John Brooks



	1880 United States Federal Census 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 Occupation: Farmer Marital Status: Married Race: White Gender: Male Household Members: Name Age 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 ================== 1870 United States Federal Census about John Brooks , still a Tailor 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 ...Craig Race: White Gender: Male Post Office: Paris ================== 1860 United States Federal Census about John Brooks , a Tailor 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) 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 ===================== John Brooks is hard to trace in Pennsylvania - the above records show that his father came from Holland. Old Letters http://www.hometown.aol.com/cochransgenweb/page15.html John Brooks died of TB in Texas and his wife Permilia Roxanna Smith returned to Tennessee. Her son John worked for the railroad, married Anna Ballard and ended up in Montgomery Alabama. Anna had only one child, James Edgar Brooks. A few family photos and census records help to trace their footprints in time. James was a bookkeeper employed by the State of Alabama. James married Susie Cooper and named a son James Jr. James Jr married Mary Thornton and named a son Charles. ===================== Brooks Descendants http://www.hometown.aol.com/brooksgenweb/01.html Brooks Family Tree http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/1.html Census Records http://www.genealogy.com/users/h/e/r/Brooks-Heritage/ Tennessee Family on Census http://www.genealogy.com/users/k/i/n/Kathys-Kin/ Descendants of John Brooks in Alabama http://www.genealogy.com/users/a/g/o/Years-Ago/ Charles Brooks, son of James Jr http://www.angelfire.com/planet/alabama/ Old Brooks Family Photos http://www.angelfire.com/blog/brooks/family_census_records/?i=45 Brooks to Cooper, Lee, Thornton, Partridge http://www.genealogy.com/users/m/a/t/Family-Matters/ Kathy Brooks http://www.genealogy.com/users/c/a/r/Anne-A-Carter/ http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~brooksgenealogy/ Susie Mae Cooper's husband was James Edgar Brooks Sr and their son was James Jr. The parents of James came from Tennessee with the railroad and they resided downtown Montgomery Alabama near the Union Station. They were Annie Clark Ballard and John Brooks, all buried at Greenwood. John's father was also named John, born in Pennsylvania to Dutch parents. He was found in the 1860 census of Giles TN, the same year he met and married Roxanna Permilia Smith.note Our cousin Clarence and his mother Sissy have assisted with this research and contributed to the Montgomery Cemetery research with his survey of Carter-Stokes cemetery in Hope Hull, which should be appropriately named Carter and Bozeman Cemetery. The Smith families connect to a Captain John Smith of Virginia. * The Ballards were previously in the Carolinas, as were the Bond, and Ward families. * James Edgar Brooks Jr married Mary Ella Thornton and had a son named Charles in Montgomery Alabama. He also worked a while with the railroad while living on Hull Street near my grandpa Fenn but the Brooks soon moved to Millbrook and had a huge garden and seven boys and one daughter. Mr Brooks became an exterminator for a few years before he joined the John Deere dealership. They are buried in Prattville by their son Johnny. letter * Mary Ella's parents were Bessie Mae Hood and Milton Elijah Thornton and they are buried in Slapout/ Holtville, in Elmore County AL at the Cain's Chapel Cemetery near many other family members. * headstones and census records * Elijah's parents came from Georgia, Mary Angeline Partridge and George Thornton; we found their graves behind an old primitive Baptist Church in Central, Elmore, AL on the way to the Lake.Mary Ella's sister, Lorraine said that Mary Angeline was an indian and my daughter took me to the Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in Central to locate those headstones. * Bessie's parents were Ella Olivia Baxley and Allen Wesley Hood but his headstone has an L W on it. His parents are hard to trace and prove. Hers were James and Marnda Baxley of Cold Spring, Elmore, AL and thus begins the brick wall in our research.

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