BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-282 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESReferences: 1) “Old Southern Bible Records,” by Mrs. Memory Lester, 1974, Page 44;2) “Brooks Family History,” by Roberta J. Lumpkin, 1978; 3) Letter, Martha (Benns)Reeves to Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., 1966JULIA FRANCES BROOKS (2.10.3) is the daughter of Wyatt Brooks and Margaret(Clark) Brooks. Julia was born on October 24, 1833 in Georgia. OnMarch 27, 1851, Julia Brooks married William Rutherford Mathis. William wasborn on October 22, 1825 in Washington County, Georgia and is the son of Dr.John Rutherford Mathis and Frances (Dupree) Mathis. William and Julia Mathiswere the parents of fourteen children:............Atilla Elizabeth “Addie” Mathis, b. 1852, Georgia............William Jasper Mathis, b. October 9, 1854, Georgia............John Wyatt Mathis (2.10.3.3), b. April 26, 1856, Stewart County, Georgia............Ambrose Powell Mathis, b. 1858, Georgia............James Gilmore Mathis, b. 1861, Georgia............Thomas Brooks Mathis, b. 1863, Georgia............Robert Lee Mathis (2.10.3.7), b. September, 1863, Georgia............Margaret Prescilla Mathis, b. 1866, Georgia............Clanton Mathis (2.10.3.9), b. May, 1867, Georgia............Mary Annabelle Mathis (2.10.3.10), b. 1869, Georgia............Eddie Mathis, b. 1871, Georgia............Clara Evelyn Mathis (2.10.3.12), b. September, 1873, Georgia............Marvin Myers Mathis, b. April, 1876, Georgia............Charles Clark Mathis (2.10.3.14), b. September, 1879, GeorgiaIn 1880, William and Julia Mathis were living in Stewart County, Georgia. Julia(Brooks) Mathis died on November 7, 1893. In 1900, William R. Mathis wasliving in Stewart County, Georgia. William Rutherford Mathis died on May 27,1904. William and Julia Mathis were buried in the Mathis Family Cemetery inStewart County, Georgia. Addie Mathis died in 1854. In 1900, William J.Mathis was single and was living in Stewart County, Georgia. William JasperMathis died on May 1, 1915.Ambrose Mathis first married Julia Corine Avery (born March 28, 1885) ofGeorgetown and they had two children: - Branson Mathis, - Ambrose PowellMathis, Jr. Corine (Avery) Mathis died on September 9, 1909. Ambrose Mathismarried a second time to Lily Rouch of Dawson, Georgia and they had two children:- Julia Mathis, - Ruth Mathis. Ambrose and Lily Mathis lived inDoerun, Georgia. Ambrose Mathis died in 1938.James Gilmore Mathis moved to California and had no children. ThomasBrooks Mathis died in 1937. In 1900, Maggie Mathis was living with her fatherin Stewart County, Georgia. Maggie Mathis later lived in Hurtsboro, Alabama.Eddie Mathis died in 1871. Marvin Mathis first married Alma Jones (born October,1874 in Georgia). In 1900, Marvin and Alma Mathis were living with ababy son (born December, 1899) in Stewart County, Georgia. Later, MarvinMathis married Annie Lee Sudduth and moved to Alabama.References: 1) 1880 and 1900 Censuses, Stewart County, Georgia; 2) “History ofStewart County, Georgia,” by Terrill and Dixon, 1958, Volume 1, Pages 537 and 538; 3)