BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-332 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESWYATT MARION BROOKS (3.3) is the son of Williamson Brooks (3) andSusannah (Olliff) Brooks. Wyatt was born on January 24, 1828 in UpsonCounty, Georgia. In 1850, Wyatt was living in Pike County, Alabama with hissister, Mary. On September 27, 1855, Wyatt Brooks married Louisa JaneAtkinson. Louisa was born on October 14, 1836 in Texas and is the daughter ofJohn Atkinson and Maria (Bachman) Atkinson. From 1853 to 1880, Wyatt andLouisa Brooks lived in Austin County, Texas. Wyatt and Jane Brooks were theparents of only one son:............John Williamson Brooks (3.3.1), b. December 26, 1856, Austin County, TexasLouisa (Atkinson) Brooks died on August 20, 1894 and was buried in theAtkinson Cemetery, one mile west of Bellville, Texas. In 1910, Wyatt Brookswas living in Austin County, Texas. Wyatt Marion Brooks died on December 9,1913 and was buried in the Atkinson Cemetery.References: 1) 1850 Census, Pike County, Alabama; 2) 1860, 1870, 1880 and 1910Censuses, Austin County, Texas; 3) Tax Rolls, Austin County, Texas, 1853 to 1870; 4)Family Bible of John Atkinson; 5) “Brooks Family History,” by Susie (Brooks)Danforth, 1946; 6) Interview, Alton Howell Brooks, by Robert Casey, January, 1981;7) Additions and Corrections, by Alton Howell Brooks, August, 1981Photograph, Louisa (Atkinson) Brooks, John Williamson Brooks and WyattMarion BrooksJOHN WILLIAMSON BROOKS (3.3.1) is the son of Wyatt Marion Brooks andLouisa Jane (Atkinson) Brooks. John was born on December 26, 1856 in AustinCounty, Texas. On September 19, 1900, John Brooks married Mary EuniceStyers in Weimar, Texas. Mary was born on April 23, 1871 in Oakland, Texasand is the daughter of James Marion Styers and Nancy (Reese) Styers. Nancy isthe great-granddaughter of Burrell Whittington, a veteran of the RevolutionaryWar. John and Mary Brooks moved to Bellville, Texas and they were the parentsof five children:............Nannie Louise Brooks, b. November 23, 1901, Texas............Alton Howell Brooks (3.3.1.2), b. August 13, 1904, Texas............Johnnie Marie Brooks (3.3.1.3), b. October 16, 1905, Bellville, Texas............Gordon Styers Brooks, b. August 1, 1907, Texas............Marion Ellsworth Brooks (3.3.1.5), b. May 23, 1909, TexasFrom 1910 to 1920, John and Mary Brooks were living in Austin County, Texas.Mary (Styers) Brooks died in February 5, 1938 and John Williamson Brooksdied on July 21, 1939. Both died in the old Brooks family home in Bellville,Texas that was built by Wyatt Marion Brooks in 1860. Both were buried in theOaknoll Cemetery in Bellville, Texas. Nannie Brooks died on September 29,1903 and was buried in the Atkinson Cemetery near Bellville, Texas.On December 19, 1935, Gordon Brooks married Ruby (Johnson) Pinckard andthey had no children. Ruby is the daughter of Albert Sidney Johnson andMabelle Johnson. Ruby was previously married and had two daughters: Gloria