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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-347In 1900, C. B. and Lucy Hosea were living in Lee County, Texas. C. B. Hoseafarmed near Shady Grove, Lee County, Texas until 1905. He was made superintendentof the compress at the Giddings Cotton Compress and served there until1920, when he was employed by the Texas Cotton Association. In 1923, C. B.Hosea retired and moved to League City, Texas and remained there until hisdeath. Clayton Hosea died on December 31, 1931 in Houston, Texas and wasburied in the Giddings City Cemetery. Lucy (Brooks) Hosea died in San Antonio,Texas on March 10, 1937 and was buried in the Giddings City Cemetery.Curtis Hosea served as a conductor for the Southern Pacific Railroad for manyyears. Curtis Hosea never married. Curtis Hosea died on May 27, 1971 in Austin,Texas and was buried in the Giddings City Cemetery.On October 8, 1918, Herbert Hosea married Pansy Scott and they had onedaughter: - Elaine Hosea. Herbert and Pansy Hosea were later divorced. OnDecember 24, 1925, Herbert Hosea married a second time to Lola Mueller ofLexington, Texas and they had one daughter: - Lola Juanita “Lajaun” Hosea.Herbert was employed by the Humble Pipe Line Company in Houston, Texas forabout thirty-five years. Herbert Hosea died on November 15, 1980 in Conroe,Texas and was buried in the Lawndale Forest Park Cemetery in Houston, Texas.Elaine Hosea married John Bowen and they had two children: - John Bowen,Jr., - Wanda Bowen. Elaine (Hosea) Bowen died in the 1950’s. WandaBowen married Jerry Morgan and as of 1982, lives in Georgetown, Texas.Lajuan Hosea married Dick Vigneault and lives in Mayo, South Carolina.References: 1) 1900 Census, Lee County, Texas; 2) Marriage License, Lee County,Texas, Book 3, Page 332; 3) “History of Lee County, Texas,” 1974, Pages 297 and 298;4) Interview, Howard Lee by Robert Casey, July, 1982; 5) Family Group Sheet byHoward T. Lee, August, 1982; 6) Interview, Dody (Fowler) Green by Robert Casey,September 6, 1982ROBERT LEROY HOSEA (3.5.1.2) is the son of Clayton Byard Hosea andLucy Theophilus (Brooks) Hosea. Roy was born on March 16, 1893 inGiddings, Texas. On July 8, 1917, Roy Hosea married Blanche Hurst ofGiddings, Texas. Roy and Blanche Hosea were the parents of at least onedaughter:............Kathryn Hosea, b. November, 1918Roy Hosea entered the banking business in San Antonio, Texas at a Morris PlanBank and later moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. Roy was next associated with theTrinity State Bank in Fort Worth, Texas. He moved to Dallas, Texas and wasemployed by the Grove State Bank, of which he became executive vice-presidentand where he served twenty years. Roy was the founder and president of thePleasant Grove Kiwanis Club. Roy Hosea died in December of 1969 in Dallas,Texas and was buried in Dallas, Texas.Kathryn Hosea married James Brewer Simms (born June 19, 1914) and they hadthree children: - Carolyn Simms, - James Robert Simms, - Kathryn AnnSimms. James and Kathryn Simms both died on May 29, 1966 and were buriedin Houston, Texas. Carolyn Simms married David Edgar and they have three