Letter from Adeline Janes to her brother, Nelson Janes, January 11, 1847 - Valparaiso, Indiana : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Letter from Adeline Janes to her brother, Nelson Janes, January 11, 1847 - Valparaiso, Indiana / Shook Photos
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| 説明 | Postal Date: January 11, 1847, Valparaiso, IndianaScott Catalog Number of Postage Stamp: Not Applicable, stamped 10 [cents]Collection: Steven R. ShookSENDER:Miss Adeline JanesValparaiso, Ind.RECIPIENT:Mr. Nelson JanesGeneseoLivingston CountyNew YorkREMARK: The following is a transcription of a letter written by Adeline Janes on Monday, January 11, 1847, to her brother Nelson Janes in Geneseo, Livingston County, New York, from Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. Note that periods have been inserted to increase the clarity of Adeline's letter.Mr. Nelson JanesGeneseoLivingston CountyNew YorkMiss Adaline JanesJany 11 1847IndValparaiso Jan. 11 1847Mr. Nelson JanesDear BrotherIt is with the highest degree of pleasure that I am again permitted to write a few lines to inform you that we are well and the rest of our friends in this part. I have received two letters from you since I have written the first some two months since and the other dated Nov 22 of which was duly received. I need not tell you how much satisfaction your kind letter gave me while perusing it. You must think I gave you a real scolding for not writing the next day after I wrote. I received your letter a short time ago another I think I shall reprove you again if you are not punctual. It is a time of general health and in every direction as far as I can learn. We have had some two weeks of sleighing this winter but now it has nearly disappeared. We never have a longer time than I just mentioned if the show should fall deep we cant have good sleighing on the prairies on account of of its drifting which is caused by the wind that continually blows.We live about a half a mile from Valparaiso which makes it very pleasant. Pa has not bought yet and when he will I do not know; he is anxious to look around well so as not to be deceived. Father Mother & Sarah were here on thanksgiving day and we were their on Christmas and Ann Eliza came home with us and spent a week a privilege which you are deprived of the association of your friend. I can readily simpathise with you as I have been separated from them. I hope you will come and see us before long and bring your wife and children with you if you do not soon your children will soon be old enough to keep house and then there will be nothing to prevent you but that is along time to wait.Produce as usual is cheap. Potatoes are badly diseased. They bring 15 cents and poor at that. William is going to school this winter and I hope is learning. I told him that you desired him to write you a letter and I hope he will comply with your wishes. Whether Sarah will I do not know. She says she does not know what to write you. Know she is quite different. Ann E says she will answer all the letters you will write. She is quite uneasy because you do not write. I suppose the last letter must have been miscarried as she has not received one in sometime. I think by what father said he would like to have a letter from you he said that he did not get any letters and would like to borrow one that you sent me. He is getting old and you must not mind if he does not answer. I thought I would mention it for I know it would please him much to receive one.I was somewhat surprised to hear your children had become such great singers for I do not see who they take it from unless it is from their Papa and Mama. I am sure they dont take it from their auntys. I am pleased that you have two such promising daughters. I hardly know what to say about Lauras children for I am sure they are some what behind yours in the talking line. Mary J cannot talk exactly plain but she is smart otherways. She is quite a house keeper. It was only yesterday I was quite busy and neglected sweeping the parlor. She swept and dusted and made things look pretty well. She has not been to school but we teach her at home. John Nelson is as rugged an fat as a Bare and he says sometimes he wants me to tell him about uncle Nelsons little girls. Johnny is not handsome but he is my favorite. Charles I suppose must be spoken of. He is quite small in stature, but he is smart and mischieveous as need be. I have no news to write as I know of. I hope the next time I shall interest you more. Pardon all mistakes and answer it as soon as you receive.Justus Laura join in love to allFrom your affectionate sisterAdaline JanesNelson Janes✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦ ✦The Janes family members were very early settlers of Porter County, Indiana. The Janes Cemetery located along the west side of County Road 675 West (Jones Road) and south of Indiana State Road 130, southwest of Wheeler, was named in honor of Elijah Janes and his second wife, Jane Janes.The following represents genealogical information concerning the individuals mentioned in Adeline Janes’ letter to her brother Nelson.Elijah Janes, father of Nelson and Adeline, was born in Grand Isle, Grand Isle County, Vermont, on June 19, 1793, the son of Heman Janes and Abigail (Burdick) Janes. Elijah married Mary Clark on December 14, 1817, and she died on June 2, 1837, at Oxford, Ontario, Canada. Mary is buried in West Oxford Church Cemetery in Centreville, Ontario, Canada. Elijah and Mary were the parents of at least nine children. Elijah would then marry Jane Thompson, also a widow, on May 26, 1840, at Brock, Ontario, Canada, and the Janes family would emigrate to Porter County’s Union Township in 1844 from Oxford County, Ontario. The union of Elijah and Jane would result in one child, Clarissa Janes. Following Jane Janes death in 1856, Elijah married his third wife, Eliza Sawyer, in Porter County on March 31, 1857.Elijah purchased eighty acres located in the east one-half of the northwest quarter of Section 11 in Porter County’s Union Township located one mile southwest of Wheeler. The purchase was likely transacted in 1847 or 1848 given information provided by this letter. Elijah died on June 4, 1878, at his Union Township home and was buried June 6 in Janes Cemetery across the road from his home.Jane Thompson Janes was born in Yorkshire, England, and emigrated with her first husband, Joseph Thompson, to Canada West (now known as Ontario) in 1835; Joseph died around 1837. Jane would then marry Elijah Janes in 1840. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and died rather suddenly at her Union Township home at the age of 48 on October 20, 1856. She was buried in Janes Cemetery across the road from her family’s homestead.Nelson Janes was born at Conesus, Livingston County, New York, on January 3, 1819, the eldest child of Elijah Janes and Mary (Clark) Janes. In 1841, Nelson married Philena E. Baker and their union resulted in at least five children. Nelson lived all of his adult life in Livingston County and died at Geneseo in Livingston County on April 16, 1899. He was buried at Temple Hill Cemetery in Geneseo. The two unnamed daughters of Nelson referred to by Adeline in her letter (“I am pleased that you have two such promising daughters.”) were Mary A. Janes (b. 1843, d. 1926) and Sarah E. Janes (b. 1845, d. 1857).Laura Janes was born June 22, 1820, in Vermont, the second child of Elijah Janes and Mary (Clark) Janes. She would have been 26 years old when this letter was written. Laura married Justus Stevens Reynolds on July 28, 1841, at Brock, Ontario, Canada, and she and Justus would emigrate with Elijah Janes to Indiana in 1844. Justus and Laura were the parents of at least nine children. Laura died at Oxford, Ontario, Canada, on December 7, 1899, about six months after her husband’s death. Laura and Justus lived very briefly in Indiana before moving back to Ontario, Canada, in the early 1850s.Justus Stevens Reynolds was born at West Oxford, Ontario, Canada, on February 12, 1814, the son of William Reynolds, Junior, and Sarah Jane (Stevens) Reynold. He died on June 20, 1899, at West Oxford.Mary J. is believed to also be the eldest child of Justus Stevens Reynolds and Laura (Janes) Reynolds, Mary Jane Reynolds. Mary was born in 1842 in Vermont. Little is known about the life of Mary other than she was still living when this letter was written in 1847.Ann Eliza Reynolds was the daughter of Justus Stevens Reynolds and Laura (Janes) Reynolds; she was the twin sister of John Nelson Reynolds and born in Indiana (likely Porter County) on August 24, 1844. She married Joseph Chambers. Ann died on November 30, 1933, in Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan.John Nelson is believed to be John Nelson Reynolds, the son of Justus Stevens Reynolds and Laura (Janes) Reynolds and the twin brother of Ann Eliza Reynolds. John was born August 24, 1844, in Indiana (likely Porter County) and died on May 20, 1924, in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan. John is buried in Lake Forest Cemetery in Grand Haven, Ottawa County, Michigan.The Charles mentioned in Adeline’s letter is likely the newborn son of Justus and Steven Reynolds and Laura (Janes) Reynolds. Some genealogical records record his birth as being in 1847, which suggests that he was born during the first ten days of the year. It may be more likely that Charles was born late in the year of 1846. He was most likely born in Porter County’s Washington Township. Little is known of Charles’ life.According to 1850 federal census records, Justus and Laura (Janes) Reynolds were residing in Porter County’s Washington Township where Justus was a farmer. His real estate was valued at $1,000. The farm is believed to have been near Prattville. Four children are listed in the census record – Mary Jane (6), John (5), Charles (3), and Eliza (2). Also living in the Reynolds household is Laura’s sister, Adeline Janes, the writer of this letter.Adeline Janes was born December 29, 1823, most likely in the state of New York; Adeline was the fourth child of Elijah Janes and Mary (Clark) Janes. Adeline married Gabriel Mabee at Oxford, Ontario, Canada, on June 4, 1856. She would remain in Ontario for the remainder of her life. Adeline died at West Oxford, Ontario, Canada, on September 10, 1884, and was buried in the West Oxford United Church Cemetery.Sarah Maria Janes was born May 21, 1828, in Canada, the sixth child born to Elijah Janes and Mary (Clark) Janes. She married a widower, George Quartermass, in Porter County’s Portage Township in 1865. Sarah died at Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan, on October 25, 1909. She is buried in Valparaiso’s Maplewood Cemetery. George died June 4, 1884, at Wheeler, Porter County, Indiana, and was also interred at Maplewood Cemetery.William is believed to William Clark Janes, the eighth child of Elijah Janes and Mary (Clark Janes). He was born March 20, 1833, in Canada. William married Helen Nellie McKay in 1861. William and Helen were living in Porter County through 1880, but he appears as resident of Chicago in the 1900 federal census records. William died at Goshen County, Wyoming, on February 17, 1918, and was buried in Prairie Rest Cemetery located in Guernsey, Platte County, Wyoming.Sources:Goodspeed, Weston A., and Charles Blanchard. 1882. Counties of Porter and Lake, Indiana: Historical and Biographical, Illustrated. Chicago, Illinois: F. A. Battey & Company. 771 p. [see pp. 267-268, 344]Find A Grave Website [www.findagrave.com]Hardesty, A. G. 1876. Illustrated Historical Atlas of Porter County, Indiana. Valparaiso, Indiana: A. G. Hardesty. 90 p. [see p. 61]Practical Observer, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana; February 3, 1857; volume 5, Number 5, Page 2, Column 3. Column titled “Obituary.” [Obituary of Jane Janes]Copyright 2021. Some rights reserved. The associated text may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of Steven R. Shook. |
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