Hi again! I googled Randolph County, Indiana and found this site, www.rootsweb.com/~inrandol/. It shows the Buena Vista Cemetery in Union Township, Randolph County, where Thomas Brooks is buried. It also gives the caretakers phone number. Either the genealogists at the rootsweb site or the Randolph County Historical and Genealogical site will be able to help you. Good luck and keep pecking at those walls. Ann ----- Original Message ----- From: "jane.torres" <jane.torres@insightbb.com> To: <BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, March 16, 2006 8:34 PM Subject: [BNE] Thomas Brooks, died 1868 in Indiana > Hello, > > I am looking for information on my 3rd great-grandfather Thomas Brooks who > died in Randolph County, Indiana on 28 Jan. 1868. > > Thomas was b. c1794/1795 in New Jersey (1850 census) or New York (1860 > census). According to his widow's pension papers, she was Thomas's 3rd > wife. I know nothing of wife 1 & 2. Thomas served in the War of 1812 in > a > regiment organized in Urbana, Champaign County, OH. On 29 Mar. 1836 he > was > married to Susannah (Kimbrough) Holcraft/Holdcraft in Clinton County, OH. > They removed to Randolph County, Ind. shortly after their marriage and > were > enumerated there in the 1840 census through the end of each of their > lives. > > The only clue that I have regarding Thomas's life before his marriage to > Susannah is that he had a daughter Margaret Brooks, b. abt 1822-24 in Ohio > who DID NOT appear with her father and step-mother until the 1870 census. > I > have not been able to find her in the previous census (1850-1860) although > there is a young woman named Margaret Brooks in the 1850 census in > Alexander > Twp., Athens County, OH living with Magdalene Brooks, age 66, b. New > Jersey > (perhaps a grandmother?) who could be her. Nothing in the 1860 census. > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Thank you, > --Jane Torres > > > > ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== > To unsub, send ONLY the word UNSUBSCRIBE to > BROOKS-NE-L-request@rootsweb.com > or BROOKS-NE-D-request@rootsweb.com > >