This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McFarland, Brooks Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/FG0.2ACIB/1109 Message Board Post: Looking for any information concerning the parents of Eliza McFarland, second (or third) wife of John Brooks who came from Paulding County, Georgia around 1853 and first settled in Upshur County, Texas. They eventually traveled to Johnson County, Texas where both died. Eliza was born 4 April 1812 in Tennessee. She died 25 September 1875 in Johnson County, Texas. She had three sons by John Brooks: James Thomas Brooks, Joseph H. Brooks, and William Alexander Brooks. She may also have had 2-3 daughters, but their names are unknown. She may have had a sister or a daughter named "Frances."