About
Born June 29th, 1889
Died July 4th, 1985
Buried in Piedmont, MO
School teacher
Married to Leander Henson and had 2 sons and 2 daughters.
Stories & Documents
We say “Good Bye” to the Farm and Move to Brunot by Fred Brooks
To leave this environment [Camp Creek] when only eleven years old was a heart breaking experience. I had not been aware that such a move […] Read More
My Ten Years on Upper Camp Creek by Fred Brooks
Any child who has the good fortune to have older sisters and brothers, some of them young adults, is in a most unique position. He […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: Marriage, Family Life, & Death
Our first home was a log house. It was one and a half stories high with a bedroom upstairs, living room, bedroom and kitchen downstairs. […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1905, Teenage Years
Image Above: Estella’s Teaching Certificate In the spring of 1905, there was a teachers’ training school at Brunot. It was taught by a Mr. Pogue, […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1904, Worlds Fair & Visit To Marine
Pictured Above: Home in Marine, IL The year 1904 was the year of the World’s Fair in Sf. Louis. It was to be the most […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1903, Childhood, Part 2
[One of my teachers at Camp Creek School was] Anna McAllister. She was a cousin of our first teacher James Wilkinson and lived in the […] Read More
Charlie Remembers… Life in Early Wayne County
Pictured Above: THE KIMMEL SCHOOL on Upper Camp Creek about 1902. Some of the pupils were absent because of scarlet fever, including Millard Brooks, Virgie Brooks […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1902: New Baby & Fred’s Accident
In December of 1902 my mother gave birth to her thirteenth and last baby. In the fall before the baby’s birth my brother Fred got […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1900, The Move to Camp Creek
I was going on eleven years old when the great catastrophe came, that of going to the farm and leaving our wonderful home and friends. […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: Patterson School Days
Before going on with my story of life on the farm I must include my school days at Patterson. I started to school at six […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1898, Baby Fred & Isaac The Blacksmith
My brother Frederick Edwin was born July 30, 1898, the twelfth child in our family. I was nine years old when Fred was born. He […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1895, Childhood
I have gotten away ahead of my story and shall have to go back to the year 1895 when I was six years old. A […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: Church
Another very early memory is Sunday school. How I loved for Sunday to come for then I could dress in my prettiest dress, and I […] Read More
Estella’s Autobiography: 1894, Aunt Lulu Thornburgh
My Mother’s sister Aunt Lulu Thornburgh had been living with [my gradmother]. She had been a complete invalid for several years. She was stricken with […] Read More