But remember your loving brother
	October 26th, 1811..		Clement Hearne.
	To Thomas Hearne		Kizey Hearne.
		J. Vinson Bearer.

The foregoing is a copy verbatimof an old letter (the original of which is now before me, having obtained it on my visit to Delaware in 1891), written in 1811, which has indeed a quaint appearance. Each line is commenced with a capital letter, about an inch from the edge of the paper, and so folded as to be messenger. The Writer makes inquiry for his brother Joseph, who separated from him at Maysville Ky., in 1798, to go farther west and south. From the information here, it would seem that Joseph Hearne went to Alabama at this time (1810 or 1811), and since then we have but little more information of him or his family.

Clement Hearne was a man of small stature, thin in flesh, and sharp features, amiable in disposition, positive in all things, and a good neighbor in all that this expression implies. He was devoted to his family and enjoyed their association more than all else, and was rarely ever from home, except to attend his church, which he loved next to his own family; he had no ambition to gather a fortune but was scrupulously careful of all that he had, and was not wasteful or extravagant in any thing; he was very fond of work, and continued to work at some light work till a short time before his death. He was greatly attached to the primitive style of living, both in dress and eating, and to the day of his death wore the old continental style of clothing. His wife, Keziah, was quiet unlike him in physique. She being rather large and plump, but beautiful both in face and form; and in disposition and manners as all that was lovely and admirable, a great friend to the poor and suffering. Was possessed of the finest business qualities, and had she been the husband, rather than the wife, would doubtless have amassed a fortune. She was entirely blind from the age of about forty years, caused from a severe spell of sickness, and died at the home in Bourbon Co., Ky., Aug 20, 1843. Her death was caused from the effects of a fall, going down the outer doorsteps.

Clement Hearne and wife were most devoted members of Episcopal Church, and he himself furnished the means and built the Episcopal Church house at Leesburg, where was then only

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