Celia Coonts wrote this letter to Lucy Chase to check on the behavior of her children Willis and Rosanna while they are at school. They were probably students at the Gordonsville, Virignia.
About Celia Coonts
Celia Coonts was the mother of students Willis and Rosanna. Evidence suggests that Willis and Rosanna relocated to Hyde Park, Massachusetts by the late 1870s. On August 21, 1879, Rose A Coonts (daughter of Celia and George P.) was married at Hyde Park, Massachusetts to William J. Scott. See the source on Ancestry Willis Coonts (born at Gordonville, Virginia, the son of Celea and George P. Coonts) was married at Hyde Park, Massachusetts, to Sarah E. Crowd on March 20, 1882 . See the source on Ancestry
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Dear Miss Lucy Chase
I send Rosanna and Willis to school to obey your orders for I certainy do feel you I heard that you had mighty bad scollars at that school I want you to please send me word Whether Willis and Rosanna do obey you or not if they dont obey you I want you to send me word for I promised to remember them if they dont I would please me very much if you would punish them when they don’t obey you I want to please send me them home when the trains come
Celia Coonts
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