Mary Peabody Mann’s 1865 biography, “Life of Horace Mann,” offers an intimate portrait of her husband’s rise from rural poverty to educational reformer, drawing on personal letters and observations. Written after his 1859 death, the book...
Family history has a way of collapsing centuries into a single line on a chart. Names repeat. Dates stack up. Then occasionally, one of those names turns out to belong to someone who changed the country. Recently, my oldest daughter has become interested in family...
My Great-Grandmother through my Father’s Mother was Edith Cowin. (b. 1897, d. 1996) From her Ancestry.com story – When Edith Margurite Dubs was born on November 29, 1897, in Bourges, Cher, France, her father, Henri, was 37, and her mother, Blance, was 24....
Saloman Le Man was the furthest back I could track my name. A Google search today found a page on GENi for Saloman LeMan Lyman, whose son is John Mann. However, the birthdate and list of children for John Mann do not match my records. If this link is accurate, then...
I commissioned my good friend and masonic brother, Dave Reynolds to create this amazing family crest. I am thrilled with how it came out, and excited to display it in our...
As I research my family ancestry- I keep finding relatives who were Freemasons. I will seek additional information when available, including masonic record cards, details about their affiliations, and any photographs or records of interest. Virgil Augustus Mann...
