Letter from Mrs. Braden to Kathleen: 9/23/1919
A letter to Will's wife, Kathleen, who is visiting her parents in Savannah, Georgia, from Mrs. Braden, who was a Canton neighbor of the Stokeys. She's in East Rutherford, New Jersey now.
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This letter is apparently in response to a sympathy letter that Kathleen must have written upon hearing of the death of Mr. Braden. (Note the black-bordered stationery.) The Bradens were neighbors of the Stokeys in Canton, and now Mrs. Braden was moving from Ohio to New Jersey to live with her sister. I don't think we ever hear anything more about her.
There's a Non-Family page for the Bradens on this website. It was very exciting for me to find this letter and meet Mrs. Braden!
There's a Non-Family page for the Bradens on this website. It was very exciting for me to find this letter and meet Mrs. Braden!
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118 Everett Place
East Rutherford, N.J.
September 23rd 1919.
My dear Mrs. Stokey,
Your kind and affectionate letter was received before we left Mt. Gilead and I was anxious to write you but everything was in confusion as Mr. and Mrs. Christl thought best that I should come home with them. Mr. Christl’s time being limited, he made arrangements immediately for packing what we expected to bring with us and disposing of the balance. So I am sure you will understand that the delay was not willful.
There is nothing that I can think that would give me more pleasure than to visit you but it seemed impossible to do so before coming here. I am very grateful to you for the very kind and cordial invitation and hope to visit you sometime in the not very distant future. It is my present plan to go to Mt. Gilead sometime next spring to remain at least a part of the summer in Ohio, and hope I may see you all. I cannot tell you how glad I was to see Will. It was such a comfort to have him with us for he seems almost like our “very own.” It will always be a gratification to me that you all came to see us while Mr. Braden was still here. He enjoyed the visit very much, and I think in our hearts we had both adopted you and Will and the dear children. If you could only have known Mr. Braden when he was more vigorous, you surely would have thought him a man of rather more than average ability, and he certainly was a most loveable character. We enjoyed Mrs. Stokey’s visit last spring and it seemed to mean so much to Mr. Braden that I shall always be thankful that he remained long enough to see her.
On our way East we stopped for a short time in Akron and went to Canton for a day as I had some matters of business to attend to. A friend placed her car an chauffeur at our disposal. We called on two or three of our friends among them Laura. She seemed well and said she was busy, having a large and we inferred a profitable practice. Which I was glad to know. You will understand that I am interested in even the secular affairs of the “children.”
You cannot know how much your sympathy means to me, and I thank you very much. The future does not look bright to me but I shall endeavor to be cheerful and take up life’s duties the best I can. The road cannot be a very long one for me and I shall look forward to a reunion of my family, sometime, somewhere. It is my hope that the privilege of visiting you may be possible for me, when you are settled again and hope we may have the pleasure of a visit from you. This place will probably be my home. I am looking forward to seeing Alma and Mrs. Stokey as they will be passing back and forth through New York. At a venture I will send this to the Federal Building.
Hoping I may hear from you again soon, I close with a great deal of love to you all.
Clementine B. Braden
East Rutherford, N.J.
September 23rd 1919.
My dear Mrs. Stokey,
Your kind and affectionate letter was received before we left Mt. Gilead and I was anxious to write you but everything was in confusion as Mr. and Mrs. Christl thought best that I should come home with them. Mr. Christl’s time being limited, he made arrangements immediately for packing what we expected to bring with us and disposing of the balance. So I am sure you will understand that the delay was not willful.
There is nothing that I can think that would give me more pleasure than to visit you but it seemed impossible to do so before coming here. I am very grateful to you for the very kind and cordial invitation and hope to visit you sometime in the not very distant future. It is my present plan to go to Mt. Gilead sometime next spring to remain at least a part of the summer in Ohio, and hope I may see you all. I cannot tell you how glad I was to see Will. It was such a comfort to have him with us for he seems almost like our “very own.” It will always be a gratification to me that you all came to see us while Mr. Braden was still here. He enjoyed the visit very much, and I think in our hearts we had both adopted you and Will and the dear children. If you could only have known Mr. Braden when he was more vigorous, you surely would have thought him a man of rather more than average ability, and he certainly was a most loveable character. We enjoyed Mrs. Stokey’s visit last spring and it seemed to mean so much to Mr. Braden that I shall always be thankful that he remained long enough to see her.
On our way East we stopped for a short time in Akron and went to Canton for a day as I had some matters of business to attend to. A friend placed her car an chauffeur at our disposal. We called on two or three of our friends among them Laura. She seemed well and said she was busy, having a large and we inferred a profitable practice. Which I was glad to know. You will understand that I am interested in even the secular affairs of the “children.”
You cannot know how much your sympathy means to me, and I thank you very much. The future does not look bright to me but I shall endeavor to be cheerful and take up life’s duties the best I can. The road cannot be a very long one for me and I shall look forward to a reunion of my family, sometime, somewhere. It is my hope that the privilege of visiting you may be possible for me, when you are settled again and hope we may have the pleasure of a visit from you. This place will probably be my home. I am looking forward to seeing Alma and Mrs. Stokey as they will be passing back and forth through New York. At a venture I will send this to the Federal Building.
Hoping I may hear from you again soon, I close with a great deal of love to you all.
Clementine B. Braden
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I am looking forward to seeing Alma and Mrs. Stokey as they will be passing back and forth through New York.
When I first saw this letter, I thought the Mrs. Stokey to whom it was addressed must be Mama Margaret, but it seems clear that it was Kathleen, although the Mrs. Stokey that Mrs. Braden mentions in "Alma and Mrs.Stokey" is surely Mama Margaret.
Will apparently received this letter in Cincinnati, and sent it along to Kathleen, who, with the three children, was visiting her parents in Savannah. Kathleen mentions it in
1919-09-28 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
and sent it back in a 10/1 letter that I haven't yet uploaded.
When I first saw this letter, I thought the Mrs. Stokey to whom it was addressed must be Mama Margaret, but it seems clear that it was Kathleen, although the Mrs. Stokey that Mrs. Braden mentions in "Alma and Mrs.Stokey" is surely Mama Margaret.
Will apparently received this letter in Cincinnati, and sent it along to Kathleen, who, with the three children, was visiting her parents in Savannah. Kathleen mentions it in
1919-09-28 LETTER FROM KATHLEEN TO WILL
and sent it back in a 10/1 letter that I haven't yet uploaded.
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