ABIA MINOR was a resident of Moultrie County, Illinois when he wrote this letter to his father, my great-great-grandfather, JOHN PEARSON MINOR of Greene County, Pennsylvania. It is an undated description of the winter weather--I have yet 160 rods along my fence that was 30 feet wide and was between four and five feet deep(with … Continue reading An 1860s letter from Abia Minor to his father, John P. Minor: Amanuensis Monday