The sweep of family history across the generations
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
Isetta Stetson descended from early Massachusetts colonists, going all the way back to the Mayflower on one side. Nine generations later, her midwestern parents still upheld Yankee values
An innovator in modern dance and choreography since breaking in with the Murray Lewis Dance Company in the 1980s. The Ratners moved geographically. Janis moves artistically.
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
Janis, Leslie and Amy grew up—each a star in her own way.
A precocious Ratner girl takes on life in midcentury America.
From stalwart Yankee roots, Herbert and Hattie Stetson went west with the country
Militiaman Hezekiah Stetson homesteaded in Oxford County, Maine, in the years after the American Revolution