Person:Harriet Jones (25)

[1873] Nov. 13, Sixteen Mile Stand, Hamilton Co., OH. Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "I received a letter from cousin Ella last week . . . She had not heard from Texas or Calafornia for some time and I have neglected writing for so long that I scarcely know how to direct my letters. Harriets address was Denton, Denton Co. Texas and Sidney Jane Greggs, Santa, Rosa, Calafornia / I think I will write again before long as we would like to hear from them."

no date [ca. 1876 between Sept. 18 and Dec. 10], Ada Wyckoff Hopkins wrote her cousin Jane Love: "do you know your Aunt Harriets P.O. address / Ma would like to hear from her but not knowing how to direct our letter we cant write"

1876 Dec. 10, Sixteen Mile Stand, Hamilton Co., OH. Luella Jones wrote her niece Jane Love: "Have you heard from [my] sisters Harriet and Martha lately? I am not corresponding with any of them at present, it is my fault."

1877 July 17, Delaware City, New Castle Co., DE. Lizzie Mercer wrote her niece Jane Love: "you wanted to know what kind of a man martha had maried / he is a hard working (?)industrious man but he is not very healthy or was not when we lived near them / he was hurt prety badly before they went to texas and he never looked like the same man afterwards / have writen to martha and ? got not word from her yet and aha(?) to hariet "

1877 Dec. 16, Delaware City, New Castle Co., DE. Lizzie Mercer wrote her niece Jane Love: "Jane will you please send me sister martha and Hariets adress as I have writen to both of them and as I have heard nothing from them I cannot have directed thare letters wright"

1880 Nov. 25, Burrton, Harvey Co., KS. Evan J. Love wrote his sister Jane: "you wanted to know how I liked Wilkinsons / I think much of them / Aunt Harriett was a fine Old Lady and uncle Jack cant be Beat, and Bell is as fine a young woman as you would want to see / I have Been aiming to write to her for a long time But it seems as I cant get time / what did she say they were all doeing / I would like to see them / uncle Jack Especialy"

1882 Nov. 12, Denton, Denton Co., TX. Sarah Belle Wilkinson wrote her cousin Jane Love: "Since last I wrote there has bin a sad change in our family. Caused by Mothers death [July 9, 1882]. She dide very sudant althou she had bin in poor health for a bout three years. She had lung diseize. She seemed as well as she had had bin for some weeks the day she dide until fifteen miniuets before. Her death. / We still live here Pap & I / all the rest is married" Correspondence from the family letters and papers of Jane Love and her cousin, Lillice Jones Harper, courtesy John, Danny, and Dave Harper in 2001 and 2004, transcribed by Brenda Boyer

John and Harriet are buried in the IOOF Cemetery, Denton Co., TX. Find A Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14995318 and http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=14995317

1. ↑ correspondence, 19th century
   letter from Mary M. Jones Vorhis, Davis Co., IA, dated Jan. 29, 1891.

   Harriet Jones was born September 16 1816. His Daughter