Hello everyone. I am writing again to try and knock down a brick wall I've had for sometime. I would like to know if anyone is researching or has any knowledge of this family: Jim (probably James) Brooks, married to Dottie Collinsworth, about 1880. In 1888 the were living in Boone County, Peytona District. They had a daughter named Amanda, born in 1888. She married Averil Cummings, son of Robert Cummings and Cynthia Lovejoy, about 1910 and moved to Lincoln County. There they had three children: Eva (called Evvie), Myrtle, and Truman. Evvie is my grandmother. Anyway, Amanda died in 1922 in Roane State Hospital, and is buried in Lovejoy Cemetery, Lincoln Co. Her family is a total mystery to me. The family has no idea what happened to her, why she died, or even the date of her death. She apparently, according to my grandmother, who was ten years old at the time, had a breakdown after loosing her fourth child. For some reason, she was sent to Spencer (Why not the State Hospital in Huntington? Wouldn't that one be closer?). My grandmother remembered riding a train to Roane County to see her, only to be told that she had died a while ago. My great-grandfather had her body moved to the family cemetery, and he was buried beside her when he died in 1956. I know that I should look in Boone County, and trust me, I am, but I think that there is information to be had in Lincoln County, too. How close is Peytona District in Boone Co. to Lincoln County? Any help anyone can give me would be appreciated. Love and Blessings Kristal Smith Chapman