Calhoun County MsArchives History - Letters .....Brooks-Thompson-Hightower Letter 1882 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://usgwarchives.net/ms/msfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Virginia Crilley http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00003.html#0000642 December 30, 2007, 12:09 pm June the 25 1882 Calhoon County Big Creek [MS] Dear brother and sister i take the pleasure this eaven [evening] to wright [write] you a few lines to inform you that i hainte [ain't] forgotten you both yet it has been a long time since i saw you i heard from you last summer. this leaves us well and i hope these few lines will come to hand in dew time and find you all well. sister i have been married 4 years,[1877?] the 2 day of last Feb . My husband name is Jesse Winfred Brooks. He is a poor man but he don't mind work. We have one child it is a boy his name is never to be forgotten. We call his name Joseph Thompson Brooks. Rolly and Jane I don't know wheter you know who this writing to you i am your fathers oldest child by his second wife. I want you to writ to me as soon as you get this letter. brother and sister I could write you a heap if I knew you would get this letter. Mr. Brooks was at mother last week they was all well. Hanner [Hannah? ] married in 1868. She is a widdo [widow] with three children too [two] girls and a boy. Hyrune Thompson is married he has one child it is a girl he has a son dead. Napoleon is married he has 2 girls he married 1879. Janse [James?] and George is single yet I recan [reckon] you have heard that brother Tom is ded. he died in 1877 jane he call francses to come to his bed so he could talk to her before he died but she would not talk to him .... ast [asked] her to give him water and waite on him. What time to live fare he was ding but she would not do it but god bless him i say i hope his soul is at reast and i hope god will forgive her for mistreating him on his death bed i hear from bill and jo last week and they was all well. Well exsept [except] for Matilda ellen she is not well Nore haint been in some time Write to me How many children you have got rite to me where sister puss is and tell her to rite me an tell me where Carral is and David and Gid and tell them to rit to me for you don't no [know] how glad i would be to get a letter from you all. it would be a grate sat id faciam for me to read a letter from you and to hear from you all Wane time more in life give my love an respects to all of the connection an keep a good portion of it yourself. Mr. Brooks also sed [said] giv his love and respect to you all sister and brother i want you to sit down and answer this letter back to me and write me all the news you no [know] about ? to me rit soon without fail so i will come to a close for this time. We remain yours sister and brother until death ? I will sine [sign] my name in full to you Sarah Joydey Brooks an Jesse W. Brooks to Mr. Rolly Hitower and Leta Jane Hitower. Direct your letters to Calhoone [Calhoun] County Big Creek to Mr. J.W. Brooks. Additional Comments: NOTE: The father of Aletha Jane Thompson (who married Raleigh Hightower) isn't known, but Sarah, the author of this letter, is one of the children by his 2nd marriage. Aletha Jane had 2 older brothers (Cariel/Carroll and Guid), who also moved to Texas, as well as a younger brother, David. Aletha Jane is living with her older brother, Carroll in the 1850 Chickasaw MS census, so we assume her mother had died by that time. BIG CREEK Big Creek was founded eight miles west of Calhoun City in the 1840's. The first settlers were R. Chruthird and Abram Sellers in the early 1840's, being joined by other pioneers between 1845 and 1855. At this time Big Creek was located two miles north of its present location and was the distributing point for the sale of whiskey, with a wholesale house having been opened here. Being so far from the railroad, the growth of the town was slow but with the building of the highway, two miles to the south, Big Creek was moved to its present location near the highway in 1920 with more stores being added and a post office being established. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ms/calhoun/history/letters/brooksth9gms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/msfiles/ File size: 4.5 Kb