Submitted for the Union Parish Louisiana USGenWeb Archives by Sherry Gritzbaugh, 10/1999
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           Letter written by Mitchell Feazel,
            early settler of Farmerville in
                 Union Parish in 1882


  
This is a letter written from Mitchell Feazel, son of
Mary Ann Clarissa Wise and Michael Feazel , to his
two brothers who had moved to Texas. This letter was
mailed to Sherry Gritzbaugh in 1969 from Olin Feazell
of DeKalb, Texas. Olin was a descendant of Benjamin
Franklin Feazel. Sherry descended from a sister,
Wilhelmenia Ann Feazel, who married John E. Thomas.
Gilbert Lafayette is referred to as Fait in the letter. It
was written by Mitchell Feazel of Farmerville, Louisiana.
The last paragraph refers to Susan C. This would probably
be their sister, Susan Feazel Craighead. Clarissa may 
have been Clarissa Clara Feazel Tidwell.
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Farmerville, La.
Oct. 11, 1882 
Dear Brothers,

I seat myself this evening to drop you a fue lines to let you
hear from me. I, myself am not well. I am just getting up
from the spell of fever in the last month. The rest is up. I
hope these lines find you all well. I saw in your letter that
you wanted to know something about your cows and land.
There is no demand for land yet. I had one offer for the tract
near Dave Reding but the man wanted it for about two and
one half or three dollars a acor. I asked him five and he
backed out.

Yours and Faits cows I sold last spring. Irvin came down
last winter and sold me his too and I sold your two and
Faits two for twenty dollars cash. I have the money hear
and I will do as you and Fait ses with it. Rite to me and
tell me what to do with it.

Crops is tolerble good. Cotton is very good. I think I will
make six or seven bales. I will make plenty of corn to do
me. 

So nothing more. Rite soon.

Your brother
M. Feazel


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October the 12th., 1882

This leaves all up today. Things are getting on tolerable well
with the railroad. The last accord I've had six, convicks at work
on it. 

Have you seen the comit yet? If you have not, git up before
day and look in the east and you will see it.

Farmerville burnt the 28th. of August. It taken fire before day
and burnt every business down except Stines and one grocery.
The most of them has built new, and open these new stores.

Some people are phosofising that there will be another war
because there is so many boy babys. Cousin Nan Child had
two boy babys a little over two weeks old. McGurncis sister, 
Fanny, married a man by the name of Bell. She has three boys
two months old.

Yesterday, we rote all that we could think of and today we 
thought of some more, and we thought we would rite it to you. 
So, no more, but rite soon, so good bye. 

Clarissa and Susan C., they are looking for Dr. Maning to 
die. He is very low.
From,
Mitchell Feazel

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Please forgive any errors I made in transcribing this very
old letter. I tried to type it as it was written without changes.  SG

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