About these letters

Samuel Andrews saved his letters. Copies of some letters came to my sister Linda Sanders and I through the good graces of Marian Andrews Edward about a dozen years ago and she is currently sending the remaining letters and she and her brother have given me permission to post them online for all Andrews researchers.

Transcriptions and some original images of letters written by Andrews and Carrick family members to one another are in this collection. Somehow they were saved, either by Samuel or just stored at his home, and passed down to us today. The images online are small but if you click on an image it should enlarge to a readable and printable size. Enjoy.


Who are the people in this photograph?


DeLight Birchell Andrews sent the photo and the names a few years ago and said that this reunion was held before 1898 at the home of John G. Andrews, brother of Samuel. John lived in Campbell township, Ionia County, Michigan at that time.


Front row l to r: Mr and Mrs. S.A. Watt [friends or relatives??]; James C. Andrews; John G. Andrews; Samuel Andrews and his wife Amanda Catherine Wiles Andrews; Anna Newton Andrews and her husband Edward Andrews; David Johns [friend of the family].


Back row l to r: Henry Culler and wife [probably friends of the family]; James McFarland [cousin] ; Martha Andrews ; Carey Andrews and his wife Dazy Perry Andrews Harvey Andrews; Amos Otis Andrews; Mr and Mrs Henry Wills [friends of the family].




Sunday, September 16, 2012

1850 02 18 Ed Hagen to David Andrews




                                                                                               Feb the 18 1850


Dear cozen  I now take up my pen to inform you
 that we are all well at present hoping to find you all
enjoying the same, uncle Johns health is just about as it
was when I wrote to you before I received your letter in
diew time and was mutch pleased, we had a letter from
aunt Nancy Parr, a short time ago they ware all well but
her, she is verry mutch afflicted with the rheumatis, she
had to write with the letter on her nee she says they are
getting along verry well they boys say they are coming
to Ohio to see us,  the friends are all well I believe
uncle Davids left here yesture day he has been here ever since
you was here and she was down four weeks pop had to take
them as usual.  and a good load with them to Martha
Were  Tis well she has a hard time getting along they
sent a letter down to uncle John that she was in want
the friends must do something and between us
all we made up as mutch as he could hall.

We still have Agness here yet going to school she says she
wont go home when its out I expect we will have to
keep her been as we haven’t any girls, we have not
had many singings this winter I have only been to
three ther has been a great many frolicks we had one
yeserday at James Kerrs that payed very well there
was a good many there, and there is a doing to one at
Mr Jno Hammonds that big one she was going to have
when you were here next wensday but I don’t think
it will pay (not because Jess wont be ther) Marth and
me has been going to school all winter and Will to
and he has been going to a writing school 2 and 3
nights out of evry week he is a way at a singing to
night and Mary E to over at uncle Sam’s schoolhouse
and pap and Mother is away to, that’s a horable pen
I tell you now










I gess the girls are all well that you saw at the
party  I saw them poorty neer all last night Marth
Kerr more aspeshily and also Rachel, and Calvin
to was there and of course Jesse but I don’t
think that the old folks is verry well reconsiled
yet, but he has not been here but once this winter
when you write don’t say any thing about it
for I could not let the old folks see the last one
rob was over here last Tuesday night he got it
 to read and took it home with him said he was going to
write to you, but I must draw my letter to
a close fr it is 9 o’clock and I am getting verry sleepy
as it was late last night when we got home
write soon and tell us all the news for I think
between sense and nonsense I have told you as mutch
as you can read fr it is very poorly written my pen
is bad  give my respects to the rest of the family and
all who enquire after me  is any such there bee
                      no more but remains your cozen

good bie


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