Letter from Ethel Fowler to her aunt, Sarah M. D. Stephens - Houston Co., AL
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Contributed by "Fowler, Judith A." <FowlerJ@rucker.army.mil>
AUG 1999


(This is a letter from Ethel Fowler to her aunt, Sarah "Sally" Manerva
Daughtry Stephens, wife of Daniel Franklin Stephens.  "Nig" was "Sally's"
nickname.  Tancy was James Tance Fowler.  Will was William E. Fowler. Lizzie
was Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lee Fowler, his wife.  Sallie was their daughter.
Eron was Minnie Eron Fowler Fulford, wife of William L. Fulford.  Tom was
John Bryant "Tom" Fowler.  Ella was Ella Clyde Lee Fowler, his wife.  Ethel,
Tancy, Will, Tom and Eron were brothers and sisters.  Their parents were
John and Vermillion Daughtry Fowler.  Does anyone know the correct names of
the Aunt Pi and Aunt Criket mentioned in this letter?  Or who the boarder
was?)


April 8, 1906

Taylor, Alabama RFD#

My Dear Aunt,

		Newton, Alabama

I will write you a few lines to let you hear from us all.  We are all well
at this time, and I hope these few lines find you the same.  I would like to
see you the best in the world, and I told you that I would come and stay a
week with you this last winter, but our boarder did not leave us until in
February, and it was too late.  It was work time then but I would go yet if
I could get the chance.  Now I wish I could go and you was able to go a
fishing with me.  I went yesterday but I did not hardly get a bite, but I
did enjoy going all the same.  Well, Ma and Tancy taken the train from
Newton on home the Sunday they came from your house.   Well Ma got a letter
from Aunt Criket yesterday, but I guess you did to.  Well Aunt Pi has
planted some cotton and you can guess what I will have to do when it comes
up.  Ma just haven't got anything done at all hardly.  It's so dry that it
never came up.  I wish it was so you could come to see us.  I wish I could
look out and say yonder comes Aunt Nig.  I think we would all feel good and
I know I would for one.  Well Eron and her children is getting along very
well and Will and Lizzie to.  And Sallie is a great big girl now and Tom and
Ella to.  Well I guest I've wrote enough this time so will close for time,
write soon and a long letter to your niece.

						Ethel Fowler

Well I don't no the number of your box, but I will guess it to be No. 2.