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Mrs. Ada Kirby,
My Dear Aunt
I will try to write you a few times in answer to your kind letter which I was very glad to get but
was very sorry to here you was so poorly yet do dope you are well by this time. Well don’t think
of any thing interesting to write. Po & the Boys have just started out to the Prairie to go to haying
in the morning they camp out up there & cook for them selves all but bread we send them bread.
I must tell you we had a good time the fourth if we don’t get rain too we wont, Corn is worth
thirty cts here now well we are making Hay for the foreman of the Ranch the boys & my self
make just nine dollars per day we furnish one Machine one Rake & three teems we are having
nice weather for haying we have ben working too weeks & have not lost but one half day.
Write soon I cant think of any thing to write this time as ever your true.
Brother,
An my love & best wishes to all write soon S.J. Kirby.
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Kirby and Eller Family Letters
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An account of the resource
The Kirby and Eller Family Letters contain correspondence between the Kirby and Eller families of Ashe County, North Carolina. The letters focus mainly on day-to-day events such as planting and harvesting crops, health and illness, and household tasks, but also include references to the Civil War. The original letters of Collection 495 Kirby and Eller Family Letters, 1826-1938 are in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection.
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<p><span class="less">Elizabeth “Bettie” Kirby (1851-1925) was born on February 15th, 1851 in Meadow Creek, Virginia, to parents Joel Kirby and Frances Roberts. Millard F. Kirby, Samuel J. Kirby, Emory T. Kirby, and Ada B. Kirby were her siblings. She married Joseph Lafayette Eller on September 22, 1875 in Ashe County, NC, where she lived until her death on December 9, 1925.<br /><br />Luke Eller (1806-1883) was born on June 8, 1806 in Ashe Co., NC. He was married to Sarah King<span class="elipses"></span></span><span class="more"> on March 27, 1829 in Ashe Co. He is the father of Joseph Lafayette Eller (Elizabeth’s husband), Hansford Eller, and Aswell Eller. Luke Eller lived in Ashe Co. until his death on December 6, 1883.</span></p>
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Letter from S. J. Kirby to Ada Kirby
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Prices
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Hay--Harvesting
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Letter_nd_32a.pdf
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This letter, from S. J. Kirby to his sister Ada, describes the the activities taking place on a prairie farm around the Fourth of July. The process of gathering hay and the price of corn are included.
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English
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Ashe County (N.C.)
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Ada Kirby
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Samuel Jefferson Kirby
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(___________________??)
Dear sister
Betty i reseved your letor of the first and was very glad to hir you was all well and doing
well it has bin vary bad weather sinc i left home i sent Jeaney som stamps and tel hir to write if
se got them we has a little flower and bacon hir and nothing els to eat we cant by any thing hir
that can be eat for money (___) nothing els i has to go after (____) in the morning and the is very
deep we hol twenty miles and the moodyes rode i ever sow i will clall you Betty,
Samuel
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Title
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Kirby and Eller Family Letters
Description
An account of the resource
The Kirby and Eller Family Letters contain correspondence between the Kirby and Eller families of Ashe County, North Carolina. The letters focus mainly on day-to-day events such as planting and harvesting crops, health and illness, and household tasks, but also include references to the Civil War. The original letters of Collection 495 Kirby and Eller Family Letters, 1826-1938 are in the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection.
<div class="subnote ">
<p><span class="less">Elizabeth “Bettie” Kirby (1851-1925) was born on February 15th, 1851 in Meadow Creek, Virginia, to parents Joel Kirby and Frances Roberts. Millard F. Kirby, Samuel J. Kirby, Emory T. Kirby, and Ada B. Kirby were her siblings. She married Joseph Lafayette Eller on September 22, 1875 in Ashe County, NC, where she lived until her death on December 9, 1925.<br /><br />Luke Eller (1806-1883) was born on June 8, 1806 in Ashe Co., NC. He was married to Sarah King<span class="elipses"></span></span><span class="more"> on March 27, 1829 in Ashe Co. He is the father of Joseph Lafayette Eller (Elizabeth’s husband), Hansford Eller, and Aswell Eller. Luke Eller lived in Ashe Co. until his death on December 6, 1883.</span></p>
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Title
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Letter from Samuel to Sister, Betty
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1 page
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Letter_nd_28.pdf
Description
An account of the resource
This is a letter from Samuel to his sister Betty. The letter mentions such things as bad weather; sending stamps to Jeaney in hopes that she will write; and the little amount of food they have to eat.
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Food security
Weather
Postage stamps
Language
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English
Source
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<p><a href="https://appstate-speccoll.lyrasistechnology.org/repositories/2/resources/165">AC.495 Kirby and Eller Family Letters</a></p>
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Coverage
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Ashe County (N.C.)
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A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
<a title=" Kirby and Eller Family Letters" href="https://omeka.library.appstate.edu/collections/show/17" target="_blank"> Kirby and Eller Family Letters </a>
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https://www.geonames.org/4453028/ashe-county.html
Type
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Text
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PDF
Letters (Correspondence)
Betty Kirby Eller
Camp North Rock
family letters
letter
Samuel Jefferson Kirby