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].




Monday, October 1, 2012

1859 09 08 Andrews, John G to David Andrews





                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   


                                                            Septem  the 8th 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




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