Mattie -
The Tissues? of the life to be;
We weave with colors all our own
And in the field of destiny
We shall reap as we have sown
Very Truly your friend
Elma M. Stickler
Chelsea, Iowa
April 13 - 1884

"From the autograph album of Martha M. "Mattie" Roach of Chelsea, daughter of Fred and Eliza J. (Hutchins) Roach. She married Samuel T. May in Toledo, Tama County, in 1891."

Submitted by: Bob Hutchins tecxas@earthlink.net