Family Story Finder

The sweep of family history across the generations

Bradley homestead in Wapello County, Iowa
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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

Life on the Western Reserve
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Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s

The Bennetts in Scobey and Helena
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Of the four Bennett children who grew up on the Scobey ranch, Judith was the little sister

The Stetson family’s manifest destiny
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From stalwart Yankee roots, Herbert and Hattie Stetson went west with the country