The McDonald Family (L to R) Delford, Larry, Lawrence, Ralph,
Marvin, Troy, and John (Not pictured Mildred McDonald, Billy
Watkins, Virgil Lee McDonald; deceased Norman and Veda Marie),
children of Ralph Leonard and Clara Ethel McDonald

The Stemple clan gathers at Calhoun Park

The Stemple Reunion began in Grantsville over 25 years ago when Reta Stemple Clark established it at the home of her father Lemuel Stemple.

Reta was the daughter of Lemuel and Eva Propst Stemple, and the great-granddaughter of Ahab Stemple, a Calhoun early-comer. The Stemple Cabin is now at Heritage Village at Calhoun Park.

The Stemples of Calhoun came from Preston and Barbour County areas of the state. Issac Stemple came to Calhoun in the 1800s.

His son Ahab married Mary Carpenter in 1850, his original log cabin now resides at Calhoun Park. They were parents of eleven children.