Much of the care of me fell on my sister Sadie for another baby came very soon. There was only twenty months between my sister […] Read More
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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
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
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
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
The above image is the original build of the Peach Tree Church. During most of the years that we lived on the Old Farm, we […] 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
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
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
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