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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-295JOHN WESLEY BROOKS (2.16) is the son of Jordan Brooks (1) and Mary(Jackson) Brooks. John was born on February 4, 1822 in Georgia. On November29, 1848, John Wesley Brooks married Elizabeth Mizell in Talbot County,Georgia. Elizabeth was born on September 6, 1830 in North Carolina. In 1850,Wesley and Elizabeth Brooks were living in Bienville Parish, Louisiana. Johnand Elizabeth Brooks were the parents of four children:............Frances C. Brooks, b. 1850............John Wesley Brooks, Jr. (2.16.2), b. February, 1852, Louisiana............Asbury Quitman Brooks (2.16.3), b. September, 1854, Louisiana............Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks (2.16.4), b. May, 1858, LouisianaFrom 1860 to 1900, John and Elizabeth Brooks were living in Jackson Parish,Louisiana. John Wesley Brooks, Sr. died on May 25, 1901 and was buried inthe Brooks Chapel Cemetery located two miles west of Quitman, Louisiana. In1910, Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks was living with her son, Quitman Brooks, inJackson Parish, Louisiana. Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks died on March 1, 1914and was also buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery.References: 1) Will of Jordan Brooks, Talbot County, Georgia, 1835; 2) MarriageBook B, Talbot County, Georgia, 1848; 3) 1850 Census, Bienville Parish, Louisiana; 4)1860, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Jackson Parish, Louisiana; 5) Louisiana TombstoneInscriptions, Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957JOHN WESLEY BROOKS, JR. (2.16.2) is the son of John Wesley Brooks andElizabeth (Mizell) Brooks. John was born in February of 1852 in Louisiana.John Brooks was the father of four children by his first marriage:............Lula Brooks, b. 1874, Louisiana............William Wesley Brooks (2.16.2.2), b. 1876, Louisiana............John Spencer Brooks (2.16.2.3), b. 1878, Louisiana............Sarah E. Brooks, b. February, 1880, LouisianaOn June 13, 1880, John Brooks married a second time in Jackson Parish to SallieL. (Carr) Waldrip (born March, 1859 in Louisiana). From 1880 to 1920,John and Sallie Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana. John and SallieBrooks were the parents of seven children:............James Garfield Brooks, b. June, 1881, Jackson Parish, Louisiana............Jordan C. Brooks, b. July, 1885, Jackson Parish, Louisiana............Susie E. Brooks, b. November, 1888, Jackson Parish, Louisiana............Hardy F. Brooks, b. August 11, 1891, Jackson Parish, Louisiana............Lambert Brooks, b. March, 1895, Jackson Parish, Louisiana............Cornelia E. Brooks, b. August, 1897, Jackson Parish, Louisiana............Maxa Brooks, b. January, 1900, Jackson Parish, LouisianaSallie (Carr) Brooks had two children by her previous marriage: Cora Waldrip(born 1877) and James D. “Buster” Waldrip (born 1878). John Wesley Brooks,Jr. died in 1935 and Sallie (Carr) Brooks died in 1935. Both were buried in theBrooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana. Lula Brooks married CageWhite and they had no children. In 1910, Garfield Brooks was living with MartinL. Campbell in Jackson Parish, Lousiana. Garfield Brooks and his wife,