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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-129CANDLER ADKISSON BROOKS, JR. (2.3.2.4.1.1.1) is the son of CandlerAdkisson Brooks and Cornelia (Bethune) Brooks. Candler was born on January18, 1920’s in Milledgeville, Georgia. In 1941, Candler married Mary JacquelynRivers (born in Bradenton, Florida) and they are the parents of one son:............Candler Adkisson Brooks, III, b. October 15, 1943Candler and Jacquie Brooks live in Hapeville, Georgia. Candler Brooks, IIImarried Dayle Rebecca Doyle and they are the parents of two children: - AndrewCandler Brooks, b. April 13, 1971, - Catherine Arwin Brooks, b. November8, 1973. Candler and Dayle Brooks live in Douglasville, Georgia.References: 1) “Under Seven Flags,” by Robert Preston Brooks, 1957; 2) “The GeorgiaGenealogical Society Quarterly,” Volume 8, Number 4, Winter, 1972; 3) FamilyGroup Sheet by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 28, 1981; 4) Letter, Kenneth H.Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July 24, 1982CHARLES LEWIS BROOKS (2.3.2.4.1.2) is the son of Roland Edgar Brooksand Jane (Lewis) Brooks. Charles attended the Phillips-Exeter Academy andthen Washington and Lee where he graduated. Charles Brooks was later employedby the Bibb Manufacturing Company. Charles and his wife, CarolynBrooks, are the parents of one daughter:............Elizabeth Jane Brooks, b. 1942Charles Lewis Brooks died in 1974. Elizabeth Brooks married Bill Boswell andthey had two children. Elizabeth (Brooks) Boswell died in 1971. Bill who latermarried again lives with their two children in Macon, Georgia.References: 1) “History of Georgia,” by Clark Howell, Volume 3, Pages 388 and 389,1926; 2) “Under Seven Flags,” by Robert Preston Brooks, 1957; 3) Family GroupSheet by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 28, 1981ROBERT PRESTON BROOKS (2.3.2.4.3) is the son of James Henry Brooksand Anna (Moore) Brooks. Robert was born on July 23, 1881 in Milledgeville,Georgia. Robert Brooks married Josephine Reid and they had three daughters:............Josephine Reid Brooks (2.3.2.4.3.1), b. April 18, 1909............Eugenia Preston Brooks (2.3.2.4.3.2), b. October 26, 1916............Anne Moore Brooks (2.3.2.4.3.3), b. July 12, 1919Robert Preston Brooks graduated from the Georgia Military College atMilledgeville, Georgia in 1899. Robert immediately got a job in Cartersville asa secretary to John W. Akin (President of the Iron Belt Railroad and MiningCompany, the Cherokee Ochre and Barites Company and the Southern PlasterCompany). Robert did all of his letter writing and kept books of the several corporationsthat John Akin managed, all for a salary of forty dollars per month.After six months in Cartersville, Robert worked for two years in Valdosta for theValdosta Foundry and Machine Company. Later, Robert Preston Brooks receiveda doctorate degree from the University of Wisconsin. Robert was aRhodes Scholar. In 1910, Robert and Josephine Brooks were living in Athens,