BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-218 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESborn on January 23, 1899 in Colorado. J. Eldon Olney died on December 6,1975 and was buried in the Arlington Gardens Cemetery in Midwest City,Oklahoma. As of 1981, Ruth (McElduff) Olney was living in Midwest City,Oklahoma.References: 1) 1900 Census, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana; 2) Family Group Sheet byLaurie (Brooks) Seneca, November 28, 1981MARY FRANCES BROOKS (2.4.6) is the daughter of Robert Brooks and Frances(Baugh) Brooks. Mary was born in 1825 in Georgia. Mary Brooks marriedJames E. Teasley and they had one child, name unknown. Mary (Brooks)Teasley died on May 16, 1852 in Talbot County, Georgia. In 1861, R. J.Teasley received $300.00 for a distributive share of the estate of Robert Brooks.In the early 1870’s, R. D. Teasley received $125.00 for a distributive share ofthe estate of Robert Brooks. R. J. and R. D. probably refer to the same personand his/her relationship to Mary (Brooks) Teasley is not known. It is most likelythat R. J. (R. D.) Teasley was probably the child born born to James and MaryTeasley.In the 1860 census of Montgomery County, Alabama, Robert J. Brooks householdincludes several Teasley children, probably related to Robert’s late sister,Mary (Brooks) Teasley. Listed in this census are: R. T. Teasley (born 1842,Georgia), Emily Teasley (born 1846, Alabama), Hanabel Teasley (male, born1849, Alabama), Henry Teasley (born 1851, Alabama), Nancy Teasley (born1854, Alabama) and Augustus Teasley (female, born 1859, Alabama).References: 1) 1860 Census, Montgomery County, Alabama; 2) Marion County EstateRecords; 3) “Brooks Family Query Exchange,” Volume 4, February, 1984, Page 92,(Obituaries published in the Christian Index)