Hi Dwayne, Who was Henry's first wife and did they have any children>? Robert Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2008 23:01:44 -0400 From: "Dwayne Wrightsman" <dwayne55@comcast.net> Subject: [BRE] Where was Salome Eller Brubaker (1785-1882) REALLY buried??? To: <brubaker@rootsweb.com>, <brethren@rootsweb.com>, "G Frazier" <macoupincounty@earthlink.net>, <roanoke@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <004d01c8ea14$f24f7c00$0b00a8c0@D1JH4121> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original 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