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THE KATHERINE CARLSON LETTER #4
Katherine Carlson (letter dated Nov 28, 1941)
a letter from Katherine Carlson to her daughter Agnes Barthle(dated Nov 28, 1941).
(letter from Katherine Carlson to Gregory, so Dak
daughter Agnes Barthle) nov 28th 1941
my Dear Daughter agnes and famely
I hope this find yourself and August and my three sweet lettle Grand Children all in the the best of Health. we all feeling good that is Hilda.Jin. jackie, and sweet lettle Deletta. June Charley and sweet lettle mickie he is getting cuter everyday. I hope that he will be walking bfore he is a year old.
I sure felt bad because I did not have anything pretty to send Joan. for her Birthday. she walked younger than margie or James did'nt she? I would sure like to see you all. it will not be for a while Tom leased this farm for another year in hopes that he will have good luck next year with all this moistur we been getting this fall. he has about 3 week; of corn picking yet all corn is almost lying flat on the ground make picking really tirdsome. we got two Invitations to Thanksgivien Diners yesterday. Tom told Christersons we was going out to Hilda and Jim then he told Hilda and Jim he was going to pick corn. we had a pretty nice dinner roast Chicken, Dressing scolleped potatoes salad Cake aprilot marblade Rolls and eat. then in the evening Mr and Mrs C" June Charley and Mickie came to spend the evening. we played penuckle the Ladies against the men we got one gaim and thay got one game then we had coffee and had lunch June came with a nice loaf of rye Bread and Pumpkin Pie and apple Pie we had chees sandwiges of dark and light bread and two kinds of Pie.Mickie had these tiny lettle donuts called Cherrioat he sure like them they was the first I'v seen. we have very nice weather all this week 50 or 60 above most every day and no wind. I must tell you Joe Ruffing and famely are planning to spend Christmas with his mother and Grandmother and nick. I hear Marten shrader is in san antionio Florida. I seen a card he rote Mrs siger. he did not say any thing-about Pansy or Wilma.
we ___ a real nice letter from Pauline and Franeis the first of the week thay are both feeling good. and I also got a letter from my Brother John, he told me a lettle about my Grandperents and my Father he sayed that he con not rember very much. my Father James Louis Tierman was Born in the Province of Corcaught county Mayo. South Ireland at the time of the Famime his folks last mearly all of thare fortune. the Irish Peaple died by the Millions nothing to eat and no way to get away. my Grand Perents and famely managed to come to the United States. there was 7 Boys and two Girls at the time my Father was quite young I only know two fo my Uncles and two annts on my Fathers side uncle Peter and Marks Mamie and Secelia and o my Mothers side I know My Grandmotner Tierman and two uncils James and John and my annt Katie. Thay all got jobs saved there money and was soon well of again. my Father was 21 when the Civil war was declared . he enlisted served about three years. receive his Horonable Discharge from Washington. he had lots of shrering tingling thrill and tribulations and hardships. half starved most of the time and and half clothed shoes would wear out then thay would rap rags around there feet. of the commandent offiee that he was under he liked Billy Sherman and John A. Logan. the High rank General was U.S. Grant he did not like hem very good for the reason he was not considerate of his men
my Father often told us of when his Division Band would play marching through Georgia. the men could not all hear it but the men would say the words and it would seem like the Earth would trumble when thay would all joine in the corus. and when the union soldren's marched in to Nashvill Tennessee and Chattanooga. I thought of my Dads war day when I stoped so longe thane. I think thaare last Battle was in alanta Geo and from there to Savanna was there march to the sea with there favorite General Billy Sherman and his Bonny Boys in Blue. I remember a longe time ago in Ioua the contery was new and there was a lot of braking sod for farms in every conceviable shapes it would be hard get the exact acers. there would be lots of dispunts about how mamy acers in the field. but when my Father did the measure or survey the field's everybody would be satesfide for he would get every fraction that was there.
I wote Mary and Matt to help me to remember our Fathers early life. I have not heard from them yet.
my Brother John did pretty well to rememmber the part of Ireland my GrandPerents and famely came from.
I can not think of anything more.
I will close for this time with love praying God to bless you all. Mother and Grandmother and Brother and Uncle Tom.
this is tusday morning I will add a few words we was all at pacton sunday afternoon to the Benefit doings has a wonderful good time spent quite a lot of money did not get anything not any of us only June she won a Beautyful cake. she gave us a sample it wes so good as Beautyful in the evening the Boys all got Ducks and Gees.
Hilda could not come in becouse Jackie had a sore throat. I went out and stayed with Jackie and Delleta so she came in to the dance and the Evening entertanment.
some if Mickie Cherrioat
pleas excuse this paper some greas got on it I have not got time to rewite it. wishing you all God best blessings
Carlson Family.