Rick McBee's Writings
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Month: March 2013
Personalities from “Rough Enough” : David Ferinbaugh Clow (1779 – 1861)
David Ferinbaugh Clow was a paymaster or purser for the Royal Navy. He was the father of John Stevenet Clow, the father of Richard Headley Clow, the center of the book “Rough Enough,” a Civil and Indian War non-fiction book. David F. Clow entered… Continue Reading “Personalities from “Rough Enough” : David Ferinbaugh Clow (1779 – 1861)”
Personalities from “Rough Enough” #2 – Mary Bingham Clow
Mary Bingham Clow -1870 Wedding Picture: Mary Bingham daughter of Lucius and Rebecca Bingham was born in 1853, just a few months after her father had dies in late 1852. The family home was in the Little Sioux, Iowa area and Rebecca Bingham fell… Continue Reading “Personalities from “Rough Enough” #2 – Mary Bingham Clow”
Rough Enough by Richard H. McBee Jr.
Rough Enough by Richard H. McBee Jr.. Ionia Martin has done another wonderful review. Her sensitive understanding of the lives of our 19th century ancestors leaves the reader with the desire to pursue their own heritage after following Richard Clow through a number of… Continue Reading “Rough Enough by Richard H. McBee Jr.”
John Stevenet Clow (Aug. 12, 1810 – Mar. 13, 1892: Father of Richard Headley Clow
Born in Haverford West, Wales in 1810, John Stevenet Clow studied art and then left Wales to emigrate to Nova Scotia. There he married Agnes Louise Redman in 1831 and lived with her at her farm for a number of years. The farm, in… Continue Reading “John Stevenet Clow (Aug. 12, 1810 – Mar. 13, 1892: Father of Richard Headley Clow”
Rain, Sleet, Snow or Shine – Tidy up your mess! That’s the writer’s lot.
Oregon can have a lot of varied weather and today in Hood River was one of those. Ice pebbles in the early morning rain almost forming an opaque screen on the windshield followed by a warm front with fifty degree rain interspersed with sunshine… Continue Reading “Rain, Sleet, Snow or Shine – Tidy up your mess! That’s the writer’s lot.”
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