Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — December 6, likely 1868 · Greer Heritage Museum collection

Title

Letter from Victoria Cunningham Bailey to Margaret Cunningham Sullivan — December 6, likely 1868

Accession Number

2022.1.1.30

Accession Date

February 4, 2023

Accession Creator

David Lovegrove

Depositor

Shuman B. Gerald, III

Date

December 6, likely 1868

Storage Location

General Archive Box #7 Folder #5

Text

Baileys Cross Roads Dec 6/86[8?].
My dear Sister
I embrace the present opportunity of writing to you to inform you that we are all well at this time with the exception of Mother she has been and is quite sick was taken last Sunday night and on tuesday I went up and we sent for the Dr. he came Wednesday morning and pronounced her disease Neuralgia of the Stomach & bowels also that her spine was very much affected, I have been with her almost all the time, and today we was there she was not so well as on yesterday. tomorrow Sophronia will stay with her as Mr. Bailey will be from home and I am almost compelled to be at home when he is absent. she speaks of you very often and wishes for you if you can to come up and spend a few days with her, I greatly fear her health is gone, the Dr. thinks he can patch her up a little.
There is very little or no news in this part of the country every thing [good?] with some occasional stir about the negroes stealing.
I suppose you have heard of Dr. Morgan’s getting himself married. he married a Miss Perry from Kershaw Dist got acquainted with her last summer at the Springs, I think she is a very nice girl she is very small and not very pretty but is well educated I suppose, and has been very wealthy but like all the [rest?] all gone now.
we have been having several big meetings with us, on the 2nd sunday in last month we had a meeting at Tabor had Mr. Morse four day had a very interesting meeting and on the 5th [or 3th?] sunday the Rev. Hide & Stewart was to hold a meeting of five days but Stewart failed to come so the meeting lasted only three days, so you can imagine how I have put in my time,
On our last meeting at Pleasant Grove the Church went into a Call for a Minister to preach for them another year so. Mr. Vaughn was elected, and on Sunday he anounced that he could not preach for us as his time was all filled up and it was then left to the Congregation and Uncle Landrum was unanimously elected. but I fear he cannot come
We heard today of the death of Mrs. Sam Morgan she has been suffering for a long time last spring she went to some Springs in Tennessee thinking it would be a benefit to her but she grew worse and was brought home and then she thought the water at Chicks Springs had been a benefit to her and she would try it again but it did her no good, and several months ago was carried home and there remained until her death,
A word or two about our Pet and I will close her Pa has just laid her down to take her nights rest she can talk very plain can count five and play William a Tremble Toe she very often has to have Margie a while to look at it is growing late so I will close. Mr. Bailey Mother & Etta joins me in love to you & family
we will expect you and Mr. Sullivan up soon and I can then tell you all I have failed to write, your loving sister V E Bailey
Tell Mary I have been listening to hear of her jumping the broom but really she keeps very still on the subject, ask her if she cant pay us one more visit as Mary Sullivan for I know when she gets up to the factory she will never come,
Yours as ever
Vic

Relation

Etta Bailey Burgiss papers