Letters From The Past Letter from Margaret Pannill to her daughter, Page Pannill Hodge   Ennis Feb 23 1884 My precious daughter What on earth is the matter at Chatfield? I've heard but once since I left I am beginning to feel jealous I want you to love your dear husband but don't forget your mother I hardly knowo what to say about your sister's condition...she does not gain the strength as fast as I wish she could do She has been suffering for the past two days but is free of pain today Dr Oliver commenced giving her a tonic yesterday which keeps her nauseated so much she cant relish any kind of nourishment.  Dr. Loggins and Oliver both say they can patch her up but she will be liable to have a return of these spells whenever she takes the least cold so long as she remains in Texas.  I have not been out of the house since I have been here until I went to the graveyard and spent the afternoon. Your sister unites with me in kind regards to Capt & Mrs Hodge and much love to yourself and also your husband write soon to your devoted mother M E P [She had evidently returned from Chatfield in Navarro County only a few days after her daughter, Page, married Robert"Dink" Hodge. Capt. Henry Pannill brought his family from Louisiana to "Old Battersea Plantation" in Ellis County in the mid- 1860s and returned to fight in the War.]   Copyright © 2008-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:11 MDT