Hi.. I was wondering if anyone can help me identify how Louisa Elisabeth Jane Bates "Aunt Jenny" (22 Jan 1826- 29 Mar 1924 Al) fits into the Bates family tree. Willis Brooks, Sr. (ca1806 - ca 1863/64 Lawrence Co AL) + Louisa Elisabeth Jane Bates (22 Jan 1826-20 Mar 1924 Al) bur. Poplar Springs Cemetery (after Willis' death she married a Johnston) I thnk they had atleast these children: 1. John Brooks (d. 1863/64 Lawrence Co AL murdered along with his father by Confederates thinking they were Yankees) 2. Willis Brooks (3 Apr 1854 Al - 22 Sep 1902 Eufaula, OK in a gunfight) + Margaret Elisabeth Sanders of Limestone Co AL sons: Clifton Brooks (d. 22 Sep 1902 Eufaula OK in same gunfight as his father) Thomas Brooks (d. 1896 Murdered by another gunfighter) Henry Brooks Sam Brooks John Brooks (d. 1950's) Earl Brooks 3. Mack Brooks 4. Gainum Brooks - lived in Lawrence Co AL (d. 1884 in gunfight in Lawrence Co Al ) 5. Francis Brooks + Columbus Windfield "Sam" Baker (murdered in 1911 in Checotah, McIntoch Co, OK but believe they lived in Winston Co Al) 6. ? Brooks + Neal Sammons 7. ? Brooks + William Jackson 8. Henry Brooks (d. Jan 1920 from gunfight with a sheriff over a still in Winston or Lawrence Co AL) All the children of Jane Bates Brooks were gunfighters raised by her to avenge the death of her husband and son. It is rumored she shot atleast 2 of the 8 murders herself, and used the hollowed out skull of one as a mixing bowel for her bread. This was a very COLORFUL group.