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E L Smith July 12. 1867 pajed ausd. July 12th 1876
My dear Brother, On Monday night the 1st our dear Mother was taken with Colera Morbus, was cramped in her feet and up to her knees several times for two days, after that we all thought she was a great deal better, she suffered very little still her bowels acted more than we wanted, Cunan was with her all the time, and Sister Rodes.
Saturday at 2 Oclock she died, she was perfectly at herself all the time bore her sufferings with a great deal of patience and resignation, was ready and willing to go, she said to her peacefull home, the greatest regret she had, was that she could not see you again, she wanted to see you more than every one else on Earth, and we all hoped so much she would, she was looking better than she had for a long time up to the night she was taken, the weather was excefively warm, and we have a great variety of fruit,
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Cherrys, Gooseberrys, Raspberreis, and fine vege= =tables, and she would eat every thing and as much as she wanted, said she had allways done it, and it would not hurt her, her Funeral was preached in the Baptist Church in Richmond by M. E. Burnam and she was buried in the Cemetary in the Lott opposite mine and M. Rodes's. I shall miss her more than any of the family, I have not been seperated from her scarcely a day since she came to live with me, she selected the clothes she wished put on her, and the Hymn she wanted sung at her Funeral, she was the youngest and had the most pleasant countenance, I ever looked at, I regretted so much you, and Brutus did not see her, he was not at home. I would have liked so much for my Fathers remains to have been moved at that time. your friends are all well, Speed joins me in much love to you, I hope the Lord will spare our lives, and that we will meet again, affectionately your sister Eliza L Smith