TL;DR -- Today's subject comes out of a recent issue of The Economist. It about the descendant of New England families that went west into Kentucky, out of Virginia. One of them had gone south out of Massachusetts. Wendell Berry was
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The subject of this post came from a rambling bit of stuff. I saw an issue of The Economist recently and started to read due to the cover page. Yearly, I get the "Double Issue" at the end of the year which has the normal articles plus timely articles of length. The British way of seeing things is always nice to encounter. Too, the writers are referred to in the 3rd person. Some columns are regular topics: the U.S. (Lexington & Concord); European stuff (Charlemagne); ...
The weekly covers the world, in more depth than with others which reminds us of our privileges. This issue looked at childbirth deaths, using information from Nigeria. Of course, technology is covered; we'll pay more attention to topics, especially MSET+ (or last post touched upon that - 12 Oct 2026).
They have a memorial article every week. This one was very instructive. Wendell Berry lived in Kentucky on the land where he was born. Though, being a writer and professor, he traveled the world. But, he came back home. There is a lot that we can discuss about his life and work.
For now, some particulars:
Those last two links are to WikiTree where Gardner Research does our research. The family of both parents were early to Kentucky. We will look further at those pedigrees. Both families were out of Virginia which is New England south, to us. His father's line has families out of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
As we go through the seven years of the 250th, we will be looking at families who have ties back to the era plus we will emphasize the 400th which goes on for a few more years up in New England north. Hence, "People to know" is an endless set that will unfold over the next few years.
Interestingly, we picked childless couples earlier. An example was Ann and Joseph (of the house - she that married Simon - after he signed a prenup - Joseph had been killed in an early war with the natives). The reason is that those with children, many times, are recognized and represented via modern means, such as WikiTree. Those without are missing. We will go back and collect these posts in order have a continual theme to address.
Remarks: Modified: 10/13/2026
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