I got to know Ellen Gibbons–Mrs. Frank Barrett, my great-grandmother–through stories my mother told. The few photos of her show her frowning, her white hair
Love in the Time of Fever, Famine, Fire
Mary Gardiner & Patrick Barrett Come of Age: Ireland 1847 – Missouri 1852 If history is a river, then most people would prefer to live
Barretts of Catawissa
The day brought reconnecting with distant cousins. In reconnecting with the Barrett side, I remembered this fan chart that I did for my mom a
Curly Price: “Old Green River”
Thousands of times my dad sang “Old Green River” to us kids, popping the “cork” with his thumb inside his cheek, to our giddy delight.
Of Germs and Judgment
The Sad Case of Tom Barrett A tiny photo fragment in an old album: my grandparents Tom and Kitty Barrett. Out on the town. Very
Mary Dunne Stephens: the early years
1896 28 April. MARY Dunne is born, the fifth child and third daughter of Catherine (age 29) and Michael (32) Dunne. 1905 At age 9,
Old Green River 