Stella discovered the letters. Actually she rediscovered the letters. Months ago she found an item posted on Ancestry called Evans / Ivans letters. They were interesting because they were labeled Evans and came from Arkansas about the time our kin lived there. At first read they didn't seem connected to our Evans clan.
Rereading them, Good God! Lovett Reaves, we now know married to our second great grand aunt. Julia Caroline Evans Old Lovett is writing to John Osborn Florida who is married to Julia's older sis, Elizabeth M Evans.
This is OUR aunts and uncles talking!. We can eavesdrop on our kin in 1852 swapping news across the county lines of Arkansas. Kids, crops and fever….its all here.
Letter 1: Uel Ritchie, married to our second great grand aunt Sarah Evans, writes to John O Florida, August 1852...
Letter 2: Lovett Reaves writes to John O Florida Feb 1853
Source: James New the poster of the Evans Ivans letters had graciously allowed permission to use these letters in Search Sisters blog. http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/51023219/person/26651788874/media/5?pgnum=1&pg=0&pgpl=pid%7cpgNum
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