Mt. Sterling, MadiSon Co  Ohio

Dear Son and daughter.

Albert Jackson "Bert" STAGE, my great-grandfather.
Helen Augusta (WOOD) STAGE, my great-grandmother.

    i thot i Would anser your letter to let you no that Whe are all Well at present and i hoe theas fu lines Will find you All Well.  i Was glad to Hear you Was all Well and i Was glad to hear

helens Mother

Mary Elizabeth (GANOUNG) WOOD.

Was geting better.  i Was over to Circleville a Saturday to pay my taxes and i paid yours to and When i got Home thay had got your letter.  your taxes is hier this year.  thay are under the New aprasement this year.  yours Was 1 Dollar and 30 cts.  Mine Was 2 Dollars. 

ida

Ida Mae (STAGE) WILLOUGHBY, Bert's sister.

has Wrot to helen and i Suppose She has tole all of the neWs.  Whe had a Big Crop of evrything hear this year.  Corn is 40 cts a Bushel.  i hav husk aBout 6 hundred Bushels and the Most of it for

andy.

Andrew Thomas WILLOUGHBY, son-in-law to John A. STAGE, married to Clara Angeline and then Ida Mae.

  whe Will Finish his in a day yet.  Well: Cant think of much to Writ.  Jams GRABLE has Bot

Rick WHITSIDs

My mom, Beatrice Helen (RUPPEL) SHENGULETTE, had a vague recollection of WHITESIDEs attending family reunions in Ohio.

farm and the RUNIC farm is Sold to.  i expect thare Will be a lot of Ditching on it to Do next Spring.  Whell helen i are glad to hear you have got your visit out So you Will Com Back again.  you have got a Nise little home of your one and you had Better Stay on it and tak car of it and you Would Be So much Company For me. 

Cora

Working theory: Cora (FUNK) STAGE, wife of John E. STAGE, daughter-in-law of John A. STAGE.

iS no Company for me atol.  if you Should come out and

John iS in your house

Working theory: John E. appears to be living in Bert and Helen's house. I have no idea the circumstances that led to this arrangement.

you can Stay in With us till He gets out.  Whell

tess

Tessie Viola (STAGE) DARCY.

your granpa Wants you to com and Be Company for me.  What Did

Father

Isaac STAGE, John Albert's father.

think of

my Baby?

Nellie Avis (STAGE) RUPPEL, my maternal grandmother.

  helen, your Bird is hapy as a lark.  Tell Father i got a

letter from William

Who is William? There is no a William among John A.'s siblings or children. Seems like a few STAGEs headed to Iowa in this timeframe but haven't found Wm. yet.

and thay Was all Well there.  Now i Will Close By Sending you all My Love and Wish you all a Mary Christmas and a Happy New Years.  anser sun.  From your Father John A. STAGE to his Son an daughter A.J. and Helen STAGE
GoodBy.  Direct to Mt. Sterling Madison Co Ohio    Box No 50 (or 80?).