Martin Co ind June the 18 1863

 

my Dear Sister itake my pen in hand to let you no we air all well but Sister Saly is sick yet but ido hop to god this letter will find you and you litle childern well and doing well ihant heard from brother john sense igot a letter from you well my Dear Sister you sea in your letter that you wanted to no what father died with he died with the palzy he was taken on Sundy morn and if he had of lived till the next Sondy he would of binn sick too weekes and when he was forst taken he had apane in his sholder and it looked like he couldent live and well naiy he died at my house and ituck all the care of him icould iam maken my crope and ihave got fore acore 12 corne and ihave got 1 acor of wheat and rie and ihave got agood garden ihave got to tell you abot fathers and Mother toom Stoones ihave got them made and they will bee soon bee redy to put up and there air nice iam agonto have them / fixt up nice they do cose forty six Dollars an and Sisters amey famly is all well well Dear Sister they air agonto draft heare and it will take one hunderd and fifty men out of every Co now iwant you to rite to me when you heard from John and iwant you to rite to me as soon as you git this letter well isaw uncle james ones and all of his famaly is well well nancy ihave got girles and iwant you to heary and rase up your boyes for my girles well rity ann isend you my love and best respect and iwant you to rite to me and when this you sea rember me well John ido want to see you do I see hardes times well ritiy ann iwant you to mail this to john if you plese

 

well john iwant you to rite to me agan and see if icant git your letter john ido want to see you and pray for the day to come when you can come home agan ifor ithink the time long seence iseen you /

 

you can send this letter to john for ido want him to git this letter

 

Dear litle Cosen ido want to see you nancy jane ido want you to rite to me and ido send you and all my litle cosin amey jane cox well my Dear litle cosin ido want to see you all

nety Sarah nety Cox tomes Cox

marandy Cox

 

            Dear Sister rite Soon

            mary M Cox

            rity A Sander

 

well iforegot to tell you ihade the docter with father six dayes and the docter donn all he cod and the give him up and ipade 12 Dollars for his coffen ihad all the truble to go with and now ihavto bair the blame well my Dear Sister Saly is in the afes fix you ever seen in you life and when she is in her rite mine she hant no compey to nobody and she is with me /

 

Dear ant itake my pen in hand to anser you welkem letter to let you no iam well and ido hope to god this letter will find you well well my Dear ant ihant maired yet iam agonto wate till my litle red hed boy come home and then me and him will mary pheby cox to her Dear ant

 

idont no if you can read this letter or no Sarah E Sipes rote this letter She is a Solger wife

 

rite soon if you plese good by             willem Sanders oldes girle is marred and her                                                                        husband went to the armey the nex day

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