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Category: Personalities Related to Richard Clow
8 Hours Left to Get a Free Copy of “Rough Enough”
You still have time, since I live on the west coast of the USA. it’s just past 4PM Pacific Standard Time and the Free Offer through Kindle Books for your PC, or Phone, etc., is still available until midnight PST. That’s still 8 hours… Continue Reading “8 Hours Left to Get a Free Copy of “Rough Enough””
Reader Questions for “Rough Enough” Set#11, Chapt 8: What Modern Spectacles compare to the Civil War Grand Review?
As I look at pictures of the Grand Review in Washington DC following the end of the Civil War, I try to imagine what it must have been like to be either in the crowds watching on that day or on the stands, in… Continue Reading “Reader Questions for “Rough Enough” Set#11, Chapt 8: What Modern Spectacles compare to the Civil War Grand Review?”
Personalities related to Richard Clow – Lucia Shepardson, Author
Lucia Shepardson was one of Richard Clow’s nieces. She is shown in a photo with the aging Richard Clow about 1920 when they travelled together through the Black Hills. Lucia was an amateur entomologist and in 1914 wrote a brief book (see photo) called… Continue Reading “Personalities related to Richard Clow – Lucia Shepardson, Author”
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”
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”
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