Laura Ingalls Wilder
November 12, 2023 No Comments
Laura Ingalls Wilder was a remarkable storyteller. She started writing 𝘓𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘳𝘪𝘦 after publishing her first book at the age of 65. Her cousin William Harrison Ingalls was a close friend of my 3rd great-grandfather Rev. William Maynard. In 1891, Rev. Maynard moved to Todd county, Minnesota. He purchased 80 acres in […]
Kathryn Bigelow
November 7, 2023 No Comments
Here’s some trivia! On the left is an old photograph of my first cousin twice removed, 𝗘𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗽𝗸𝗲. He married the cousin of Academy Award-winning filmmaker 𝗞𝗮𝘁𝗵𝗿𝘆𝗻 𝗕𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄 (pictured on the right). She was the first female to win the Oscar for Best Director. She also won Best Picture for The Hurt Locker and is […]
Daniel Boone
October 26, 2023 No Comments
My fifth great-granduncle married the grand-niece of legendary frontiersman 𝗗𝗮𝗻𝗶𝗲𝗹 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗻𝗲 on October 4, 1810. A decade later, Boone sat for his first ever portrait at the age of 85. He had to be steadied by a friend while famed American portraitist Chester Harding painted him in June 1820. The original oil sketch on canvas […]