AUTOGRAPHS
WRITTEN FOR
MINNIE A. CONKLIN
OF
DEXTER-BROWNVILLE, N. Y.
1887-1905
Unionville, Dec. 25, 1887
Dear Minnie,
May future with her brightest smiles,
Wreath laurels for thy brow
And angels guard and keep thee,
Ever pure as thou are now.
Your Cousin
Ida A. Ackerman
Michigan
In the corners was written: A tribute of love
Remember me via jessamine
Brownville, N. Y.
Apr. 30, 1899,
Dear Minnie,
The Lilies of the valley,
May wither and decay,
But my truest love for you
Will never fade away.
From Your Cousin
Ella Mae Wallace
Chaumont, N. Y.
age 14 yrs.
Dexter Feb. 9th 1889
Dear Minnie,
We must part but not forever,
There will be a glorious dawn;
We shall meet to part No never
On the resurrection morn
Your Sister in Jesus,
Ida Randall
Jefferson, Ohio
1887
Merry Christmas
Cousin Minnie,
Be thou the rainbow to the storm of life
The evening beam that smiles the clouds
awayAnd tints tomorrow with prophetic ray.
Yours with affection
Nettie J. Brown
Caro, Mich.
Remember Dec. 25 when far away
In the upper left corner: A token of love
The following autographs were signatures and addresses, one dated:
Mrs. B. B. Hamblin
Holly Mich
Helen Bissell
Holly, Mich Feb. 19, 1888
Unionville Dec. 25, 87
A Merry Christmas
Cousin Minnie
I wish you love and happiness
I wish you wealth in store
I wish you heaven after death
What can I wish you more
Cyrus E. Ackerman
A Merry Christmas was written in the left corner (slanted). Mr. Ackerman made lines upon which to write his message.
Unionville, Dec. 25 ‘87
A Merry Christmas
Cousin Minnie,
Friends there are, who last a lifetime,
Few can find such friends as these,
Much it is like seeking diamonds;
Underneath the forest trees.
Yours with love, Carrie A. Ackerman
Unionville
Tuscola Co
Mich.
To Minnie.......... Jan. the 5 1888
Around thy path may forest flowers
be scattered by the hand of love.
and true affections magic power
the sharpest thorn of grief remove
from a well wisher....
Frankie King.
Unionville Mich.
also your true friend
To Minnie and your true friend were written in the left corners.
Hollly Feb 19 1888
Speed on a time of thy flight
Be thy bounties and thy affliction be light
Due one full measure from they store of wealth
Give peace plenty success and good health
Very Sincerely Yours
B. Hamblin
Unionville Feb. 9 1888.
To Minnie,
Remember me when this you see.
And place me in your mind,
What others say when far away
Think not of me unkind.
Yours truly,
Minnie Lagrow
To Minnie
As long as thou livest,
Good fortune attend thee,
And wherever thou dwellest,
Good angels defend thee.
Your cousin
Libbie A. Prame
Lowville Feb. 16th 1889.
The date, Feb. 16th 1889 was written diagonally inward on lower left corner.
The following entry was brief:
An old schoolmate
Mary A. Campbell
Brownville
New York
Oct 6 - 1898
Minnie: --
Only a cross to carry,
For the crown that God will give,
Walking and waiting in patience,
And then with Christ to live.
Feb. 15, 98 Carrie Conklin
Brownville,
N. Y.
Cousin Minnie
May thy life be bright
Through the year --
As the earth in spring
When the flowers appear!
Willie Conklin
Brownville N. Y.
June 17 1889
Jan. th 1, 1888
Cousin Minnie,
May this ever be a token
While the stars in heaven shine
Of a friendship never broken,
Of a friendship true and kind.
Wallace B. Ackerman
Cousin Minnie--:
For get me not,
For get me never,
Amd I will be your friend for ever.
From your
Cousin Eva Wallace
Aug 2, 1898 Chaumont.
The memory of my visit to the farm
Will never from me part
And I shall always remember
That dear little boy
Who won your great big heart.
July 8th 1905 W. J. Chapman
Everett
Snohomish Co Wash.
Your affectionate Cousin
C R Doane
Holly. Feb 21st 1888
Davison, Feb. 15, 1888
Compliments of
Mrs. Fred E. Eaton
Davison
Michigan
May 7th 1888
Cousin Minnie:--
When I am absent far away,
Resting in the silent clay
this little verse may call to view
the happy hours I spent with you.
Cora Sprague
Cohoctah Mar. 9 1888
Cousin Minnie:
Blessed are the meek
for they inherit the earth.
Bert W. Sprague
Cohoctah
Mich.
Cousin Minnie May 2, 1890
Friend after friend depart
Who hath not lost a friend
There is no union here of hearts
That find not here an end
Respectfully Your
Cousin
Celia
Oct 16 - 1898
To Minnie
May long life attend you
Is the best wish of your cousin
Philip Favry
Dexter May 2/ 90
October 16, 1898
Cousin Minnie
Live for those who love you
For those who know you true
For the God who smiles above you
And the good that you may do
Yours cousin Delia Favry
Dexter May 2/90
Cousin Minnie
We may write our names in Albums
Or may traced them in the sand,
Or may chisel them in marble
With a firm and skillful hand.
But the pages soon are sullied,
Soon each name will pass away,
Every monument will crumble
Like all earthly hopes decay.
But, Minnie, there is an Album,
Full of leaves of snowy white
And its pages are not tarnished
But forever pure and bright.
In the Book of Life, God’s Album,
May your name be penned with care,
And may all who here have written,
Write their names forever there.
Your friend
Charles E. Crosby
To Minnie
May happiness be thy lot, and
Peace thy steps attend; accept this
Tribute of respect, from one who is
they friend.
Ever Your Cousin
Addie Wallace
Limerick
Jeff. Co.
March the 23, 1889 N. Y.
Oct. 16-1898
Cousin Minnie
May he who clothes the lillies
And makes the sparrows fall
Protect and save you Minnie
And guide you safe through all
Your cousin Jennie Cummings
To Minnie:---
When you are old and cannot see
Put on your specks and think of me.
Point Traverse
Ontario
Jan. 2, 1889
W. A. Thompson
Cousin Minnie:-
When the leaves of this Album are
Yellow with age.
And the lines that I write here are
dim on the page,
Still think of me kindly, and do not forget,
that where ever I am I remember you yet.
June 20th 1889 Herbert Conklin
Brownville N. Y.
Oct. 16--1898
To Minnie
Complements
Of Your Cousin
Wat Commings
Note: The next page is a drawing, colored in pastels, symbolic of an album page turned back on one corner. The drawing is of a small dwelling, with a lien-to porch. The dwelling sets atop a knoll and shows footsteps going to the dwelling. There is a somewhat stormy sun in the sky and one wonders if this was a snow scene which has yellowed with age. It is signed:
Frank M. Knapp
Dexter
N. Y.
Feb. 21, 1892
To Minnie.-
Forget me not,
Forget me never,
And I will be your friend forever.
Ever your friend,
Edna Rose
Brownville,
Jan. 2, 1898 N. Y.
“Nothing succeeds, like success.” Respectfully Yours,
F. M. Ball Feb. 17, 1891 Lowville, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hamburg
East Hounsfield
N. Y.
Feb. 14, 1898
The tears from angels falling,
Turn to diamonds on each flower.
Your friend
Maud Shimmel,
Dexter May 16, 1890 N. Y.
Sunday June 4, 1898
Minnie
Honor and shame from no
condition rise
Act well your part, there all
the honor lies.
Your friend
Effie Thompson
Point Traverse
Ontario
Ever Your Friend
Mrs. Jennie W. Laing
Bradley
Ill.
June 19 -- 1898
August 17. ‘89
To Minnie;
Some Friends may wish thee happiness,
other’s wish thee wealth, but
my wish for thee is better
contentment and blest with
health.
Ever your Friend,
Anna Seeber
Philadelphia,N. Y.
May your life be one of
happiness, is the wish of a friend,
Winnifred M. Simonds
Theresa, N. Y.
Brownville.
Aug. 14, ‘98
Minnie
In memory’s wood box
Drop one chip for me.
Your friend
Anabel Sheley
Theresa,
Aug. 5, 1898 N. Y.
To Minnie,
As the ripple follows the wave at sea.
So may God’s blessings follow thee.
Your Friend
Vira Ramsey
Jan. 28th 1892 Dexter, New York.
To Minnie.
May the sunshine of God’s love grow
brighter and brighter over your pathway
untill you reach the Golden gate.
Your Aunt
Lottie Prame
June 20th 1898
To Minnie Jan 18/88
Short is the time since first
I met you. Short has our
Acquaintance been.
Don’t think I shall ee’r forget you
Or still forget to call you friend
Yours Sincerely
Lewisvil Lizzie Hersinger
Note: Town and name not legible.
Compliments of
Madalene Simons
Theresa
Aug. 16, 1898 N. Y.
Minnie
Your True Friend
Lucelia Pratt
Dexter
N. Y.
Aug. 23th 1898.
Carrie E. Ackerman,
Dexter,
N. Y.
Aug. 23, 1898
Minnie
When years and months have glided by,
And on this page you cast your eye,
Remember ‘twas a friend sincere
That left this kind remembrance here.
Susan V. Seeber
Jan. 16, 1901 Brownville.