TRANSCRIBED FROM THE NEVADA COUNTY PICAYUNE APRIL 3, 1919 P. 8
St. Dizier, Feb. 27, 1919.
Dear wife and baby:
I received your letter yesterday and was glad to hear from you and glad to hear that you and all the rest are well. You asked me when I thought I would get to come home. I don’t know, it might be 4 or 6 months yet, but I sure would like to be home as soon as I can get there. I sure would like to see son, you say he is so sweet.
I am sure thankful that I did not get to the front, and thank God for it. I am living right here and thinking of you all the time.
Well dear, how is the weather, it is a little chilly and rains nearly every day. We had two little snows but did not last long. I guess I will have to close, I don’t know much to write, but will do my best to write a little once in a while.
Well don’t grieve for I will be there as soon as I can get there. Live right so you can raise the baby right. When I get back I will have a happy home.
I am still at the same place guarding the German prisoners at St. Dizier.
Well dear you wrote that Leonard Johnson was at home. I wish I was at home too. I guess his wife was glad he came home. I put in for a discharge on you and the baby’s account, but don’t know if I will get it.
Well dear, I will have to close for this time. I have wrote all I know. With love and kisses to you and the baby. I am your husband.
J. H. Sampson.
NOTES: James Huey Sampson was born on January 5, 1895 in Nevada County, Arkansas. He died on May 22, 1930 in Atoka County, Oklahoma. He is buried in the Center Hill Cemetery in Atoka County. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Private. (Rest of stone is unreadable) He enlisted on May 26, 1918 and was discharged on September 5, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON
St. Dizier, Feb. 27, 1919.
Dear wife and baby:
I received your letter yesterday and was glad to hear from you and glad to hear that you and all the rest are well. You asked me when I thought I would get to come home. I don’t know, it might be 4 or 6 months yet, but I sure would like to be home as soon as I can get there. I sure would like to see son, you say he is so sweet.
I am sure thankful that I did not get to the front, and thank God for it. I am living right here and thinking of you all the time.
Well dear, how is the weather, it is a little chilly and rains nearly every day. We had two little snows but did not last long. I guess I will have to close, I don’t know much to write, but will do my best to write a little once in a while.
Well don’t grieve for I will be there as soon as I can get there. Live right so you can raise the baby right. When I get back I will have a happy home.
I am still at the same place guarding the German prisoners at St. Dizier.
Well dear you wrote that Leonard Johnson was at home. I wish I was at home too. I guess his wife was glad he came home. I put in for a discharge on you and the baby’s account, but don’t know if I will get it.
Well dear, I will have to close for this time. I have wrote all I know. With love and kisses to you and the baby. I am your husband.
J. H. Sampson.
NOTES: James Huey Sampson was born on January 5, 1895 in Nevada County, Arkansas. He died on May 22, 1930 in Atoka County, Oklahoma. He is buried in the Center Hill Cemetery in Atoka County. His military headstone identifies him as an Arkansas Private. (Rest of stone is unreadable) He enlisted on May 26, 1918 and was discharged on September 5, 1919.
TRANSCRIBED BY MIKE POLSTON