----- Original Message ----- From: "John Chapman" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 10:27 PM Subject: Reposting My Brick Wall > Hello everyone. Boy, I hope that you are not getting tired of hearing me > whine about this brick wall, but I really, really need to find information > on this family. > > My great-grandmother was Amanda Brooks. She was born in 1888, Peytona > District, Boone Co. Her parents were (as written in my baby book) Jim > Brooks and Dottie Collinsworth. Their given names were probably James and > Dorothy, but I have no record of that. I do not know the name of any of > her siblings, but I know that she did have a brother. > > She married Averil C. Cummings and relocated to Lincoln County. Averil was > a man with a short temper, and in one family dispute, shot Amanda's brother. > They had three children, Eva (my grandmother) was the eldest, born in March, > 1912. Her other children were Myrtle and Truman. A fourth baby was either > stillborn or died soon after birth in 1922. Amanda suffered some kind of > breakdown (perhaps post-partum depression), and was sent to Spencer State > Hospital. She died soon after, and her death was never explained to the > family. She was buried in Lovejoy Cemetery, in Lincoln County. > > I have sent to Charleston for her Death Certificate, but have not heard back > as of yet. I was also recently told that I may be able to get her records > from the Weston State Hospital, but that is a slim chance. > > If there is anyone out there who can help me, please feel free to write to > me. I have banged my head up against this brick wall for a long time, and > am getting a headache. LOL I would really love to solve the family mystery > of what happened to poor Amanda. > > Love and Blessings > Kristal Smith Chapman > > > ============================== > Ancestry.com Genealogical Databases > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist2.asp > Search over 2500 databases with one easy query! > >