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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-341References: 1) Civil War Pension Records, Allen Turner Brooks; 2) 1870 Census,Bexar County, Texas; 3) 1870, 1880 and 1900 Censuses, Hays County, Texas; 4) 1920Census, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; 5) Wimberley Cemetery, Wimberley, Texas; 6)“Brooks Family History,” by Susie (Brooks) Danforth, 1946; 7) “Wimberley Legacy,”by Williedell Schawe, 1963, Pages 67 - 69JOHN WILLIAMSON BROOKS (3.4.1) is the son of Allen Turner Brooks andHelena (Luco) Brooks. John was born on Januaury 30, 1856 in Bastrop County,Texas. In 1880, John was living with his parents in Hays County, Texas. JohnWilliamson Brooks married Sallie (Strickland) Schultz. John and Sallie Brookswere the parents of two children:............John Henry Brooks, b. Texas............Joseph Halbert Brooks, b. August, 1886, TexasAfter Sallie’s death, John W. Brooks married Rena F. Emmons (born February,1876 in Texas). In 1900, John and Rena Brooks and Rena’s father, H. Emmons,were living in Hays County, Texas. In 1910, John and Rena Brooks were livingin Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. John and Rena Brooks were the parents ofseven children:............Allen Brooks, b. 1906, Oklahoma............Helena S. Brooks, b. 1907, Oklahoma............Walter W. Brooks, b. 1909, Oklahoma............Ebbie C. Brooks, b. 1911, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma............Estell B. Brooks, b. 1914, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma............Gracie Jewell Brooks, b. 1915, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma............Annie M. Brooks, b. 1917, Roger Mills County, OklahomaIn 1912, John W. Brooks was living in Grimes, Oklahoma. John WilliamsonBrooks died on September 6, 1918 in Grimes, Oklahoma and was buried inDempsey, Oklahoma. In 1920, Rena (Emmons) Brooks and her children wereliving in Roger Mills County, Oklahoma. Rena (Emmons) Brooks died on January5, 1933 in Sayre, Oklahoma and was buried in Dempsey, Oklahoma. JohnHenry Brooks married a woman whose first name was Leona and they had oneson: - Carl Brooks. John and Leona Brooks lived in Lawton, Oklahoma. InJanuary of 1910, Hal Brooks married a woman whose first name was Viola andthey had six children: - Carol Brooks, - Linville Brooks, - Noble Brooks, -Vera Brooks, - Wayne Brooks, - Dale Brooks. Hal and Viola Brooks lived inHouston, Texas. Hal Brooks died on June 24, 1966. Vera Brooks married a Mr.Proctor. Annie Brooks burned to death in January of 1930 at Sayre, Oklahomaand was buried in Dempsey, Oklahoma.References: 1) 1880 and 1900 Censuses, Hays County, Texas; 2) 1910 and 1920 Censuses,Roger Mills County, Oklahoma; 3) Obituary, Allen Turner Brooks, 1912; 4)“Brooks Family History,” by Myrtle (Lackey) Ashley, 1944; 5) “Brooks Family History,”by Susie (Brooks) Danforth, 1946; 6) Letter, Virgie (Lackey) Chastain to RobertCasey, February, 1979; 7) Interview, Opal (Ashley) Yundt by Robert Casey, April 6,1981ROBERT FRANKLIN BROOKS (3.4.2) is the son of Allen Turner Brooks andHelena (Luco) Brooks. Robert was born on November 28, 1858 in Bastrop