Oneida County NyArchives History - Letters .....Wilbert I. Upson, Camden, To Lucina Jane Upson, Odell, Neb. June 21, 1908
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Camden, June 21, 1908
Dear Daughter
   It has been some time since I have heard from you & I guess longer since you 
have heard from me but I think of you often & your family.  I suppose they are 
getting allmost grown up now.  It does not seem possible that Chester & Adalade 
are allmost grown.
   We are all as well as could be expected.  I have a good deal of rheumatism 
in back & shoulders but perhaps am as well as I could expect as I shal be 76 
years old this fall.  May is getting dinner on a new oil stove.  I dont 
suffere. We shall have mutch to eat now but we will keep cool.  Dara & John are 
well, Uncle George is prety well.  I saw Sam & Marieh a few days ago they were 
well.  Cousin Miles (illegible word) has been up to Maria this last week.  I 
have not seen him but George says he is not looking well has grown old fast 
since last summer.  Some says his young wife does not take as good care of him 
as she ought to.  Do you hear any thing from Spencers folks have heard he was 
very sick with cancer.
   I had a letter from George last week.  He is haveing lots of trouble.  I can 
hardly make out by his letter what it all is.  He says Julia is in a bad way.  
Is she haveing trouble with her mind or is it only over the two deaths so 
sudden.  Hope she will be better soon.  
   We are having a good season here.  Crops are looking well.  Are haveing a 
great deal of thunder & lightning for the season.  Was a man killed & a number 
of buildings burnt last week.
   Love to all.  Write soon.  Dont wait as long as I have.  W I Upson

Additional Comments:
The letter is from Wilbert Ives Upson of Camden to his daughter-in-law, Lucina 
Jane (Upson) Upson, widow of his deceased son Wilbert.  I have been able to 
identify other individuals mentioned as:
   May: May Newland, his step-daughter
   Sam and Marieh: Samuel & Maria (Upson) Scoville.  Maria was Wilbert's first 
cousin.
   Miles Upson was Maria's brother.   
   Spencer Upson was also Maria's brother.
   George was son of the writer, who died in Lanham, Gage Co., Neb., of typhoid 
fever a few months after this letter was written (Sept. 29, 1908).  George's 
widow, Julia (Colon), returned to her home state of Missouri with her children.
   

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