Tryphena Margaret was born to Josiah Brooks and Martha Selby. She wed James Gray Stewart in Cass County, Illinois on March 9, 1881. They had:
1) James Franklin on 26 Jun 1883 (D: 1889)
2) Malcolm Wayne on 23 May 1885
3) Eltha J on 1 Jan 1889 (D: 1889)
4) Charles Leslie on 3 Sep 1890

Obituary of Tryphena M. Stewart Duncan (1860-1948)

Tryphena Brooks, daughter of Josiah Wright Brooks, a native of Georgia, and Martha Damarias Selby, a native of Kentucky, was born February 29, 1860, on a farm near Moweaqua, Illinois. Her father and mother were members of the Moweaqua Methodist Church, to which they took their children and in which they took an active part.

Her father died when she was 14 years old, and she and her brothers and sisters early learned to take the responsibilities of the home in helping their mother to provide a living and care for the family. Tryphena loved housework, gardening, nursing, and millinery.

She married James Stewart, a native of Pennsylvania and a former soldier in the 76th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry. They operated the Round Grove Farm, three miles east of Moweaqua, Illinois and to them was born four children, James Franklin, Malcolm Wayne, Eltha, and Charles Leslie. James died on February 3, 1895 and in 1899, she moved to Moweaqua. In 1903, she wed Martin Duncan, father of her daughter in-law Gwendolyn.

She was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star of Moweaqua and of the Shelby County (Kuilka) chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. Friendships in Moweaqua, Shelbyville, Saint Louis, and Urbana were important in her life.

For nearly a year in her failing health she lived with her daughter-in-law Gwendolin Stewart in Moweaqua and with her grandson and his wife, Wayne and Vera Stewart of Monticello. Her sickness was not accompanied with a great deal of pain and she was able to have lively conversation with her brothers and other family members to within a few hours of her death, which occurred March 31, 1948.

The immediate members of her family, Charles Leslie, her son, and family of Urbana, Illinois; Gwendolin Stewart, her daughter-in-law and her family of Moweaqua; Mrs. John Middlesworth, Alameda, California, sister; Barkley Brooks, a brother, Decatur; Stephen Brooks, a brother, Decatur; Charles Brooks, a brother, Stonington; Mrs. Alberta B. Latch, a niece, Decatur; Mrs. Joseph W. Franke, a niece; Shirley D. Body, a nephew, Bement; and their families will cherish her memory, along with her six grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and a host of other relatives and friends.
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Shortened version read at the final rites, First Methodist Church, Moweaqua, Illinois, April 2, 1948, by Reverend Marquis M. Want, Urbana, Illinois.