Isabel Cooper was an artist who traveled to the tropics in the 1920s as a scientific illustrator with William Beebe’s New York Zoological Society expeditions. For posts on the life of Isabel Cooper, go here
Charles D. Mahaffie, Sr. Prairie-raised, Oxford-educated, public servant who brought our family to Washington, DC. For posts about Charles Sr. at Oxford, go here. For posts about his life and career, go here.
Roberta Barlett Becker (“Granny”) A quiet presence against the backdrop of my more widely-traveled and notable Mahaffie side grandparents, Granny was cool and fun as a girl and young woman, in contrast to the very proper lady I knew as my grandmother. A profile of Granny in three parts begins here.
Charles D. Mahaffie, Jr. My father. I feature gleanings from his childhood here, deepening my and my family’s sense of who he was, and how he became the dad and granddad we knew.
Bart Mahaffie My Great Uncle Bart went to rural Eastern Colorado in the 1910s to ranch. He died there in 1919 of the Spanish Influenza. For posts on Bart, go here
