Person:Sarah Massey (16)

1885 June 7, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia Love wrote her sister Jane Love: "Lizie Massey was to see me to day / her father Started to Topeka to day to see his wife / she gets worse all the time"

1885 July 12, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Lizie was to see me the 4 of July / She feels so Bad a bout her mother"

1885 Dec. 2, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Lizie Massey our cousin spent Sunday with me / She works in town"

1886 Jan. 3, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Cousin Lizie was to see me this afternoon / She never for gets me . . . I got . . . a china mug from Lizie Massey [for Christmas]"

1886 March 22, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia Love Massey wrote her sister Jane: "perhaps it will surprise you to hear that Siss is maried but I find it to be so / it took Place the 10 of March and his name is Isaac Massey . . . Lizie (?)ane a lone She is hear on a visit will go back to town when she gets rested up . . . wee are on the Same Place he used to Live on when Caroline was Living / Ike has 4 children / Lizie 18 Joe 15 Johni 11 Zeb 6 but he was give a way by his mother to her brother Levi . . . I cant write for acting the fool with Lizie / She is a Bad one / I will send you our Ugley faces / She wants yours . . . I will send you a Peace of Lizies dress she is making"

1886 April 27, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Lizzie says she want one of your Pictures sure / she was home last Sunday ?week / she has a good Place / two old folks is all the family there is"

1886 Sept. 19, Burlington, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "you want the names of our children / Sarah E 19 in Nov / Josehp M 16 / John W 11 / Isaac C . . . I have not seen Sarah for some time / she Works 11 miles off"

1887 Aug. 14, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Sarah was home the ?4 / wee all went to gridley / had a good time"

1888 July 22, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I havent seen my girl since Early Spring / Ike seen her a short time a go. She said she was comming home in Sept to stay a week with us"

1888 Sept. 27, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "Sarah is with me / She is on the Sick list and I am not vey well my self and Baby is real sick / he cried for a bout 2 hours to night . . . Sarah is going to town to morow to get him some medicine . . . Saturday morning . . . Sarah has gone to a neighbor . . . after dinner . . . Sarah and John are getting ready for gridley"

1889 Jan. 8, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I hear from no one but you and sarah / got a letter from her yesterday / she is a bout 100 miles from hear / says She is well and happy"

1889 Aug. 30, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "I have treated my Deaughter the same as I have you [by not writing often enough] / I will write to her soon"

1889 Nov. 1, Gridley, Coffey Co., KS. Lydia wrote her sister Jane: "our girl is coming home christmas time / she is going to school / She is a good girl / you Would Like her" 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

Sarah died between Nov. 1, 1889, and Sept. 1918; it is not yet known if she married, or when or where she died.