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Jersey Co February 1st 1863 Dear Son your very welcome and interesting letter reached me two weeks ago last night but I did not go up to Frosts in time for Aunt Arintha to hear it read the roads were so bad that we did not go until day before yesterday friday and she was buried on wednesday last they did not send us any word the roads so bad I suppose was the reason she was taken sick on saturday and died on monday evening about six oclock she went off just like going to sleep I suppose she thought she was falling asleep Rebecca had been upstairs to see how she was getting along and she thought she felt a little better and said she thought she could go to sleep so R told her to sleep if she could she thought it would do her good then went down stairs and a short time afterwards Mary Jane went and spok to her and she did not answer and she spoke again and no answer came mary