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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-313LEVI W. BROOKS (3.2.3) is the son of John Clark Brooks and Sarah Ann(Shoemaker) Brooks. Lee was born on November 3, 1854 in Texas. In 1880,Lee was still living with his parents in Lavaca County, Texas. On January 28,1881, Lee Brooks married Georgiana Ballard in Lavaca County, Texas. Georgiawas born on July 4, 1861 in Alabama and is the daughter of Silas H. Ballard andMildred A. (Waller) Ballard. From 1887 to 1905, Lee and Georgia Brooks wereliving near Abilene in Taylor County, Texas. Lee and Georgia Brooks were theparents of at least six children:............Lonnie (Richard) Brooks, b. December, 1881, Texas............James L. Brooks, b. March 20, 1884, Polk County, Texas............Ollie Eugene Brooks (3.2.3.3), b. February 19, 1886, Abilene, Texas............Jesse Brooks, b. April, 1888, Abilene, Texas............Claude Brooks, b. April, 1892, Abilene, Texas............Leonard Brooks, b. June, 1895, Abilene, TexasFrom 1900 to 1920, Lee Brooks was living in Taylor County, Texas. LeeBrooks was a freighting contractor. Georgia (Ballard) Brooks died on September21, 1940 in Abilene, Texas and Lee W. Brooks died on October 15, 1941 inAbilene, Texas. Both were buried in the City Cemetery in Abilene, Texas.James L. Brooks was an invalid and never married. James Brooks died on December10, 1955 and was buried in Abilene, Texas. In 1962, Claude Brookswas living in Miami Beach, Florida. In 1940, Leonard Brooks was living in LosAngeles, California and 1962 he was living in Arcadia, California.References: 1) 1870 and 1880 Censuses, Lavaca County, Texas; 2) 1900, 1910 and1920 Censuses, Taylor County, Texas; 3) Tax Rolls, Taylor County, Texas, 1887 to1891; 4) Certificate of Death, Lee W. Brooks, 1941; 5) “Early Cemetery Records, Abilene,Texas,” 1961, Page 16; 6) West Texas Genealogical Society Bulletin, Volume XII,Number 2, April, 1971, “City Directory of Abilene, Texas, 1905,” Page 21; 7) Interview,Noma (Brooks) Grunewald by Robert Casey, January, 1981; 8) Letter, Janine(Bishop) Rittel to Robert Casey, April, 1984Photograph, Georgia (Ballard) Brooks, Levi W. Brooks and John Calvin BrooksOLLIE EUGENE BROOKS (3.2.3.3) is the son of Lee W. Brooks andGeorgiana (Ballard) Brooks. Ollie was born on February 19, 1886 in Abilene,Texas. Ollie Brooks married Rosa Lee Campbell. Rosalie was born on April12, 1892 in Abilene, Texas and is the daughter of William John Campbell andElla (Willis) Campbell. Ollie and Rosalie Brooks were the parents of at leastone daughter:............Althea Marie Brooks (3.2.3.3.1), b. April 13, 1911, Abilene, TexasOllie and Rosalie Brooks were divorced in January of 1918 in Hale County,Texas. On January 10, 1921, Rosalie married a second time to Albert F. Dychein Ellis County, Texas. Ollie Brooks was a house painter. Ollie Brooks died onJune 3, 1962 and was buried in Abilene, Texas. Rosalie (Campbell) Dyche diedon November 18, 1975 in Sarasota, Florida.Reference: 1) Letter, Janine (Bishop) Rittel to Robert Casey, April, 1984