I hope you do not mind me answering for you Milly, Mary's maiden name was Brooks. She was daughter of William S. "Will" Brooks born in Michigan abt 1832/1836; and was killed/lynched by a mob 18 Sep 1867 in Tennessee and his wife Nancy H. Pile born 14 Dec. 1835 in Pall Mall, TN and died 7 April 1919 in Tennessee; Nancy is buried in Wolf River Cemetery, Pall Mall, TN. I have the Pile/Pyle line traced back a few more generations but her father is the brick wall on the Brooks line. Bruce York's website adds: William Brooks was accused of the Preston Huff murder. He was tried by a mob that broke into the jail in Jamestown and killed him September 20, 1867. They tied him to a horse's tail and filled his body full of bullets as it was dragged up and down the road. His body was left at a barn across the road from the Elijah Pile home, where his wife and child were staying. Note: It has been reported that William Brooks was born in Michigan, but could be the son of Moses Brooks. Moses Brooks had a son,William Brooks, age 11, born about 1838-1839 in Tennessee. More info on Mary Brooks by by Lorene Cargile Mary was a hard working Christian woman who tried to raise her children to be honest God-fearing people. She worked hard to raise her children after their father's death. Mary was blind in the later part of her life and the only thing I remember about her is that she would feel of us grandchildren when we visited her to see if we had grown any. She is buried in the Wolf River Cemetery beside her husband. All of Mary and William's deceased children are buried in the Wolf River Cemetery except Hattie Wright, who is buried about a mile around the road in the Upchurch Cemetery. Does anyone know if the Preston "Press" Huff who was allegedly killed by William Brooks was the son of Alexander b. ca 1809 & Martha Huff b. 1819? Was his wife Mary Elizabeth Pile 1864-1932? thanks, Fabian Doles <http://wc.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=bruceyork&id=I9353> HelenD1939@aol.com schrieb: > Millie, can you tell me the maiden name of Mrs. Mary York? And Alvin's wife > was Gracie Williams, correct? > Helen > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to TNFENTRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > >