5th of 9 children of ENOS CHATFIELD & ROXY SPERRY
Never married

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September 9, 1855: Excerpt of letter from Roxa (Sperry) Chatfield, Oxford, CT to her son and daughter-in-law Enos Beecher & Mary Elizabeth (Seymour) Chatfield, (prob) 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.

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. 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 children. 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.

This from your mother
R. Chatfield
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