BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-134 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESJOSEPH WILEY BROOKS (2.3.2.3) is the son of Joseph Daniel Brooks andTeresa Maria (Sikes) Brooks. Joseph was born on April 23, 1847 in Georgia.Joseph was a student at the Marietta Military Academy. Joseph was commissioneda Lieutenant and sent to Andersonville to help guard Federal prisoners.Tradition has it that he died there, but the record in the family Bible records indicatethat he died on September 5, 1866. Joseph was buried in the Valley Cemeteryin Talbot County, Georgia.References: 1) 1850 and 1860 Censuses, Talbot County, Georgia; 2) “Under SevenFlags,” by Robert Preston Brooks, 1957; 3) Family Bible of Joseph Daniel Brooks(2.3.2), published in the “Georgia Genealogist,” 1978, submitted by Dr. Preston Brooks;4) Valley Cemetery, Talbot County, GeorgiaJAMES HENRY BROOKS (2.3.2.4) is the son of Joseph Daniel Brooks andTeresa Maria (Sikes) Brooks. James was born on January 12, 1850 in Georgia.On January 7, 1873, James Brooks married Anna M. Moore. Anna was born onSeptember 15, 1854 and was the daughter of L. M. Moore and M. G. Moore.James and Anna Brooks were the parents of six children:............Roland Edgar Brooks (2.3.2.4.1), b. February 14, 1874, Milledgeville, Georgia............Rosa Clifford Brooks, b. September 5, 1876, Georgia............Ethel Brooks, b. 1879, Georgia............Robert Preston Brooks (2.3.2.4.3), b. July 23, 1881............Carlton Parks Brooks (2.3.2.4.4), b. 1883............Henry Candler Brooks (2.3.2.4.5), b. December 20, 1885In 1880, James and Anna Brooks were living in Milledgeville in BaldwinCounty, Georgia. James Brooks was a merchant in Milledgeville, Georgia.James and Anna Brooks later lived in Upson County, Georgia. James was aminister of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was licensed to preach in 1882.For some time he was a member of the North Georgia Conference and in Decemberof 1884 was transferred to the Colorado Conference. In his brief time inColorado, James had a rather successful career. He became editor of the ColoradoMethodist and President of a so-called seminary located in Las Vegas, NewMexico. Writing from Las Vegas on April 8, 1885, he gave some details aboutthe seminary. It had a two-story brick building and there were three teachers,himself and two women, and ninety-three student from many states. JamesHenry Brooks died in Colorado on April 9, 1886. After James’ death, AnnaBrooks returned to Milledgeville with her four small children and remained thereuntil her death in 1907. Both James and Anna Brooks were buried in the MemoryHill Cemetery in Milledgeville, Georgia. Rosa Clifford Brooks died in infancy.Another daughter was born in the late 1870’s and also died in infancy.References: 1) 1880 Census, Baldwin County, Georgia; 2) “History of Georgia,” byClark Howell, Volume 3, Pages 388-389, 1926; 3) “The Georgia Genealogical SocietyQuarterly,” Volume 8, Number 4, Winter, 1972; 4) Family Bible of Joseph DanielBrooks (2.3.2), published in the “Georgia Genealogist,” 1978, submitted by Dr. PrestonBrooks; 5) “Brooks and Kindred Families,” by Ida Brooks Kellam, 1950; 6) “UnderSeven Flags,” by Robert Preston Brooks, 1957; 7) Memory Hill Cemetery,Milledgeville, Georgia