This large stone monument marks the burial site of the Brooks family in Section S, Lot No. 121 - 124.

from "Centennial History of Columbus and Franklin County, Ohio" - 1904

"The First White Woman.

The first white woman born east of the Scioto river and in Columbus proper was Keziah Hamlin, who afterward married David Brooks, proprietor of ''The White Horse Tavern," one of the famous early hostelries of the Ohio capital. She was born October 16, 1804, in a log cabin which stood upon what is now the site of Hosier's brewerv. At that time there lived in the vicinity a sub-tribe of Wyandots, who were on friendly terms with the scattered white settlers. They had a great fondness especially for Mother Hamlin's corn bread, and were in the habit of paying the family informal calls and helping themselves informally to whatever they might find in the larder. The only explanation they offered was to leave with Mrs. Hamlin the finest cuts and quarters of venison, so that if she and the lord of the household were left temporarily short on bread they found themselves long on meat. While this kind of exchange was one-sided, the Hamlin firm never had occasion to complain that they had been cheated.

When little Keziah came the Wyandots took great interest in the little
pale face and never lost an opportunity to admire her in a sort of ecstacy of
silence, punctuated with grunts of satisfaction; and the larger she grew, and when she began to toddle about on the dirt floor of the cabin, their admiration knew no bounds, and then and there the Trilby inspiration took shape and one busy day, when Father Hamlin was on a journey to the mill and Mother Hamlin was busy with her household cares and duties and Baby Hamlin slept like a top in her sugar trough cradle, a delegation of Wyandots in gala attire invaded the cabin and, instead of depleting the larder, depleted the cradle and marched Indian file, the chief leading, with Keziah in his arms, and disappeared in the direction of the Indian village, in the dense forest at the bend of the Scioto, where the Harrisburg bridge now spans the river.

It would be impossible to depict the feelings of the mother. She simply
endured the terrors of the situation for hours, which passed like slow-paced
centuries, buoyed up only by the faint hope that the children of the forest
were merely playing some good natured prank on her. Realizing the useless-
ness of pursuit, nothing was left her but to cling to hope and endure and long for the return of her husband. Hours before his return (far past nightfall) the Indians returned, with their tiny captive smiling and cooing in the arms of the bronzed chieftain, and she too was resplendent in gala attire. In addition to the other gay outfitting, her feet were encased in a pair of dainty and artistically beaded buckskin moccasins.

The Wyandot manteau and moccasin makers, for the purpose of giving
the mother a happy surprise, had unceremoniously carried the child to their own town, Avhere she could be fitted out and become a Wyandot Princess, and as such they had evidently adopted her before returning her. For many years Keziah retained the moccasins and trinkets, and told the story of that adventure to her children and her children's children. Finally the younger generations a few years ago unconsciously imbibed iconoclastic ideas, and the relics disappeared piecemeal.

Keziah Hamlin married David Brooks, who came from Massachusetts and settled in Columbus on the 19th of December, 1822. She died February 4, 1875, leaving three sons and two daughters. One of the sons, David W. Brooks, was prominent in business and banking circles in the city. Herbert Brooks, a grandson, is prominent in the same circles in the Columbus of 1909."

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