Chapman Kans.
March 17 1968
Sorry this did not mailed before [sic]
Dear Faye,
I was very glad for your letter and to hear you are able to be going – even if we have slowed down. I too cant [sic] work as fast as I used to. But do if I have time. And I cant [sic] hurry. Just a little too old for that. I was born Aug 15 1881 so I am a few years old [sic] than you. I have one boy. Toms [sic] son He is a senior in high school. Has been with me all four years doing the school days. He is very good to me. I think I told you our family when I wrote you and Faye I am sorry I cant find any records of the Detrichs. I thot [sic] mother had a book I have hunted but a box of books that I have not looked into as I cant get it down in closet. In my little house I sure miss my big home & rooms. But I am going to have some one [sic] help me get it down & look there. I may not have a record but will look & try to find it. In mothers family there was Frank. Samuel, Sarah mother William Simon, Gher. Lettie John Jennie – Humphry. Fanny & Dessie all Detrich. Jacob grandfather Detrich. Lewis & grandmother Elizabeth. Will Detrich wife A Laura – children Leslie Ernest & Johnm. John lives here in town & is the only boy living.
I was very glad for your letter and to hear you are able to be going – even if we have slowed down. I too cant [sic] work as fast as I used to. But do if I have time. And I cant [sic] hurry. Just a little too old for that. I was born Aug 15 1881 so I am a few years old [sic] than you. I have one boy. Toms [sic] son He is a senior in high school. Has been with me all four years doing the school days. He is very good to me. I think I told you our family when I wrote you and Faye I am sorry I cant find any records of the Detrichs. I thot [sic] mother had a book I have hunted but a box of books that I have not looked into as I cant get it down in closet. In my little house I sure miss my big home & rooms. But I am going to have some one [sic] help me get it down & look there. I may not have a record but will look & try to find it. In mothers family there was Frank. Samuel, Sarah mother William Simon, Gher. Lettie John Jennie – Humphry. Fanny & Dessie all Detrich. Jacob grandfather Detrich. Lewis & grandmother Elizabeth. Will Detrich wife A Laura – children Leslie Ernest & Johnm. John lives here in town & is the only boy living.
Tuesday this letter did not get mailed but here it comes late. I will take it down & mail it this A.M. Hope all are well (over
Hope all are well and I will try and do better next time. But please write I do get lonesome. Love to all.
Dessie McFerren
Dessie McFerren
[new handwriting – assuming Faye Faye’s]
For Billy
Give this to Billy. I am going to write to her again and find out what her mother and Dad were to my Father. Maybe when she goes through the box we will Know. I dont know if he can get anything out of this I cant.
I notice she dont [sic] spell our name the same.
*Billy is my dad...or was. I don't think anyone's called him Billy in decades. LOL I got the letter from Mom's and his files.
*Underlining is copied directly from the original letter.
*It's possible that "Jacob" was meant to be written next to "Jennie," rather than "Detrich." It's squeezed in and sort of falls between the two lines on which those names are written.
Unfortunately, I don't think Faye Faye ever heard from Dessie again. According to the SSDI, Dessie passed away in October of 1968, seven months after writing this letter.
From the context of the letter, I gather that Deatrich/Detrich was Dessie's mother's maiden name. I'm hoping someone with information on the DEATRICH/DETRICH/MCFERREN connection will come across this and be able to shed some light on it.
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