The sweep of family history across the generations
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
Of the four Bennett children who grew up on the Scobey ranch, Judith was the little sister
From stalwart Yankee roots, Herbert and Hattie Stetson went west with the country
Joseph Rabinowitz’s mother was Bertha Yesersky. Was she related to Sora Yesersky, the wife of Rabbi Elchanon Spektor?
Walter thought he had proved the family legend of descent from the celebrated Kovno Rav, Rabbi Yitchak Elchanon Spektor. Later facts emerged that suggested a more tenuous connection.