Dominican Sisters
          Sacred Heart Convent
          1237 West Monroe Street
          Springfield, Illinois

Dear Cousin,

                   I wish it were possible for me to give you definite
and exact information concerning my grand parents' birth, etc.
We had a family Bible that was a definite source of family
history.  In it was recorded marriages, births, deaths, and
outstanding events in the family history.

                After my mother died in 1929, and all her possess-
ions were divided or given away, the Bible was lost and no
one of the family has ever been able to trace it.  So in
writing these dates, I am depending on my memory to help
recall the data recorded in the bible.

I  --    Grand father's name -- Bernard Crummy
          Birth place -- Belfast, Ireland -- 1820
          Married -- 1845
          First child -- Margaret -- born 1846
          Second child -- Catherine -- born 1848
          Moved to America -- 1849
          Made home in Lexington, Kentucky where a family of
          relatives were living.
          Brigid, Ann, Dan, Lizzy born in Kentucky
          Education -- elementary
          Occupation -- farming

                While Bernard Crummy lived in Kentucky and owned
and operated his farm, he used negro slaves.  In 1861 the
question about slavery became so agitated that he freed his
slaves and moved to Illinois, and lived in Brown County
until after the war.

                Dan was a soldier in the Confederate Army and was
in several battles, among them Vicksburg.  His Army coat
had two bullet holes through the collar.  It was a precious
keepsake for many years in the family.

                After the war, grand parents moved to Gibson City,
Illinois, and operated a hotel and boarding house for Rail-
road men, Engineers, Conductors, etc.  Sarah and Nellie were

married while they were living there.  Nellie married
Michael Cox, brother of Reverend Thomas Cox, who was pastor
of St. Basil's Church, Chicago.  Sarah married Tom Casey,
engineer on the railroad.  Both grand parents are buried in
Gibson City.

II  --  My grand mother's name was Mary O'Callahan
          Birth place -- Newry County Down, Ireland
          Date of birth -- 1822
          Education -- elementary -- Home Economics
          Emigrated with her husband, Bernard Crummy, to
          America in 1849.  Her brother, Right Reverend
          Monsignor O'Callahan, D. D., was a brilliant Doctor
          of the Church in Belfast Northern Ireland.

               I hope these few dates, etc. will give you some
help in your history of the Crummy family.

               I was the first of our family to break the family
when I entered the Domican Convent in 1892.  I am
an old Nun now, and my memory is not so good, but I love to
think of my dear ones, especially in my prayers.

               This not a very definite account of our family
history but I hope it will be of some help to you.  I am
the only one of our family living.

               As a reward of your efforts, I am sure your
children will have a deep appreciation of American History
and the part their ancestors played in it.

                                        Sincerely in St. Dominic

                                        (signed)   Sister M. Ceslaus