BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-119ETHEL PLAYER (2.3.1.4.7.1) is the daughter of Carlton Columbus Player andAugusta Josephine (Skinner) Player. On January 1, 1939, Ethel Player marriedGuy Parker Thornton and they are the parents of two children:............Amy Josephine Thornton, b. September 27, 1941............George Carlton Thornton, b. August 21, 1949Guy Thorton died in 1975. As of 1981, Ethel (Player) Thornton was living inColumbus, Georgia. Amy Thornton married Thomas Arthur Smith of Saranack,Michigan and they had two sons: - Thomas Arthur Smith, Jr., b. November 12,1959, - William Parker Smith, b. March 4, 1960’s. Tommy Smith, Jr. is in theArmy stationed in Japan and William Parker is in the Air Force stationed in Germany.Amy and Thomas Smith were divorced and Amy later married Craig W.Starkweather of Lowell, Michigan. Craig and Amy Starkweather had twodaughters: - Roxanne Marlot Starkweather, b. May 31, 1965, - Susanne ReneeStarkweather, b. September 4, 1967. Amy and Craig Starkweather are now divorced.On July 24, 1970, George Carlton Thornton married Elizabeth YatesChalmers. Elizabeth is the daughter of Dr. Rives Chalmers of Atlanta, Georgia.George and Elizabeth Thornton live in San Juan, Costa Rica and have two children:- Darcey Carabelle Thornton, b. February 19, 1971, - BenjaminChalmers Thornton, b. May 30, 1979.References: 1) Letter, Ethel (Player) Thornton to Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., March 28,1981; 2) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July 24, 1982ALEXANDER SIDNEY BROOKS (2.3.1.5) is the son of Jordan Cruse Brooksand Caroline (Linch) Brooks. Alexander was born on May 14, 1847 in Georgia.On October 17, 1875, Alexander Brooks first married Sarah E. Hunter (bornFebruary 5, 1851) in Muscogee County, Georgia. Alexander and Sarah Brookswere the parents of three children:............Robert Edgar Brooks, b. August 11, 1876, Georgia............Anna Allie Brooks (2.3.1.5.2), b. August 16, 1877, Georgia............Preston S. Brooks, b. 1879, GeorgiaRobert E. Brooks died on July 25, 1894. Preston Brooks moved to Californiaand has a daughter, Mable Brooks, who also lives in California. Sarah (Hunter)Brooks died on March 21, 1892. In September of 1892, Alexander Brooks marrieda second time to his cousin, Lucy Walker Linch, in Putnam County, Georgia.Lucy was born on August 17, 1870 and is the daughter of Lewis HenryLinch and Eugenia Ann (Howard) Linch. Alexander and Lucy Brooks had onedaughter:............Amanda Eva Brooks, b. June 23, 1894, GeorgiaLucy (Linch) Brooks died on August 19, 1894 and was buried in the CentralChurch Cemetery near Eatonton, Georgia. Amanda Brooks died on June 3, 1902in Columbus, Georgia. On October 18, 1897, Alexander Sidney Brooks marrieda third time to Mrs. Sarah Albertine (Brasch) Lindsey. Tina was born on June16, 1860 in Savannah, Georgia and is the daughter of Charles Edmund Brasch