John Brooks was born in 1837 either
to Pennsylvania immigrants, who must have died young and he and his siblings
went to live with a legal guardian who taught him to be a tailor.
There is a possibility that all of
the Brooke children were born in Holland and all arrived in America about 1842,
according to some family researchers; of course we would need to locate the
ship's passenger list to learn more. Those four children were soon
orphaned and separated.
Cousin Louise Wiltshire referred to
him as Edgar.
He met Annie in Tennessee and
married in 1861, and migrated to Texas, where he died of
tuberculosis. Her ex boyfriend Terry Smith went and married the
widow, and they returned to TN and had more children. John had a son named
John who married Annie Clark Ballard and they had only one child, James, and all
migrated to Montgomery, Alabama.
1850 United States Federal Census
about John Brooks
Name: John Brooks
Age: 13
Estimated birth
year: abt 1837
Birth Place: Pennsylvania
Gender: Male
Home in
1850(City,County,State): Manheim, Lancaster
apparently living with
his legal guardian.
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Household:
Name Relation Marital
Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's
Birthplace
John BROOKS Self M
Male W 42 PA Farmer
HOLLAND FRANCE
P. R. BROOKS Wife
M Female W 38 TN
Keeping House TN TN
Nora C. BROOKS
Dau S Female W 18
TN At Home PA TN
Walter H.
BROOKS Son S Male W
13 TN At Home PA
TN
John H. BROOKS Son S
Male W 7 TX
PA TN
Lula C. BROOKS Dau
S Female W 5
TX PA TN
... W.
BROOKS Son S Male W
3 TX PA
TN
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Source
Information:
Census Place Precinct 1, Lamar, Texas
Family
History Library Film 1255314
1860 United States Federal Census
about John Brooks
Name: John Brooks
Age in 1860: 24
Birth
Year: abt 1836
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1860:
Northern Subdivision, Giles, Tennessee
Gender: Male
Post Office:
Lynnville (Pulaski)
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members:
Name Age
John A Nichols 31
Caroline S Nichols 25
Susan E
Nichols 3
Juliann Nichols 1
H L Trescott 33
Mary
Ann Trescott 35
John Webb 28
Thos Anderson 20
Jos
Dunlap 40
John Brooks 24
John Heller 28
J W Leman
21
Jos Anderson 22
George Strong 23
James Galigan
26
John Shoemaker 26
1870 United States Federal Census
about John Brooks
Name: John Brooks
Estimated birth year: abt 1837
Age in 1870: 33
Birthplace: Pennsylvania
Home in 1870:
Beat 1, Lamar, Texas
Family and neighbors: View Results
Race:
White
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Post
Office: Paris
A P Brooks Beat 1, Lamar, TX abt 1842
Tennessee White Female
View Record
John
Brooks Beat 1, Lamar, TX abt 1837 Pennsylvania White
Male
View Record
M B Brooks Beat 1, Lamar, TX abt
1870 Texas White Female
View Record
N
C Brooks Beat 1, Lamar, TX abt 1862 Tennessee White
Female
View Record
W H Brooks Beat 1, Lamar, TX abt
1866 Tennessee White Male
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1880 United States Federal
Census
about John Brooks
Name: John Brooks
Home in 1880: Precinct 1,
Lamar, Texas
Age: 42
Estimated birth year: abt 1838
Birthplace:
Pennsylvania
Relation to head-of-household: Self (Head)
Spouse's name:
P. R.
Father's birthplace: Holland
Mother's birthplace: France
Neighbors: View others on page
Occupation: Farmer
Marital
Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
John Brooks 42
P.
R. Brooks 38
Nora C. Brooks 18
Walter H. Brooks 13
John H. Brooks 7
Lula C. Brooks 5
... W. Brooks 3
Annie: Roxanna Permilia
Smith
Jackson County, Tennessee Census,
1920
about Smith, Perthena
Name: Smith, Perthena
Relationship to
Head of Household: Mother
Sex: F
Race: W
Age:
83
Marital Status: W
Birthplace: Tennessee
1900 United States Federal
Census
about Mrs. R P Smith
Name: Mrs. R P Smith
Home in 1900: Civil
District 5, Sullivan, Tennessee
Age: 53
Estimated birth year: abt
1847
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relationship to head-of-house:
Head
Race: White
Occupation: View image
Neighbors: View
others on page
Household Members: Name Age
R P Smith 53
Albert W Smith 17
Edward G Smith
18
daughter of Thomas Smith and Caroline Bond
who divorced and remarried to others.
Husband
John Baptist Bond
Pedigree
Birth: About 1790
, , North Carolina
Christening:
Marriage: 23 DEC 1819 ,
Sumner, Tennessee
Death: 30 SEP
1845
Burial:
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Wife
Catherine
Stone Pedigree
Birth: 09 NOV
1797 <, Maury, Tennessee>
Christening:
Marriage: 23 DEC
1819 , Sumner, Tennessee
Death: 11 SEP
1845
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Children
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1. Caroline M. Bond
Pedigree
Female
Birth: 16 FEB
1823 , Sumner, Tennessee
Christening:
Death: 24 DEC
1909
Burial:
remarried in 1850
1850 United
States Federal Census
about Roxina Smith
Name: Roxina Smith
Age: 8
Estimated birth year: abt 1842
Birth Place: Tennessee
Gender: Female
Home in 1850(City,County,State): Mount Pleasant, Maury, Tennessee
remarried again
1860 United
States Federal Census
about C M Cox
Name: C M Cox
Age in 1860:
36
Birth Year: abt 1824
Birthplace: Tennessee
Home
in 1860: District 12, Maury, Tennessee
Gender: Female
Post Office:
Mount Pleasant
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name
Age
John Cox 49
C M Cox 36
A P Smith 18
J H
Smith 15
Jas Cox 82
Simon Sloan 43
Thos Rowney
27
1850 United States Federal Census
about
Caroline M Dunham
Name: Caroline M Dunham
Age: 25
Estimated Birth
Year: abt 1825
Birth Place: Tennessee
Gender: Female
Home in
1850(City,County,State): Mount Pleasant, Maury, Tennessee
Household Members:
Name Age
Caroline M Dunham 25
Hiram M Dunham 30
Mary
McWhirter 54
John Smith 5
Roxina Smith 8
1900 United States Federal Census
about Annie C Brooks
Name: Annie C Brooks
Home in 1900: Civil
District 11, Lawrence, Tennessee
Age: 22
Birth Date: Oct 1877
Birthplace: Tennessee
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to head-of-house: Wife
Father's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
Mother: number of living children:
1
Mother: How many children: 2
Spouse's Name: J E
Marriage Year: 1894
Marital Status: Married
Years
Married: 6
Residence : Civil Districts 9, 11, Lawrence, Tennessee
Occupation: View Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
J E Brooks 26
Annie C Brooks
22
Edgar J Brooks 5
next to her sister and their
father James is the last name on this page.
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1920 United States
Federal Census
about Annie Brooks
Name: Annie Brooks
Home in 1920:
Montgomery Ward 4, Montgomery, Alabama
Age: 42 years
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1878
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House:
Wife
Spouse's Name: John E
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Female
Able to read: Yes
Able to Write:
Yes
Image: 684
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
John E Brooks 47
Annie Brooks
42
1930 United States Federal Census
about James E Brooks
Name: James E Brooks
Home in 1930: Montgomery,
Montgomery, Alabama
Age: 4
Estimated birth year: abt 1925
Relation to Head of House: Son
Father's name: James S
Mother's
name: Susie M
Parents' birthplace: View image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James S Brooks 34
Susie M Brooks 26
Elizabeth B Brooks
6
James E Brooks 4 11/12
Dorothy M Brooks 3 7/12
Gloria J Brooks 1 9/12
Christine M Brooks 9/12
Sarah E
Cooper 64
Annie Brooks 52
Both of their mothers
are widowed and living with them.
Annie = Anna Ballard
Brooks
1860 United States Federal Census
about Rowena Ballard
Name: Rowena Ballard
Age in 1860: 29
Birth Year: abt 1831
Home in 1860: Perry, Tennessee
Gender:
Female
Post Office: Linden
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
L F Ballard 30
Rowena Ballard
29
James C Ballard 12
Telitha A Ballard 9
Stephen
Ballard 7
Gentry Ballard 5
Andrew Ballard 4
Mary
Ballard 6.12
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1880 United
States Federal Census
about Jas. C. Ballard
Name: Jas. C. Ballard
Home in 1880: District 11, Lawrence, Tennessee
Age: 26
Estimated
Birth Year: abt 1854
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of
Household: Self (Head)
Spouse's Name: Eudora
Father's birthplace:
Tennessee
Mother's birthplace: Tennessee
Neighbors: View others on
page
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Gender: Male
Jas.
C. Ballard 26
Eudora Ballard 17
Anna Ballard 2
1900 United States Federal Census
about Jas C Ballard
Name: Jas C Ballard
[Jas Ballard]
Home in 1900: Commissioner
Precinct 2, Bowie, Texas
Age: 47
Birth Date: Apr 1853
Birthplace:
Kentucky
Race: White
Ethnicity: American
Relationship to
head-of-house: Head
Father's Birthplace: Kentucky
Mother's
Birthplace: Kentucky
Spouse's Name: Dora
Marriage Year: 1899
Marital Status: Married
Years Married: 1
Residence :
Commissioner's Precinct 2 (South of T.& P. R.R.), Bowie, Texas
Occupation: View Image
Neighbors: View others on page
Household Members: Name Age
Jas C Ballard 47
Dora Ballard
45
Ezra Ballard
27
1920 United States Federal Census
about James C Ballard
Name: James C Ballard
Home in 1920: Civil
District 16, Lauderdale, Tennessee
Age: 60 years
Estimated birth
year: abt 1860
Birthplace: Tennessee
Relation to Head of House:
Head
Spouse's name: Telitha
Father's Birth Place: Tennessee
Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee
Marital Status: Married
Race: White
Sex: Male
Home owned: Rent
Able to read:
Yes
Able to Write: Yes
Image: 978
Neighbors: View
others on page
Household Members: Name Age
James C Ballard
60
Telitha Ballard 38
Louise Ballard 10
William
Ballard 8
Monroe Ballard 6
Virginia Ballard 2 8/12
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