My dad's father (Homer Foust) lost his parents within weeks of each other when  he was about 4 years old.  At the moment that line is stumped until I can do  some further research.  On dad's mother's side, we don't have information on  the William Brooks who fought with the Union Army and stayed in "the valley of  the three forks" (Pall Mall, TN) when the Army moved on. He came from Michigan  and married Nancy Pile, daughter of Elijah Pile, son of Coonrod Pile.  Granny's  Dad was John Sowders, and I haven't found anything on him, not even where he  came from.  Several of his sons changed the spelling of their last name in  order to work at the same company (Uncle Willie told me this).

Mom was a Todd and there are many Todds! Her line traces to James Gaspar Todd,  and since about every line used the same names when naming their children, it  makes for interesting reading.  The Polsons (Polsen, Paulson, Pouston, etc.)  are just as prolific. I find relatives, both distant and close, about anywhere  we go. I don't have all the siblings of the ancestors listed yet.

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