Author Description

Born in the 19th century and making their home in rural Colleton County, South Carolina, Jesse Peter Rahn (1879-1948) and Ida May (Polk) Rahn (1885-1943) nurtured in their descendants a deep love for family. Since 1993, 150 family members have helped to continue this legacy by coming together for reunions. Over these decades, their sharing oral histories and accumulating a written record of their lives' ups and downs, childhood reminiscences, and genealogical investigations have cultivated extended family ties. Let this book warm your heart as you read how these diverse yet rooted relatives promoted communication about and among their family to the 6th generation into the 21st century.