Her death certificate records Lucy Jane Fields, age 83 years 7 months 10 days, born 10 June 1840, birthplace unknown, died 29 Jan 1924 at 5418 Crescent, Mt. Washington, Blue township, Jackson Co., Missouri, widowed, father don’t know, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Toles, cause of death capillary bronchitis, informant W. B. Broaddus, Chilicothe, Mo, burial in Purdin, Mo.

Her first marriage license gives her maiden name as Towles. Her son Walter’s death certificate gives his mother’s maiden name as Tolls.

1850 census of Randolph Co., Missouri, Sugar Creek township, Allen P.O., enumerated 27 Sep, lists as family #518:
P. D. Towles, 32, b. Va, farmer; Elizabeth, 30, b. Ky; Lucy, 8; Nancy, 6; Mary, 3; William, 3/12. All children born in Missouri.

1860 census of Randolph Co., Missouri, Sugar Creek township, Allen P.O., enumerated 6 Sep, lists on p. 172 as family #1171/1166:
E. J. Towls, 39, seamstress, b. Ky; L. J., 19; N. C., 18; M. E., 13; M. F., 7. All female, all born in Mo. except E. J.

The later censuses give Lucy’s age as 28 in 1870, 36 in 1880, 59 born Aug 1840 in 1900, 69 in 1910, and 79 in 1920.

Chariton Co., Missouri marriage records record the marriage of Walter Broades to Lucy Brummel on 30 Nov 1865, by D. H. OBryan, J.P.

1870 census of Sullivan Co., Missouri, Liberty township, Milan P.O., enumerated 11 Aug, lists on p. 1 as family #1:
McCormick, William, 21, farm laborer; Mary E., 21; Newlan P., James F., 4/12; Broaders, Lucy, 28; Derwood F., 3; Walter P., 2. All born in Missouri.