TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO - LETTERS: Diana AYRES, 1849
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Hubbard.  April 6y 1849
(Ohio)-

Dear Friends,
I now take my pen in hand to let you know that we are all in reasonable
health and hope that these few lines will find you enjoying the same
blessing, we have some of us been sick  the most part of the winter, the
children had the measles and it was a long time before we ever thought that
Mary would get well.  About five weeks after they had the measles our baby
was taken sick one night about nine o'clock at night. She had eat a hearty
supper after dark we sent right off for Doctor Garlich but he was not aur. 
 She wes taken about nine o'clock in the evening and died about three in the
 morning.  She died the 21 day Of January. She was six months and twenty one
 days old.  She could set alone and begun to creep. We call her name Eliza
 Ann,

Soon after she died Grandmother was taken sick and laid abought four weeks
we thought she would never be any better.  She had the lung fever.  She was
so two nights we thought she would not live the night through, but she has
got pretty smart.  She has gone to Hartford and we have moved to Hubbard
along with old Granny Tily, we live the last house as you go out of the
corners towards Brookfield.  We have got a writing that we are to have what
she has got and we find her anything she wants as long as she li Mother is
now up in Hartford.  Orlen is working at Fuller's but does not like it very
well for he cannot get half enough to eat.  John is still here he went to
school last winter. I expect he calculates to stay here till they get ready
to come there.  The old man does not do much good anywhere, he is now
talking of starting for Wisconsin next week, he is going right acrost by
land he thinks he can travel it in three or four weeks. So look out there
might be such a thing.  Orlen had got a very bad leg, he gish you could have
been contented to live a little
 nearer one another while we live but I hope we shall see each other again.

I have not any news to write to you but I hope just as soon as you get this
read you will set right down and write another. You must excuse all mistakes
for the children are making a great noise. Tell Florinda to write about
everything she can think of.  I have got a deed in my own name for this
house and lot I thought I must write all the particulars.
                                   Diana Ayres,

Orlen has given me a few verses but I can't find any room.

Little Eunice was down to see me and I told her I was a going to box her up
and start her for Wisconsin, but she is another Celiann for all the world.

dont forget to write keep this in mind
dont you go to sleep till you have wrote