Hi Gene, Are you saying that there may be 2 John Brooks born in 1830 ? Does your John Brooks 1830 have any connection to Semanthy Piatt, Adams Co., Ohio or Modoc Co., California? I find a JOhn Brooks in the 1880 Adams Co., census ,Tiffin Twp age 50, born Ohio (parents born Ohio) ,wife Mary 29,dau Sarah J 23( could not be dau of Mary because of age), son Lewis Clinton, 17, dau Mary Etta 9, son Alfred Monroe,6 and son Wm.1. In the 1880 Modoc Co, Ca census there is John Brooks 50 ,b Oh,NyNy, married to Semanthy Piatt 46, b Oh Va Va. The Piatts lived next door to John Brooks in the 1850 census when John was 20 and Semanthy was 15. Her parents were born in Va on this census & she says so in later census. Just received word I have to fly to Ohio for family illness(I live in Ca.), I will keep your e-mail, answer this one for me & I can mail you from back there. Sharon Karns skarns3@coxnet