I forget that you have another generation in there, Sheila. Uncle Emil was the brother of your g-grandfather Ernest (not grandfather) and my grandmother Retta Brooks. Nola Kitterman was the oldest daughter of Emil & Lizzie McKinney McDowell. Peggy Brooks Cannady pcannady@centurytel.net -----Original Message----- From: Sdun566@aol.com [mailto:Sdun566@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 8:21 AM To: MORIPLEY-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [MORIPLEY] Peggy - Bob Kitterman Peggy, I knew there was a pretty close connection, but I haven't looked at my papers in so long that I didn't dare state what it was. Dad just knew there was a McDowell connection. Trellis McDowell Young (my grandmother) has told me on several occassions that it was this incident that caused my great-grandmother, Clara Brooks McDowell, to have a complete breakdown and lose her mind. I remember Clara's last couple of years and we all knew she was senile, but it wasn't until I was older that I was told how fearful she was. She would hide in the closet and cry and tell her daughter (Trellis) that "they were after her too" and "they were outside with guns" It was during a moment of sanity that she herself revealed to Trellis that she knew her mind wasn't right and she thought it might have something to do with the Kitterman murders. Afterall she said, if someone can do that to such wonderful people, what could they do to the rest of us. Peggy, thanks for the connection information. I will print it out to add to my pile of records to get to eventually. :) I appreciate all you do for the Brooks/McDowell family connections. Sheila ==== MORIPLEY Mailing List ==== Homepage for Ripley Co GenWeb site <a href="http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/">http://www.rootsweb.com/~moripley/ </a> ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx