Posted on: PaloAlto County Queries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAlto/10222 Surname: BROWN, BOWDEN, BRAGG ------------------------- M. L. Brown was a great uncle, I believe, to my great grandmother Elizabeth Adele Bowden. Her mother was Alice Estell Schoonover, daughter of Barnard Schoonover and Hester Brown of Pennsylvania. Alice Estell married William Joseph Bowden in Emmettsburg, IA, and there had my great grandmother. Does anyone know if Hester was M. L.'s sister or other relation? Any help you can give me will be greatly appreciated!