Forest, David Dutcher

Family Researcher: Linda Sheehan LindyT@aol.com

Letter written by David Dutcher Forest to his oldest daughter's husband in 1890. Malinda Jane Forest Weindle and her husband were living in Sebastian Co near Ft. Smith, AR. He and his second wife, Martha Ingram Tabor Forest, had recently moved to Bokoshe from Ozark Co. MO.

David's youngest son, William Homer Forest, was said to have been the first postmaster in Bokoshe. David died in 1904 in Quinton, OK per his widow's pension application.

I have made no corrections to spelling or grammar.
[Submitted by Linda Sheehan LindyT@aol.com
David Dutcher Forest is her gggrandfather and Malinda Jane Forest Weindle her ggrandmother.]

Bokoshe PO Indian Territory
June the 15th 1890

Mr August Winnel dier son and daughter I seat my self to drop you a few lines to let you no that we are all well and doing well and hope when this few lines carries too your hands this will find you the same Well august I wold like to bee there and help you out wit your wheat crop how all rest of the crops is down there I have got many good crops for the Spring I have 15 acres in coton and a bout 8 acres of corn our hourses is all fat and we have worked them off the grass and tha is not no ticks here there is as good grass here as we seen Well august we have got 4 cows and calves When you want to come up here com by pages fary an parta (?) and come to Bokosha PO and every body can tell you wher I live it is about a days drive from wher you live if you could come strate threw so I will close for this time I want you to rite soon as you get this leter sana more at present yours truly from DD to Mr august winnel and family

from Martha to linda Well linda I wold like to see you the best in the world well I have got one of the prettiest babies in the world She has 5 teeth well linda we will look for you by this fall and I want you to come so bad I would like to see kate the best in the world Well linda I wald like to see tell Jim that I wald like to see him Well linda we have just got back from church today well linda I wald like to see august the best in the world well linda I want you to com up this fall shure well linda tell jim that we have got him knife here we fond it in the coton seed that ? spart thar well linda I havnt got much to sa I will close for this time rite son and often sa no more yours truly from Martha forest to Miss MJ Winnel

Created: 11 Jul 2003
Updated: 09 Nov 2009