A Letter from Sam Banner
to his mother
Emily Parish Banner
Dec. 23, 1893- Winston-Salem, NC
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23 Dec 1893 - From Moser, NC - this is Copeland Community (Surry Co., NC) today
Samuel Edward Banner (1870-1959) is the son of Edward James Banner and Emily Parrish Banner
Dear Ma:
I will try to write you a few lines to let you here from yours we are will at this time and hop when these few
lines to come to hand they will find you all the same Miss Moser* is ded she died the next morning after I
got home she was buried at James Briggs** I got that money last sunday morning it was al wright[right] I
went to Mt. Airy last Monday and got me a new soat[suit] of clothe[clothes] We are going to have a
rye[right] bige time at the Chrisms[Christmas] tree I will close for this time write soon tell Jack*** and
Mary*** to come as soon as they can. S. E. Banner"
*Miss Moser is Martha Whitt Carmichael Moser, wife of Israel Moser. Martha was born 22 Apr 1822 in
Stokes Co., NC and died 11 Dec 1893 in Surry Co, NC.
** James Briggs - James Briggs, b. 2 Feb 1855 in Forsyth Co., NC married Israel and Martha Moser's
daughter, Florence Ellen Moser, b. 18 Feb 1855, Forsyth Co., NC.
*** Jack and Mary are Napoleon Jackson "Jack" Reich (1872-1974)who married Samuel's sister, Mary
Moir Banner(1875-1952) on 22 Jan 1892 in Forsyth Co., NC.
Transcribed by Judy S. Cardwell. Brackets belong to transcriber.