I have e-mailed Trudy Fielding the following response: Gilman Brooks is buried in Vining cemetery in Washington County, Kansas beside his wife Mary Elizabeth Scrivner Brooks. Their gravestones read: Brooks M E Aug 3, 1878-34 years Brooks G D April 15, 1879-46 years This information can be found on the Family History of Alvin Brooks website http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heathsmith/brooks/index.htm There is also a website on James Wesley Clelland who Trudy also references. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~heathsmith/cleland/index.htm James Wesley Clelland was killed during the Civil War on 7 Dec 1862 at the Battle of Prairie Grove in Arkansas. James Wesley Clelland is related to Gilman Brooks through the marriage of his two sons to two of Gilman's daughters. Hiram Webster Cleland married Emma Brooks and John William Cleland married Clara Belle Brooks -----Original Message----- From: Trudy Fielding [mailto:trcharly@sbcglobal.net] Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 8:17 PM To: BROOKS-NE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BNE] FW: Alvin Brooks autobiography This Alvin Brooks is the father of my Great great Grand Father Gillman Drew Brooks. The correct name for my Great great Grand Mother is Mary Elizabeth Scrivner another old American family. It's our family belief that we descend from Deacon Doans of the Mayflower. Google Deacon Doans. I still have to prove a couple of things but I reasonably certain of this history to go on this forum and make the statement. I believe that Gillman Drew Brooks moved to LA sometime after my Great Grand Mother Viola was about 3. I think he changed his name to David G Brooks. He joined a group of LDS followers and may have married again. I have that he hooked up with a cousin named James Wesley Clelland, whose history can be found online by googling that name. This genealogy was done by another cousin Stephany Smith of the Healthsmiths. My family was one of the 1st to go to Kansas and another cousin was the last white man (a kid of 10) killed by "wild" Indians in Kansas. I have that article too. Trudy Fielding ==== BROOKS-NE Mailing List ==== To Search previous posts by keyword(s): http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=BROOKS-NE The address is case-sensitive.