Other tidbits on the Benedict Brooks (Henry, Thomas, Enos, David) family line. Union Advertiser, 31 Aug. 1888, page 6, column 3: "The home of Maj. Hugh Brooks at Pearl Creek, was last week the scene of brilliant wedding festivities given in honor of his son Benedict's recent marriage to Miss Jennie Sprague. Among the guests were Mr. and Mr. M. H. Kelly and Miss Cora Kelly of Wyoming, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Frank of Warsaw, besides a number of prominent people from Le Roy, Batavia, Perry, Mt. Morris and other places. The newly married couple have the congratulations and best wishes of a large number of friends." In a typewritten copy of an undated piece that originally was written by Samuel Brooks (Henry y, Thomas, Enos, David, David) it refers to the first Benedict: "Benedict, the second son (Henry, Thomas, Enos, David) changed his plans of establishing his home here (Cheshire) and followed his brother (Micah), making his home in Wyoming Co., N.Y. He built the barn known as the Dill barn, still standing at Brooks Vale. The large stone wall nearly ten feet high, separating the barnyard from the highway, was the work of his hands and the long row of maple trees ruthlessly cut down in recent years were planted by him. Before building his house his plans were changed and later he took a wife to his new home from Lyme, Conn. His only son, Hugh T. Brooks, was formerly well known as a writer and lecturer on agricultural subjects in Wyoming Co." The obituary of Benedict (Henry, Thomas, Enos, David, Benedict, Hugh) that I previously offered and have sent to several listees referred to Benedict's son George S. Brooks as a prominent author. Well, he is found in the NY Times most prominently as co-author of a controversial play "Spread Eagle." The two authors are written up in the NYT on 10 Apr. 1927. In the article David Brooks (Henry, Thomas, Enos) gets promoted to Brigadier General when he was actually Quartermaster and Chaplain in the Cheshire unit during the Revolution, unless Chris can find anything to justify this promotion. Cheshire Jean