Finding Mettle: Family Stories Collected

By Richard Colbeck and Karen Cox Gray

Imagine reading that the spirited Maud de Saint Valerie may have built Haie Castle in one moonlit night--and discovering that she was your 22nd Great Grandmother! Then, those who came to Americas shores tell their own tales of settling in the New World. The famous and the unknown share their stories with their descendants who enjoy accounts of valor and fearlessness. Finding Mettle illuminates family history inspiring admiration for achievements great and small.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 15, 2007
• ISBN: 9781465319517

Richard Colbeck

Karen Cox Gray is the author of four published books on family history. A former regional library consultant, she currently lives in Central Illinois where she researches and writes on a full-time basis..

Book preview

�VQabook_preview_excerpt.html�Z[v�8�� ���$�We��z�bY]�w�"! m�`�d�W���4�Pz$w�����RV�U+%Sp���s��嗁)�Vo������//ߋ�Q�J� 10O������K��s�%�s��:a�Sv��13���f-��vbẹ�ɣX)�UZ�թʄ����p;]U�SB�f㵱;zG�ӝ‹=�r�V�:��v*�J|�y�Ӽ�t���T&�����Rc3�v>m�:EV��U�ʍ��k*��^��]�v=q���ԕ(��i�h
�=X]щ���젰ik@s(�m��$c�?)�>�y�:��a2�S��X�V��s��T9��L0�� � 8�O {��C������p�Nnt�U4~]�`l>Ok�{|�\�[�H��iv�o T {@g��ޓ��2S2�c�$^��Q�(�i��#,Ҩ �����8H'J����}��E%+�Ţ��pu����@�|Y��M��4* &���6�`[����6K�N���ⵁ�%��m��z��ÇW�?������߶G������"��?���r�6!��_~�›w��[=>�2& 7�u��N*�x��'���2Nfa��Ju�}�'�8���Z̒�4� ��[2������(ªsn��M|}Og��#Hw���x�<Ђ�C"n����܊t�����$���z���O��bMzb9��$��Y|3^�[?��X��'� ��h���Ί:]�fC(�^'�'�G�x8������G�h6���}�ۋE2ƣ9�xV�ѝ�g|� ���%l-��Y�"�ȣ}���gw�$=�Œݹd�� ���og����{�X6���F��P,l�L�şϭ�����9:�z�L��x~��'�qL�!vfI|V��(Z�ϟ�wf{y�cv^�_D0�G��O��O�If�lE���'~��p�b�,�=��D���'�����2y�-��ݹC���A�fƋ�O��Ob}����Y���w#�F�G�q4��?s<EP���y�2�l�M ���q�E��h��� �!fcFӇ��Z��ob���~ ��=�d�-Y���1R�b��4�nϪx=�G3�hC��'ѿ_�Qp�_ϭ���b�����&�F�a��K0�$��qr�8+RX:A5Y��i�#"T��(>[���it7
��G?
@�UG�-�����D�������)b�s�M�Da�����'�����W˭��B��NeZ�-�V�\mT�����z�<�Z�\�5H�s&Ւ QI
I:�� ķr��>Dg\jk�K 6�J�\$�^��l��tɊ͕t�g:��[�`g��VR,���s�v�,c��C=�]�{�D�#��"{}����Yf����AS����sUlTKѮ=����'d�TX�<���?�ۥ�<�x7D e��@�3��y�R��,п�3$f����\��]��Q �T�{�uk#|
7��W���`5
'�>������M4
��e�(<�j{$��?&�>�NJ;(_q�ccjѽAjH��4�B6��e��Q��T���H�Q�ɵCp��ܥ�8�89�_�ȥՁBsF�b�Y/ZE��ss�w�з{��H)8�
��|��Y$�K�� d܃d��#�X��U��s�A�������m����;t������XZ�g��d
]YO��N< ������76�����55Y)�l7�\߀�?"6sl�%ķ�v�*��G�!�}(�{�R��H�qUO4r�fM`-�����q��S3˽v��
P|&"y���Qk�8�`}c �08�IIE8��(��N�GN�J�QC1�U���#�OV�F~`�B�<�K ׂ�[ �ݫc뉾<��I,�����Dȼ�9��K����|q7�A��G�/��u�8��^��l�,�Ǘ z�F�ڞ�B0¾>!8�|��a�o(���3x���I��U!w=q��ݻ1Q x��N0LF}���ً=�@*��<�F��н�&7��먇"� �8w<�;�-��.�qK=����_���t$�8GN��0���W>�� �V�J��h�����g�������6V��,�� ��"��-Ha&=�+���N3�������4 w+?�<�\�g�r��s˸��*T[��9?e��nKK�Ȅ���9ʼ:�֖�: t�Ͽ�Ml�= F���)i�z5�f��P����=�zr�p���:���9�L
\��p�N;�'��Yy��s��@���xn{Ԭ
pM�s>!�m(��Ʌg��5��)�kD�� �eʌ���[k�����Im?0�����5�#�Z��̈́>��s�B�G�0AX��D��]�W|>]�E��)��N��2���s��j�>0�f�{+i�h�R4�Q�wS��a�D���l��!��Z���)����~�����)a�%�'��t�J�n-E�������'�����ِ/k��
FY�L�O�q*'ϼ�N ��D�s!� ��G���X�!��b�'~&����~z�oI��̶x!P�"��W� F�'"��E2�;4e �1��>^F�l�l6zߒ��'я��-iP�O��m��������/}S�� ��cj��� $y�{���*Pxq�ji}��tM�)��f��5}�`-,�VRj4@M���(���ó⽜��ܼ����B(�i�ͷ��t�q�);@詙��Z0>16��Ҷ�٧nFAJP�4�&��)�]Y����n���g"�ZC��t�Nf�B��z�)(�H�E�ԇ���Zd!�z�8�,'׳`���'M�?AMc�_Y�U߱�-V��.�.�z�2�]�-�t`A�BO|����ճ�O@P~Ypk�i��Q�^y"�,��Z���������k]E . tܢz��7��e��X�Xcd�3"�ocQz��[����G2ϘF�|\�,����� �����>��Q̡���ʆM�6���(���B
�k~ߙ��]�M��� ���a&Fk�(�KÁ=3�*���U%�j[�.�lLACD"���黩��F>��4�������ne +������%�[E��Z@ky#Sv�6ȩ�}�5g;E�3��ߦu'��i��C�i����4�9��Zݼ�Kɬ7��jD�Du0#hZP����1�wpʟB��@��T4<��Qm9������K�`��#<@�� ����[%���n/y�G Bd�ʣY����9b���L�@��d�F��~]@o����Dr��7ͤ S��Z���|TYA4�e��V��4i�]�;t镙���SW�c���n6 ����\��m�݅q!6S�}�a�r���.=�ۍ��SbL~x���U�E~�ٰGv{ F_ YH쓺�/W��
�s����Z?�sW"E�/ݑݡj��a'"%��#֩�D ��p�k�Рi���(=��"��⁚��di辽�|�4�"B���?��qGcX�m&�^#�9�kw��rgu~���:�q��3�#L��\�y[9����BƱ�/�H��F(�A�&�(������;8r���/�����>���H)n1[zۈiUi\��.��9�A�&�i*K�o��Llu�1�k5Y)i��&���H�덄W�4��E�V���Z�L�eE@��W.|Y�8�/������1h
�^�A}��lB3�Z_Ou�8���>rA>Ϳ��*����F��H����iڑ w2�Q�m�T�e��-����O��#�m�^�2���>�/��k�#�E/���Ww�ʣ�NS�&Ds�$��Dؓ;bj��l��I3�|6�m�z9+��H�ӈ���$nRǽ�pe�ĵy�
B$c���k����^�3�fڷ�U�'���e�$y�'��b.t��щ����)��,< �#��1{'|w=>�:��R�l��'����b|��fک2�ˤ�����sk@CZk�6��{%��m��Â�κ&�6E =\ �S��Z�!`w֬P��TM/�[S�< E�h3V�T]�O���U����4�$f“�w�#�ƀrM5<$ HG��䪭�st������Ϸ?R�*�@�-o;��ǐ�|3�3tY���
�����ʒ���V�p��z�Ɇ�U38y��)�;1�Ҙ<��!��(k�wGO�>�~�{�c�[
1"�E�*/��䏹�����H���r�5Į�1]����EQs�� �No���.��|���>����|�%bKa���V9#[��)|{�PU�������~ ���Bo?�W��.�
9��߆ߢ&�#��K0g���{D���x��������'p�ח�����f��_P{H#o ���IDb�|�|�n5Q�6�~j�->m��W6�$$,