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Mercy (King) Hoopes, Bartlett, Ohio, to Thomas P. King, Lancaster Co., Pa., 8th Mo. 28, 1849. Mercy (King) Hoopes (born 1823), daughter of James and Rebecca (Smedley) King, married Isaac Hoopes (1823-1897), Nov. 17, 1847, in Morgan County, Ohio. They were Hicksite Friends.

Eva Naylor, Beloit Ohio, to Cora Cattell, Oak Ridge, Ind., June 6, 1880.

Ruth T. Carey, Jonesboro, Indiana, to Keziah Carey, Harveyville, Kansas, 10th Mo. 21, 1911, als, re: family news, division of father's estate. Ruth T. (Elliott) Carey (1855-1942) was a Friend of Grant County, Indiana, and the wife of John T. Carey. Kexiah (Elliott) Carey was her sister-in-law, the wife of John T. Carey's brother Pleasant Carey.

James Smith, Unison, Loudoun County, Va., to Elisha Smith, New Westville, Ohio, 9th Mo. 14, 1850, als re: planning visit to Ohio. James and Elisha Smith were Hicksite Friends.

Grace D. Williams, Pasadena, California, to Austin Lewis, Gate, Okla, typed letter, June 16, 1918, re: "Victorious Life" conference at Whittier and how Lewis can attain sanctification. On letterhead of First Friends Church, Pasadena. Grace Deborah Williams (1895-1987) later married John C. Winston. She was the daughter of George G., Williams, pastor of the Pasadena Friends Church.

E.W.S., Dublin, Indiana, to daughter Stella (Mrs. E. A. Buner/Bruner), Uniondale, Indiana, April 1, 1921.

Susan "Sudie" Lowry, Argonia, Kansas, to Louisa Painter, Monrovia, Indiana, als, Aug. 26, 1888, re: family news, religious work in Kansas. Susan A. (Hunt) Lowry (born 1861), wife of Thomas Lowry, was a sister of Louisa (Hunt) Painter (1839-1890). They were daughters of Amos and Hannah (Moon) Hunt.

Elkanah Beard, Winchester, Indiana, to Nathan & Esther Frame, Spring Valley, Ohio, 1st Mo. 10, 1875, aps, re: invitation to attend general meeting in Union City and Winchester Quarterly Meeting. Elkanah Beard (1833-1905) was a well-known Friends minister of Randolph County, Indiana.

Postcard, Plainfield, Indiana, 5/11/1908, from Otis ? to Cousin Carl Davis in High Point, North Carolina, with photograph of two young men and horse-drawn gig

M[ary Stroud], Colerain, Belmont County, Ohio, to Sally B. Gove, Elkhorn, Minnesota, 5th Mo. 1, 1859, als: re family, reading, Quaker neighbors. Mary Stroud (1825-1909), daughter of Jacob and Ann Stroud, was a Gurneyite Friend. Sally (Stroud) Gove, wife of Moses B. Gove, was her sister. In 1869 Mary Stroud married Parvin Wright and moved to Richmond, Indiana, where she died.