TRUMBULL COUNTY OHIO - Mary Adams DAVIS, from her cousin L. Howell DAVIS *************************************************************************** OHGENWEB NOTICE: All distribution rights to this electronic data are reserved by the submitter. Reproduction or re-presentation of copyrighted material will require the permission of the copyright owner. *************************************************************************** File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com April 14, 1999 *************************************************************************** This is a letter that is in our family, written to Mary Adams DAVIS, in Hartford, Trumbull county, Ohio from her cousin L. Howell DAVIS in Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio dated 7 July 1833. "Dear Cous This morning I devote my thoughts to you without thinking it a loss to write. I received your favors of June 21st. My Dear Cous' you can have but a point idea of what rapturours emotions of strange thought pleasant inexprepable feelings your adress produced, un known cousin, were the very best choice of words that you could have made discource on intensions about one that you have never seen and to elicit a determination to see you. I think it natural and allowable for cousins nearly related to love and respect each other. Dear Cous, there can exist anything between us but the kindest reciprocations of feelings---- I have often projected plans of visiting our friends in York state but never found it convenient to do so. I have rambled far to the south. I was absent from my friends two years during which time I learned the value of friends. Through fortunate on all my enterprizes. I now live in the biography of our family as conscinciously as I can. It consists of eight persons, one is not. Three of which have moved and left home- father, mother, sisters, Hannah, Isaac jr and Mary compose the family now together. Hannah is the eldest of the family, Isaac and Mary are the youngest. I am one by myself only. When visits are made, Hannah, as she is the oldest, she gives good advice and the rest of us must hear it. Isaac is a very industious, called handsome and loves to live at home. Mary is the pett and some spoiled in that she likes to visit me in town. Sister Nancy lives in Kentucky 28 miles from us, she is well situated on a good farm and has children. Mr. Kennedy has been surveying public lands and has improved his fortune very much. Madaline married to John Vinnidge a young buck-eye he has a well improved farm of 160 acres--four miles from Hamilton. They have 4 children and live well at home. We do not regret that we came to this country...I now have a few lines of an unpleasant theme to write. Sister Elizabeth, a child who was joy and the lively one of our family is no more. She quit the scenes of this world last September, leaving behind an affectionate husband, Mr John McKowen, with three little boys to regret an impossible loss. Mr McKowen has a handsome property and will be careful of his boys. Your brother John had a sad narration to give the friends and us when he retured from the fatherland, if we had then trying times, and that same spring quit that country for which we had contracted a settled (hastened?) was an ungenerous reverse of fortune a discovery of friends who were ......... such in prosperous times has poisened us against our native place as I have said before we do not regret coming to this country. Pride and ambition were connected with ability to towards our family estate on the country offered many opportunities for industory and enterprize and we were not idle lookers as we have been as fortunate as we were unfortunate. Father ...... time it as so dejected and out of spirits that he thought impossible for us or do more than aquaint a --------- and finish a limited education. Isaac and my self are now both of age and have our property so fixed as to be out of the reach of our (looks like fatherland) persecuters we have 240 acres of good land worth 15 dollar for an acre. Besides it some capital employed in merchandizing which I attend to. You invite me to visit you. I would do so if I could but scarcely think that I can make it with Father, thinks he will visit you this fall. I do not remember of seeing him so much elated as when he read your letters he said that he yet had a prospect of seeing his brother this side of the grave. (Cous--I am not in general an egotist but my excuse is obvious I know that you must have been concerned about us for your brother knows that our prospects were gloomy when we embarked for this country) (The above paragraph was written across the page he had already written on, going the other way, if you know what I mean..) I am glad that you have quit the cold and ice country of York, but I think that you have not ventured south enough yet. I have been in Trumbull county and Mercer county where your brother Howell has settled. I did not like that place much. Mary, I expect when you write to me again it will be to invite me to your wedding for the eyes being like the eastern girls you must write soon the very day you recieve this letter. I have heard two sermons today. There is a young gentleman waiting to ride a few miles in the country this evening. I wish it was to see you. I would rather see you than anyone that I know this evening. (this was written on the edge of the paper) Mary as you are not settled yet, I think and one of your brothers might visit us, do come I want to see you. Our family all joins in sending love, Your affectionate cousin L. Howell Davis (also written on the edge of the paper) The paper was folded so that the envelope was part of the sheet of paper the letter was written on.. It was addressed to: -------------------------------------------------------------- 1831 MIFS Mary A. DAVIS (very fancy writing) Hartford, Trumbull Co. Ohio Hamilton, O } July } -------------------------------------------------------------- Hope you enjoyed this letter...If any of you know of any of these people I would love to hear from you... Mary Adams Davis married 3 June 1835 at Trumbull county, Ohio, to Francis Haynes who became a judge in Trumbull county for many many years...They became our 2nd great grandparents.. Wilma Fleming Haynes gencon@harborside.com ==== OHROOTS Mailing List ====