BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-196 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESROBERT HENRY BROOKS (2.3.5.8) is the son of Robert Brooks and SarahElizabeth (Robertson) Brooks. Robert was born on May 5, 1871 in TalbotCounty, Georgia. Robert Brooks married Mattie Flowers (born September, 1876in Louisiana). In 1900, Robert and Mattie Brooks were living in Catahoula Parish,Louisiana. Robert and Mattie Brooks were the parents of eight children:............Clara Elizabeth Brooks, b. June, 1899............Henry Preston Brooks............Clarence Flowers Brooks, b. 1904............Yancey Edgar Brooks............Robert Turner Brooks............Mary Brooks............Faye Everitt Brooks............Hazel Eloise BrooksRobert Henry Brooks lived in Ola, Louisiana and died on February 15, 1939.Elizabeth Brooks married Vernon Lay and lives in Ruston, Louisiana. HenryBrooks lives in Jonesville, Louisiana. Clarence Brooks married and has oneson: - Robert Brooks who lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Clarence Brookslives in Ola, Louisiana. Yancey Brooks died leaving no children. Robert T.Brooks lives in Seattle, Washington. Mary Brooks married Anthony Givens andlives in Pineville, Louisiana. Faye Brooks lives in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. HazelBrooks lives in San Francisco, California.References: 1) Family Bible of Robert Brooks (2.3.5), in possession of Clara (Freeman)Brewer, Panama City, Florida; 2) Letter, John Sheftall to Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., January21, 1981ALEXANDER SIDNEY BROOKS (2.3.6) is the son of Isham Brooks andLezina (Daniel) Brooks. Alexander was born in 1828 in Putnam County, Georgia.On April 6, 1854, Alexander Brooks married Jane Eliza (Dickinson) Lowein Upson County, Georgia. Jane is the daughter of Levi Dickinson and Araminta(Thomas) Dickinson. Jane was previously married to John Lowe on September2, 1852 in Upson County, Georgia. John Lowe died on October 8, 1852 at theage of 23. Two years later, Jane married Alexander Sidney Brooks. Alexanderand Jane Brooks were the parents of eight children:............William Lunsford Brooks (2.3.6.1), b. February 17, 1857, Georgia............Thomas S. Brooks, b. November 16, 1859, Georgia............Mary Dorman Brooks (2.3.6.3), b. September 14, 1861, Thomaston, Georgia............Charles Henry Brooks (2.3.6.4), b. October 9, 1863, Upson County, Georgia............Augustus Sydney Brooks, b. September 16, 1865, Georgia............Edgar Marcus Brooks, b. January 15, 1869, Georgia............Paul Brooks, b. October, 1873, Georgia............Alexander Harrison Brooks (2.3.6.8), b. May 16, 1876, Upson County, GeorgiaFrom 1854 to 1876, Alexander and Jane Brooks lived in Georgia. AlexanderBrooks served in Company I of the 32nd Georgia Infantry. Alexander was aLieutenant and was present at the surrender in Greensboro, North Carolina onApril 26, 1865. In 1880, Alexander and Jane Brooks were living in DallasCounty, Texas. Alexander Brooks was a Doctor. Alexander Sidney Brooks diedon April 10, 1891 and was buried in the Caruth Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. Jane