I remain your affectionate brother, Edward Schwartz Would like to hear from you when you can make it conveniently to write. Would like to know what you intend doing when you return. Perhaps you would like to be a preacher. Although referred to as Old Mother Kimmel, she was just 40 years old when she died. She is listed in the mortality schedule at the back of the 1850 census book.
Cause of death is given as consumption.
He married Eliza Schwartz. William Schwartz, recipient of this letter, came home to Elkville to marry Sarah Kimmel later in 1849. Sarah was another daughter of Henry and Rosina Geeting Kimmel. William went on to serve in the Illinois State legislature and was instrumental in getting the University of IL built at Carbondale. Somewhere in one of Edward's diaries, there is an account of how they took the train up to Carbondale to the laying of the cornerstone and atmosphere of the occasion.