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
Category: Isaac & Family
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
In this sophisticated, mechanized age none but some who are classed as II senior citizens are likely to remember ever having attended pea hullings. Pea […] Read More
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
Photo above: Des Arc Street & Church After we moved to Upper Camp Creek, Des Arc was our “town”, It was a big day when I […] Read More
In 1908, the popular educator Victor Sears came to Greenville and organized the first four-year high school in Wayne County. The first four-year class to […] Read More
For a number of years, the ground floor of this building in Patteron was the home of a garage and blacksmith shop, owned and operated […] Read More
Historical Wayne County Published in Cooperation with the Wayne County Historical Society Isaac Lewis (Left) was a circuit riding preacher for 40 years serving many […] Read More
For a number of years, the ground floor of this building in Patterson was the home of a garage and blacksmith shop, owned and operated […] Read More
Mary Rowena Brooks was born near Marine. Ill., May 12, 1857, and departed this life at Brunot, Mo., July 29, 1931, in her 75th year. […] Read More
When the call came on March 29, 1934, to Isaac Louis Brooks at his home at Brunot, Mo., an active career was concluded in which […] Read More
Charles E. Brooks is shown coming through the Civil War road, Stoney Battery, in an updated photograph. The road ran from Brunot to Patterson. Brooks […] Read More
Uncle Charlie died Sept. 21. 1983 after celebrating his 87th birthday last March. After the funeral I went over to his home to help his […] Read More
MAM-MA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY WE WAITED WITH MAM-MA FOR JESUS TO COME COME TO SET HER FREE AND THERE, AT HER SIDE, I REMEMBERED OLD TIMES […] Read More
The White House Washington September 23, 1935 Reverend and dear sir: Your high calling brings you into intimate daily contact not only with your own […] Read More
Cyrus Hall McCormick in Walnut Grove, Va., worked for years to develop a machine to harvest grain. In 1831, he built the first workable reaper. […] Read More
Charles E. Brooks is shown coming through the Civil War road, Stoney Battery, in an undated photograph. The road ran from Brunot to Patterson. Brooks […] Read More