One of my favorite treasures I've collected while researching Greenley genealogy is this Christmas letter written in 1864 during the Civil War.
It is written by Richard Greenley. (Here is the Greenley story I wrote a while ago that helps explain how we are related to him.) The letter (or poem) is written to his brother, George Greenley, who, at the time of the Civil War, was still in England. He moved the United States after the war. But his adult sons had already moved to Iowa. And they were both serving in the war.
Richard and George's brother, John, is who we are descended from. John (and family) is mentioned in the letter. What is not mentioned is that John's son, William, is also serving in the war. (William was our grandfather, Ansel, grandfather)
My words are not so elegant, but wish for all a very MERRY MERRY Christmas!
A Christmas Letter
