These are stories that I found in family papers or in books, periodicals, or other sources that I found in my research.
The Betsy Wescott Miniature
This page has the story of a miniature portrait of Betsy Wescott, a young woman who was a member of a wealthy family in Philadelphia in the late eighteenth century. Her brother, Robert Wescott, was Dowie’s great-grandfather.
Helen Watkins Crane’s Childhood Memoir
This is a memoir which Helen (Watkins) Crane wrote about her childhood in Schoharie, NY in the 1830s. Helen was the maternal grandmother of Edgar B. Grier Jr.