The Family Legacy of Henry Clay


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Known as the Great Compromiser, Henry Clay earned his title by addressing sectional tensions over slavery and forestalling civil war in the United States. Today he is still regarded as one of the most important political figures in American history. As Speaker of the House of Representatives and secretary of state, Clay left an indelible mark on American politics at a time when the country’s solidarity was threatened by inner turmoil, and scholars have thoroughly chronicled his political achievements. However, little attention has been paid to his extensive family legacy. In The Family Legacy of Henry Clay: In the Shadow of a Kentucky Patriarch, Lindsey Apple explores the personal history of this famed American and examines the impact of his legacy on future generations of Clays. Apple’s study delves into the family’s struggles with physical and emotional problems such as depression and alcoholism. The book also analyzes the role of financial stress as the family fought to reestablish its fortune in the years after the Civil War. Apple’s extensively researched volume illuminates a little-discussed aspect of Clay’s life and heritage, and highlights the achievements and contributions of one of Kentucky’s most distinguished families.




Psychic Roots


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This book is about the influence of coincidence and serendipity on genealogical research, the chance combination of events over which the researcher has no control but which nevertheless guides him to a fortuitous discovery.




Henry Genealogy


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The Gove Book


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Hardcover reprint of the original 1922 edition - beautifully bound in brown cloth covers featuring titles stamped in gold, 8vo - 6x9. No adjustments have been made to the original text, giving readers the full antiquarian experience. For quality purposes, all text and images are printed as black and white. This item is printed on demand. Book Information: Gove, William Henry. The Gove Book; History And Genealogy of The American Family of Gove, And Notes of European Goves. Indiana: Repressed Publishing LLC, 2012. Original Publishing: Gove, William Henry. The Gove Book; History And Genealogy of The American Family of Gove, And Notes of European Goves, . Salem, Mass., S. Perley, 1922. Subject: Gowen Family




Record of the Rust Family


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Henry Rust (d.ca. 1684/1685) emigrated from Hingham, Norfolk County, England to Hingham, Massachusetts in about 1634/1635, and moved to Boston, Massachusetts in 1645. Descendants and relatives lived in New England, New York, New Jersey, Michigan, Illinois, Kansas, Wisconsin and elsewhere. Includes some history of the Rust family in England and Germany to 1312, as well as other Rust individuals who immigrated to Pennsylvania from Germany and to Virginia and elsewhere in the south from England.




A History of the Henry Family


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The Propp Family History


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The old, distinguished Propp family originated in the eighteenth century in Shkudvil and Tauroggen, in Lithuania. The Propp Family History traces the family from the earliest known member, Shimon ben Tzvi (Hirsh), also known as Shimel Girshevich Probnovich. He was born in about 1765 and died in about 1837. The family is now widely dispersed throughout Europe, the USA, and Israel. The book has two sections. The first contains some historical information on the family and in particular the origin of the name 'Propp', and also various stories written by Propp family members. These include first hand accounts of the family's sufferings during the Holocaust, in which many lost their lives, as well as the happier experiences of life in America, including the network of the Cousins Clubs the family established. The second section is an extensive descendants database, detailing the known family from Shimon, through his eight children, and down to the present day. Many photographs of places and people, collected from family members, make for a vivid recollection of some of that family story.







Or Give Me Death


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A surprising Revolutionary War tale of a family beset by a mother’s mental illness: “Often gripping…the portrayal of Patrick Henry is unusually complex.”—Publishers Weekly Patrick Henry, the famous statesman of the American Revolution, has a secret: He keeps his wife in the cellar. It’s the only alternative to an asylum, for, slowly losing her mind, Sarah Henry has become a serious danger to herself and her children. Narrated by the Henrys’ two daughters, Patsy and Anne, who must take on new responsibilities, this compassionate novel explores the possibility that Patrick Henry’s immortal cry of “Give me liberty or give me death” may have first been spoken by his wife as she pled for her freedom—and “delivers another intriguing spin on history” from the popular author of young adult fiction (Kirkus Reviews). Includes a reader's guide




Tudor


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*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* Tudor tells a family story like no other. The Tudors are a national obsession, undoubtedly British history's most notorious family. But beyond the well-worn headlines is a family still more extraordinary than the one we thought we knew. The Tudor canon typically starts with the Battle of Bosworth in 1485, before speeding on to Henry VIII and the Reformation. But this leaves out the family's obscure Welsh origins; it passes by the courage of the pregnant thirteen-year-old girl who would help found the Tudor dynasty; and the childhood and painful exile of her son, the future Henry VII. It ignores the fact that the Tudors were shaped by their past - those parts they wished to remember and those they wished to forget. With this background, Leanda de Lisle enables us to see the Tudors in their own terms and presents new perspectives and revelations on key figures and events, from the princes in the Tower to the Tudor Queens. 'A lively history of the ambitious Tudor family... It casts plenty of light on the strong women in the dynasty' The Times **A Telegraph, History Today and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year**