Logo designed for Johnson County by Pamela R. Cresswell
I, Linda Viel, have old letters (original and copies) from 1885 - 1968 that were saved by W.D. Eggers and Callie L. Shoun Eggers of Doe Valley, Johnson Co. I have just completed a data base of the names in those letters. A total of 389, some names are duplicates.
An O in the first column means that Linda has the origianl letter. Data in brackets [sample] was added by her.
| O | DATE | LAST NAME | FIRST NAME | INFORMATION | LOCATION | WRITTEN BY | ADDRESSED TO | ITEM DETAILS |
| O | 17-Apr-1885 | Shown | P. D. [Peter Dick] | Student Grades | Enon Seminary TN | paper torn off | Monthly report | |
| O | 20-Oct-1885 | [Eggers] | George & Joe | "brothers, wrote a letter to Amelia" | Amelia V.Hackney | Mr. Eggers & brothers | Letter from Baker's Gap TN | |
| Farthing | Mr. Abner | preacher at Pine Grove | ||||||
| Mast | Miss Mollie | "Millie to visit her, to play pieces" | ||||||
| Willhight | Mr. | knew Joe very well | Nashville | |||||
| [Eggers] | "Ma, Mamma" | "getting well again, wrote letter" | ||||||
| John | sowed 13 bu wheat | |||||||
| O | 23-Aug-1888 | Eggers | Mr Cleveland H. | son of Lucinda Jane Venable (Abner's 2nd wife) | Lucinda J. Eggers | Mr C.H.E. | Letter from Laurel Bloomery | |
| "[Eggers, Abner]" | Father | "has a boil, is plowing for wheat" | ||||||
| [Eggers] | Alexander | bid on building church | ?John Alexander Eggers 1854-1928? | |||||
| Mollie | visited Laurel Bloomery | |||||||
| Cornette | R. | Mollie was guest | ||||||
| Eller | grand ma to Mollie | |||||||
| Ham | moved back to trad (Trade) | |||||||
| Landrine | making brick | ?David Landrine Eggers 1843-1909? | ||||||
| Carrol | saw & hawl lumber | ?James Carroll Eggers 1859-1932? | ||||||
| Frank | saw mill part owner | |||||||
| O | 23-Aug-1888 | Eggers | John | son of Lucinda J.Eggers | Mountain City | Lucinda J. Eggers | John and family | Letter from Laurel Bloomery |
| Emma | "John's wife, they have a baby boy" | ?Emma Jane Reid (2nd wife of John A.)? | ||||||
| [Eggers] | Lewis | sent letter to Lucinda (his mother) | ?Lewis B. Eggers 1850-1925? | |||||
| Elbert | cut in fray with rasor | |||||||
| O | 13-Jan-1890 | Eggers | C. H. | Tool Shop owner | Little Doe TN | C.H. Eggers | all | Tool Contract |
| Eggers | Eliza J. | Wife of C. H. | Little Doe TN | |||||
| J. A. S. | can use tools on jobs | |||||||
| Plesant | W. P. | can use tools on jobs | ||||||
| Shoun | J. A. | not use tools or work for him | ||||||
| 31-May-1892 | Hicks | Bettie | her 16th birthday today | Smithville SD | Bettie Hicks | Callie Shoun | "Letter, Bettie lives 60 miles from town" | |
| Hogues | Susie | Bettie's school teacher | Smithville SD | |||||
| Grandma | lives one mile away | |||||||
| [Hicks] | Ma | took grandma home | ||||||
| Davis | Winnie | tell her to write | ||||||
| Shoun | Nettie | tell her to write | ||||||
| Eggars | Mrs. | how is she getting along? | ||||||
| Hackady | Liza | tell her to write | ||||||
| Shawn | Alice | tell her to write | ||||||
| Wilson | Lollie | tell her to write | ||||||
| Speers | Susan | tell her to write | ||||||
| Loyd | Lucy and Nara | tell them to write | ||||||
| Gooden | Lillie | tell her to write | ||||||
| 9-Jan-1893 | Cousin Ellen | married Mr.Keaton on Christmas | Mistie Greenwell | Callie Shoun | "Letter from Butler TN, she has folks in West" | |||
| Keaton | Mr. | married cousin Ellen on Christmas | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Makon [Macon] | "attended wedding, went to Holly Springs preaching meeting" | ||||||
| Sherwood | Preacher | next pastor down there | ||||||
| Mistie's grandmother | Mistie visited her last Sunday | Elk | ||||||
| Bridges | Mr. | herding cows out west | ||||||
| Allen | Andrew | received a letter | ||||||
| McVaught | Mr. | had started East | ||||||
| Hicks | Mr. | "is not boarding there, is pastor at Piney Grove" | ||||||
| Cousin Amelia | had nice time with fellows | |||||||
| Shull | Mr. | Callie's fellow | ||||||
| Johnson | Martha | Mistie's Aunt | Mountain City TN | |||||
| Johnson | Joe | "Martha's only son, died year ago" | ||||||
| 3-May-1893 | Humphries | Isaac N. | he is in school | Johnson City TN | I.N. Humphries | Cousin Callie | Letter from Johnson City TN | |
| Pettibone | Mr. | commencement speaker | ||||||
| Hays | Mr. | commencement speaker | ||||||
| Willie | going to TX to join army | |||||||
| 29-Aug-1893 | Hicks | E.H. | travels around area | Butler TN | E.H. Hicks | Callie L. Shoun | Letter from a school mate cousin at Butler | |
| Cousin David | would like to see him | |||||||
| Cousin Amelia | give her greetings | |||||||
| [Shoun] | Dick | how is he getting along? | ||||||
| 10-Oct-1893 | Greenwell | Mistie | horse died | Butler TN | Mistie Greenwell | Callie Shoun | Letter from Butler TN | |
| Dugger | Smith | "Mistie's nephew, has typhoid fever" | ||||||
| D. | Mary | "went with Mistie to Cove Creek, NC" | ||||||
| Uncle Adum | tell him about horse's death | |||||||
| the little Parson | is boarding with them and going to school | |||||||
| Bridges | Mr. | too busy to think of him | ||||||
| M.L.S. | give him a message [ M.L.S. is Callie's brother Macon L. Shoun] | |||||||
| Perry | Mr. Will | married Mary McBride | ||||||
| Farthing | Ida | married the same day as Will Perry and Mary McBride | ||||||
| 12-Oct-1893 | Dugger | Delia | got bangs cut | Butler TN | Delia Dugger | Callie Shoun | Letter from Butler TN | |
| Allen | Miss | has a sick head ache | ||||||
| Elbert | Elbert and Delia are getting along alright | |||||||
| Baker | Mr. | teaches children in Butler | ||||||
| Goodwin | Mollie and Cora | came up and spent night with Delia | ||||||
| Bridges | Eula | "came up and spent night with Delia, later went to see Miss Vaught" | ||||||
| Vaught | Miss | had girls to visit and cut bangs for them | ||||||
| the Parson | says good things about Callie | |||||||
| 10-Feb-1894 | Miner | Bettie Hicks | is married | Dalzell SD | Bettie Hicks Miner | Callie Shoun | Letter from Meade Co. SD | |
| Shoun | Peter | "staying with Bettie's father, was in jail for 10 days" | ||||||
| Shoun | Wes | is separated from his wife | ||||||
| Hackdy | Liza | "how is she, what is she doing" | ||||||
| Aunt Linda | "how getting along, girls all married" | |||||||
| Hicks | Father | gone to Rapid City | ||||||
| Shoun | Elbert | stayed with Ed Miller last winter | ||||||
| Shoun | Alice | how getting along | ||||||
| Shoun | Winnie | is she married? | ||||||
| Shoun | Laura | give my love to | ||||||
| Shoun | Bob | give my best regards to | ||||||
| 11-Mar-1894 | Uncle John | heard he had died | Cousin Verne | Callie Shoun | Letter from Bluff City TN | |||
| [Shoun] | Callie's mother | "is sick, hope for her recovery" | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Cousin Macon | what is he doing | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Cousin Dave & Boon | did they go to school at Butler? | ||||||
| Cousin Amelia | did she go to school at Butler? | |||||||
| Vaught | Cora | did she go to school at Butler? | ||||||
| Cora and Emma | would like to see them | |||||||
| Mattie | Mrs. | would enjoy your visit | ||||||
| Goodwin | Lillie | how well satisfied is she? | ||||||
| Hicks | Bettie | did not know she was married | ||||||
| Nelia and Susan | give my love to them | |||||||
| 12-Jun-1894 | Greenwell | Mistie | went to Holly Springs preaching | Butler TN | Mistie Greenwell | Callie Shoun | Letter from Butler TN | |
| Rash | Miss | expect her to die | ||||||
| Bridges | Eula | spent night with Mistie | ||||||
| Henderson & Vena | were at the preaching meeting | |||||||
| Buces | Cousin Grant | visited on Sunday | ||||||
| Gragg | Sealy | "Grant's girl friend, mighty pretty" | ||||||
| Hicks | Mr. | Mistie tried to hurry Callie off from him | ||||||
| Charl | took Callie on buggy ride | |||||||
| Gifford | Ellen | come and we will go see her | ||||||
| Dealie | Callie stayed with her last time | Butler TN | ||||||
| David | tell him that she missed him | |||||||
| Dellie | give her my love and best respects | |||||||
| 14-Oct-1894 | Humphries | Isaac N. | "advise about being a wife, wants to visit" | I.N. Humphries | Miss Callie | Letter from Johnson City TN | ||
| [Shoun] | Cousin Macon | getting along nicely in school | ||||||
| Stacey | "wrote last week, is well, satisfied" | Viewfield SD | ||||||
| 12-May-1896 | Shoun | Callie | W.D.wants to correspond with her | Pandora TN | W.D. Eggers | Callie L. Shoun | Letter that was hand delievered | |
| O | 5-July-1896 | Shoun | Callie L. | Lover of W.D.Eggers | Little Doe TN | W.D. Eggers | Callie L. | Letter |
| 6-July-1896 | Eggers | W.D. | wants to get together | Little Doe TN | W.D. Eggers | Callie L. | Letter | |
| 1-Nov-1896 | Eggers | W.D. | "loves Callie, wants to see" | Little Doe TN | W.D. Eggers | Callie L. | Letter | |
| 4-Apr-1898 | Eggers | W.D. | set marriage date | Little Doe TN | W.D. Eggers | Callie L. | Letter | |
| 17-Apr-1898 | Shoun | S. E. | Home owner | Little Doe TN | Marriage Record | |||
| Shoun | Rev. R. B. | Minister | ||||||
| Shoun | P. D. | Witness to marriage | ||||||
| Stout | Sallie | Witness to marriage | ||||||
| O | 10-Oct-1899 | Johnie & Ralph | taken land 3 mi away | La Crosse WA | cousin Amanda | Cousins | Letter from LaCrosse WA [Mrs. I.M. Curtis] | |
| [Shoun] | Cousin Make | greetings to | ||||||
| [Shoun] | little Dick | sympathy for him | ||||||
| O | 1-Mar-1900 | [Eggers] | Callie | kiss both babies for him | R F Eggers | W.D. Eggers | "Letter from Manila, P.I." | |
| Detlas and Lillian | greetings from Ruben in Manila PI | |||||||
| O | 23-Apr-1900 | Dolls | send all their addresses | Ruben F. Eggers | Callie Eggers | "Letter from Munila, P.I." | ||
| Detlass & Ransom | wish them good luck for him | |||||||
| [Eggers] | Nadie | "Child, kiss her for Ruben" | ||||||
| Baby | Child [Isaac D. Eggers] | |||||||
| O | 15-Jul-1900 | [Eggers] | Nannie | cried at his pictures | Little Doe TN | Ruben F. Eggers | W.D. Eggers | "Letter from Sual, P.I." |
| Pleasant | Ider & Detlas | friends in TN | ||||||
| Mother | he wants to see her | |||||||
| O | 26-Aug-1900 | [Eggers] | Tina | helped Callie | Little Doe TN | Callie | W.D. Eggers | Personal letter |
| Clint | got his finger sawed off | |||||||
| Milley | has a store ? | |||||||
| Detlas | Callie borrowed cans from her | |||||||
| Alice | Callie visited her | |||||||
| [Roberts] | Dallas | "mean, he stole pie" | ||||||
| Jim | caught a mouse | |||||||
| Sallie | meanest of all | |||||||
| [Pleasant] | Lem | family better; going to Shady | ||||||
| [Pleasant] | Flossy | doctors took the bone out of her thumb | ||||||
| R- | Low's wife | "is bad off, took cold" | ||||||
| Garland | Mat | has moved | ||||||
| O | 29-Aug-1900 | Eggers | Isaac | eating pancakes | Little Doe TN | Callie L. Eggers | Mr W.D. Eggers | Personal letter |
| [Pleasant] | Lem | traded flour for corn | ||||||
| [Eggers] | Tina | went to store [W.D.Eggers' sister] | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Pa & Dan | grow peaches | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Dick | brought fox grapes | ||||||
| O | 16-Mar-1901 | Eggers | Lettie | Cleveland's new wife | Newberg OR | Cleveland Eggers | Willie and Callie | Letter from Newberg OR |
| [Eggers] | Rheube | in US. Vol inft | ||||||
| Pleasant | Wm P. | sent letter | ||||||
| Uncle Carroll | his boys returned home | |||||||
| Isaac D[ulaney] | grandchild | |||||||
| Annis C[arine] | grandchild | |||||||
| O | 17-Mar-1901 | Shown | Mack | visited Cleveland & Lettie | Portland OR | Cleveland Eggers | ||
| "Pa, Ma, P.D." | greetings to them | |||||||
| O | 17-Mar-1901 | Eggers | Annis Carine | baby daughter [of W.D. and Callie] | Little Doe TN | Lettie Eggers | M/M W.D. Eggers | Letter from Newberg OR |
| Eggers | Grandparents | corresponding | ||||||
| Uncle Landrine | corresponding | |||||||
| Eggers | Rueben | Father [C.H. Eggers] wrote him | ||||||
| O | 4-Jan-1902 | Miner | Peter | has the grip | Dalzell SD | Mrs.Peter Miner | Callie | Letter from Dalzell SD |
| Bill | still single | |||||||
| John & Tom | are married | |||||||
| Papa & Mama | are quite well | |||||||
| Susie & Sinda | "going to school, 1st reader" | |||||||
| Nova & Mamie | children-girls | |||||||
| Pleasant | Mollie [Eggers] | where live ? | ||||||
| Wilburn | Alice & Sallie | got letter from | ||||||
| Wilban | Mollie | never writes | ||||||
| Shepard | Jim | live 40 mi away | ||||||
| Shepard | Susan | "fell from wagon, broke arm" | ||||||
| Willie | visited at Thanksgiven | |||||||
| Robinson | Lily | parted from her man | ||||||
| Miner | Bettie Hicks | name on letter | ||||||
| O | 18-Jan-1904 | Wagner | Miss | at PA hospital with P.D. | Philadelphia PA | P.D. Shoun | W.D. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA hospital |
| McGee | Miss | at PA hospital with P.D. | ||||||
| O | 30-Jan-1904 | Overhulse | Mr. | room mate with P.D. | Philadelphia PA | P.D. Shoun | M/M W.D. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA hospital |
| Shoun | J? M. | to haul rails for $1.00 | ||||||
| O | 4-Feb-1904 | Rube | "get some wood, help" | Mountain City TN | Callie Eggers | W.D. Eggers | Letter from Mt City TN | |
| Sam | stayed in old house | |||||||
| Roberts | J.F. | going to move Sam-R- | ||||||
| Eggers | J.A. | "moving, bring 2 quilts to mill" | ||||||
| Dick | sent a letter | |||||||
| Grandma & Davy | stayed with Callie | |||||||
| Rebecca | ?Grandma stay with her | |||||||
| O | 15-Feb-1904 | S-- | J | Callie wants to move to this house | Callie Eggers | W.D. Eggers | Letter from Mt City TN | |
| Rube | "farm help, builder" | Mountain City TN | ||||||
| Shoun | I.M. | haul wood for Callie | ||||||
| Alex's boys | chop stove wood for Callie | |||||||
| Hick | Buck | his house is being built by Rube | ||||||
| Davis | Will | contractor ? | ||||||
| Heaton | L----- | Rube will saw for him | ||||||
| [Eggers] | Beca [Rube's wife] | "ill, W.D's mama with them" | ||||||
| Shoun | Marcills | is trying to steal Ciser Robinson | ||||||
| Bill & Kits | prevent Marcills from courting of Ciser | |||||||
| Mary | given 1.5 bul corn | |||||||
| Frank | mill wheel | |||||||
| R - | Steve | sold to I.M.S. & Haga Miller & Co. | ||||||
| [Eggers] | Clarence | weight is 8 3/4 lbs | ||||||
| O | 23-Feb-1904 | Shoun | M.L. | PD sent him a letter | P.D. Shoun | Mrs. C.L. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA | |
| Robinson | Kits | to pay $1.75 for saw bill | ||||||
| Henson | Dave | is not running mill & must wait | ||||||
| Ike | as fat as ever | |||||||
| Overhultzer | Mr. L. | 8 wks in hospital for typhoid fever | ||||||
| O | 16-Mar-1904 | Camp | Dr. | P.D's physician | Philadelphia PA | P.D. Shoun | Callie Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA |
| Wise | Loura | has news to tell | Philadelphia PA | |||||
| Pleasant | Lem | P.D. can wait if it suits Lem | ||||||
| Smith | Aunt Lizzy | "fell, strained wrist" | Philadelphia PA | |||||
| Shoun | [Samuel E.] | "P.D's father, ill" | ||||||
| O | 30-Mar-1904 | Rorbinson | Kits | pay $1.75 for P.D. | P.Dick Shoun | Mrs. C.L. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA | |
| O | 15-May-1904 | [Shoun] | Macon | wrote PD about taxes | Dick | Mrs. C.L. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA | |
| Nave | D. St. | wanted taxes | ||||||
| Quinn | Mrs. | in charge of 20 workers at Wanamaker's in Philad. | ||||||
| Eggers | W.D. | pay $150. for PD's interest in mill | ||||||
| O | 17-May-1904 | Shoun | P.D. | leg is healing very slow | Philadelphia PA | P.D. Shoun | Mrs. C.L. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA |
| O | 2-Jun-1904 | Bradley | Wm. | running the truck | Philadelphia PA | P.D. Shoun | Callie Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA |
| Shoun | D.B. | not make him & Pa mad | ||||||
| O | 26-Jul-1904 | Robinson | Kits | owed money to P.D. | P.D. Shoun | Mrs. Callie Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA | |
| Nada | greetings to | |||||||
| Shoun | M.L. | to cut grass | ||||||
| Wilson | M.E. | may buy grass | ||||||
| Garland | Mat | P.D. owed money to him | ||||||
| Mary | wrote to P.D. | |||||||
| [Shoun] | Make | P.D. wrote him about cow | ||||||
| Wilson | Roy | joint line fence | ||||||
| Wilson | Roy D. | help clean the land | ||||||
| O | 11-Aug-1904 | Shoun | M.L. | P.D. sent money to M.L. | Philadelphia PA | P.D. Shoun | Mrs. C.L. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA |
| Garland | M.B. | M.L. to pay him for P.D. | ||||||
| O | 28-Aug-1904 | Eggers | William D. | saw mill property | Peter D. Shoun | Mrs. Callie L. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA | |
| O | 31-Aug-1904 | Johnson | Mr. | hope he is better now | P.D. Shoun | Will Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA | |
| O | 2-Oct-1904 | Eggers | Mr. W.D. | saw mill for $150. | Pogy | P.D. Shoun | Mr. W.D. Eggers | Letter from Philad. PA |
| O | 7-Oct-1904 | Roberts | France | help move to Dark Ridge | W.D. Eggers | Mrs Callie L Eggers | Letter from Dark Ridge NC | |
| Alex folks | get them some stuff | |||||||
| Mary | don't give order for her | |||||||
| O | 23-Mar-1905 | Cornett | Ollie | P.D. owed her $130 | A.T. Berry | Mr Will Eggers & wife | Estate of P.D. Shoun | |
| Shoun | S.E. | had timber claim on land | ||||||
| O | 6-Apr-1905 | Porter | Lily A. | P.D. had stayed there | Philadelphia PA | Lily A. Porter | Mrs. Callie L. Eggers | Sympathy letter |
| O | 22-May-1905 | Shoun | M L | $220. owed by PD | A.T. Berry | Mr Will Eggers | Estate of P.D. Shoun | |
| Cornett | Ollie | $135. owed by PD | ||||||
| Donnelly?Dowell | W D | sold suit of clothes | ||||||
| Reece | D.B. | appraised PD's estate | ||||||
| Camp | Dr. | owed PD $12. | ||||||
| Horn | Tom | pasture cows | ||||||
| Flecher | Stacy | told of Tom's cows | ||||||
| O | 23-May-1905 | [Berry] | Eckie [Alexander] | "gave mail, sat with Dick" | Mountain City TN | Vena C Berry | Mrs. Callie Eggers | Personal letter |
| Berry | Grand-ma | "frail, 80 or 82" | ||||||
| Grand-pa | consumption | |||||||
| Shoun | Dick | "sick at Make/Mary's, died" | ||||||
| Faw | Aunt Becca | "lived with them 6 yrs, age 82 or 84" | ||||||
| Berry | Bruce | "21, in Taxoma WA" | ||||||
| Berry | Margaret | "18, sews, visiting in Bristol" | ||||||
| [Berry] | Ray Crockett | "14, eye injured" | ||||||
| Berry | Maria Lou | "12, likes to work outside" | ||||||
| Harper | Deslie | lives with them | ||||||
| Harper | Mary | "married Elbert, Ferd Gentry's son" | ||||||
| Shoun | Make | "Baptist SS Supt., took care of Dick til he died" | ||||||
| Cousin Mary | "friend, has 4 kids, sewed" | |||||||
| Carl Judson | baby | |||||||
| [Dougherty] | Susie | her sister | ||||||
| [Cornett] | Ollie [Shoun] | "visited Make, go to CNC" | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Dave M. | graduate at CNC | ||||||
| [Samuel E.Shoun] | Callie's father | "go to CNC, not well" | ||||||
| Stout | Uncle David M. | was dead | ||||||
| Jenkins | Mrs. | Smith's mother died on Sunday | ||||||
| Murphy | Laura [Lara J.] | "has bad cough, had typhoid fever" | ||||||
| Murphy [Jr.] | Elbert | "Laura's son, had typhoid fever" | ||||||
| O | 2-Jul-1908 | Eggers | C.H. | died 2July 1908 | Newberg OR | Will Pleasant | W.D. Eggers | "Death notice, black around envelope and paper" |
| O | 28-Jun-1914 | Shoun | Eliza | "drought in area, food costly" | Johnson City TN | Eliza Shoun | Cousin Callie | Letter |
| Florence | wrote about dry weather | Doe Valley TN | ||||||
| Cousin Dorothy | what has become of her? | |||||||
| Grandma | "is visiting Bob, going to Etta's later" | |||||||
| John Webster | is also visiting Bob | |||||||
| Tishia | may also go to visit Etta | |||||||
| Webster | is sick from heat | |||||||
| Nat | is getting along nicely in school | |||||||
| Burnie & Paul | are driving teams | |||||||
| John We. | still going to school | |||||||
| Hazel | "is doing near nothing, too hot" | |||||||
| Nannie | what is she doing? | |||||||
| Hawkins | Mrs. | "not satisfied with her home, Eliza Shoun will swap back with her" | ||||||
| Shoun | Ira | was married to Miss Payne 27 June 1914 | ||||||
| 19-Oct-1915 | Paul | left and Eliza had to feed cows | Johnson City TN | Eliza Shoun | "old Peggy""" | Personal letter | ||
| John Webster | going to school | |||||||
| Webster | his old school mate returned from CA and came for a visit | |||||||
| Patterson | was speaking in town | |||||||
| Hazel | "needed help with lessons, had been sick" | |||||||
| Grandma | visited Peggy | |||||||
| Mother | "Eliza helped her with a ""truffed"" spread" | |||||||
| Florence | wrote her of death of Mrs. Smith | |||||||
| Smith | Mrs. | died unexpectedly | ||||||
| O | 27-Feb-1916 | Stout | Uncle Vaught | "told tale, will not believe him" | Doe | W.P. Pleasant | W.D. Eggers | Personal letter from Chandler AZ |
| Mosley | Will | will believe him | ||||||
| Roberts | Ab | will believe him | ||||||
| Loues | Bid | his son did it ? | ||||||
| Pleasant | Ethel | "W.P.'s wife, gone to meeting" | ||||||
| O | 20-Apr-1917 | Tilley | Mr. & Mrs. | plant crops in May | Woodman KY | Nada | Mrs Callie Eggers | Personal letter |
| [Eggers] | "Bonita, Irma, Mable, Clarence" | greetings to Nada's siblings | ||||||
| Matthews | Mr | mail letters | ||||||
| O | 2-Jan-1918 | Eggars | Irma | Promoted to 6th grade | Doe Valley H.S. | Carrie Lee Grant | Parents | Report Card |
| O | 4-Apr-1918 | Brown | Willard | he and family has moved to KY | Eubank KY | Ethel Pleasant | Mrs. W.D. Eggers | Personal letter from W.P. Pleasant's second wife |
| Shoun | Neal | lives south of them a few miles | ||||||
| Lowe | Abner | lives near also | ||||||
| [Pleasant] | William | "is draining a swamp to corn, sowed oats" | ||||||
| Hoover | Mr. | can't hinder us from having biscuits | ||||||
| [Pleasant] | Dudley | "is well, in war in France" | ||||||
| [Pleasant] | Stacy | "in grocery business, has a good little wife" | ||||||
| [Pleasant] | Fleet | "gets $100 per month at saw mill, has beautiful wife" | ||||||
| O | 5-Apr-1918 | Eggers | W.D. | sent them cane seed | Mountain City TN | W.P. Pleasant | W.D. Eggers | Letter from Eubank KY |
| O | 21-Nov-1918 | Matthews | Nada [Eggers] | lost baby | Charleston WV | Nada Eggers Matthews | Mrs. Callie L. Eggers | Letter to her mother |
| [Eggers] | Isaac | did not go to war in France | ||||||
| Hall | Cecel | died before May in war | ||||||
| [Matthews] | George | broke arm in May | ||||||
| Patton | Mr & Mrs Hood | went to town with them on Nov. 11 | ||||||
| [Matthews] | Papa | birthday is Dec. 28 | ||||||
| O | 22-Nov-1918 | Eggers | Clarance | greetings to little brother | Mountain City TN | Nada Eggers Matthews | Mr. Clarance Eggers | |
| O | 30-Oct-1920 | [Eggers] | Mabel | died of diptheria | Sunday School leader | Church | Resolution for church in Mabel's memory | |
| 9-Jun-1922 | Eggers | Isaac | "rain, farming" | Johnson City TN | Isaac Eggers | W.D. and Callie | Letter from school | |
| Dexter | carry message about house plans | |||||||
| Wilson | Prof. | wants Isaac to make house plans | ||||||
| Eggers | W.D. -Father | working on Roy and Graybeal houses | ||||||
| 1-May-1923 | Uncle Sid | going to supreme court | Johnson City TN | Isaac Eggers | W.D. and Callie | Letter from school | ||
| Wilson | Prof. | going to build a garage | ||||||
| Donnelly | Supt. | hired teachers | ||||||
| 5-Jul-1923 | Donnelly | Supt. | salaries may be cut | Isaac Eggers | W.D. and Callie | Letter from East Radford VA | ||
| Beecher or Bucher | went to W. Va. with Isaac | |||||||
| Wilson | Prof. | payed Isaac 40 cents per hour for carpentry work | ||||||
| 1-May-1924 | Eggers | Isaac | marriage advice from parents | W.D. Eggers | Isaac and Lenoir | Draft of letter | ||
| 9-Jun-1924 | Eggers | Mr. and Mrs. | re: marriage advice | St. Clair TN | Lenoir Weeks | W.D. and Callie | Response to marriage advice | |
| O | 8-Nov-1924 | Cornett | Bettie | writes about family and flowers | Mountain City TN | Cousin Bettie Cornett | Mrs. Callie Eggers | Personal letter |
| [Eggers] | Will and Callie | been sick | ||||||
| Ma | gone down to visit Aunt Elizabeth | |||||||
| Aunt Olive | came to visit while she was up | |||||||
| [Shoun] | Mack's boy | "2 wk's old last Thurs., is awful little" | ||||||
| Fred | can play a piece that Bonie [Bonita Eggers] taught him | |||||||
| O | 16-Apr-1929 | Frank | info about lease on Senate TX land | Uncle W.D. Eggers | Frank | Draft of a letter to Frank re: Senate TX land | ||
| Uncle Vided | interest in horse stock farm | |||||||
| Shoun | L.N. | estate info | ||||||
| O | 18-Sep-1930 | Margaret & Mother | left after sale | Mountain City TN | "Mary, sister" | Callie | Letter re: loan | |
| Hicks | Bro | he will be missed | ||||||
| Bonitia | is she going to school ? | |||||||
| Reece | Mrs. | spending week with Mary | ||||||
| O | 9-Mar-19__ | Mamma | Bonita to help her | Isaac | Little sister | "Letter from Ennis, WV" | ||
| O | 1-Mar-1933 | Della | writing for Alex | Maryville TN | Alex | Brother | Letter from Maryville TN | |
| Papa | "been real sick, better now" | |||||||
| Rube | can buy car for $50. | |||||||
| Birchet | Ken | not let him have anything | ||||||
| O | 11-Jul-1933 | Eggers | Reuben F. | is sending money of the car | Castle Rock WA | Reuben F. Eggers | W.D. Eggers brother | Letter sent with car payment |
| Clifford and wife | "are with Reuben and Becca, went to sea coast July 4" | |||||||
| O | [Eggers] | Becca [Reuben's wife] | "life out West=dances, cold, scarce work, no church" | |||||
| O | 25-Mar-1934 | Shoun | D.F. | wrote letter | Jacksboro TX | "D.F. Shoun, nephew" | Mr. W.D. Eggers | Letter with news of family and business |
| [Eggers] | Willie [William Butler] | had measles | ||||||
| [Shoun] | Frances | will be 11 months old Apr. 5 | ||||||
| Kinder | Mr. | sent $112 check for grass lease 320 @ .35 per acre | ||||||
| Uncle John | his family is all well | |||||||
| Aunt Delma | is still bed fast | |||||||
| [Shoun] | Blanche | made clothes for Frances | Jacksboro TX | Blanche Shoun | Aunt Callie | |||
| King | "owes Bonita a letter, sewed for Frances, stays in town with Arthur and wife" | |||||||
| O | 3-Dec-1934 | Pleasant | Dudley S. | worked for forestry service 2 yr. | Fort Huachuca AZ | Dudley S. Pleasant | Uncle Will [W.D. Eggers] | typed letter |
| Mama | Fleet sent his letter to her | Chandler AZ | ||||||
| [Pleasant] | Stacy and family | with family at Thanksgiving | ||||||
| O | 21-Apr-1936 | [Eggers] | Rube | "out west, teeth out" | Independence OR | R.F. Eggers | M/M W.D. Eggers | Personal letter from OR |
| Rosa | school at Robys | Dallas | ||||||
| Leta & J.C. | longs for them | |||||||
| "Sallie, Aunt Julia & Venie" | greetings to them from Rube | |||||||
| Clifford & Dan | working out west | |||||||
| Bonita | greetings to her | |||||||
| O | 11-Jul-1936 | Shown | Leonard | lives in rooming house | Dillon MT | D.F.Pleasant | Uncle Will | Letter from Dillon MT |
| McFadden | F.C. | Public Adminstrator | Dillon MT | |||||
| Dan | Leonard's brother | |||||||
| O | 20-Aug-1937 | Shoun | D.M. | will be down to visit at 3 pm today | D.M. Shoun | Mrs. Callie L. Eggers | Post card from her brother telling of his visit | |
| 1-Aug-1940 | Kinder | J.W. | deed from Callie and W.D. to Kinder | Jacksboro TX | H.C. McClire | W.D. Eggers | Receipt for cash payment of $10.30 | |
| 10-Jun-1942 | Mother | will miss Callie | Mary E. Wilson | Bonita Lawler | Sympathy letter | |||
| O | 28-Oct-1967 | Eggers | Bess | going blind | Mountain City TN | W.D. Eggers | M/M R. Lawler | Personal letter from TN |
| Eggers | Clarence | moving | ||||||
| Eggers | Lenoir | heard from her | ||||||
| Opel & Norman | will come after Bess | |||||||
| Eggers | Ike | stay with him til Xmas | ||||||
| Eggers | Wille | bought place in AL | ||||||
| O | undated | [Eggers] | Clarence | wants his address | Doe Valley TN | W.D. Eggers | Bonita Lawler | Personal letter from her father |
| [Eggers] | Willie and Opal | visited last week | ||||||
| [Eggers] | Bess | hard for her to see | ||||||
| 1968 or 69 | Bessie's Opal | "was taking Bessie to town, then PA" | [Bristol TN] | Me [Lenoir Eggers] | Bonita Lawler | Letter about W.D. Eggers' things | ||
| Eggers | Opal | got her pictures | ||||||
| Hobbs | Mae | made a memorial gift to church | ||||||
| Adams | Sam | was appointed administrator [for W.D. Eggers] |
This list of letters was provided by Linda Viel, 2005-2006 President of the Sh--n Family Association. She may be contacted at viel#comcast.net. Replace the # sign with the @ sign.
This page added November 5, 2006 and last modified November 8, 2006.