1860 06 10 James C Andrews to mother and brothers

                                                

            Seward Ind                                                                                                              

            June the 10^th 1860

Dear Mother and brothers

i sit down once more to

 scratch a few lines to you

 to let you know that we

are all well at present and

 have been ever since Samuel

 left.  John and his folks is

 here today  they are all well

  Dans folks is only but middling

 Mary is not verry stout and

 Dan has been sick for about

 two weeks with the pleurisy

I received a letter from

 you Samuel about two

weeks ago stating that you

 were all well and that

 it was so wet that you

 could not plant corn

it is altogether different

 here  it has been the driest

 spring i ever saw  it has

  only rained onc or two light

 showers since you left here

the wheat is going to be

 verry light in consequence

 of the drouth through May=

 the corn and potatoes looks

 well  Meadows is going to be

 light  i sowed eight acres

 of hungarian grass if there

 should be occasional rains i

 will have hay plenty

the health of the neighb

orhood is good at present

  i want you to writ soon

 and send me all the

 particulars  tell David

 to write me a letter once

more and try me again 

  

Old Mother Jefferies has

 got better again is able to be

up and about a part of the

 time

I will have to close my

letter as i have a chance

 to send it to the office

  you must excuse me for

 not writing sooner as i have

 been verry [throng] and no

 wet days

our best respects to Mother and

 all enquiring friends

write as soon as you get

 this so no more at present

  but remain yours

James C Andrews

to Samuel Andrews

                                                                                               

                                                           

Danl S Baughman

Sevastapool  Indiana

The Great Northern Dealer

Paul S Baughman

Sevastapool  Indiana

1859 12 25 John G. Andrews to David Andrews

                                                Sevastipol

                                                                        December the 25^th 1859

Dear Brother

                        these are to inform you that

 we are all well at present  hoping these

 will find you all the same  the health

 is good in generall   winter has set in for good

 we have had about two weeks sleding and

 verry cold   we saw James and family last

 week  they was all well   he has begun that

 house that he was talkng of    has not got his

 corn all husked yet   John the Pitcher (?) is

 married to miss Smith   they are moveing

 in with James this winter  Mr Tuckers

 family is all well   the man at the bridge is

 teaching school this winter at the new house

 South of him    he has sold a part of them hogs

  the balance he turned out to keep over

  Peter has some other Stalk that he would

 part with if the right sort of a man

 would come along   i saw miss B yester

day in town she looked as sweet as ever

     the hogs is all killed and sold at $4 ½

 to $5 ½  pr hundred   Mr Hays sold 23 hogs

 that wayed  5000  32 lbs at $5 and 25 cts pr

 hundred so you must count it yourself

    him and i hauld them to warsaw last

 thursday    i hauld 12 hogs that wayd

 2876 lbs on a wagon  Stalk hogs is verry scares

 here  they are asking 5 and 6 cents pr

 lb for them              Daniel and MJ

was here to day   they are all well

Second page

Daniell and James is verry much

 pleased with their wagons and i was

 as much pleased to see my old hat again

   we have built a new house since you left

 here and moved in to it   we had 60 bus

potatoes  50 bushels turnips   i had so much

 to do that i did not get my corn all husked

  yet i have not tilled the south field

    you wanted to know about our election

  our independent candidates was beeten

by a large majority   we killed our big hog

 a few days ago  it wayd 232 lbs  the other one is not

 fat enough yet  i bought a beef cow three weeks

 ago  i pay $20 for her   good Judges say she will

 way 600 lbs net   our boys is going to school

 to old Jacob Weirick this winter out north

 in the woods where we went a hunting

  that new school house that was to be built

 on the road will be ready for a summer

 school if no bad luck     Susannah

 Weirick is teaching South East of this  She

 is getting $12 pr month

Nothing more  give my respect to

 mother and all the rest   write soon

  and don’t forget  excuse bad spelling

 and bad writing

                                                                        John G Andrews

                                                to David Andrews

1859 10 27 Daniel McFarland to his brother

                                                                     October the 27 1859

                                                                 Palestine

Dear Brother

this morning finds me well  I received the Wagon Harness

and old hat and other artacles   I am well pleased with all

James and I went to warsaw the 22  we intended to go after them

the 24 but John got uneasy about his hat   butermilk Beck is still lame

S.B. is well if you see propper you may write to E. Syp Woods and

we will fix it rite   I hav been workin my coalt in the wagon

my team match well only for size and coler

you wanted me to acknowledge the receipt of this letter 

wont answer as a receipt  I will send you a receipt in full

I want you to have Wm cum out this winter 

Nothing more At Presant

Please write Soon 

                                                                        Daniel McFarland

1859 09 08 Andrews, John G to David Andrews

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   

                                                            Septem  the 8^th 1859

Dear brother    these few lines are to

 in form you that we are all well at

 present  hoping these few lines will find

 you enjoying the same great blessing

   Mary J  family is all well and doing

 well    She has had the ague some this

 summer  & i  think you have forgotten

 her  she has had no word from you since

 last spring   you will do them a great favor

 by writing them a few lines to keep them

 in a good youmer   James family is all well when

 he was here yester day week    we are going there

 tomorrow    James tells me that you talk

 of coming out this fall and bring him

 a horse    i think you can bring him one that will

 suit him if you have more than you can winter you

 had better bring two or three mor with you

   mr  jeffers told me that he would take one and

 winter it for its work   i will say this for

 him that he will keep it right as he has

 […..] the one brown mare that mother rode

 when she was out here   i would take one and

 winter it if you have more than you can

 get along with    horses is selling here all the time

 at fair prices   if you bring one for me to winter

 fetch me a mare as there is a better chance to sell

Second page

Rebecca  had the chills and fever for

 the term of one week the last of July   since

 that she has had something like the rheumatism

 in her back   the boys have their health

 first rate ever since we left Ohio and have grown

 verry fast                              Now David if you come this

 fall Mary Jane says you must bring three

 butter ladles and two prints   the hooshers makes

 use of the ladle that their mother gave them

   indiana  cant afford such a thing

David  Rebecca wants you to go and see her

 mothers folks before you start and gether all

 the particulars and see how they are getting along

  we have not heard from them since the morning

 of fathers death  but we look for a letter soon

  i saw Samuel Anderson last Saturday

  he told me that you was all well

  it has been verry dry here since harvest

  it is so dry that we cant do no  seeding      some

 cant plow at all    i have got my ground

 ready to sow when ever it rains

The corn is good and about ready to cut up

   i intend commencing monday  i am

 going to cut all mine up    i want  mr m

 to go to Mansfield to the hard ware store

 at the north end of main street    i cant mind

 his name  and see if they have halls patent

 leever  plow no 7 or 8 like the one that was

 sold at my sale last fall and the price

Third page

and what the freight would be out here.

  There is mansfields plows out here but

they are not liked  verry well and i would

 like to try one of them leever plows out

 here  i bought a Warsaw plow last spring

  it is now about pulled to pieces    enquire

 what the Pittsburgh iron plow is worth  the

 folks out here think it impossible to make

 a plow out of iron  find all this out before you

 start so that you can let me know

 when you come out   i must draw to a close

   write soon      Direct yours to Sevastipool po

  Kosciusko Co (in Indiana)

                                                                                    John G Andrews to David Andrews