Letter Written 24 November 1944 by Jack Bradford Shanahan
to his brother Glenn Leo Shanahan &
sister-in-law Annie Ruth Morrison Shanahan

Transcription: 
To:                                        From: Lt. Jack B. Shanahan
Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Shanahan                           0-129402
Box 1222                                         Co B 512th P[????] [??]
[?] Seminary Hill                                A.P.O. 452 SP.M. NYC
Fort Worth, Texas                                     24 Nov. 1944


                                                        In England
Dearest Annie Ruth & Leo,1

   I've just received another letter from A.R.2and as per usual it makes me very happy to hear from you. But this letter brought with it sadness I had not known. I can truly realize the sadness & lonliness in your hearts over the loss of the baby.3 and may I join with the others and offer my humble sympathy. My personel talk with the Lord each night includes you both. May the future bring the happiness that you so rightly deserve.4
   I worry so about Flora5 because I never know just how she is -- although she reassures me that everthing is fine in each of her letters. Help me keep her spirits high with letters often. Reserve a little payer for us.

Jack   

Notes:

1 Leo, is Glenn Leo Shanahan, Sr., son of Ellen Wilkerson and Dennis Potter Shanahan and brother to Jack Bradford Shanahan [the writer of this letter].
2 Annie Ruth Morrison Shanahan, Jack's sister-in-law.
3 First child (a son) of Annie Ruth Morrison and Glenn Leo Shanahan died as an infant.
4 Annie and Glenn went on to have 4 more children: Glenda Ruth (1948), Billie Sue (1951), Joyce Marie (1958) and Glenn "Buddy" Leo, Jr. (1962)
5 Flora Eulynn Kuykendall, wife of Jack Bradford Shanahan [writer of this letter].

Transcribed on 28 June 2002 by K. L. Rhodes from a scan of original letter emailed to me by Joyce Marie Shanahan.

Family Name Index Family Tree (Password Accessible Only!) Family Biographies Family Bible Records Family Letters Family Marriage Records Family Cemetery Records Family Obituaries Unidentified Family Photographs Family Stories and Oral Traditions that have been handed down through the Generations Shanahan Family Other Legal Documents Records Page Family Civil War Records Historical Background Family Wills Email Send me Your Family Updates Family Deeds Genealogy Links Shanahan Family Genealogy Main Page
Newspaper articles can now be found in the Historical Background Section
SURNAMES  |  FAMILY TREE  |  BIOGRAPHIES  |  BIBLE RECORDS  |  LETTERS  |  MARRIAGE RECORDS
CEMETERY RECORDS  |  OBITUARIES  |  UNIDENTIFIED FAMILY PHOTOS  |  FAMILY STORIES
CIVIL WAR RECS  |  HISTORY AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES  |  WILLS  |  DEEDS  |  GENEALOGY LINKS
OTHER LEGAL DOCS  |  SEND FAMILY UPDATES  |  EMAIL  |  HOME