BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-306 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESPhotograph, Williamson Brooks (circa 1860) and Williamson Brooks (circa1870)Photograph, Brooks and Whittington Family Reunion (1891)1) Sarah (Shoemaker) Brooks, widow of John Clark Brooks (3.2), 2) AllenTurner Brooks (3.4) and Helena (Luco) Brooks, 3) Francis Asberry Brooks (3)and Victoria (Glover) Brooks, 4) Robert Wright Brooks (3.5), 5) Wyatt MarionBrooks (3.3), 6) Sarah Ann (Brooks) Shelburne (3.6), 7) Mary Jordan (Brooks)Whittington (3.1) and James Calvin Whittington, Sr., 8) Sarah (Reese)Houchins, 9) Sarah (Whittington) English, 10) Nancy (Whittington) Reese,11) James Wilkes Whittington (3.1.3), 12) Gaidye Whittington (3.1.2),13) George Houchins, 14) Billy Beck, 15) Suzie (Gates) Pommier and 16) JuliaAnn (Whittington) Hollingsworth (3.1.1)MARY JORDAN BROOKS (3.1) is the daughter of Williamson Brooks (3) andSusanah (Olliff) Brooks. Mary was born on September 30, 1823 in WilkinsonCounty, Georgia. On October 12, 1844, Mary Brooks married James CalvinWhittington. James was born on May 20, 1820 in Charleston, South Carolinaand is the son of Burrell Whittington, Jr. and Sarah (Shoemaker) Whittington.James Whittington’s grandfather, Burrell Whittington, was a veteran of the RevolutionaryWar. In 1850, James and Mary Whittington were living in PikeCounty, Alabama. In 1854, James and Mary Whittington moved to Texas.From 1859 to 1866, they were living in Austin County, Texas. James and MaryWhittington were the parents of five children:............Julia Ann Whittington (3.1.1), b. November, 1846, Alabama............Gaidye Z. Whittington (3.1.2), b. 1847, Alabama............Sarah S. Whittington (3.1.3), b. November 17, 1856, Austin County, Texas............James Wilkes Whittington (3.1.4), b. February, 1859, Texas............Burrell W. Whittington (3.1.5), b. February, 1861, Austin County, TexasFrom 1867 to 1902, James and Mary Whittington were living in ColoradoCounty, Texas. In 1891, James and Mary Whittington hosted a family reunionat their home in Colorado County, Texas. Many Brooks and Whittington familiesattended and a photograph that was taken of this reunion is included on theprevious page. James Calvin Whittington died on August 21, 1902 and Mary(Brooks) Whittington died on April 23, 1903. Both were buried in the Odd FellowsCemetery near Weimar, Texas. It is not certain what Mary J. (Brooks)Whittington’s middle name actually was. According to Susie (Brooks) Danforth,it was Jordan but according to the 1900 Census, it was Jane.References: 1) 1850 Census, Pike County, Alabama; 2) 1860 Census, Austin County,Texas; 3) 1880 and 1900 Censuses, Colorado County, Texas; 4) Tax Rolls, AustinCounty, Texas, 1859 to 1866; 5) Tax Rolls, Colorado County, Texas, 1867 to 1901; 6)Family Bible of Williamson Brooks, in possession of Gregg Blair, Oklahoma City,Oklahoma; 7) “Brooks Family History,” by Susie (Brooks) Danforth, 1946; 8) Interview,Alton Howell Brooks by Robert Casey, January, 1981; 9) Interview, Virginia(Wade) Beard by Robert Casey, July, 1982; 10) Interview, Elizabeth (Gibson) Scott byRobert Casey, October, 1982