Hello there,

Glad to find someone interested besides me...

Let me give you a little background about the letters. My mother recently
inherited some family heirlooms and memorabilia from her cousin. Among those
things was a stack of letters that my great grandfather William Rosecrans
"Rose" Everitt and his first wife Laura W. Talbott had saved. My mother's
cousin was his granddaughter by his first wife, and my mother was his
granddaughter by his second wife, Lula Hardy. Most of the letters were
written between Rose & Laura, although a few of them were written to either
one of them by friends or family. Laura was from Saxony, Jefferson, KY and
Rose was from Vienna, Scott, IN. Apparently Laura's brother had married and
moved to Underwood, Clark, IN which is near to Vienna, and Laura had met Rose
on a visit to her brother. Most of the letters were written during their
courtship, 1891-1893. They married in Jan 1894. Laura was taken ill (or
possibly injured in a fire, there's two conflicting stories) around the time
of the birth of her 4th child in 1901 and spent several months in the
infirmary in Louisville before passing away in Sept 1901. Many of the
letters contain references to friends and family, and as I'm transcribing the
letters, I'm looking to see if any of those people are being researched by
others. Which brings us to Clarence "Dutch" Brumley... He is mentioned in
four of the letters. Here are the excerpts which mention him...

Saxony, Ky Mar 13, 1893
Mr. W. R. Everitt
Dear Rose,
….. There was no one here last night but Mary Tichenor. She was looking for
Dutch, but he dident come. They have up quite a case. I haven't seen him
yet, but when I see him I am going to tell him I think it will be Mary
instead of Julia. They say he is going to get married this month…..

Your Devoted friend
Laura Talbott



Saxony Ky Mar 31st 93
Mr. Wm. R. Everitt
Dear Friend,
….. Mary Tichenor was here Sunday night & Dutch came after supper & staid
until ten. They have up quite a case. I told him I heard he was going to be
married this month. Told him guessed Mary was the one he was going to marry.
He said he hoped it would be her. He is trying to get work around here. Pa
said he was in hopes he would leave this neighborhood but it seems he won't.
I look for he & Mary to go to Jeff soon. They think a great deal of each
other…..

Your Sincere Friend,
Laura Talbott



Saxony Ky May 1st 93
Mr. Wm. R. Everitt
Dear Friend,
…. Oh, yes, you asked me if Clarence Brumley was the one we call Dutch. Yes,
he is the one & he is the one I told you said he could tell a storry & almost
believe it himself. He is going with Mary Tichenor & is going with a Miss
Harris living in Jeffersontown. He told me he & Miss Harris were going to
marry in the fall. I told him I had heard that before, but I wouldent
believe he was going to marry until he was married. He came here last
Tuesday night & Katie & I went upstairs & left him downstairs with Chas &
Willie. I dident hear him when he left but Chas said it was ten o'clock. I
tease Katie about him & you ought to hear her get after me about it. He
tells so many storries that we don't believe any thing he says. Anything but
a storry teller…..

Your sincere friend,
Laura T.



Saxony Ky Sept 1st 93
Mr. Wm. R. Everitt,
Dear Rose,
…. Well there was a wedding in the neighborhood Tuesday evening. Miss Addie
Brumley, Dutches sister & Mr. Henry Miller they were married at home & it was
quite a surprise to us. They have been going together some time but dident
think they were going to marry before fall. That is the last single sister
Dutch has so guess it will be lonesome for him. He don't come here now. Pa
gave him his orders. He & Mary Tichenor were in the habit of meeting here
every Sunday & her father don't want her to go with him so Pa said they
shouldn't meet here. I saw them together Sunday on the car going from Sunday
School….

Write soon. Truly.
Laura

Hope this is helpful to you in your research, or at least interesting anyway.
I think when I'm finished, I'll contact the USGenWeb site coordinators for
,Scott,IN and ,Jefferson,KY and see if there's any interest in posting them.

Regards,
Michelle Knight