CORRESPONDENCE:  Letter from Lucian Minor Parrish to Fannie and Frank
                 Porter, 1885
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Transcribed by:  Marabeth Plowman (maraedplow@earthlink.net)
Submitted:       21 May 2003
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Permission is granted to place this letter in the archives and to be 
published, if appropriate, in the Wilderness Road.

Letter from Lucian Minor Parrish to his daughter, Fannie Parrish and 
her husband, Frank Carrithers Porter:

				Mt. Washington Ky. Mar 16th 1885
Dear Frank and Fannie.
	Your postal received, and was very sorry to hear that Nud was not 
atall well. I was so in hopes that he had out grown his old spells of 
coughing and was growing up strong and healthy, but Ma was the same way 
with her cold this winter. She had the night sweats, but did not take 
any thing for them and she has gotten entirely over her cold cough and 
night sweats in fact she is about as well as she has been for a long 
time and I was sorry to hear that the rest of you were complaining but 
as you spoke of Nud in particular, I came to the conclusion that he was 
the worst off and therefore noticed his case first. but I hope by this 
time you are all getting along better and will soon be up to see us. 
You seem to be dreadfully alarmed about the measles at Smithville. and 
up here we hardly ever think about it. There has been several cases 
down there, but nobody has died from it and nobody has had it up here. 
Charlie got a postal from Edna the first of last week stating that they 
would be down the following Saturday but later in the week he got 
another saying that it would be impossible for them to come. So Ma and 
me and Christie took dinner with Mr and Mrs Rhoads, Lillie Graven and 
Lizzie Hough were here and got dinner for the boys. Lillie has been 
staying with us for a week but was sick last week and not right well 
now, but has gone to school today. Katies breast has gotten well enough 
for the baby to nurse it. and you would not know the baby now it has 
got so fat and lively. And now Fannie if you think Nud would like to 
come up home and stay awhile and Frank needs my help about his work you 
could let me know and I will send Preston down and Nud could ride the 
horse back, if he is able to come that way if not we could make some 
other arrangement. Write by return mail if convenient and let us know 
how you all are, yours affectionately love to all.  L.M. Parrish

Note: The Nud referred to in the letter is Nud Iverson Parrish, son of 
L.M. Parrish and Mary Elizabeth Shoptaugh and sister of Fannie Parrish 
Porter. Preston is Preston Burkes Samuel Parrish, brother of Fannie and 
son of Lucian Minor Parrish and Mary Elizabeth Shoptaugh. The Charlie 
referred to in the letter is another son of L.M. Parrish, Charles Orion 
Parrish. Katie may refer to Catherine Ridgeway Parrish, w/o William 
Franklin Parrish who was another son of L.M. Parrish, but I do not know 
that for sure.

Submitted by Marabeth Porter Plowman