Saloma Caroline (Krause) Chenoweth (1824 - 1909)

Born 17 Mar 1824 in Indiana, United States

Wife of Henry J. Brooks — married about 12 Nov 1839 in Indiana, United States [uncertain]

Died 13 Dec 1909 at age 85 in Bible Grove, Clay, Illinois, United States

Biography

Saloma Caroline Krause was born about 17 Mar 1824 in Indiana, United States.^[1]

Saloma (15) married Henry J. Brooks (21) (born on October 6, 1818 in Hart County, Kentucky; son of John McMillian Brooks and Elizabeth (Coats) Brooks) about 12 Nov 1839, possibly in Indiana.

In the 1850 census Saloma C. Brooks (age 25) was in Clay County, Illinois.^[2]

In the 1860 census Salome C. Brooks (age 36) was in Orleans Township, Orange County, Indiana.^[3]

In the 1870 census Caroline Brooks (age 43) was the head of household in Bible Grove, Clay County, Illinois.^[4]

Caroline Brooks married Elias Chenoweth in 1871 in Clay County.^[5]

In the 1880 census Caroline Chenowith (age 55), was the widowed mother of Joseph Brooks in Kansas Township, Edgar County, Illinois.^[6]

Saloma died on December 13, 1909 in Bible Grove, Clay, Illinois, United States, aged 85. She was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois (plot: Block 20, 138).^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #31167670 (accessed 27 May 2023)
   Memorial page for Saloma Caroline Krause Cheneweth (17 Mar 1824-13 Dec 1909), citing Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon County, Illinois, USA (plot: Block 20, 138); Maintained by BjJ (contributor 46902476).
2. ↑ 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
   citing Affiliate Publication Number: M432; Line: 18;
   FamilySearch Record: M85V-VKB (accessed 27 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HY-DTN7-FN1
   Saloma C Brooks (25) in Clay, Illinois, United States. Born in Indiana.
3. ↑ 1860 Census: "United States Census, 1860"
   citing Page: 15; Affiliate Publication Number: M653;
   FamilySearch Record: M4F1-KFZ (accessed 27 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33S7-9B9N-34TC
   Salome C Brooks (36) in Orleans Township, Orange, Indiana, United States. Born in Indiana.
4. ↑ 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870"
   citing Page: 22; Affiliate Publication Number: M593; Line: 9; FHL microfilm: 000545695; Record number: 855;
   FamilySearch Record: M64N-LDZ (accessed 27 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-D4KQ-Q8Y Image number 00026
   Caroline Brooks (43) head of household in Bible Grove, Clay, Illinois, United States. Born in Indiana.
5. ↑ Marriage: "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
   citing Clay, Illinois, United States, county offices, Illinois; FHL microfilm 1,008,794.
   FamilySearch Record: X2P9-MJX (accessed 27 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 939Z-Y6S2-TZ Image number 00540
   Caroline Brooks marriage to Elias Chenoweth in 1871 in Clay, Illinois, United States.
6. ↑ 1880 Census: "United States Census, 1880"
   citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
   FamilySearch Record: MXJ6-Q5Q (accessed 27 May 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GYB8-DCL Image number 00009
   Caroline Chenowith (55), widowed mother, At Home, in household of Joseph Brooks (31) in Kansas Township, Edgar, Illinois, United States. Born in Indiana, United States.