I hope this information is helpful to you. I'm not related to this family but did a quick search of records for you, for your Emma (Booth) Brown who died in 1940 at Walnut, IA. 1860 census, 16 July 1860, Township 9N, Range 5W, Henderson Co., IL, Post Office - Olena: Booth, Jesse, 40, brick maker, b. PA Booth, Nancy, 40, b. PA Booth, Tabitha, 19, b. OH Booth, Richard, 4, b. IL Booth, Charles, 1, b. IL Booth, Mary A., 23, b. OH (probably a sister to Jesse?) Emma wasn't born yet. 1870 census, 18 August 1870, Township 9N, Range 5W, Henderson Co., Illinois, Post Office - Olena: Booth, Nancy, 50 keeping house, b. PA Booth, Rufus, 22, laborer, b. IL Booth, Nancy, 20, b. IL Booth, Richard, 14, b. IL Booth, Charles, 11, b. IL Booth, Emma, 6, b. IL (born about 1864) Nancy is apparently a widow in this census. 1880, Pottawattamie Co., IA, Lincoln Township, page 211A: Booth, Nancy A., widow, age 60, b. PA, keeping house, father b. PA, mother b. PA Booth, Haney, son, 23, b. IL, farmer Booth, Charles, son, 20, b. IL Booth, Emma, dau., 16, b. IL 1910 census, Pottawattamie County, IA, Lincoln Township, page 162, SD9, ED161, 19 April 1910: BROWN, Charlie E., b. IA, 45, married 21 yrs, father b. PA, mother b. IA, farmer BROWN, Emma I., wife, 46, married 21 yrs, gave birth to 2 children and 2 survive, b. IL, father b. PA, mother b. PA Brown, Richard, son, 20, b. IA, farm laborer Brown, Jesse W., son, 15, b. IA This looks like your Emma, although I cannot find a marriage for her and Charlie in Pott. Co. Perhaps they got married in Cass Co., Iowa? 1920 census, Pott. Co., IA, Walnut, Layton Township, p. 205, Central Street in the town of Walnut: Brown, Charles E., 54, b. IA, father b. PA, mother b. OH, clerk in furniture store Brown, Emma I., wife, 55, b. IL, father b. PA, mother b. PA Brown, Jesse W., son, 24, b. IA, minister Also in the 1910 census in Cass Co., IA, east of Walnut, Iowa, is apparently Emma's brother Haney Booth. Grant Township, Cass Co., Elm Street, Anita, IA, page 116: BOOTH, Haney, 53, b. IL, married 25 yrs, father b. PA, mother b. PA, farmer Booth, Ella, 47, b. IA, gave birth to 7 children and 7 survive, father b. IN, mother b. MI Booth, Ethel, 20, b. IA Booth, Sylvia, 18, b. IA Booth, James (??), son, 16, b. IA Booth, Mabel, 14, b. IA Booth, Sila, 11, b. IA In the Cass Co., Evergreen Cemetery, Anita, Iowa, are the following burials: Booth, Richard Haney, b. 1856, d. 1930. Booth, Ella Elizabeth, b. 1863, d. 1949. Booth, H.S. (rest is not noted) Ede, Lela (Booth), b. April 10, 1900, d. Nov 7, 1974. I hope this is helpful to you. Mona Sarratt Knight