Emma, Austin’s sister, writes about a wedding in 1938. She has included a newspaper clipping which includes the names of the wedding party and family. The coloring is due to my attempt to make these as legible as possible.
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Flavious Austin Peratt
Letter 21 – The Vernard Letters – Part One
Throughout this site there will be many references to Vernard Austin Peratt, the youngest child of Flavious Austin and Mary Lula Belle Peratt. Vernard was born in 1906 with Type I Diabetes. He was a good student and seemingly well liked but was often sickly. In April of 1921 his parents took him by train…Read more
Letter 20 -News from Mt. Sterling
A relative from Kentucky writes in November of 1939
Letter 19 – The Death of Eliza Jane (Oakley) Pieratt
A letter from Emma, Austin’s sister, describing the circumstances surrounding the events prior to and after the death of their mother in 1915.
Letter 17 – All the news from back home
Austin’s sister, Emma, writes about news back home. She writes about the death of someone but I’m not sure who she is referring to, yet. The name is written on the second page, in the area where the fold is, but I can’t read the cursive well enough to identify. Update: I believe this to…Read more
Letters 15 & 16 – The Tragic Death of Mr. Ballinger
Austin receives news from his two sisters regarding the suicide of a local businessman. The top letter is written by Austin’s sister, Emma, to another sister, Anne. Anne then forwards it to Austin along with a newspaper clipping. Here is a link to John P. Ballinger’s information on FamilySearch.org. Second letter
Postcard 65 – The Sale is On!
A personal invitation from S.H. Royal to Austin Peratt, announcing a sale at the The Dixie in Hobart, Oklahoma.
Heirloom 8 – A Box Filled With Cuff Links and Tokens
This small box, which is maybe 1.5″ x 2.5″, is inscribed, “Austin’s old cuff buttons. I gave Garrett the best ones. “Mother””. The box contains mostly broken and mismatched cuff links and buttons. There were also two “Consumer’s Tax” tokens in there. I found this regarding these tokens: Sales tax tokens were made in great…Read more
Heirloom 6 – Lace, In Memory Of
Similar to the tassel in this post, this piece of lace was also cut from a larger portion at a funeral of a loved one. My guess is that it is not the same source as the color of one is closer to black and the other is closer to blue. This was found along…Read more
Heirloom 5 – A Funeral Tassel
This was cut from the coffin cloth of a loved one of Lula. Most likely sources are her mother, Austin, or Vernard. It was found in the wooden box belonging to Lula. There was no other context regarding this item. Heirloom Disclaimer – I have done my best to identify either the owner or purpose…Read more