Monthly Archives: December 2023

1878 Austin Update Emma Austin contracted tuberculosis (known as consumption). Emma must have written Chester that her brothers Lon (and Ell) left for the West to find work. At some point they settled near Solomon, Kansas. It was hoped that … Continue reading →

Walton, N.Y., to Miss Ida A. Austin, 103 Christopher St., N.Y.C., January 25, 1878 My Dear Ida, Yours of recent date has been rec’d—contents noted. And now as the tenth week of school is done and I am at home, … Continue reading →