BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-214 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESReferences: 1) 1880 and 1900 Censuses, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana; 2) Letter, ThomasE. Pipes to Robert Casey, July 30, 1979; 3) Letter, Thomas E. Pipes to Robert Casey,September 7, 1979; 4) “The Pipes Family Home Page,” Web Site, September, 1999ARTHUR PIPES (2.4.3.3.1) is the son of Thomas Washington Pipes and CzarinaJane (Brooks) Pipes. Arthur was born on March 3, 1873 in Douglas, Louisiana.On April 16, 1908, Arthur Pipes married Ruth Watson in Douglas, Louisiana.Ruth was born on February 8, 1883 in Calhoun, Ouachita County, Louisiana.Arthur and Ruth Pipes were the parents of three children:............Thomas Eugene Pipes, b. February 3, 1909, Eros, Louisiana............Byron Randall Pipes, b. August 16, 1910, Shreveport, Louisiana............Walter Hunter Pipes, b. September 26, 1912, Shreveport, LouisianaArthur Pipes died on March 12, 1949 in Shreveport, Louisiana and was buriedthere in the Forest Park Cemetery. Ruth (Watson) Pipes died on August 13,1962 and was buried there in the Forest Park Cemetery. On April 30, 1933,Thomas Pipes married Ruby Cornelia Cockrell in Haynesville, Louisiana. Rubywas born on February 24, 1908 in Webster, Louisiana. Thomas and Ruby Pipeshave one daughter: - Florence Jean Pipes, b. July 19, 1934, Shreveport, Louisiana.Thomas E. Pipes is an active genealogist and has contributed in the compilationof this book. Florence Jean Pipes attended McNeese State College inLake Charles, Louisiana and received a Master’s degree. Florence is a memberof the medical profession and was head of the medical laboratories at N. A. S.A. while that position existed. In 1980, she was head of the medical division atAlvin State College in Alvin, Texas. Florence has never married. On June 25,1933, Byron Pipes married Elizabeth Batson and they had one child: - RansdelPipes. Byron and Elizabeth Pipes were later divorced. On April 29, 1947, ByronPipes married a second time to Grace (Dordan) Simpson (born December 11,1910). Grace (Dordan) Pipes died on November 20, 1968. On July 16, 1934,Walter Pipes married Mattie Mae Wilson and they have four children: - R. ByronPipes, - Sylvia Ann Pipes, - Walter Terry Pipes, - Michael Pipes. R.Byron Pipes has two children: - Christopher Pipes, - Mark Pipes. Walter T.Pipes has three children: - Kim Pipes, - Karen Pipes, - Walter Terry Pipes,Jr. Michael Pipes has two children: - Jennifer Pipes, - Michael Pipes, Jr.References: 1) Letter, Thomas E. Pipes to Robert Casey, September 7, 1979; 2) Letter,Thomas E. Pipes to Robert Casey, May 13, 1980; 3) “The Pipes Family Home Page,”Web Site, September, 1999ELLA HAZEL PIPES (2.4.3.3.10) is the daughter of Thomas Washington Pipesand Czarina Jane (Brooks) Pipes. Ella was born on January 13, 1893 inDouglas, Louisiana. Ella Hazel Pipes married Emil Justin Whitmeyer and theywere the parents of one daughter:............Edith Pipes WhitmeyerElla (Pipes) Whitmeyer died on January 22, 1917. Edith Whitmeyer married JosephPirkle Ensminger and they have three children: - Patricia Ann Ensminger,b. August 31, 1934, - Hazel Justine Ensminger, b. February 23, 1936, -Tommye Jo Ensminger, b. October 10, 1943, Shreveport, Lousiana. Edith