Hi Sandra, I see you are in Laredo Mo. Boy am I happy to find someone close to and in same area of my ROOKS. I am from Joseph Rooks, b 1782 in NC mar Apr 1807 in Clinton Co Oh to and Elizabeth Jackson . b 1789/90 in Stokes Co N C. They had 15 ch and went to Randolph Co Ind then to Grundy Co Mo around Lindley and Galt and Loredo, Marion TWP, Mo. They were my 3rd grt gran parents. one of their son's, William ( called BILLIE), b 1817 mar Mahala Smithson in 1837 in Randolph Co Ind and also went with a number of siblings and other ch of Joseph and Elizabeth to Grundy when Joseph got a big amount of Land by land Grant there. William and Mahala ( b 1814 Clinton Co Oh) , my grt grt granaparents had 6 ch and they are all on 1850 Grundy Co Marion Twp Mo. census. . Namely, Isaac, Louisa, Harrison, Smith, Allen, and Millie my grt gran mother. all born between 1838 and 11 Oct 1846. Mahala died abt 1855 to 1859 as not on 1860 census with Wm, Smith, Allen and Millie and a lady name of Martha who is 30 yrs as possibly housekeeper. Does not say who she is on census. No mar found of Wm 43, and her Also some are still on 1960, census Wm Smithson and Millie Mildred Murrell were Mahala's parents and were living in Clinton Co Oh during the 1800's when they died in 1860's. there. I was told by a man name Rooks in Galt by ph in 1996 that Wm . ( Billie) left there prob abt spring 1862 and took Millie Maxine the youngest dau with him and never told anyone he was leaving nor where he was going and never contacted anyone back there after. No one ever knew where he went. He went to Susanville, Lassen Co Ca as I have found out and died there 14 Sep 1875. Millie mar 11 Oct 1862 in Susanville, Ca to Emanuel "Mike" Brannan age abt 34 b 1828 in Dearborn Co Ind. went to Jackson Co Ind with parents in abt 1829. Millie and her family and dad, Wm left Susanville abt 1864 and went to Benton Co Ore to Corvallis area. Wm went back to Susanville to repay money abt 500.00 he owed someone in Sept 1875 and got ,believe phnemonia and died and bur there. Sherrif ordered the sale of his belongings to pay Dr bill and burial. he had worked and saved the money to repay debt. This is in Court records there. Since you live in the Lindley area, maybe you are related to some of the Rooks as many descendants still live there but with varying different surnames due to marriages into, Ishmael, Chrisman, Mc Alister, Holloway, Snodgrass, Scott, and many other names there. Just ask anyone you meet if they had ancestors that were there in middle of 1800's and maybe you will find your Brown's may be connected back then or after to one of these Rooks descendants. I am also looking for the Isaac, Smith, and Allen Rooks yet. I found Harrison in Clinton Co in Civil War and mar and lived had family in Darke Co Oh and mar in Darke Co Oh. where he died. Also Louisa mar Joseph (Joel) Boring in Clinton Co Oh and lived in Mercer Co and Van Wert Co Oh where she died Jan 1918 and Joel died Sep 1919 in VanWert and are bur there.. A dau Ida Boring mar a Simon Butler in Van Wert Co oh 1890, and some of her siblings also mar there and are connected to some Worthern's.. Millie Maxine Rooks Brannan mar. as stated before here and ended up in Colfax, Whitman Co Wa where she died 30 oct. 1925 and Mike in 1913 and are both buried in the Colfax cem. Millie had 11 surviving ch and i son died who was a twin to my Granmother , Effie Cora Brannan,b 23 May 1883 in Bend ,Deshutes Co Ore. I am Maxine Mae( Baldwin ) Brooks ,Wilton and will appreciate anthing and meeting any descendants there via Snail Mail or E Mail. and exchange gen and pictures. I have not found when, ( date) that Mahala Smithson Rooks died or where she is buried and maybe some descenant has this. Millie said she died when she was 9 yrs old and that she and her dad left then for Ca. But I have proved a number of things she told and left the family are wrong memory of her since she was only 15 when she left Grundy Co Mo. She never even left the names of her siblings and no one has any record that we know of ,of them. I got imfo from 1860/ 1860/ and 1870 and 1880 and 1900 and 1910 census on them. in Grundy Co Mo , Clinton Co Ohio, Mercer, Van Wert and Darke Co's Ohio. Thank you and forgive the long message. but felt I needed to give this much imfo. Maxine Mae ( Baldwin) Brooks, Wilton b 7 Sep 1928 in Wa. mmwaw@sprynet.com P O VBox 0177, Roy Wa 98580 mmwaw@sprynet.com -----Original Message----- From: Sandra Griffin <canvas02@hotmail.com> To: mmwaw@sprynet.com <mmwaw@sprynet.com> Date: Monday, June 10, 2002 10:48 AM Subject: charles denver brown family >hi my name is sandra S griffin maiden name was brown ans I saw that you had >research on a charles denver brown who is my great grandfather on my fathers >side of the family my fathers name is LeRoy Denver BRown and Claude Brown >was his father and I'm doing a family research on this family and was >wondering how and if we could be related and if you would be willing to >share information with me as I would love to share what I have.always >looking for more family to talk with and find out more information on the >family here is my email and home address >sandra griffin,102 east third street,box 62, Laredo Mo.64652 email is >canvas02@hotmail.com hope to hear from you soon.thanks sandra brown griffin > > > >_________________________________________________________________ >Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. >