Box 1
Contains 140 Results:
To Mother, brother, Eddy, 1898 February 15
Rinkerton Mills Mr. Lootz died at 85 years. He’s well but has a bad cold. Pig was $4.00. Got pair of cotton socks and book. Gets lonesome. Pray for him at prayer meetings. Does not say which Will son it is.
Emma E. Will to Cornelia F. Will, 1898 March 18
Digging holes keeping her busy. Shucking corn. Planting seeds. Lettuce seeds doing nicely. Nice rain.
Mr. S.R. Hockman and Mrs. A.E. Hockman to Mrs. Mary Funkhouser, 1898 March 21
Relationship: Uncle and aunt to niece Wife sick all winter with heart trouble but up again. Saw in the newspaper that husband died last Sunday. Come and stay with them. Write back.
Emma Will to Cornelia F. Will, 1898 April 11
Postcard. Nice time during Easter. Send Aunt Kittie up. Buy her ticket and she will pay her back. Will down in a week or two.
Hagerstown Steam Engine and Machine Company to C.F. Will, 1898 April 15
Pamphlet on engines. From Maryland.
Emma Will to Cornelia F. Will, 1898 July 11
Got home safely. Have a lot to do. Tom got in town. Boy killed last week by train. Any news from Willie or Effie?
Emma Will to Cornelia F. Will, 1899 May 29
Post card: How is Elmer? If he gets home sick or if they tire of him, send a card and she’ll send down a ticket so he can come back home. All very busy at the moment.
Emma Will to Cornelia F. Will, 1899 September 8
Postal card: Hopes father is well. Baby had spasms Monday. Burney taken sick Wednesday but better now. Want to come down soon as baby is old enough. Tell Willie to be a good boy. Look for Tom any time.
Maggie to Cornelia F. Will, 1899 October 16
Cheyenne, Wyoming Joe working nights and tired. Sorry to hear that father is no better. Joe taking care of sick man with consumptions for $2.00 a night. Wishes Ed much joy. Has sore throat. Not been outside of house for nearly two weeks. Went to sister’s place seven blocks away from her. Paul quite well. Stormy weather. Wishes they lived closer to each other so she can help out. Wishes their luck will change.
Martha to Mrs. Mary, 1899 October 28
Relationship: Cousins Noticed she moved to new home. Please come and visit. Much to catch up on. She cannot go over because of her sickness.
To Mr. and Mrs. Philip Will from J.E. Will, 1901 January 28
Cheyenne, Wyoming: Worked until eight straight. Does not feel like writing. Can probably notice through his neglect. Beautiful weather. Almost like spring now. Had Paul’s pictures taken the day he was four years old. Will send one. He thinks he is a man now but is very small for his age.
To Cornelia F. Will from Fannie Replogle, 1901 February 25
Mr. Replogle said he would like to see her. Does not have a horse so she must come over. Loss of a dear companion. Heart aches. Does not like being alone. Come visit.
To Cornelia F. Will from Emma Will, 1901 March 21
Too busy. Big family and no help. Wants to come down but does not have the time. Baby is teething. She has a bad cold. One child very ill. Family caught a mess of fish. Elmer caught one eighteen inches long.
To Cornelia F. Will from Joseph E. Will, 1902 February 15
Lost seven days of work on account of a stiff neck. Glad brother Ed could be with her. Quite a good deal of sickness and quite a few deaths. Man found dead in his office last night. Paul now five years old. Pictures taken. Maggie will write something in the morning.
To Mr. and Mrs. Philip Will from Maggie Will, 1902 February 16
Cheyenne, Wyoming All quite well at present. Fine winter. Father came down to visit. Lives 200 miles up north from them. Paul’s picture as natural as life. Have not heard from Sam’s folks since Christmas. Does not know when they can visit. Best wishes and love to all.