Transcribers log #008 JULIA MARIE MUSE of McPherson county, Kansas
Welcome to... My Darling Emma 1857 If you are NEW HERE be sure to read the beginning of the journey I am on transcribing my family's 19th century letter collection! ... ANNNNDDDD the ONE missive writer who penned the MOST letters in the WHOLE My Darling Emma 1857 letter collection is ... From the "Muse Family History / Charles K. Muse Collection" at Handley Regional Library in Winchester, Virginia Julia Marie Muse (1859-1940) Julia is Emma’s childhood school friend born in Frederick County, Virginia who when a young teen moves to a farm in Lindsborg , Kansas with her father and 2 bothers. Julia spends most of her life in McPherson County, Kansas . She is the namesake of Emma’s daughter, Julia Muse Childs (1885-1970) and often inquires about the younger " Jule " in her correspondences. Julia & Emma's letters begin around 1875 when they were about 16-17 and wrote from “ Kauffmans School House ” where ...