According to the 1900 Census Rachel's parents were born father in Georgia, mother in Alabama
From Rachel Brickhouse Civil War Widow's Pension Application reclassification, dated January 3, 1931: Rachel said she lived in Houston County, Tennessee, Erin Post Office for two years, moving to Alabama in 1902
Tombstone is a joint headstone with her first husband, Columbus Allen, her name is listed as Mother Rachel E Allen Brickhouse, dates, "At the crystal rivers brink, We shall find each broken link"