teaching her school how does she like it will I will close write as 

soon as you get this for it takes it so long to come through by by

 

                       Etta

(in ink)

Well Clint – I just got a letter from ma and she said you had gone

April 20

I like it first rate at the Hotel write soon    E ? (looks like could be an L)

April 25

It is raining tonight I am at Sams again I have made $5 since I came up here

 good night

 (in ink)

I am sorrie I did not write sooner if you get this write soon

  

(there is no envelope for this letter)

 

Generation No. 1

1. WILLIAM⁹ VERNON (AMOS⁸, JAMES⁷, JAMES VERNON⁶ SR., ISAAC⁵ VERNON II, ISAAC⁴, ROBERT³, JAMES², HUGH¹) was born August 30, 1845 in Chesterfield, Athens, OH, and died August 30, 1919 in Norcatur, Kansas. He married CLARISSA DEW December 19, 1867 in Washington Co., OH. She was born October 4, 1850 in Belmont Co., OH, and died July 21, 1943 in Norcatur, Decatur County, KS.

Children of WILLIAM VERNON and CLARISSA DEW are:

2. i. LAURA EVELYN¹⁰ VERNON, b. December 1, 1868, Washington Co., OH; d. April 23, 1946, Denver, Denver, CO.

3. ii. RUTH/ETTA VERNON, b. December 21, 1869, Washington Co., OH; d. September 12, 1938, Oberlin, Decatur, KS.

iii. FLORA ALICE VERNON, b. February 16, 1871; d. August 11, 1872.

iv. ALFRED/ ALFORD VERNON, b. November 22, 1872; d. July 30, 1873.

v. MARY LOLA VERNON, b. May 17, 1874; d. September 1, 1874.

4. vi. LEOTA MAY VERNON, b. August 7, 1875, Washington Co., OH; d. September 1, 1959, Norcatur, Decatur, KS.

5. vii. RUTHFORD BENJAMIN VERNON, b. September 10, 1877, Bartlett, Washington, OH; d. August 11, 1941, Rawlins Co., KS.

6. viii. BESSIE PEARL VERNON, b. March 25, 1881, Victor, IA; d. March 11, 1969, Denver, CO.

7. ix. MARY OLIVE VERNON, b. January 21, 1883; d. May 11, 1958.

x. DAVID LEONARD VERNON, b. December 3, 1885; d. August 6, 1886.

8. xi. ROSCOE DELL VERNON, b. January 6, 1888; d. April 6, 1958, Oberlin, Decatur, KS.

9. xii. ZELLA BLANCHE VERNON, b. November 24, 1891; d. May 1987, Denver, CO.

 

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Last update on 10/25/03