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Part 5 - Joseph, Micah and the Movement West Three generations named Nathaniel Holcombe carved out lives for themselves and their families...

Curtis " Spike " Peterson, the " Rassler " One of the most colorful characters in my family history was “Spike” Peters...

Part 4 - Nathaniel Holcombe III Nathaniel Holcombe I, the first of three Nathaniels and son of Thomas Holcombe, settled in the Town of Sim...

Part 3 - Nathaniel Holcombe II Thomas Holcombe, an early Puritan settler, would arrive in New England sometime between 1630 and 1633. A fe...

Louis Goldner - Chicago, Illinois Louis Goldner was born on October 28, 1861, in Chicago. He was the middle child of three sons of Frederic...

Alfred Peterson of Mount Horeb, Wisconsin Alfred Peterson (who also shows up in some records as Albert) was born on March 29, 1882, in th...

Frederick Roth - Monroe and Chicago My Great-Grandfather, Frederick Roth II was born on October 20, 1885. He was the oldest child and only ...

Part 3 - From Frontier to Settled Territory Find Part 2 of the Story Here . . . Find Part 1 of the Story Here . . . Note, this post has...