Ummm...Hi Teresa, not sure how we have missed each other but apparently we have, Yes, I am related to your Brakes. Julia Alice Brake was the daughter of Elisha B. Brake and Catherine O'Gwin. She was born Feb. 2, 1866. Her father was the son of Isaah Brake, who was the son of Jacob Brake of Edgecomb Co. NC. He was the son of James Brake and Phoebe Mooreland. James Brake was the son of Jacob Brake born about 1720 and died in 1796. Jacob is buried in Brake Cemetery; Rocky Mount, NC. Jacob came to this country as an indentured servant. This line is well documented, and there is a Brake Family Society. What else can I help you with? I would also like to know how you tie into this line if you do not mind sharing with me. jan -----Original Message----- From: Teresa Beech <beechfamtree@email.msn.com> To: TNHUMPHR-L@rootsweb.com <TNHUMPHR-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, April 13, 1999 3:53 PM Subject: Re: My Humphreys County Surnames >Good morning, > It is good to communicate with someone who is related to the >Brake's.Of course,I am >interested in all of the surnames I posted, but the especially the >Brake,because it is a very >rare surname. I have only now after 6 months of searching found some clues >as to who >were the parents of Julia Alice Brake who married Alvah Clemons Daniel. And >he has >proved to be a little difficult also. I had the good fortune to copy the >family info out of >Julia's Bible many years ago. It has since disappeared. It may have ended up >in an >antique's store somewhere in West Tennessee. No one really knows what >happened >to this Bible. It was rather small--maybe 6"x 9" and about 3-4" thick. It >was hard bound >and the cover was brown with raised lettering. It contained information >relating to the birth >of 7 children. The only information it contained about Julia and Alvah is as >follows: >Alvah Clemons Daniel---B. February 18,1858 and D.January 21,1928 >Julia Alice Brake----------B. February 02,1866 and no death date was >listed,because, >I suppose,no one felt they should write in her Bible. > The following is the sum total of info I have found on the Brake family: > >http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~hyde/brake/ > >This ia a website devoted to the Brake family. Last time I checked,there was >no info >available on the Humphreys Co. Brake's. But it does have some great info on >the >heritage and history of the family. It has many interesting photos also. > >1850 Humphreys County Census >450 Brake, Amos 43 m 1 > Picty 37 f > John 25 m 1 > Sarah 20 f > Thomas 11 m > Henry 9 m > Elizabeth 5 f > >1860 Humphreys County Census Index >Rushing #1)A.J.--Caledonia--Edney--Josephine--Margaret--Mary >Brake #4)John--Lewis--Londa--Mason--Rileigh--Sarah--William >Rushing #8)Jenevia--Julia A.--Nancy J.--Richard C.--William >Daniel #16)Samuel > #20)Joseph--Mary--William > #22)D.C.--David--George--James--Jemima--Rebecca--William--(Alvah/Elvah?) > #70)David--Elizabeth--George--Hiram--Jane--John--Mary--Minnie--Selena > #71)Charles--Jane--Philander >Brake #71)Catherine--Elisha--Martha--Nancy--Sarah >Rushing#72)Daniel--Elizabeth--Semantha--William > #74)Ann > #98)David P.--Eliza--Elizabeth J.--George--James--Jones--Nancy H.--William >R. > > Of the 2 Brake households listed in 1860 there are only 2 names that >were >carried over from the 1850 Census.John and Sarah. Is it possible that they >were married >and living with his family in 1850 and subsequently had Julia after the 1860 >Census >was long past ?( Household # 4) > D.C. and Jemima Daniel are my best bet as the parents of Alvah Daniel. >He should have been listed in the 1860 census if I had his birth date >correct. >I added the parenthectical Alvah/Elvah at the end because I did a search >on the LDS family search site and the info I returned offered >a female Elvah J. born in 1867 to D.C. and Jimima Daniel in Humphreys >Co,Tenn. >It is a little maddening sometimes !! Did Alvah have a sister named Elvah ? >Is it a misprint ? When was he born if not on the date listed in the family >Bible ? Could it be that these are not his parents and he is listed on the >1860 >Census in some other county,or state ? > Notice the 2 listings for household #71.Was this an error or were there >Daniel >and Brake families under one roof ? > > Moving on to brighter subjects,I have a great deal of info on the Cooley >family >of Humphreys County. The Patriarch was James Cooley who was my >gggg-grandfather. >I am commucating with several Cooley descendants at this time and have >corresponded >with Betty Harwood in the past who is also a Cooley descendant. I have not >been able >to get any e-mail thru to her lately,tho. > > My Fortner line is easy---my mother's 1st cousin Betsy Carter,daughter >of Cora Daniel >and Will? Carter, married Vester Fortner and they had 3 daughters. >Margie,the oldest, >Judy, and Laura who is my age. I have not seen any of them in recent years >except for Betsy. > > David if you would like,I can send you some files to your private >e-mail. I would love to post >some old family photos on the Humphreys County Page. > > Teresa Sue Beech > > > > > >==== TNHUMPHR Mailing List ==== >Humphreys County Website needs YOU! Do you have transcriptions from original documents or microfilm? Wills, cemetery >information, marriages? Please submit it to Alisa McKeel Ottaviano for posting on the Humphreys County Website. >