I've completed my research and published a family story on my BRINKERT family. They were from Mecklenburg, Germany and settled in Hopkins, Allegan Co., Michigan. Included is detailed information on my great-great-grandmother's first husband, Leander HIME. He was a Civil War veteran and died shortly after the war. The story can be seen at my website
http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~tibbeturne...