Tryphena NORTHWAY Reasoner diary!
Dear cousins,
Just today I received word that the "first" letter written by Tryphena NORTHWAY Reasoner and Rev. John Stout Reasoner is online, at: http://www.iltrails.org/kaskaskia/http://www.iltrails.org/kaskaskia/ . I re-typed it from typescripts prepared in the 1930s by my grandmother's first cousin. My grandmother was a grandchild of John Stout Reasoner and Tryphena Northway Reasoner.
This letter (despite its apparant date of 1837) was written in 1836, and is the diary of their missionary journey to Kaskaskia, IL. It is one of the "Reasoner letters" mentioned in Marie Anderson's book ("The Reasoner Story") that she thought she might republish. The person responsible for finding and distributing copies of these letters (in the 1930s) was Col. Matthew A. Reasoner, to whom descendents of Rev. J. S. Reasoner and Tryphena Northway Reasoner all owe a debt of gratitude for his insatiable appetite for our heritage.
Since this is the only letter that mentions Kaskaskia, and it is posted on a site dedicated to the history of Kaskaskia, Illinois, it may be that the further letters will not be published there. The site owner and I are not sure yet.
But for what it's worth -- and I can say it is very interesting reading -- the letter is now available for you to read!
Tryphena's father, Capt. Francis Northway (1812), is reported by our branch of the family to have prayed for his children and grandchildren "to the last generation of them." I am sure that Tryphena would be glad to share their missionary traveling adventures with her Northway relatives in this generation!
Your cousin,
==Marjorie Wilser [[email protected]]
P. S. extract the nospamto and see what you get: my address
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