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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-301Artie, lived in San Antonio, Texas and they had one daughter: - MaurineBrooks, b. February 9, 1915. Garfield Brooks died in 1934 and was buried inthe Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana. Maurine Brooks firstmarried Gordon Palmer and they had one daughter: - Linda Palmer who marrieda Mr. Besherio. Maurine married a second time to L. C. Mosel. Maurine(Brooks) Mosel died on January 12, 1982. In 1910, Hardy Brooks was livingwith Martin L. Campbell in Jackson Parish, Lousiana. Hardy Brooks marriedOla Thrift (born 1893 in Louisiana) and they had no children. In 1920, Hardyand Ola Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Lousiana. Hardy Brooks died onFebruary 12, 1939 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman,Louisiana. Lambert Brooks married Ola Smelley. Lambert Brooks died in1945. As of 1983, Mrs. Lambert Brooks was living in Ruston, Louisiana. MaxaBrooks married Billy Townson.References: 1) Marriage License, J. W. Brooks to S. C. Waldrip, 1880; 2) 1880, 1900,1910 and 1920 Censuses, Jackson Parish, Louisiana; 3) Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions,Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957; 4) Interview, IvaDene (Brooks) Peret by Robert Casey, March, 1983; 5) Interview, Mrs. Lambert Brooksby Robert Casey, March, 1983WILLIAM WESLEY BROOKS (2.16.2.2) is the son of John Wesley Brooks, Jr.“Bud” was born in 1876 in Louisiana. Around 1896, Bud Brooks married RosieBelle Johnson (born 1880 in Louisiana). Bud and Rosie Brooks were the parentof nine children:............Dennis Edwin Brooks, b. March 10, 1899, Louisiana............Baxter Morton Brooks, 1901, Louisisana............Irma Zelia Brooks, b. May 11, 1904, Louisiana............Norma Lee Brooks, b. April 25, 1906, Louisiana............Iva Dene Brooks, b. July 10, 1912, Bienville Parish, Louisiana............Kermit Johnson Brooks, b. July 24, 1914, Bienville Parish, Louisiana............Vonnice Brooks, b. February 3, 1916, Bienville Parish, Louisiana............Cloma Larvene Brooks, b. November 26, 1918, Bienville Parish, Louisiana............Shirley Brooks, b. May 6, 1920In 1910 and 1920, Wesley and Rosie Brooks were living in Bienville Parish,Louisiana. Bud Brooks was buried in the City Cemetery in Ruston, Louisiana.In 1920, Dennis Brooks was living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana as a boarder inthe household and James and Ella Bryant. Dennis Brooks first married MildredMcDaniel and they had no children. As of 1983, Dennis Brooks and his secondwife, Margaret, were living in Ruston, Louisiana. Baxter Brooks married ElsieMcEnnis and they had one son: - Aubrey Edwin Brooks. Irma Brooks marriedByron Bascom and they had no children. As of 1983, Irma (Brooks) Bascomwas living in Ruston, Louisiana. Norma Brooks never married. On September26, 1948, Iva Dene Brooks married John Wesley Peret in Shreveport, Louisianaand they are the parents of one son: - Michael Dennis Peret, b. June 11, 1949,Dallas, Texas. As of 1983, John Wesley and Iva Dene Peret were living in Dallas,Texas.Kermit Brooks was killed in a plane crash while serving in the Navy duringWorld War II. Kermit Brooks was never married. Vonnice Brooks married J.