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
Joan’s second marriage to Rueben Meyers brought her great happiness.
Families from Connecticut settled northeastern Ohio in the early 1800s
Stan's innovations in Mossbauer spectroscopy.
Janis, Leslie and Amy grew up—each a star in her own way.
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.
Militiaman Hezekiah Stetson homesteaded in Oxford County, Maine, in the years after the American Revolution
A pioneer to Palestine in 1936, Ze’ev married Penina and they did their part to build the state of Israel as founders of Kibbutz Afek.