BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-166 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESJOHN ISHAM BROOKS (2.3.3.3) is the son of Isaac Turner Brooks and MaryFrances (Wynn) Brooks. John was born on February 18, 1844 in Talbot County,Georgia. John Brooks married Lourina “Rene” Ella Willis. Rene was born onOctober 9, 1842 in Muscogee County, Georgia and is the daughter of LittleberryKinnebrew Willis and Nancy (Motley) Willis. Lourina Willis’s sister, KeziahWillis, married John Brooks’ brother, Joseph Henry Brooks (2.3.3.2). John andRene Brooks were the parents of eight children:............Isaac Wilbur Brooks (2.3.3.3.1), b. October 9, 1867, Muscogee County, Georgia............Lourina Keziah Brooks (2.3.3.3.2), b. April 17, 1869, Muscogee County, Georgia............John Isham Brooks, Jr., b. Muscogee County, Georgia............William Joseph Brooks (2.3.3.3.4), b. May 28, 1872, Muscogee County, Georgia............Johnsie Lee Brooks (2.3.3.3.5), b. November 30, 1874, Muscogee Co., Georgia............James Tamplico Brooks, b. 1876, Muscogee County, Georgia............Edgar Schley Brooks (2.3.3.3.7), b. April 6, 1878, Muscogee County, Georgia............Anga Beulah Brooks (2.3.3.3.8), b. October 29, 1885, Muscogee County, GeorgiaFrom 1880 to 1910, John and Rene Brooks were living in Muscogee County,Georgia. John Isham Brooks, Sr. died on April 12, 1920 in Columbus, Georgiaand Rene (Willis) Brooks died on June 14, 1920. Both were buried in theRiverdale Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia. John Isham Brooks, Jr. died between1870 and 1880. James Tamplico Brooks died prior to 1900.References: 1) 1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Muscogee County, Georgia; 2)“Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June 12, 1980; 3) Additions andCorrections by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr.,August 20, 1981PhotographJohn Isham BrooksISAAC WILBUR BROOKS (2.3.3.3.1) is the son of John Isham Brooks andLourina Ella (Willis) Brooks. Isaac was born on October 9, 1867 in MuscogeeCounty, Georgia. On January 12, 1896, Isaac Brooks married Lottie AnnCornelia Comer in Muscogee County, Georgia. Lottie was born on December 3,1874 in Georgia and is the daughter of Frank Comer and Mary J. (Patrick)Comer. Mary (Patrick) Comer married a second time to William A. Willis,brother of Rene Ella Willis who married John Isham Brooks (2.3.3.3). Isaac andLottie Brooks were the parents of four children:............Maude E. Brooks (2.3.3.3.1.1), b. April 12, 1897, Muscogee County, Georgia............Mamie Agnes Brooks, b. August, 1899............Wilbur Isaac Brooks (2.3.3.3.1.3)............Lottie Mae Brooks (2.3.3.3.1.4), b. December 12, 1912, Muscogee Co., GeorgiaIn 1900, Isaac and Lottie Brooks were living in Muscogee County, Georgia.Isaac Wilbur Brooks, Sr. died while visiting relatives in Illinois on February 12,1920 and was buried in the Riverdale Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia. Lottie(Comer) Brooks died on May 9, 1950 and was buried in the Parkhill Cemeteryin Columbus, Georgia. Mamie Agnes Brooks never married and lives with hersister in Columbus, Georgia.