There was a Leman Brattain who married a Sybil Cooper in Van Buren Co. in 1845. I wonder if they are his parents by chance? If you have not visited and searched the Van Buren Co. GenWeb site for this family, be sure to do so. Several hits on this surname come up. I would imagine that this surname ended up being spelled a number of ways so you may want to check several variations. Lemmons BRATTON shows up in the 1847 census, for example. http://www.rootsweb.com/~iavanbur/ Rich > > Subject: [IAVANBUR] Brattain/Bratton and Seeker > Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2001 22:02:46 -0600 > From: Betsey Browning <dbrown@webpipe.net> > To: IAVANBUR-L@rootsweb.com > > I am looking for info for an upcoming trip to IA. I am looking for > Lemmons W. Brattain who married Caroline "Carrie" Seeker 9 Nov 1869 in > Henry Co., IA. He was born Oct 1846 in IA. I find him living in Mt. > Pleasant; Center Twp IA and Liberty, Marion, IA and the last place in > the 1920 census was Bonaparte, Van Buren, IA. He had a daughter named > Cordie born Aug 1876 in IA. Cordie married G.M. Carr and they had a > child William K. Carr born 1899. If anyone can help me I would > appreciate it as I am going on a trip to IA this next week. > Betseylee