BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-204 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESon April 10, 1891 and was buried in the Caruth Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. JaneEliza (Dickinson) Brooks died on December 25, 1894. Thomas S. Brooks diedon September 11, 1880 and was buried in the City Cemetery in Garland, Texas.Augustus S. Brooks died on September 13, 1880 and was buried in the CityCemetery in Garland, Texas. In 1932, Marcus Brooks was living near Tulia,Texas. Edgar Marcus Brooks died on December 18, 1937 in Tulia, Texas. PaulBrooks never married and died on March 10, 1910 in Dallas, Texas and was buriedin the Oakland Cemetery in Dallas.References: 1) “The Masonic Journal,” November, 1852; 2) 1880 and 1900 Censuses,Dallas County, Texas; 3) Obituary, Charles H. Brooks, Waco Times Herald, Page 4,April 12, 1932; 4) Certificate of Death, Edgar M. Brooks, 1937; 5) Letter, JohnSheftall to Robert Casey, July 10, 1980; 6) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to RobertCasey, August 1, 1981; 7) Letter, Karen D. Rocher to Robert Casey, November 3, 1981;8) Interview, Steve Nowlin by Robert Casey, November 18, 1981; 9) Letter, Karen D.Rocher to Robert Casey, November 27, 1981; 10) Interview, Evelyn (Fair) Tanner byRobert Casey, October, 1982; 11) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, July24, 1982WILLIAM LUNSFORD BROOKS (2.3.6.1) is the son of Alexander SidneyBrooks and Jane Eliza (Dickinson) Brooks. William was born on February 17,1857 in Georgia. In 1887, William Lunsford Brooks married Susan Belle Gwinn(born February, 1865) in Dallas County, Texas. William and Susan Brooks werethe parents of at least five children:............Mary Lou Brooks, b. 1892............Claude Brooks, b. 1894............Nora Belle Brooks, b. December, 1895............Edna Brooks, b. December, 1897............Janie Gertrude Brooks, b. 1900In 1900, William L. Brooks was living in Dallas County, Texas. In 1932, WilliamL. Brooks was living in California. William L. Brooks died on March 15,1937 in Tulia, Texas.References: 1) Letter, Kenneth H. Thomas, Jr. to Robert Casey, August 1, 1981; 2)Obituary, Charles H. Brooks, Waco Times Herald, Page 4, April 12, 1932; 3) Certificateof Death, William L. Brooks, 1937MARY DORMAN BROOKS (2.3.6.3) is the daughter of Alexander SidneyBrooks and Jane Eliza (Dickinson) Brooks. Mary was born on September 14,1861 in Thomaston, Georgia. On February 27, 1881, Mary Brooks marriedMilburn Whitfield Kirby in Richardson, Texas. Milburn was born on September28, 1851 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Milburn and Mollie Kirby were the parentsof three children:............Olin W. Kirby, b. December 2, 1881, Richardson, Texas............Allen C. Kirby, b. January 6, 1884, Dallas, Texas............Eva May Kirby (2.3.6.3.2), b. January 27, 1885, Dallas, TexasIn 1900, Milburn and Mollie Kirby, their children, Olin and Eva, Milburn’smother, Malvina and Mollie’s brother, Paul, were all living together in Dallas,