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Name was also "Roxa" "Roxy" and "Rosey" Sperry but on tomb it is ROXY.

Have letter she wrote in 1862; Cheryl (Chatfield) Thompson

September 9, 1855: Letter from Roxa (Sperry) CHATFIELD, Oxford, CT to her son and daughter-in-law Enos Beecher and Mary Elizabeth (Seymour) CHATFIELD, (probably) in Wilton, Iowa.
Oxford September 9th, 1855
My Dear Children
I now sit down to write an answer to the last received bearing date August 19th which was thankfully received as we feel anxious for your welfare, we are glad to hear you are in comfortable health and hope it may continue. This is the first great blessing we can enjoy. /you say Freddy is feeble. I am sorry to hear it. I hope he will be better when col weather comes, but we must not set our hearts on anything. Our children are near and dear to us but we can not keep them when they are called, we must say, "Thy will be done, not mine. Oh! Heavenly Father."
The sad news we all hear from Davenport makes our hearts ache that Charley is numbered with the dead and that we can never see his face more.

(NOTE FROM CHERYL: This is in reference to death of her son Charles Smith Chatfield).
We all mourn his loss, his young companions seem to feel it much. We had the bell toll for his death and a funeral sermon preached, we missed our absent cheldren. The sermon was mostly to the young, the text wads, My son give me thine heart. He spoke very feelingly to us all. How suddenly he was called from earth and the uncertainty of all things and may we ever keep it before us, and strive to be ready to follow him and may we all be gathered into one fold under one shepherd.
It is Sunday today and we have no church and I improve a part of the time in conversing with you on paper. I sit by the north window in the east room and it is a very pleasant morning. We have a great many flowers in bloom in our dooryard and cool shades. I think of the many blessings we have and try to forget our sorrows, truly this is a mixt cup we drink on earth, we rear families and they go out from us. It causes grief in the parents hearts to hear sad news from their children, it also rejoices them when when they prosper. You write you are a doing well now. That you are building a brick house near home. Have you moved from the farm of your father or how comes it to be that you are building so near your door? Is the building for yourself or not? We heard it was from Mr. Dunbar's, ?), son. We do not understand how it is. Do not involve yourself in debt, keep clear of that as possible for it would cause you trouble. Take care for the coming winter. Have a good cellar and store it well with things for your comfort and try to go and see Mary, (maybe a reference to 1407), before winter, and see if she is like to have things for her comfort. They have been sick so much and pay high rent. I am afraid how they will get along through the coming winter. Do not harbor any ill will towards them, be kind and affectionate towards your brother and sister, and forgive if they have done amiss.

Sunday afternoon, I have been to take a walk in the garden and see our vegetables. We have a very good one for us, we have sweet corn and beans, a plenty beets, cucumbers, squashes, seed pumpkins, and potatoes, but the potato not has commenced rapidly, there has been a great many potatoes planted, but a small yield, buckwheat looks well, corn likewise, also turnips, the hay crop is light, oats are good, apples plenty. Your Uncle Chester CHATFIELD, 1056), is coming up tomorrow to paint our house and fence. Your father and the boys have done the farming, they have not hired a days work. We have six cows and six hogs. It is getting quite dry for the want of rain. We have had a great deal of rain through the month of July and the green is much injured. It has been quite sickly at Seymour this summer and a number of deaths. Doctor Stoddard's wife is dead, Mr Mosier likewise, the others are strangers. There was nine deaths in one week, but it has been very healthy in our town as yet. I saw Mrs. Dunham last week, she was in good health with the rest of the family. Pretsey Leeks health is improving, she was walking down here today. Amanda is home, she is not able to do much, she is going to return this week. Frank is not much better, he has just returned from a visit to his grandmother Cables. Horace C. is quite on the decline. Hannah (Cable) Writer, has a throat complaint and is quite feeble. Julia (Cable) Clark likewise. Frederick (Cable) and wife (Sarah (Davis) Cable) I understand are thinking of moving to ___?___ in October. Horace is at ___?___ ?Hugars? and some think he will never return. We think he has but a short time stay on earth. I do not think of much news interesting, but if you was here you would think of many questions to ask about. I/we would sit down and chat together a little while instead of writing. I should be glad but it is not so and we must be content to converse on paper, which is a great privilege. Write often for we are anxious to hear from you.
This from your mother
R. Chatfield

Elizabeth be very careful about sitting Fredy on a chamber if he has that weakness about him, it will make the "piliss" worse. Harriet was troubled in that way, we had Doctor Stone, he told us to get iron filens and put lemon and a loaf sugar to them and put them into sperrits and give it to her and it seemed to help her. He said we must not set her on a chamber.
You can ask a doctor about it if you please. I have forgotten the rule for mixing how much of each sort.
R.

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