Letter From William Q. Force to Manning Force

1208 K St.
Washington D.C.
Nov. 13, 1879

My dear Brother,

I write a line only to say that Peter received a letter from his mother today, in which she says she was married about a month ago to a Mr. Martin, who lives in the Tennessee Valley, "a good farmer and splendid mechanic". She has leased her farm to a Mr. Wiggins for five years, and will write again when she gets to her new home. She says she likes the two children and will help to raise & educate them, & that she could not make a living nor educate them at her own farm.

Your aff. brother
Wm Q Force

Translation notes:

Peter Evans Force (1868-1930) was the oldest son of Manning Force's brother, Henry Clay Force, 1832-1874. Katherine Ogie Frierson Force Martin, was Peter's mother. Peter moved to Washington D. C. to be raised by his Uncle William Q. Force after his father died in 1874. Katherine's 2nd husband was Willam Martin who moved Katherine and her children to Etowah County, Alabama after they married. Mr. Wiggins was Katherine's brother-in-law who married her sister Sarah Frances Frierson Wiggins.