January 22, 1895

Shelton Ward Jan 22 1895

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Dear father and mother it is with a sorrowfull hart that I now drop you a few lines to tell you of the sad affliction we have been called on to bear we buried our little boy yesterday he died a half past nine Sunday night it seemed almost more than we can bear but we have to bear it because we cannot help our selfs he was a strong harty little boy all the time until the monday before he died he had a rash out on him what they call the hives for about for about six weeks and he caught a little

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cold and it went in on monday he seemed to be a little sick Monday but just seemed a little fretfull with a little cold Monday night about six o’clock he had a fit and then at 10 o’clock he had another through the hives going in he caught more cold we had him by the door so to get fresh air the cold turned into phemmonia he was very sick all week his lungs seemed to all decay he suffered terrible he never had a days sickness before allways well and good natured hardly ever cried for anything when we would talk to him he was always bright and laughing now his little clothes and shoes and cradle all emty emty

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it is a lonesome home now my poor wife can hardly stand it no body knows what it is to lose there children until they have to pass through it we buried my wifes grandmother two weeks before David my mother in laws mother She lived my mother in law She was 72 years old caught cold and old age together a week before our baby took sick I dreamt i saw him have a fit saw him just as plain as it was when hapened and after he come out I thought there was all our folks here for a while and i went out to the stack yard and my sister in law come running out to me with a little bird in her hand

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and said there is your boy I said that aint our boy and took it in my hand and started for the house and then I woke up the night before I dremt that my wife dremt that her two little sisters that is dead come and took David by the hand and went off with him one on each side all three dressed in white that was two week before he died there is lots of sickness here this winter I seen Stallings today his wife has got another boy a week old I wish when you goto ogden again that you you would take one of the best likenesses of our baby and see if they can take it of natural cabinet since this fellow here cant take them very good nor more

write soon D R

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