Letter from son Orlando Greene to Mary Hoover.
Contributed by John Laughlin
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Oct 3rd, 1878

Dear mother
I will try to write to you once more but o what sad news I have to tell.  I
buried Sarah the 30th day of september. I am left alone in this world with
two little babies. O mother if you only could have been here.  She was
confined to her bed on the 22th of september.  She was sick only about two
hours when we had a little boy born. Sary was very proud of it and felt
very well and she was getting along first rate except one little spell of
the collick but that did not last long and she was gaining all the time
untill Saturday evening when she had a little fevor I wanted to go for the
doctor but she did not want me to go but I wint and fetch the Doc and he
said she had a litle atact of the billious fevor and he give her a dose of
calamel and left said he would come back in the morning .  well the morning
came she was feeling quite well. I ask her if she would eat something she
said that she would wait untill the medicine worked off.  Well I ate my
beakfast and went in the ___ her hands was cold she said she felt well enuf
only the palms of her hands felt dead. I rubed and bathe them with warm
soda water but could get no warmth in them. The doctor came in he said she
had a conjestive chill.  I sent for Ed and hep but thay did not get here,
she died in a bout an hour and a half. Mother we done all that was inour
power to saveher but we had the ___ part.  She is gone.  I hope she is in
heaven she sang a him about five minutes before she dide. She past of
without a strugal.  My little children is pretty well.  Jessie is feeling
bad this morning but I think it is her teeth.  She has got two teeth that
is not threw yet. Jessie & me is staying at Edwards and our little boy is
at Jim Keeney's Permela is going to keep it for the present. Sarah named
himThomas Edward. He is hearty and is growing right along.  Well I will
close for the present & hoping to here from you soon from your son to Mary
Hoover
Orlando Greene
Toronto
Woodson County
Kansas