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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-197ISAAC CHENEY BROOKS (2.3.3.10) is the son of Isaac Turner Brooks andMary Frances (Wynn) Brooks. Isaac was born on April 27, 1859 in Georgia.On October 30, 1878, Isaac Brooks married Sarah A. Hoopaugh in MuscogeeCounty, Georgia. Sarah was born in October of 1857 in Columbus, Georgia andis the daughter of John M. Hoopaugh. Isaac and Sarah Brooks were the parentsof eleven children:............Henry Cheney Brooks, b. November, 1879, Georgia............Kathy Bethune Brooks, b. 1881, Georgia............William Elmore Brooks, b. April, 1883, Georgia............Robert Paul Brooks (2.3.3.10.4), b. August, 1884, Georgia............Isaac Joseph Brooks, b. 1888, Georgia............Charles Richard Brooks, b. March, 1893, Alabama............Mary Matilda Brooks, b. April, 1895, Alabama............Rosa May Brooks, b. December, 1896, Alabama............Sam Turner Brooks (2.3.3.10.9), b. January, 1899, Girard, Alabama............Sarah Elizabeth Brooks, b. March, 1900, Alabama............Harry Freeman BrooksIn 1880, Isaac and Sarah Brooks were living in Muscogee County, Georgia. In1900, Isaac and Sarah Brooks were living in Russell County, Alabama. In 1910,Isaac and Sarah Brooks were living in Polk County, Florida. Isaac CheneyBrooks was a grocer. Isaac Brooks died on December 12, 1911 in Columbus,Georgia and was buried there in the Linwood Cemetery. Sarah (Hoopaugh)Brooks died in 1944 in Lakeland, Florida and was buried there in the Oak HillCemetery. Henry Brooks died in August of 1881, Kathy Brooks died on August3, 1888, Isaac Joseph Brooks died on May 21, 1889, Charles Brooks died January26, 1905, Mary Brooks died on July 1, 1895, Rosa Brooks died on June 18,1897, Sarah Elizabeth Brooks died on May 24, 1900 and Harry Brooks died atthe age of eight months. Elmo Brooks was the father of two sons: - HerbertBrooks, - Joe Brooks. Herbert Brooks lives in Auburndale, Florida and JoeBrooks lives in Nashville, Tennessee. William Elmore Brooks died in 1929 inFlorida.References: 1) 1880 Census, Muscogee County, Georgia; 2) 1900 Census, RussellCounty, Alabama; 3) 1910 Census, Polk County, Florida; 4) Letter, John Sheftall toRobert Casey, July 10, 1980; 5) Family Group Sheet by Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr., August29, 1981PhotographIsaac Cheney Brooks andIda Matilda (Brooks) KingROBERT PAUL BROOKS (2.3.3.10.4) is the son of Isaac Cheney Brooks andSarah A. (Hoopaugh) Brooks. Robert was born in August, 1884 in Georgia. In1910, Robert P. Brooks and his wife, Alice Brooks (born 1887 in Alabama),were living in Polk County, Florida. Robert and Alice Brooks were the parentsof at least two children:............Marion C. Brooks, b. 1907, Alabama............Robert P. Brooks, Jr., b. 1908, Alabama