ATHENS COUNTY OHIO Letter to John and Adaline Boudinot from R W Tinker
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These letters contain the Tinker family correspondence.  It was typed exactly 
as it appeared in the letters so there is little punctuation and many misspellings.  
The first couple of letters were written by my great great grandfather, John Quincy 
BOUDINOT to his wife, Levina Adaline TINKER during the Civil War.  John and 
Levina lived in Belle Rive, Illinois but were both born in Athens County, OH and 
migrated to Illinois shortly after they married.  Apparently Levina's entire
family--the Tinkers--remained in Ohio, and from all the names in the letters
I gather they were a large family.  I still have not been able to
"straighten out" all the Tinkers but am working on that.  Hope this info can
be of some help to others.
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Letter to John and Adaline Boudinot from R W Tinker
Millfield    May 22, 1870

Dear Brother and Sister,

	We have not heard from you for some time though we have watched 
the office attentively, and I will write a few lines though my hand trembles so I 
can hardly write at all.  The weather is extremely dry and warm: as much so 
as I ever saw at this season of the year.  Frank and Miens came over a week 
ago yesterday and are here yet.  She has been having ague.  Mary has been 
sick for a couple of days.  She was not able to set up yesterday.  She is a little 
better today.  It is sickly here at present.  Pa and Ma are midling well for them.  
Charley's are all well.  He is selling fruit trees at $40 first month and his 
expenses paid. I have not seen any of Roxies since along in the winter.  If 
Mary is well I want to go over to Roxie's next Friday and go on over to see Sish. 
 Sish is doing a good business.  Mr. Smith the man he boards with was here 
and says he has had all the practice he could do for five months.  He has good 
success and comes within two miles of Amesville.  Well I suppose the railroad 
down this valley is a success.  It is under contract from B_ _e (y or g) rns or nns
 to the north line of Athens Co. (by Jim Den's (?))  They offer to contract to 
Channey as soon as they will subscribe one hundred thousand dollars including 
stock in the road, coal, rite of way ___.  They are to have a big jubilee at 
Lexington on the 19th of June at which time the first shovel of dirt will be thrown.  
Ma says to tell you that she had set to day to write to you but she is busy and 
will not write for a while as I am writing.  Pa keeps saying that he is going to write
 but he never gets at it.  One of his old black mairs got the heaves and he traded
 her for a very fine yoke of oxen and gave an old set of harness and $45 to boot. 
 Well Mary got a letter from Marth stating that the old man wa going to see Mary 
(Teagen or Yeager) and they supposed  he is going to marry her.  That rather 
beat me.I suppose she then thinks she would have a shure thing for the future. 
 I would not blame the old man for getting maarried but I thik she is too young and
 gay for him.  I want you to write and tell me the whole thing and how matters are 
running.  What does the old gent have to say?  I have not had a letter from him in 
some time.  He always writes very friendly.  By gol old Sam is st_ _ ing around 
as usual.  He says your taxes are $3.58 on the hundred dollars.  Some have it that
 it is ten cents on the dollar.  I tell them that you are a Christian people and pattern 
after the old Christian peoople who gave the one tenth of their possessions.  How 
is the Gults(?) matter getting along?  Have you got the deed yet?  How much is 
Ganners bill?Did the $100 pay off all charges?  How are you all getting along?  Are
 the children and Ad getting over the Ague?  I hope you are all well and doing well.  
Frank got a letter from Delf stating that he is comeing to Ohio in June.  Well, I 
must close, excuse bad writing. Answer soon. Give the children my love.  
Yours with love.
					R. W. Tinker