| May
the 10 Dier brother / i sete mi self to let you know our sad miss fortune / our good old foth is desest this life / he was struck all most sud[den] / he lived a bout a hour afte[r he] was struck / we all think he ----- ded pollsy / he never spok but two words and that was he sad he had a mity bad pane in the back of his neck and he belevd it wold kill him and shore a nof it did / he dide just at day brake on the 7 of May / I got to him a half hour or more before he dide / he did not speke aftr I got thar / he never moovd hand nor foot / he looked at me as if he wa-- to spek but he did not he ete his super harty and went to bed well and sleped and resed as far as we know / he a woke a bout fiftene minuts before he was struck and was well --nd a taking and all at onst ----- good lord cald for him and he had to go in spit of all we cod do / His funel was preached bye McDANEL and then he was lad in the grave / McDANEL was his favorite of all he had evr sene / he was struck five days before with the same deses but only lasted a half day / he sade he felt that the good lord had cald for him / he got yore kind letter and was glad to get it / he shode it to me / he never got to anser it / he was buried on the hill rite a bove wher the rode turn ---t of the big road to go to the MIS HENRY place for fother information rite RBF to JH |