This letter was very interesting as it brings news from back in Kentucky and revisits the situation about Mr. Ballinger. Luther reveals that Mr. Ballinger must have been involved with the K.K.K. as they made their presence known by placing a large emblem on his casket.
Category: Letters
Letter 31 – Feb the 23, 1913
Austin’s mother writes to her granddaughter “Loulie” about news from back in Kentucky. Mother Jane states that she had just turned 64 years old.
Letter 30 – Grandma’s Letter to Laura
Eliza Jane Pieratt, Austin’s mother, writes to her granddaughter to praise her for taking care of her parents and being a sweet young lady. I do find it interesting that she spells her name wrong at least 2 times in her short letter and never does get the spelling correct. Not a big deal, just…Read more
Letter 29 – A Partial Letter from Emma
This is the only remaining page from a letter from Austin’s sister. She writes about Maxine’s wedding so this must have been some time in the last half of 1938, nearer to Christmas.
Letter 28 – A Poem on a Cake
This was a partial letter with no date or signature. Currently, it is out of context and just stands alone as a cute poem on a cake. I will try to find more parts of it and put more context to it. Right now, based upon where it was found with the other letters, this…Read more
Letter 27 – From Bethel, KY – May 22, 1938
Austin and Lula’s niece, Maxine Pieratt, writes to them, a few short weeks before her wedding. It is interesting to read “everyday” things that were occurring while big news items, like WWII, were happening or were on the brink of beginning.
Letter 26 – A Grieving Son Writes of His Mother’s Death
Austin’s brother, Luther, writes about the details of his mother’s funeral and how their father, Silas, would go into her room time after time and weep. The inconsistency in the color of the pages is due to having to adjust the contrast and color in order to make these letters as legible as possible.
Letter 25 – The Vernard Letters – Part Three
Nurse Leva or Lena Enke writes again to the Peratts, a few months after the death of Vernard.
Letter 24 – Luther’s Imminent Death
Emma writes Austin regarding their brother, Luther’s, expected death. I believe that I read in another letter that he was eaten up with cancer but I can’t be certain. I will update this if I am able to specifically track that information down.
Letter 23 – The Vernard Letters – Part Two
This is a letter from one of Vernard’s nurses from the Boulder Colorado Sanitarium. The Peratts seemed to have made an impression on Miss Lena Enke as she writes to them a few weeks after Vernard’s passing. She also wrote again in July. The notes in the last picture on this page are from Lula,…Read more