I haven't been researching for awhile - going through chemo and radiation, but all is going well. I have never been able to break my brick wall in Franklin, Vermont! William Curtis Brooks came to Lovell, Maine and said he was born in Franklin to William C. Brooks, a farmer, and Sarah McFarland. William of Lovell was a Capt in the Civil War. Some of his children were hotel managers in various states. I recently visited Bermuda and their Archives, where his son Alphonso spent winters as Manager of the Hamilton Hotel until he bought the Bay of Naples Hotel (Maine) in 1916 and where 3 of his 4 children were born. Alphonso was my late husband's grandfather. I hope someone on this list has a connection to William C and Sarah. Marion Brooks