Brown Family Letters

The David Brown Jr. Family Letters

Letters donated and Transcribed by Sharon Jones

Letter Three

Groton Sunday Sept 23rd/1855

Uncle Joseph (BROWN) as I agreed to write you a letter & as I heared you was looking for one from me I concluded to write one this morning. It is a very pleasant morning more so than it has been for most of the past week. Last Wednesday night there was quite a frost it makes the corn look quite a different color there was a great deal of corn that was not ripe and some that was some was cut up. ours was very green corn is very late as a general thing. Philander (BROWN)’s folks started for the west the 11th inst which was a week ago last Tuesday and arrived there Thursday the same week Horace (MORTON) got home last week Wednesday night and brought a letter for Grand Mother from Philander & Martha (HATHAWAY - BROWN) they wrote they was all well with the exception of the Children had hard colds. Philander’s Machine starts this week Sid WILSON goes with it. Horace likes Illi(nois) very much so much so that he is going back in a few weeks. Harry GORE moved out west last June near the SPAULDINGs Roxana (Roseana ?) HINNEY went with him, and while Horace was out there he died and was burried there. Horace says there was as large a procession as is generaly seen over 20 wagons in it. Crops are prety good here. they raised the new steam saw mill yesterday & day before. though I dont know as you knew there was going to be one here. ther is going to be one 20 to 30 horse power built by the PERRIGOs and Newel CARPENTER Ben HATCH went with Philander as far as Michigan Ed BILLS I expect is going with Sid Wednesday. It is quite healthy here at present. this is all I can think of to write now. Lewis M. MORTON

To Margaret ( BROWN - ORMSBY )
I received your letter but have been busy ever since and now I have wrote all I can to Joseph and cant think of anything to write to you I guess Mother will write some and if you can read this to Joseph you are a good schollar any way

Margaret I will spend a verry few moments in writing to you and Joseph Lewis has told you in short that Philanders folks had got to their journeys end they have landed to Mr BULLOCKs thier goods had not arrived when Horace came from there they was going to hire a house in or near Rockton, Winebago Co (ILL) Beloit village (Rock Co, Wis) is four miles from Rocton and it is twentyfive miles from the SPAULDINGs Horace went to see the SPAULDINGs and so did Philander they think they are doing well it has been a time of care and anxiety here this season Marthy ( HATHAWAY - BROWN ) was some opposed to going west this fall and it was verry bad time for her to go considering all things, she thought if Joseph could only go he would be so much company for her and the children, but they have gone and there seems to be many more that want to go
Mother is verry lonesom and says She hopes Joseph will come home to stay this winter, I feel that our ranks are broken and I do not expect to see it otherwise I sometimes think this world is fading and so am I and so are my friends I would say it a general time of health in this place but I must close
if you think this worth answering write
Susan (BROWN -) MORTON

I have had a verry poor pen
to Margaret and Joseph and their families

To Joseph Brown and Mrs Margaret Ferry Brown-Ormsby, of Howard, NY
From: Susan Morton and Lewis M Morton (her son), of Groton, Tompkins Co, NY

[Transcribers notes: Susan Brown-Morton is the daughter of David Brown Jr. She married William Morton. Joseph Brown is living with Margaret Brown-Ormsby’s and her husband’s family. He is her brother and is blind. Marthy is Hellen Martha Hathaway and married to Philander Brown, son of David Brown Jr. The Spauldings are believed to be one of the sons of George and Prudence Brown-Spaulding, Prudence being the eldest daughter of David Brown Jr. Horace Morton is the son of Adin & Emeline Brown-Morton. Emeline is a daughter of David Brown Jr and Adin is the brother of William Morton. All items in parenthesis are added to the letter for identification purposes.]

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Transcribed by Sharon Jones
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