In March 1852,
Parker Germain, his wife Ann
Fassett Germain, their three children Dwight, Guy, and Clara (aged six to two), and Ann's younger brother
Noah Chittenden Fassett left their homes in
Ohio and traveled overland to
California. During the next ten years they and another brother,
Harris Harding Fassett, who joined them in 1854, wrote back to their parents, Dr. Harry and Clarissa
Fassett in
Granville,
Ohio. 103 of these letters were preserved by
Fassett descendants in
Ohio. In the 1970s, William A. Castle, a great grandson of Dr. Harry
Fassett transcribed the letters, and the typewritten pages are now being scanned, edited, and made available on line. The first 17 are now available. Links can be found at
http://physics.clarku.edu/~rkohin/Fassett.html