Matilda was born in Madison, Indiana, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Manville. She married Benjamin Brooks on April 6, 1815, in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, where it is on record and can be retrieved through the Indiana Marriage database. However, undocumented family stories say they were married in Bourbon Co., Kentucky, before their seven-year journey from Kentucky to Vermilion County, Illinois. She was the co-founder of the important settlement called Brooks' Point. Their children are Benjamin Frank, Polly, Sarah, John, David and Lucinda, who was born shortly after her husband Benjamin Sr. died. Her husband and her father were partners in mills near the area that later became known as Manville, probably named after Nicholas Manville (son of Butler, son of Nicholas). Husband Benjamin died in Dana, Indiana, while helping to construct a mill there.
Matilda later married Charles McCorkle (7 Nov 1833) in Vermilion County, Illinois.
1860 US Federal Census (Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois):
Household Members Age
Charles McCorkle 55 (b. Abt 1805 in Virginia)
Matilda McCorkle 62
Samuel McCorkle 25
Nicholas McCorkle 24
George McCorkle 20
America McCorkle
Matilda later married Charles McCorkle (7 Nov 1833) in Vermilion County, Illinois.
1860 US Federal Census (Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois):
Household Members Age
Charles McCorkle 55 (b. Abt 1805 in Virginia)
Matilda McCorkle 62
Samuel McCorkle 25
Nicholas McCorkle 24
George McCorkle 20
America McCorkle
Matilda was born in Madison, Indiana, the daughter of Nicholas and Mary Manville. She married Benjamin Brooks on April 6, 1815, in Madison, Jefferson County, Indiana, where it is on record and can be retrieved through the Indiana Marriage database. However, undocumented family stories say they were married in Bourbon Co., Kentucky, before their seven-year journey from Kentucky to Vermilion County, Illinois. She was the co-founder of the important settlement called Brooks' Point. Their children are Benjamin Frank, Polly, Sarah, John, David and Lucinda, who was born shortly after her husband Benjamin Sr. died. Her husband and her father were partners in mills near the area that later became known as Manville, probably named after Nicholas Manville (son of Butler, son of Nicholas). Husband Benjamin died in Dana, Indiana, while helping to construct a mill there.
Matilda later married Charles McCorkle (7 Nov 1833) in Vermilion County, Illinois.
1860 US Federal Census (Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois):
Household Members Age
Charles McCorkle 55 (b. Abt 1805 in Virginia)
Matilda McCorkle 62
Samuel McCorkle 25
Nicholas McCorkle 24
George McCorkle 20
America McCorkle
Matilda later married Charles McCorkle (7 Nov 1833) in Vermilion County, Illinois.
1860 US Federal Census (Georgetown, Vermilion County, Illinois):
Household Members Age
Charles McCorkle 55 (b. Abt 1805 in Virginia)
Matilda McCorkle 62
Samuel McCorkle 25
Nicholas McCorkle 24
George McCorkle 20
America McCorkle
Family Members
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