BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-156 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESJOSEPH HENRY BROOKS (2.3.3.2) is the son of Isaac Turner Brooks andMary Frances (Wynn) Brooks. Joseph was born on June 9, 1842 in TalbotCounty, Georgia. On May 7, 1865, Joseph Brooks married Keziah Willis inMuscogee County, Georgia. Keziah was born on February 9, 1840 in MuscogeeCounty, Georgia and is the daughter of Littleberry Kinnebrew Willis and Nancy(Motley) Willis. Keziah’s sister, Lourina Ella Willis, married Joseph Brooks’brother, John Isham Brooks (2.3.3.3). Joseph and Keziah Brooks were the parentsof four children:............Benjamin Thomas Brooks (2.3.3.2.1), b. April 16, 1866, Muscogee Co., Georgia............Zebulon Arthur Brooks (2.3.3.2.2), b. November 28, 1870, Muscogee Co., Geo.............Georgia Angeline Brooks (2.3.3.2.3), b. July 31, 1872, Muscogee County, Georgia............Joseph Henry Brooks, Jr. (2.3.3.2.4), b. September 11, 1874, Muscogee Co., Geo.Keziah (Willis) Brooks died on January 29, 1879 in Muscogee County, Georgiaand was buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia. On May 11,1879, Joseph Brooks, Sr. married Nancy Beulah Reedy. Beulah was born onJanuary 29, 1863 in Muscogee County, Georgia and is the daughter of John C.Reedy and Georgia Angeline (Willis) Reedy. Beulah was a niece of Joseph’sfirst wife. Joseph and Beulah Brooks were the parents of six children:............Anne Lauren Brooks (2.3.3.2.5), b. April 13, 1885, Muscogee County, Georgia............Pearl Estelle Brooks (2.3.3.2.6), b. June 13, 1887, Muscogee County, Georgia............Ida Mae Brooks (2.3.3.2.7), b. May 24, 1889, Muscogee County, Georgia............Corrie Brooks, b. July 12, 1894, Muscogee County, Georgia............Ina Reedy Brooks (2.3.3.2.9), b. November 19, 1897, Muscogee County, Geo.............Billy Brooks (Male)Joseph Henry Brooks was a farmer, grocer and merchant in Columbus, Georgia.Joseph was also a veteran of the Civil War and was a member of the Board ofAlderman in Milledgeville, Georgia. Around 1901, he moved to Milledgeville,Georgia. Joseph Henry Brooks died in Milledgeville, Georgia on September 8,1925 and Beulah (Reedy) Brooks died on November 26, 1947. Both were buriedin Milledgeville in the Memory Hill Cemetery. Corrie Brooks died on September9, 1896 and was buried in the Linwood Cemetery in Columbus, Georgia.References: 1) “Brooks Family History,” by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., June 12, 1980;2) Additions and Corrections by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August 30, 1981BENJAMIN THOMAS BROOKS (2.3.3.2.1) is the son of Joseph Henry Brooksand Keziah (Willis) Brooks. Ben was born on April 16, 1866 in MuscogeeCounty, Georgia. Around 1886, Ben Brooks married Lula Tamara Jordan. Lulawas born on February 9, 1867 and is the daughter of William Green Jordan andSallie (Avera) Jordan. Lula’s brother, Green Jefferson Jordan, married BenjaminBrooks’ sister, Georgia Angeline Brooks (2.3.3.2.3). Ben and Lula were the parentsof four children:............Claude Telmera Brooks (2.3.3.2.1.1), b. October 19, 1887, Muscogee Co., Geo.............William Clifford Brooks (2.3.3.2.1.2), b. February 15, 1889, Muscogee Co., Geo.............Benjamin Henry Brooks, b. November 4, 1890, Muscogee County, Georgia............Emerson Jordan Brooks (2.3.3.2.1.4), b. February 12, 1902, Muscogee Co., Geo.