Salome Eller Brubaker (1785-1882) was the second wife of Henry Brubaker (1775-1848) of Roanoke County, Virginia. In her old age she lived with her adult children in Virginia, but also with those of her children in Macoupin County, Illinois, who had moved north. She apparently sent and received letters to and from her children while in their absence. She was mother to eleven children, nine of whom survived her. Her name appeared in the 1880 census as living in both states (with son Isaac in Roanoke, VA, and with daughter Magdalena in Macoupin, IL). She died May 7, 1882, at the age of 96 while staying with her daughter Magdalena in Girard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois. She was buried....well....that's the problem: She has an old tombstone in the Brubaker Cemetery in Roanoke County, Virginia, located on the old Henry Brubaker Place near Hanging Rock and Peters Creek, and also an old tombstone in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Macoupin County, Illinois, located on the old Jacob Brubaker farm (now owned by my brothers and myself). But which gravesite was she really buried? Doubtful that she was actually buried twice. Of course, the Virginia Brubakers insist that she was transported "home" for a decent burial, while the Illinois Brubakers think she was buried with other Brubaker Brethren at Pleasant Hill, a mile or so from where she died. Fortunately, the Brubakers of both states are quite civilized and have never required proof. Dwayne Wrightsman

Dwayne, Thanks for posting this. I was not aware of the second gravestone in Illinois, and knew only of the one in Virginia (from correspondence with Lowell Beachler.) I will add your information to my database. I would imagine that the Illinois gravesite is more likely to be where she was buried, simply out of common practice. It is very common for a spouse's stone to be put in place when the first of a couple dies, and the date of death added later, but it would be uncommon for children who lived far away to install another stone near them above an empty gravesite, and then send their mother's body back to the homestead for actual burial. But of course this is all just surmisal. (I am not related to either Salome or Henry, but they are in my database because four of their children married various cousins of mine, and both of the wives of Jacob Brubaker, son of Henry and his first wife Elizabeth Christina Flora, were also related to me.) http://tpettit.best.vwh.net/family/grisso/FG01/FG01_440.htm -----Original Message----- From: brethren-bounces@rootsweb.com on behalf of Dwayne Wrightsman Sent: Sat 7/19/2008 8:01 PM To: brubaker@rootsweb.com; brethren@rootsweb.com; G Frazier; roanoke@rootsweb.com Subject: [BRE] Where was Salome Eller Brubaker (1785-1882) REALLY buried??? Salome Eller Brubaker (1785-1882) was the second wife of Henry Brubaker (1775-1848) of Roanoke County, Virginia. In her old age she lived with her adult children in Virginia, but also with those of her children in Macoupin County, Illinois, who had moved north. She apparently sent and received letters to and from her children while in their absence. She was mother to eleven children, nine of whom survived her. Her name appeared in the 1880 census as living in both states (with son Isaac in Roanoke, VA, and with daughter Magdalena in Macoupin, IL). She died May 7, 1882, at the age of 96 while staying with her daughter Magdalena in Girard Township, Macoupin County, Illinois. She was buried....well....that's the problem: She has an old tombstone in the Brubaker Cemetery in Roanoke County, Virginia, located on the old Henry Brubaker Place near Hanging Rock and Peters Creek, and also an old tombstone in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery in Macoupin County, Illinois, located on the old Jacob Brubaker farm (now owned by my brothers and myself). But which gravesite was she really buried? Doubtful that she was actually buried twice. Of course, the Virginia Brubakers insist that she was transported "home" for a decent burial, while the Illinois Brubakers think she was buried with other Brubaker Brethren at Pleasant Hill, a mile or so from where she died. Fortunately, the Brubakers of both states are quite civilized and have never required proof. Dwayne Wrightsman ------------------------ Search the Archives at http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/BRETHREN ------------------------ Support Our Sponsoring Agency The Fellowship Of Brethren Genealogists (FOBG) For further information contact Ron McAdams mailto:McAdamsr@hotmail.com ------------------------ ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to BRETHREN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message