The purpose of the Brooks Family Query Exchange is to assist researchers of the various Brooks families and preserve as an historical record Brooks information that is likely to be lost or available to a limited few. A library of books and exchange publications is maintained for the members use. A sur-name file of surnames (other than Brooks) being researched by our members, is kept. The BFQE invites contributions of Brook(s) and Brooke(s) related material for publication. All material should be printed or typed. The author's or contributor's name and address should be on at least the first page. All members may send as many queries as they wish and there is no limit on the number of words per query. Your editor reserves the right to edit queries, with no loss of content and information. The deadline for submissions is the 15th of the month prior to the month of issue. The BFQE in printed quarterly in January, April, July and October.

The Brooks Family Historical Society and Library can not in any way guarantee the accuracy of any information appearing in this magazine, however, every possible effort is made to strive for accuracy and authenticity.. We can not be responsible for the publishing rights of material furnished by our contributors. The Brooks Family Historical Society and Library is a non-profit organization. Dues are $9.00 per volume. Members may purchase gift subscriptions for individuals, libraries or societies, however, these individuals, libraries and societies have no membership rights. A gift subscription is $8.00 per volume. The BFQE is available only by volume which includes four issues totalling 100-150 pages with a name/place index in the fourth issue.

Reprints of all back issues of the Brooks Family Query Exchange and its predecessor the Brooks Family Bulletin (Vol. I and II) are available. They are sold by Volume only, at a price of $8.00 per volume postpaid, for one volume ordered separately. The second and each additional volume on the same order is $6.00. Each volume of BFQE contains 100-150 pages of Brooks related data. The Brooks Family Bulletin contains approximately 100 pages per volume.
 

EDITOR'S NOTE: I recently spent about eight hours in the courthouse at Benton, Scott Co., MO and in the library at Sikeston, MO trying to find some information on an uncle, Samuel Hickman BROOKS. Unfortunately, I found nothing on my uncle but collected a significant amount of data on other BROOKS individuals from Southeast Missouri . including some connections to St. Clair Co., IL. I would be happy to send the data to anyone interested, in exchange for organizing it in a manner suitable for publication. The data are birth, marriages, deaths, deeds and Wills.
 
 
 
 
 
 

In VOL. VIII, No. 1 the Vital Records from New York should have had an explanation for the sources which was inadvertantly omitted. The numbers given in parenthesis at the end of each entry are source citations as listed below. The first number identifies the, newspaper and the remaining numbers refer to the month and day of publication. Unless the year of publication differs from the record, the year of publication is omitted.

1	Baldwinsville	Onondaga Gazette	1846-1850
2	Binghamton	Broome Co. Republican	1842-1845
3	Chittenango	Chittenango Herald	1831-1844
4	Corning	Corning Weekly Journal	1840-43, 1847-50
5	Elmira	Elmira Republican	1847-1850
6	Geneva	Geneva	1830-1849
7	Norwich	Norwich Journal	1816-1830
			(Scattered issues)
8	Oxford	Oxford Gazette	1813-1826
		Chenango Republican	1826-1830
		Oxford Republican	1833-1847
		Oxford Times	1845
9	Utica	Utica Western Recorder	1824-1834

 
 

* For Albany-Area newspaper records prior to 1829, see Joseph Gavit, AMERICAN DEATHS AND MARRIAGES, 1784-1829.

** For vital records from other Dutchess County newspapers, 1778-1825, see the Dutchess County Historical Society's COLLECTIONS, Vol. 4, published about 1830.
 
 

It is not too often we are able to read about history and experience a bit of it also but if you are travelling in England you may do just that at The King's Lodge . It is now a Bed and Breakfast establishment, known as the Brooke Manor , built by Thomas and Susan Brooke in the early 1600's. Robert, Thomas's son, and his wife also lived there and all four are buried in the nearby Whitchurch. These are the ancestors of the Brooke/Brooks family which settled in Maryland and produced two govenors. The name King's Lodge came from the fact that King Charles I spent some time there in 1642, just before the Battle of Newbury and his execution. The Manor is now owned and operated by Benn and Hermoine Goulding who invite the Brooks FamiIy members to stop by for Bed and Breakfast or just to visit. Hermoine cooks in traditional English Country House style and grows her own organic vegetables.
 

Brooke Manor is accessible from highways M3 and M4 , off A34 , halfway between Newbury and Winchester in Whitchurch. It is open year round and rates are about 20 English pounds per person. Address: King's Lodge, Whitchurch, Hampshire, England RG28 7AS. Telephone: 0256-893644.

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NORTH CAROLINA COUNTY FORMATION AND BOUNDARIES
 

I hope this information from the NC State Archives will answer some of the questions about where some of our ancestors lived at various times. Note that starting about 1776, a major part of what is now Tennessee, became a part of North Carolina and during the following 12 years, seven counties were formed as described below.
 

Washington County, NC was formed in 1777 from the Washington District of NC. Washington District was formed on 22 August 1776 at the request of inhabitants living on the Watauga, Holston and Nolachucky Rivers. The first court was held at the home of Charles Robertson in 1777.
 

SulIivan County NC was formed in 1779 from Washington Co., NC. First court was held at the home of Moses Lancey in 1779. Blountsville is the present county seat.
 

Gr eene County, NC was formed in 1783 from Washington Co. , NC. The first court was held in August 1783. Present county seat is Greenville, TN.
 

Davidson County, NC was formed in 1783 from Washington Co., NC. The first court was held in Nashville, now Tennessee, in 1784. Nashville, TN is the present county seat.
 

Sumner County, NC was formed in 1787 from Davidson Co., NC. The first court was held at the home of John Hamilton, probably in 1787. The present county seat is Gallatin, TN.
 

Hawkins County, NC was formed in 1787 from SulIivan Co., NC. First court was held in Rogersville in 1789, the present county seat, now Tennessee.
 

Tennessee County, NC was formed in 1758 from Davidson Co. , NC. The first court was held at the home of Joseph Fitzworth in 1758. The county was divided in 1796 into Montgomery and Robertson Counties, TN with Clarksville and Springfield the respective county seats.
 

Extracted from: Person County Heritage - North Carolina
 

Jeremiah BROOKS was born in Yirginia, 1773, parents unknown. Died Person County, 1871. Married in Caswell County to Elizabeth THOMAS, b. Pennsylvania, died in Person Co. 1855. Both buried at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Marriage bond, 18 March 1795, gives name BROOKES- all later records are BROOKS. Marriage bond signed by Thomas THOMAS, evidently Elizabeth's brother. Census of 1800 shows Jeremiah and Elizabeth with three children, and their family is listed through the 1870 census in Person. From the 1850 census Thomas THOMAS was living with Jeremiah. In 1805 a deed from Lord Granville shows purchase of their farm near Leasburg, and they bought more land through the years. Their Children:

I. David, b. 1796, m. Elizabeth TERRELL 1816. Lived in Caswell and Person counties until 1852, then moved to Tennessee with their family-Lucy , Andrew , Jonathan, Elanson Moore, John, Nancy M . , Elizabeth Jane , Emily F., Jeremiah, and Bob. At Big Sandy, Benton County, near the Tennessee River, they settled near their oldest son, Hiram Comer, who had gone in a wagon train from Bushy Fork, near Hurdle Mills, Person County, in 1843 with his wife Sara Elizabeth BLAYLOCK, and their infant son, Hiram and Sara's children: 1. Albert, 2. Haywood Lafayette, 3. Robert, 4. Nilliam David, 5. Emmeline, 6. Alfred Rainey, 7. Martha Frances, 8. Hiram Green, 9. Sarah Elizabeth, 10. Samuel Bedford, 11. Alabama Tennessee (daughter) .

David and Elizabeth, Hiram Comer and Sara Elizabeth and their families were members of Ramble Creek Baptist Church, where they and many descendants are buried. (All David's other children married in Tennessee.) Hiram Comer's substantial log homestead still stands not far from the church, and many descendants remain in West Tennessee, though others have scattered to Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, California, and Florida. Jeremiah himself came to Big Sandy, but neither that date nor the date of his return to Person County is known.

II. Andrew (son of Jeremiah) m. Sarah MALONE. Children: Nancy A., Elijah, Albert G., Elizabeth S., Harriet J., Sarah F., and John B. Only one descendant known: Mrs. Charles Weaver, Winston-Salem.

III. Green, m. ____ . Daughter Sarah Elizabeth, b. 1837 or 1839, lived with Jeremiah, 1850-70, married _____ MURRAY. No children.

IV. Logan, b. 1814, m. Mary Susan Elizabeth PIERCE. Children: 1. James Jeremiah, Emily, Rainey, Martha T., Ann F., and Katie T. James Jeremiah (Jerry) BROOKS, b. 1844, m. 1883 Sally Ann COMPTON, b. 1857. Their son Lester, b. 1794, who lives near Prospect Hill, says that Jeremiah had an older brother, Bowman, who fought at Guilford Court-house and settled at Flatwoods... However, no written record of a Bowman BROOKS has been found. One of the Tennessee tales is of three brothers, all living to be very old, one 117. Again, there is no written record of who or where.

Lester BROOKS has a picture of his father, in the Army of Northern Virginia, just before the battle of Bull Run, and he has Jeremiah's grandfather clock, put in working condition, incidentally, by James Alvin BROOKS, descendant of the John BROOKS family.

V. Hosey. No trace.

VI. Nancy m. James Oliver BRADSHER, 28 Dec. 1816.

VII. Jane b. 1804, d. 1888, m. Wm. S. MARSHALL. Ivey PLEASANT, Jr. of Leasburg is their descendant. His mother remembered childhood visits to "Aunt Betsy" BROOKS and "Aunt Sally" MURRAY- Jeremiah's daughter and grandaughter- at the homeplace, and remembered the cups and saucers Jeremiah had left them.

VIII. Susan m. _____ NEELEY. A NEELEY had a land grant near Jeremiah, but there is no trace of their descendants now.

IX. Elizabeth b. 1822, d. 1915, never married.

In Tennessee, David BROOKS' children passed on the family story that the BROOKS are Scottish, that they moved from Scotland to London and remained there a year or two before coming to America.

Richard BROWN, Tennessee descendant, remembers Hiram Comer's children-was reared at the homeplace- and says that they had very dark hair, from their mother, but red beards, which they proudly said showed their Scottish blood.
 
 

Down through the years the Tennessee BROOKS have used the family name "GREEN", not knowing whence it came until they rediscovered their Person County cousins in 1975 and learned that General Nathanael GREENE had stayed at a BROOKS home after the battle of Guilford Courthouse.

Submitted by the Great-great-great-grandson of Jeremiah BROOKS-

Newton James BROOKS.

Extracted from: BROOKS ROOTS, HOOKS COOKS & CROOKS, George F. BROOKS
 

Thomas BROOKS, bcrn in England, is probably buried in the Concord-Watertown area of Massachusetts, where he lived along with his son, Gershom, and grandson, Joseph. Nathan, son of Joseph , lived at Harvard, MA and no doubt is buried there. David and Ann raised their seven children at Chester, Vermont, moved to Quebec about 1806 and from there to Ontario. It is believed that they are buried at Rogers Corners Cemetery in Aylmer, Ontario, but most of the markers have been destroyed by vandals. Jonathan and Sally STEARNS BROOKS were buried at the First English Church Cemetery in Malahide Township, Ontario but were moved to one of the Cemeteries in Springfield, Ontario. John D. BROOKS, son of Jonathan and Sally, is buried with his wife, Polly CORLESS, at East Cemetery, Springfield, Ontario. My grandfather, George Warren BROOKS, is buried in lot #176, Maplehill Cemetery, Leroy, Michigan and his first wife, Lucy Ann (SHIVELY-BROOKS) PRICE is buried in Lot #15, Section R, Mt. View Park, Tacoma, WA. Their son, George Llewelyn BROOKS, and his wife, Elizabeth VALENTINE are buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery, Lansing, MI. Elizabeth's parents, Ezra A. VALENTINE and Frances MYERS, as well as her paternal grandparents, Ezra VALENTINE and Charlotte CHARLTON, are buried in the same plot in Lakeview Cemetery, Ezcanaba., MI. "Liz's" maternal grandmother, Catherine (ULWELLING) MYERS, is buried in Fort Howard Cemetery, Green Bay, WI. The German born grandparents of Lucy BROOKS PRICE, George and Catherine WARNER SHIVELY, are also buried in the BROOKS Plot in Springfield, Ontario. Theresa SCHMIDT, wife of ye editor, George F. BROOKS, is buried with my parents., George "Lou" and "Liz" in Mt. Hope Cemetery. Also buried in this cemetery are: Addison, my brother; Pete CHRISTENSEN, husband of my sister, Lucile; and Frank STANLEY, husband of my sister, Marguerite; and their son George L. STANLEY.

EDITOR'S NOTE: Much of the data in this issue has been collected from miscellaneous bits received from our members during the past four or five years. I hope it will be of help to someone since data from the same family comes from two different sources. Also, the bit of data on the Canadian connection to the American BROOKS I trust will be of some benefit. The book by George F. BROOKS has a note in the back which says he planned to publish two or three volumes. He no longer lives at the Lansing, MI address in the book. Does anyone know his current address, or know if he published the other volumes? His family is also connected to the family in the book by Lee and Mae CORLESS. I am still trying to locate a copy of Volume I of the CORLESS-BROOKS book.

2. Ernest Nels STORRS, b. 15 Oct 1913, Traverse City, MI.

3. Annie Thomas BROOKS, b. 26 Nov 1914, Orange Co., NC, m. 21 Dec 1940. Greensboro NC.

6. James Lester BROOKS, b. 09 Jun 1894, Roxboro, NC, m. 23 July 1913, d. 12 July 1985, Burlington, NC.

7. Lela Francis WHEELEY, b. 25 June 1895, Person Co., NC, d. 15 Aug 1948, Orange Co., NC.

12. James Jeremiah BROOKS, b. 1839, Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC, m. 81 Feb 1883, NC, d. 15 May 1898, Roxboro, NC.

13. Sallie Anne COMPTON, b. 18 Jan 1857, Carr(?), NC, d. 1911, Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC.

14. Julius Columbia Franklin WHEELEY, b. 23 Jul 1870, NC, m. 24 Oct 1889, NC, d. 13 Feb 1943, Cedar Grove, Orange Co., NC.

15. Emily Thomas TRIM, b. 25 March 1862, Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC, d. between 23 July and Fall 1913, Orange Co., NC.

24. Logan BROOKS, b. ca 1814, NC, m. 1838-40, d. between Oct 1870 and June 1880, NC.

25. Mary Susan PEARCE, b. ca 1817, NC.

27. Elizabeth COMPTON, b. 26 Dec 1830, NC.

28. Obadiah Blalock WHEELEY, b. Aug 1841, NC, m. 05 Nov 1865, Person Co., NC, d. 1907, NC.

29. Mildred Ellen BRADSHER, b. ca 1840, NC, d. 1890, NC.

38. Thomas TRIM, b. 05 March 1818, Person Co., NC, m. 1840-43, d. 1889-

1900, NC.

31. Emily CATES, b. March 1830, NC, d. before 06 Oct 1911, NC.

48. Jeremiah BROOKS, b. 1772-74, VA, m. 18 March 1795, Caswell Co., NC, d. 06 Feb 1871, Person Co., NC.

49. Elizabeth THOMAS, b. ca 1775, PA, d. 21 June 1855, Person Co., NC

50. Obadiah PEARCE, b. 13 March 1763, VA, m. 03 March 1794, Person Co., NC, d. ca 1856, NC.

51. Salley MOORE, b. 1760-70, NC, d. 15 Oct 1849, Person Co., NC.

56. William WHEELEY, b. ca 1809, NC, m. 05 Nov 1834, Person Co., NC, d. before 27 Aug 1892, NC.

57. Nancy BLALOCK, b. ca 1819, Person Co., NC, d. ca 1890, NC.

58. James BRADSHER, b. ca 1792, m. 19 Nov 1818, Person Co., NC.

59. Saly BROWN, b. ca 1801, NC, d. 1860-70, NC.

60. Robert (or Charles) TRIM.
 
 
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Norma S. KEATING
4653 Ave., Rio Del Oro
Yorba Linda, CA 92686
 
 

Husband: #48 Jeremiah BROOKS (Farmer)

Born: 1772-74, Virginia

Marr: 18 March 1795, Caswell Co., NC

Died: 06 February 1871, Person Co., NC (Thomas THOMAS, bondsman)

Bur: Ebenezer Baptist Ch., Person Co., NC

Wife: #49 Elizabeth THOMAS

Born: ca 1775 Pennsylvania

Died: 21 June 1855, Person Co., NC

Bur: Ebenezer Baptist Ch., Person Co., NC

Children:

1. F Elizabeth BROOKS, b. ca 1822; d. ca 1905.

2. M Logan BROOKS, b. ca 1814; m. 1830-40 to Mary Susan PIERCE.

3. M Hosey BROOKS

4. M David BROOKS, b. 1796, Caswell Co., NC; m. 06 Oct 1816 to Elizabeth "Betsy" TERRELL; d. 1875-80*
(*Buried in Flatwoods Cemetery, Benton Co., TN)

5. M Andrew BROOKS, b. ca 1805; m. 17 Feb 1830** to Sarah "Sary" MALONE. (** Person Co., NC)

6. F Susan BROOKS, m. _____ NEELY

7. F Nancy BROOKS, m. 28 Dec 1816** James O. BRADSHER (**Person Co., NC)

8. F Jane BROOKS, b. 25 Feb 1804; m. 24 Aug 1824 to William S. MARSHALL; d. 04 March 1888.

9. M Hiram Green BROOKS, m. (2) _____ MURRAY; d. before 1849.

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Norma S. KEATING
4653 Ave., Rio Del Oro
Yorba Linda, CA 92686
 
 

Husband: #24 Logan BROOKS (Farmer)

Born: ca 1814, North Carolina

Marr: 1830-40

Died: Oct 1870-June 1880

Bur: Person Co., NC, Long Burial Ground.

Husband's Father: Jeremiah BROOKS

Wife: Mary Susan PEARCE

Born: ca 1817, North Carolina

Wife's Father: Obadiah PEARCE

Wife's Mother: Salley MOORE

Children:

1. F Martha I. BROOKS, m. to Sam RIMMER.

2. M James Jeremiah BROOKS, b. 1839, Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC; m. 01 Feb 1883 to Sallie Anne COMPTON;
d. 15 May 1898* (*Died in Roxboro, NC).

3. F Ann F. BROOKS

4. F Emily or Betty Emily BROOKS

5. M Rainey L. BROOKS, m. to Nancy Catherine TERRY.

6. M Berry S. BROOKS

7. F Sallie A. BROOKS, m. to Jim MURRAY; died at age of 97.

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Norma S. KEATING
4653 Ave., Rio Del Oro
Yorba Linda, CA 92686
 
 

Husband: #12 James Jeremiah BROOKS (Farmer)

Born: 1839, Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC

Marr: 01 February 1883, Bushy Fork, Person Co., NC in Wheeler's Church

Died: 15 May 1898 Roxboro, Person Co., NC

Bur: Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC, Wheeler's Church

Husband's Father: Logan BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Mary Susan PEARCE

Wife: #13 Sallie Anne COMPTON

Born: 18 January 1807, Carr (?), NC

Died: 1911, Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC

Bur: Hurdles Mill, Person Co., NC, Wheeler's Baptist Church

Wife's Father: ?

Wife's Mother: Elizabeth COMPTON

Children"

1. M Rainey (or Maurice) BROOKS, Never Married; Died young.

2. F Mary Susan Elizabeth (Molie) BROOKS, b. 26 April 1885; m. 05 July 1908 to William H. McCULLOCK; d. 19
March 1921* (*Buried in Davis Cemetery, Person Co., NC)

3. M Dallas BROOKS, Never Married; Died young.

4. M James Lester BROOKS, b. 09 June 1894; m. 23 July 1913 to Lela Francis WHEELEY; d. 12 July 1985**
(**Buried in Wheeler's Baptist Church Cemetery, Burlington, NC.).

5. F Katie Frances BROOKS, b. 08 April 1897.

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

E. F. BALDWIN
18213 Village 18
Camarillo, CA 93010
 
 

Husband: Dr. and Capt. Belvidere BROOKS

(Company E, 2nd Texas Rangers Infantry) #### (####Miliary Oath and papers covering campaign and death. Historical
Recollections of Robertson Co., TX, Richard Denny Parker, #25727, pages 132 and 133. Masonic Record of
Mason-Germatown Lodge No. 95, Shelby Co., TN, raised between 1841 and 1848. Masonic record of Gillespie
Lodge No. 55, Wheelock, TX, affiliated 26 Oct ober 1850.)

Born: 09 July 1825, North Carolina

Marr: 25 February 1851 ###, Wheelock, Robertson Co., TX.

(### Marriage Application, Robertson County, 17 March 1851.)

Died: 08 april 1862 #, Killed at Battle of Shiloh, TN

(#Widow's Application for Pension #17610, Approved 28 Feb. 1910)

Wife: Nancy White PATRICK

Born: 11 September 1827## , Richmond, Madison Co., KY

(##Death certificate #30197, State of NY, Manhattan Borough.)

Died: 19 October 1913##, New York City, Manhattan, NY

(##Death certificate #30197, State of NY, Manhattan Borough.)

Wife's Father: Alexander Jefferson PATRICK

Wife's Mother: Catherine WHITE

Children:

1. M Joseph Wilkes BROOKS, b. 11 Feb 1855, Wheelock, Rob'tson Co., TX; m. 01 Oct 1879 to Dora LEE; d. 03
Nov 1933* (*Tampa, FL)

2. M Belvidere BROOKS, 06 Jul 1859, Wheelock, Rob'tson Co., TX; m. to Alpha GERALD; d. 10 Feb 1916**
(**New York City)

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Agnes BROOKS
5210 Powell Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66106
 
 

Husband: Mitchell H. BROOKS

Born: ca 1829, NC

Marr: 10 August 1854, Person Co., NC

Died: 1860-64, Webster Co., KY

Wife: Rebecca BUMPASS

Born: 1832, NC

Died: 1899, Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Bur: Oak Grove Cemetery, Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Wife's Father: John BUMPASS

Wife's Mother: Lizzie KENNEDY

Wife's Other Husbands: William T. HERRIN

Children:

1. M John Thomas BROOKS, b. July 1855, NC; m. 23 Aug 1882 to Katherine Ann LEVER; d. 12 Feb. 1937.

2. F Martha J. BROOKS, b. 05 Feb 1857, NC; m. 20 Feb 1873 to Wilkerson LITTLEPAGE; d. 27 July 1911.

3. F Sara A. BROOKS, b. 1859, (Died young), KY

4. M Joseph Abner "Joab" BROOKS, b. 18 Sep 1860, KY; m. 26 Apr. 1888 to Martha Dora CLARK; d. 26 Dec.
1926.

Sources of Information: 1860 Census, Webster Co., KY; 1850 Census, Person Co., NC: Marriage record of Mitchell
and Rebecca BUMPASS BROOKS.

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Agnes BROOKS
5210 Powell Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66106
 
 

Husband: Joseph Abner BROOKS

Born: 18 September 1860, Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Marr: 26 April 1888, Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Died: 26 December 1926, Henderson, Henderson Co., KY

Bur: Little Zion Bapt. Cem., Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Husband's Father: Mitchell H. BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Rebecca BUMPASS

Husband's Other Wives: Jenny RIDEOUT

Wife: Martha Dora CLARK

Born: November 1868, Webster Co., KY

Died: 1901, Dixon Webster Co., KY

Bur: Little Zion Bapt. Cem., Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Wife's Father: William Ben CLARK

Wife's Mother: Amanda MOREHEAD

Children:

1. F. Maude E. BROOKS, b. Aug. 1889, Dixon, Webster Co., KY; m. to Barlow Van HOOSER.

2. M Dennis Herman BROOKS, b. 26 Aug 1892, Dixon, Webster Co., KY; m. to Estella JEWELL.

Note: Joab's second wife, Jenny RIDEOUT, bore one child Ruth, who married Wade PRUITT in Hendserson, KY.
They reared their children and are buried in Henderson.

Sources: Marriage records of "Joab" BROOKS and Martha Dora CLARK. Death certificate of Joab BROOKS.

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Agnes BROOKS
5210 Powell Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66106
 
 

Husband: Dennis Herman BROOKS

Born: 26 August 1892, Dixon, Webster Co., KY

Chr: Baptist

Marr: 24 December 1926, Posey County, IN

Died: 30 September 1964, Henderson, KY

Bur: Fernwood Cemetery, Henderson, KY

Husband's Father: Joseph Abner BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Martha Dora CLARK

Husband's other wives:

1. Estella JEWELL* (*Dennis and Estella had a daughter. Both mother and daughter died shortly after child-birth.)

2. Mary BEAL** (**Dennis' second wife Mary died in 1923 leaving a daughter.)

Wife: Martha (Mattie) Emily GISH

Born: 07 October 1898, Niagara, Henderson Co., KY

Chr: Baptist

Died: 15 April 1978, Henderson, KY

Bur: Ridgewood Cemetery, Niagara, KY

Wife's Father: Samuel Jorden GISH

Wife's Mother: Harriet WILLIAMS

Wife's other husbands: 1. Dale HARP

Children:

1. M Herman Curry BROOKS, b. 26 Nov. 1927, Henderson, Henderson Co., KY; m. 31 Aug 1946 to Agnes Lucille
PARKER.

2. F Nannette "Nan" BROOKS, b. 03 Apr. 1930, Henderson, Henderson Co., KY; m. to Eugene CLARK.

Sources: Marriage and death records of Herman and Mattie BROOKS.
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Agnes BROOKS
5210 Powell Ave.
Kansas City, KS 66106
 
 

Husband: Herman Curry BROOKS

Born: 27 November 1927, Henderson, Henderson Co., KY

Chr: Baptist

Marr: 31 August 1946, Henderson, KY

Husband's Father: Dennis Herman BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Martha Emily GISH

Wife: Agnes Lucille PARKER

Born: 15 August 1927, Sebree, Webster Co., KY

Chr: Baptist

Wife's Father: Joel Goeble PARKER

Wife's Mother: Caroline HATFIELD

Children:

1. M Michael Curry BROOKS, b. 21 Sep. 1947, Evansville, Vanderburg, IN; m. 21 Jan. 1967 to Linda Sue
HELLEBUYCK.

2. F Marsha Faye BROOKS, b. 10 July 1953, Evansville, Vanderburgh, IN.; m. 31 Aug 1973 to Joseph Alexander
DOBSON.

Sources of information: Family records of Herman and Agnes BROOKS.
 
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Mrs. C. F. SPANGLER
Rte. 3, Box 43
Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538
 
 

Husband: Thomas BROOKS

Born: 02 December 1750, Pennsylvania (?)

Died: 29 Nov. 1790

Husband's Father: Thomas BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Martha HART

Wife: Mary RICHARDSON

Born: 29 November 1753, Pennsylvania (?)

Died: 10 October 1825, Spruce Vale, Columbian Co., OH (In home of daughter, Martha HAMILTON)

Children:

1. F Lydia* BROOKS, b. 30 Jan. 1774, Chester Co., PA; m. to James HENRY; d. 13 Nov. 1855.

(*Buried in Friend's Burying Ground, Grampian Hills, Clearfield Co., PA.

James was son of John and Margaret POLK HENRY and died 28 Jan 1860 at home

of his daughter, Margaret IDDINGS, in Bald Eagle Valley, Centre Co., PA.

2. M. William** BROOKS, b. 10 May 1782, Chester Co., PA; m. to Sarah STARR; d. Aug 1859.

(**William died at home of his grand-daughter, Sarah NOLL, and is buried in

Friend's Burying Ground, Clearfield Co., PA. Sarah died 13 Oct 1823 and is buried in Bald Eagle Valley, PA.

3. M Thomas*** BROOKS, b. 10 May 1782, Faun Grove, York Co.., PA; m. to Rachel _____.

(***Thomas and Rachel are both buried in Faun Grove, York Co., PA)

4. F Martha**** BROOKS, b. 15 Nov. 1785; m. to James HAMILTON.

(****Martha died at the home of her son B. F. HAMILTON in Reokuk, IA. James

HAMILTON died near Columbus, OH.)

5. M Edward***** BROOKS, b. May 1789; m. to _____ McMONAGLE; d. 05 Aug. 1849.

(*****Edward is buried in Faun Grove, York Co., PA)

Sources of Information:

Notes of Jerusha BROOKS BAILEY

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Mrs. C. F. SPANGLER
Rte. 3, Box 43
Ft. Atkinson, WI 53538
 
 

Husband: Thomas BROOKS

Born 12 December 1722

Died: Philadelphia, PA

Bur: Philadelphia, PA

Wife: Martha HART

Born: 10 February 1723

Died: Philadelphia, PA

Bur: Philadelphia, PA

Children:

1. M Thomas BROOKS, b. 02 Dec. 1750, PA (?); m. ca 1773 Mary RICHARDSON; d. 29 Nov. 1790.
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Mary C. BOWEN
4885 Academy
San Diego, CA 92109
 
 

Husband: Robert BROOKS

Born: ca 1700-30, Pennsylvania

Wife: Sarah COCHRAN

Wife's Father: Probably Henry COCKERHAM

Children:

1. F Ursula BROOKS, b. ca 1752, VA; m. 25 April 1770 to Phillip OWEN**

(**Bedford Co., VA)

2. F Elizabeth BROOKS, b. ca 1753, VA; m. 27 Dec. 1773 to Jesse OWEN**

(**Bedford Co., VA)

3. M Henry BROOKS, b. 16 Mar 1755, VA; m. 23 Mar 1778 to Rachel FROST**; d. 29 Jan 1837*

(*Johnson Co., MO) (**Bedford Co., VA)

4. F Anna BROOKS, b. Sep. 1757, VA; m. 20 July 1786 to Joseph FROST, JR.; d. ca 1845***.

(***Coles Co., IL)

5. M Robert BROOKS, b. ca 1758, VA.

6. M Lynch BROOKS, b. ca 1760, VA; m. 20 Feb 1788 to Lucy HAWKINS.

7. F Susannah BROOKS, b. ca 1762.

8. F Sarah (Sally) BROOKS, b. ca 1764; m. 03 Aug. 1784 to Charles DONAHO.

9. M John BROOKS, b. ca 1768.

10. F Nancy BROOKS, b. ca 1770.

Sources of Information:

1. Family Records, Dr. Lynch BROOKS, 1837, Harrisonville, MO

2. Marriage Records, Bedford Co., Va 1775-1800.

3. Family moved from Bedford to Washington Co., Va ca 1780, to Madison Co., KY ca 1790.
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Mary C. BOWEN
4885 Academy
San Diego, CA 92109
 
 

Husband: Henry BROOKS

Born: 16 March 1755, Virginia

Marr: 23 March 1778, Bedford Co., VA

Died: 29 January 1837, Johnson Co., MO

Husband's Father: Robert BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Sarah COCHRAN

Husband's other wives: Elizabeth DAVIS

Wife: Rachel FROST

Born 26 March 1745, Virginia

Died: 29 July 1816, Madison Co., KY

Wife's Father: Joseph FROST, Sr.

Wife's Other Husbands: None

Children:

1. F Rhoda BROOKS, b. ca 1780, VA; m. to John HAWKINS.

2. M John Clark BROOKS, b. 1783, VA; m. 03 Feb. 1802 to Hannah SHEARER*; d. 05 Sept 1865**.

(*Madison Co., KY) (**Orange Co., IN)

3. M Lynch BROOKS, b. 18 Jan 1785, Washington Co., VA; m. 13 March 1808 to Mary (Polly) OWEN*; d. 24 Jan.
1847***.

(*Madison Co., KY) (***Cass Co., MO)

4. M Henry BROOKS, b. ca 1788, VA; m. 27 July 1808 to Elizabeth WALKER*.

(*Madison Co., KY)

Note: Hannah SHEARER, wife of John Clark BROOKS, fell into a fireplace and was badly burned. She died several
hours later 23 June 1863, in Orange Co., IN.

John Clark BROOKS choked on a chicken bone and died in 1865 in Orange Co., IN.

Sources of Information:

1. Marriage Records of Virginia, Cecil D. McDONALD, Vols. 9-25.

2. Family Records.

3. Marriage records, Madison Co., KY.
 
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:

Mary C. BOWEN
4885 Academy
San Diego, CA 92109
 
 

Husband: Henry BROOKS

Born: 16 March 1755, Virginia

Marr: 09 March 1819, Madison Co., KY

Died: 29 January 1837, Warrensburg, Johnson Co., MO

Husband's Father: Robert BROOKS

Husband's Mother: Sarah COCHRAN

Wife: Rachel FROST

Born: 06 February 1792

Died: 02 December 1836, Johnson Co., MO

Wife's Father: Henry B. DAVIS

Wife's Mother: Nancy Ann FULLIVLOVE

Children:

1. M Robert Davis BROOKS, b. 01 Jan 1820, Madison Co., KY; d. 14 Jan 1826*.

(*Madison Co., KY)

2. F Nancy Henry BROOKS, b. 03 Sep 1821, Madison Co., KY; m. 19 Jan 1837 to John HUNTSMAN****

(****Johnson Co., MO)

3. F Rachel A. Marian BROOKS, b. 21 Feb. 1823, Madison Co., KY; m. 05 Oct 1837 to Benjamin
BECKNER/BUKNER****; d. 1865**.

(****Johnson Co., MO) (**Dallas Co., TX)

4. M Ambrose Dudley BROOKS, b. 26 July 1826, Madison Co., KY; m. 10 Dec 1846 to Drucilla
ANDERSON****; d. 24 Jan 1912***.

(****Johnson Co., MO) (***Hill Co., TX)

5. M Henry Davis BROOKS, b. 13 Mar 1828; m. to Miss _____ STOCKTON****; d. ca 1850****

(****Johnson Co., MO)

6. M John Hawkins BROOKS, b. 08 July 1830; d. 22 Nov 1848****.

(****Johnson Co., MO)

Note: Drucilla ANDERSON BROOKS died 1879. Rev. A. D. BROOKS m. (2) Minnie WATSON 1881, in LaFlore
Co., MS.

Henry Davis BROOKS had one daughter. He died and his wife m. (2) Mr. MARTIN.

Sources of Informations:

1. Famiy History by Dr. Lynch BROOKS, 1837, Harrisonville, MO.

2. Old Bible Records and Tombstone Inscriptions, by Ardery in Kentucky Records.
 

[Data from Family Group Sheet]

Submitted by:
Mary C. BOWEN
4885 Academy
San Diego, CA 92109
 
 

Husband: Lynch BROOKS, MD.

Born: 18 January 1785, Washington Co., VA

Marr: 13 March 1808, Madison Co., KY

Died: 24 January 1847, Van Buren, Cass Co., MO

Bur: Cass Co., MO, On farm of son John L. BROOKS

Husband's Father: Henry BROOKS, SR.

Husband's Mother: Rachel FROST

Wife: Mary (Polly) OWEN

Born: 02 June 1788, Virginia

Died: 05 March 1848, Van Buren, Cass Co., MO

Wife's Father: Phillip OWEN

Wife's Mother: Ursula BROOKS

Children:

1. F Orian Frost BROOKS, b. 23 Mar 1809, Brookstown, Madison Co., KY; m. 05 Feb 1829* to Michael
LINDSAY; d. 03 Sept. 1837*.

(*Orange County, IN)

2. F Orbit Owen**** BROOKS, b. 20 Aug 1811, Brookstown, Madison Co., KY; m. 24 June 1828* to Samuel
WILSON; d. 13 Jan 1838**.

(*Orange County, IN) (**Van Buren, Cass Co., MO) (****After Orbit's death, her sister Rhoda BROOKS married
Samuel WILSON and Calaveras, County, CA after 1850. Samuel WILSON was killed in 1864.)

3. M C. F. Volney Oliver Goldsmith John Locke Henry Pope BROOKS, b. 21 Nov. 1813, Brookstown, Madison
Co., KY; m. 18 Oct 1835 to Eunicia KELLEY***; d. 18 May 1867.

(***Johnson Co., MO)

4. M Salan Newton Pane BROOKS, 06 Apr. 1816, Brookstown, Madison Co., KY; m. 27 Nov 1835 to Rachel
KELLEY; d. 1879 (MO).

5. M Darwin Gay Letcher BROOKS, 08 Sept. 1820, Brookstown, Madison Co., KY; m. 30 Dec. 1839 to Cheldusay
ANDERSON.

6. F Rhoda Hawkins BROOKS, b. 21 Apr. 1824, Orleans, Orange Co., IN; m. 09 Apr. 1838 to Samuel WILSON; d.
01 Jan. 1882.

7. F Barthina Minerva BROOKS, 27 Oct. 1830, Orleans, Orange Co., IN; m. 15 May 1851 to John Boone
CALLAWAY; d. 11 Apr. 1909.

Sources of Information:

1. Family History written by Dr. Brooks in his Medical Journal, 1837.

2. Marriages of Missouri.

3. Madison Co., Ky Census records, 1810.

BROOKS, BRYAN, MEEK, TIDWELL

Who were the parents of Heustice BROOKS? Heustice was born 08 October 1832, in Cahaba, Dallas Co., AL. Listed in Census of 1850 in household of John N. BRYAN in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX. (John N. BRYAN is considered to be the founder of Dallas.) Name is spelled Henishice and his occupation is listed as a printer. He married Rachel MEEK, daughter of John MEEK and Mahala TIDWELL on 13 October 1853 in McKinney, Collin Co., TX. His name in the marriage records is spelled Houstrice. Census of 1860 Wise Co., TX spells his name as Houston. Census of 1880 Hood Co., TX indicates Heustice's father was born in TN and his mother in AL. He is buried with wife in the Brooks Family Cemetery near Paluxy, Hood Co., TX along with his father-in-Iaw and several children.

Jeffrey P. BROOKS, 6717 Fair Meadows Dr., N. Richland Hills, TX 76180.

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BROOKS, FLOWERS, HARINGTON, RUTHERFORD, WATSON

Would like to correspond with anyone working on the BROOKS family in or near Dallas Co., AL. Seeking information on Oliver G. BROOKS, b. 04 Dec 1790 Grafton, MA, m. 19 Dec 1819 Elizabeth WATSON in Dallas Co., AL; Dorothy Ann BROOKS, m.(1) Robert RUTHERFORD, m.(2) Frances HARINGTON in Dallas Co., AL; John G. BROOkS, b. 1882 Petersham, MA; George G. BROOKS, b. 30 Jun 1798 Petersham, MA. George G. BROOKS was Justice of Peace of Dallas Co. in 1825. Oliver had at least one child, daughter Seraphine BROOKS, b. 26 Sep 1824, m. Ignatius G. FLOWERS, Jr., d. 08 Feb 1868. Ignatius b. 10 Oct 1806, d. 30 Dec 1862. Seraphine and Ignatius FLOWERS are buried in the Oakley Plantation Cemetery, Oakley, MS. There were five known children born to Ignatius and Seraphine.

Jeffrey P. BROOKS, 6717 Fair Meadows Dr., N. Richland Hills, TX 76180.

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BROOKES, BROOKS, HAWKE, SMALLWOOD

Richard and Mary BROOKS of Washington, DC had at least two children, Richard and Joseph C. Richard m. Harriet E. SMALLWOOD, 13 April 1857, DC. Joseph C. m. Laura F. HAWKE, 02 Sep 1856, DC. Harriet E. and her son Ernest believed to have died 1861-67. Anyone know where they are buried and exact death dates? Would also like to

know the date of death and burial site of Laura and Joseph C. BROOKS.

Patricia SHEETZ, 3251 Carroll Road, Huntingtown, MD 20639.

EDITOR'S NOTE: VOL VIII, No. 3 will have FGS for this family.

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(1) ADAMS, BROOKS

Would like information on a second marriage for Sally GALE BROOKS, after 1816, probably Duchess Co., NY. Name was ADAMS when she died.

(2) BROOKS, THOMAS

Would like more information on Caroline BROOKS, Duchess Co., NY, b. 89 Sep 1808 and m. 07 Nov 1834, John H. THOMAS. Need to confirm marriage, husband and children, if any.

(3) BROOKS, HARRISON, WASHBURN

Would like information on children of Clarke J. BROOKS. They lived in Eugene, OR in 1890. Boys were Lenard H., Alford J., and Wane C.
 
 

BROOKS. Girls were Annie G. and Laura F. BROOKS. Would like to exchange information with any descendant of this family. Did the mother, Susan WASHBURN, remarry, possible a HARRISON?

Virginia LEWIS, 4752 Graywood Ave., Long Beach, CA 90808.

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BALDWIN, BROOKS

My g-g-grandparents, John BROOKS, b. 12 January 1808 in GA, m. 15 April 1832, in Clarke Co., GA, Sara BALDWIN, b. 21 November 1814 in GA. In the 1850 Cobb Co. GA census they lived in the Powdes Springs District where he worked as a carpenter. They had seven daughters arid one son, Mansfield, age 7 years. Does anyone have information on the parents of John and Sara?

Helen LANDRUM, 7008 Debbie Lane, Lithia Springs, GA 30057.

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BROOKS, PAGE

Seek information on James BROOKS of Swanzey, NH 1783, possibly from MA. Two of his daughters married into the PAGE family. Sybil m. Elijah PAGE, moved to NY, and Ontario, Canada. Hannah m. Peter PAGE and moved to Hardwick, VT. Need all information on James BROOKS' parents and residence before Swanzey.

Nancy PAGE RICHINGS, 1540 Kenard St. NW, Salem, OR 97304.

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Mrs. Mildred AMBROSE P. 0. Box 223  Sibley, LA 71073	Ellie L. BROOKS    7813 Maple Drive Urbandale, IA 50322	Fredra WILBANKS Rt. #5, Box 189 Corinth, MS 38834
Dr. Linvil G. RICH P. 0. Box 1185 Clemson, SC 29633	Mark ROWLAND  96 Harpsichord   Stamford, CT 06903	Connie COMBS 632 40th Street  Des Moines, IA 50312
Arly H. BROOKS  6819 Quail Hollow Dr Ft. Worth, TX 76148	Mrs. Ouita V. SHIER . 215 W. St. Andrews  Midland, MI 48640	Michael ALTMAN  560 Poygan Road Omro, WI 54963-1071
Mrs. Colin JAMES 2020 S. Monroe St., #706 Denver, CO 80210	Helen LANDRUM   7008 Debbie Lane   Lithia Springs, GA 30057	Laura BROOKS JAECKS 510 NE 4th Lane  Boca Raton, FL 33432
Juanita H. CLARK 642 Pico Ave., Suite 450 San Mateo, CA 94403