Harrisburg Dec.[ember]1 1863
On Wednesday just as I was gonin (sic) to school Cousen
(sic) Frank Frons (7) came to our house and stayed till Thursday at
4 o'clock. And on Wednesday Aunt Jane (8) and Martha Kerr (9) came
to sisters. They did not go hime (sic) until Friday at one o'clock.
Herman and Harry (17) have both had very bad colds and I have had one myself but we are getting better now.
From your loving sister, P.S. I think you can can (sic) read it as I am in a hurry.
Write soon. |
1. Due to misspelling, this person was never identified.
2. Fannie not identified.
3. Martha Cummins Kerr, sister fo Mary Elder Alricks, the married to Dr. Edwin
L. Orth. (Kerr/Wilson Genealogy Chart)
4. Thought to be the family of Benjamin Butterworth woh resided at 23 S. Second
Street. (Harrisburg Business Directory 1863, p. 140)
5. Aunt Lizzie may be Elizabeth Hummel married to William m. Kerr or Elizabeth
Harris married to J. Wallace Kerr. (Kerr/Wilson Genealogy Chart)
6. Due to misspelling, this person was never identified.
7. Cousin Frank Frons was never identified.
8. Jane McIlvane, wife of Dr. James W. Kerr of York, Pennsylvania. (Kerr/Wilson
Genealogy Chart)
9. Daughter of Dr. James W. Kerr and Jane McIlvane Kerr who resided in York,
Pennsylvania. (Ibid)
10. Mary Kerr, cousin of Clara, daughter of J. Wallace Kerr of 26 South George
Street, York, Pennsylvania (York Business Directory 1863, P. 304)
11. William Kerr, son of J. Wallace Kerr, brother of Mary Kerr. (Kerr/Wilson
Genealogy Chart)
12. Believed to be Catherine Mary, daughter of John B. Cox of Front and Chestnut.
(Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County 1896, p. 239)
13. Rebecca Orth, daughter of Martha Cummins Kerr and Dr. Edward L. Orth.
(Kerr/Wilson Genealogy Chart)
14. Edwin Hickok, son of William O. Hickoc of the Hickok Eagle Works (Ibid)
15. Believed to be the daughter fo Eliza E. Frazer, widow of Samuel Frazer
who lived at Second and Cherry Street. (Harrisburg Business Directory 1863,
p. 157)
16. Susan Seiler, daughter of Mary K. Orth and Jacob Seiler. She would have
been the granddaughter of Martha Cummins Orth. (Kerr/Wilson Genealogy Chart)
17. Herman and Harry, infant sons of Mary and James McCormick. (Cameron/McCormick
Genealogy Chart)
18. Aunt Hilly [Kitty ?] not identified.
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