ADDRESSED TO: Mr. A.J. Stage, Lambs Creek, Tioga Co., Pa.
FROM: John A. Stage, Mount Sterling, Ohio
FROM: John A. Stage, Mount Sterling, Ohio
Mt. Sterling Oct 31 1891
Dear Son and Daughter i Will Anser your letter toDay as i are Agoing to Sterling and Send you one of Mas picturs and i Want you to Write and let Me no Wether you get it or not. i Was glad to hear you Was all Well. Whe ar tolable Well at presant. ida has Bin Sick and So have i. i havent Done eny Work Sense Charly left Hear. Whell helen i Want to No Wether you think of evr Coming Back hear or not. if i Thought you Would I Would Set you out Som peach treas. hoW Did father lik his pictor. No mor. anser Sun. Give My love to all. From John A. Stage to A.J. an helen stage.
Dear Son and Daughter i Will Anser your letter toDay as i are Agoing to Sterling and Send you one of Mas picturs and i Want you to Write and let Me no Wether you get it or not. i Was glad to hear you Was all Well. Whe ar tolable Well at presant. ida has Bin Sick and So have i. i havent Done eny Work Sense Charly left Hear. Whell helen i Want to No Wether you think of evr Coming Back hear or not. if i Thought you Would I Would Set you out Som peach treas. hoW Did father lik his pictor. No mor. anser Sun. Give My love to all. From John A. Stage to A.J. an helen stage.
This seems like an odd letter to me. Mary (Knapp) Stage, his wife, passed away 1-3 days prior to this letter. One would think it merits a mention. I keep coming back to my theory that they’re not living together. That may come clear once I dive into Ohio census records.