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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-47ried Clyde O. Weekley and lived in Perdido. Bessie (Brooks) Weekley died in1940.On June 8, 1918, Marjorie Brooks married John Maxwell Jones. John was bornin 1895 and is the son of Jason Wright Jones (born 1867) and Nannie (Sirmon)Jones (born 1875). John and Marjorie Jones had at least four children: - JohnMaxwell Jones, Jr., b. January 1, 1921, Atmore, Alabama, - Leonidas MonroeJones, b. February 19, 1923, Atmore, Alabama, - Paul Wright Jones, b. May21, 1925, Atmore, Alabama, - Thomas Brooks Jones, b. July 14, 1927, Atmore,Alabama. John M. Jones, Sr. served for many years as President of the First NationalBank of Atmore, Alabama Marjorie (Brooks) Jones died in 1961 andJohn M Jones, Sr. died in 1977.Reference: 1) 1870 Census, Escambia County, Alabama; 2) 1900 Census, BaldwinCounty, Alabama; 3) 1910 Census, Escambia County, Alabama; 4) Obituary, Judge L.M. Brooks, Atmore Record (newspaper), August 6, 1914; 5) “History and Genealogy ofthe Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama,” by John Maxwell Jones,Jr., 1977; 6) “Memorial Record of Alabama,” Page 954WILLIAM WILSON BROOKS (1.2.3.2) is the son of Jordan Gilmore Brooksand Mary Sophronia (Walker) Brooks. Wilson was born in March, 1846 in Alabama.Wilson and Joanner Brooks were the parents of at least eight children:............Willis W. Brooks, b. 1872, Alabama............Ola Brooks (1.2.3.2.2), b. 1874, Alabama............Turner J. Brooks, b. 1876, Alabama............Horace M. Brooks, b. March, 1879, Alabama............Robert L. Brooks, b. December, 1881, Alabama............Millard Brooks, b. January, 1884, Alabama............Crumpton Brooks, b. November, 1886, Alabama............Frank Brooks, b. November, 1889, AlabamaIn 1880, Wilson Brooks and his wife, Louisa W. Brooks (born 1854 in Alabama),were living in Butler County, Alabama. In 1900, Wilson Brooks and hiswife, Joanner Brooks (born July, 1853 in Alabama), were living in ConecuhCounty, Alabama. In 1910, Wilson and “Joe” Brooks were living in Marianna,Jackson County, Florida. Wilson Brooks worked for the P&ARailroad. WilsonBrooks was buried in Pensacola, Florida.References: 1) 1880 Census, Butler County, Alabama; 2) 1900 Census, ConecuhCounty, Alabama; 3) 1910 Census, Jackson County, Florida; 4) “History and Genealogyof the Jones and Brooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama,” by John MaxwellJones, Jr., 1977; 5) Letters, Robert W. Brooks to Andrew Floyd, 1931OLA BROOKS (1.2.3.2.2) is the daughter of Wilson W. Brooks and JoannerBrooks. Ola was born in 1874 in Alabama. Around 1893, Ola Brooks marriedCharles M. Chafin (born 1872 in Georgia). Charles and Ola Chafin were theparents of five children:............Willie Chafin, b. 1894, Florida............Charlie May Chafin, b. 1896, Florida