The family will meet at the New Life Church picnic pavilion on Rt. 14 north of Canton at McMurray Road. The old homestead and farm where Nick Rockwell and David and Linda Rockwell live can be viewed from the church property.
There will be refreshments available from 11:30 on. Howard and Olynda Smith have agreed to, once again, hold their "Singing School".
Promptly at 1:15 p.m. the dinner bell will ring.
One son, Martin Luther Rockwell also had a daughter and nine sons; so it is very likely that if you come, you will find you belong.
Come and bring a dish to share or an apple pie.
They eventually had one daughter and nine sons.
In 1847 when Elias, the eldest son, lived on the homestead, the whole family gathered for the first reunion.
On August 1, the first Saturday in August, they will gather for the 168th reunion.
During World War II in order to provide the troops with gasoline, the government requested that there be no such gatherings and they missed one.