Joel M. Johnson to Ellen Bordeaux - 1897 - Bladen County, NC - Miscellaneous Submitted for use in the USGenWeb Project Archives by Jason Bordeaux bordeaux@rconnect.com Note by Jason Bordeaux: Joel M. Johnson and Ellen Ann Bordeaux were the children of Joshua Johnson and Nancy Cain. Their mother Nancy had died when they were very young and the only mother they knew was Jane Edge, Joshua's second wife, who is the one referred to as mother in the document. Joel lived in Turnbull Township at the time near Ammon. Also at this time, Ellen lived in White Oak Township near the Tarheel bridge. Ellen was the wife of Marshall William Bordeaux who had died in 1889. *********************************************************************************** 29 March, 1897 Mrs. E.A. Bordeaux Dear Sister, I received your letter yesterday and are glad to hear from you. We are all well as common. Father and mother are feeble. Mother has the cold and cough very bad. She thinks she can't stand it, but I know she can. I brought them here last Saturday was a week ago. I have been trying to move their things but I can't figure out what to do with them. Ellen, I tell you, we have had a hard time, but I hope by the grace of god, we will be able to get through with it. Ellen, pray for us that we may do our duty. Ellen, I would be glad to see you all, but I don't know when I can go to see you, but you must come see us all as soon as you can. Ellen, tell the boys that they must not drink whiskey and they must be good boys. Ellen I must close by saying write soon. Your brother till death, J.M. Johnson ************************************************************************************ Jason Bordeaux bordeaux@rconnect.com ============================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogy information on the Internet, data may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must contact the submitter or the listed USGenWeb archivist.