my great-grandmother was raised in the home of henry kidder (son of larnard) in warren co ill. her name was mary jane brooks (william adams - widowed, lived again with kidders until remarriage to aaron see) b. 1857 near kalamazoo, mi. (a year before birth certificates were issued so we don't know exactly where). there was a scandal involved either in her birth or in the reason she was raised in the kidder home. her mother was supposedly alive and living in st louis. mo. my grandparents were very tight-lipped about this and now i am hoping for some oral history, a family bible, or a journal that might put a niche in this brick wall. carol thorpe@up.net