THE RIVER JORDAN

LETTERS AND ADDENDA             Here is the only letter our mother ever wrote to her family.   This was written during the Civil War, to b...

CHAPTER X EXODUS OF THE SMITH FAMILY             I WISH TO SAY THAT IN ’60, ’61, ’62 AND ’63, Alexander helped James work on the farm.   Jo...

CHAPTER IX CIVIL WAR – THE OPENING OF CUTLER SCHOOL             We remember very distinctly Lincoln’s taking his place as President of the ...

CHAPTER VIII DEATH OF OUR FATHER - - HE EXPECTED CIVIL WAR                         Early in the spring of 1859, my father set out a lot of ...