The sweep of family history across the generations
Two of the Ruby offspring went back to Israel for significant periods.
Widow Patty Smith Swett and six children by two husbands were among the first settlers who staked claims in Wapello County near Ottumwa in May 1843
Stan maintained correspondence with his closest high school and Army buddies, several of whom went on to prominent careers.
Helga expressed a commitment to liberal values in her lifelong work for the League of Women Voters.
In 1955, Helga led a committee of parents to open a preschool in Vestal.
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
Mel accomplished many things in life, but his life’s greatest moments happened during the Battle of the Bulge
Social reformer Nathan Meeker was among nine men killed in an uprising of Ute Indians at the White River reservation where he was serving as U.S. agent. His wife and daughter—Smith family descendants—were held hostage for three weeks
Stanley Ruby entered the public debate over nuclear missile technology in 1968-69.