Heavrin McDonald
Ernest Heavrin McDonald, 24 Oct 1884 to 04 Nov 1885 Curdsville, Daviess County, Kentucky. Buried McCain Cemetery, Curdsville. Fifth child of Hiram Columbus and Sarah Clementine (Brogan) McDonald. Sarah wrote…
Finding the Rivers
"Climbing the Hills and Finding the Rivers" is a manuscript by Marji Smock Stewart and husband Bill Stewart. Their life stories, written for their family.
After the farm
Final part of Marji Smock Stewart's Finding the Rivers. The years on the farm (1960-1969), the academic years (1968-1982), seven years in Henderson (1985-1992, then ten years moving from place…
Ohio County Farm
By Marji Smock Stewart, from Climbing the Hills and Finding the Rivers. This continues her story on from Just the Three of Us. The weather New Year's day in 1960…
Just The Three Of Us
By Marji Smock Stewart, from Climbing the Hills and Finding the Rivers. This continues her story on from 35 Cent Grilled Cheese. I kept working well into my pregnancy. At…
Man o’ War
In 1920, the most promising 3 year old horse in the United States did not run in the Kentucky Derby. Later in May, that horse - Man o' War -…
Kentucky to Minnesota
My grandmother Amanda Chappell Stewart died 06 December 1923. She was born on 03 October 1859; thus she lived 64 years. She lived in Ohio County approximately eight miles from…
Brown Family Tree
Roswell R Brown Family 1897. Bill Stewart wrote names on the back, from L-R. I have added reference numbers from the tree. Some dates don't match, so either the date…
Pellville, Kentucky
Written by Bill Stewart, my late father-in-law. It's in a life history that he and his wife Marji Smock Stewart wrote. Her part is called Finding the Rivers. His is…
Stewart Family Tree
Robert Stewart and son Bill with trout they caught in July 1957. Grandparents, parents and grandson camping in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. Ninety-two trout were caught and eaten…
Lum and Sarah McDonald
By Marji Smock Stewart, Finding the Rivers. The conclusion of her mother's parents Lum and Sarah (Brogan) McDonald's story. My grandfather Lum owned a small farm near Curdsville KY and…
Sarah Brogan McDonald
By Marji Smock Stewart in Finding the Rivers. This is the maternal side of her family history, centring on Sarah Brogan. My grandmother was Sarah Clementine Brogan McDonald. She was…
McDonald Family Tree
Daughters of Hiram Columbus "Lum" and Sarah (Brogan) McDonald, about 1910 in Daviess County, Kentucky. From left, front: Lattie Baird, Clara "Doll" Humphrey. Back: Celeste "Luss" (later Steele), Elizabeth (later…
35 Cent Grilled Cheese
Part VII, Finding the Rivers, Marji Stewart: Grilled cheese fortunes Our trip out west in 1946 was a real honeymoon. We were gone a month or longer and made some…
1945 A Year to Remember
Part VI, Finding the Rivers, Marji Smock Stewart: 1945 My final year of high school (1944-1945) was at Owensboro Senior High. It was not especially outstanding. I felt older than…
River Pilot, Air Pilot
Part V, Finding the rivers, Marji Smock Stewart: River Pilot, Air Pilot Let me explain a bit about working on the river. The crew had to stay on 24 hours…
Smocks on the Ohio River
Part IV, Finding the rivers, Marji Smock Stewart: Back to the Ohio River We left Texas in the summer of 1938, heading back to the river. We must have looked…
Monroe Smock, Kentucky
Dr. Marji Smock Stewart, my late mother-in-law, wrote her family story for her son and grandsons. She called it "Finding the Rivers." She shared it with other family members too…
Smock Family Tree
My late mother-in-law, Marji Smock Stewart, did the work on this genealogy of the Smock family from Kentucky. That's her in the photo above, age 9 in 1936. The wedding…
Breeders’ Cup
Saturday was Hallowe'en. A big day. This October 31st was a big day for another reason. The Breeders' Cup Classic horse race and the chance to see something that's never…
Track Royalty
This coming Saturday, May 2nd, is the Run for the Roses, the first leg of the Triple Crown. The 141st running of the Kentucky Derby. The young royals of mainly…
Cigar 1990-2014
The news from the Kentucky Horse Park that Cigar died Tuesday Oct. 7 made me look through photos I have of him. After retiring in 1999, he lived in the…
Entertaining with ease – or not
Entertaining at Home With Ease is a book co-written by my late mother-in-law, Dr. Marjorie Stewart. Her main point about dinner parties is make it easy for yourself and that,…