BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-355ROBERT E. BROOKS (3.5.3) is the son of Robert Wright Brooks and Amelia(Ogg) Brooks. Robert was born in 1873 in Texas. On April 26, 1893, RobertBrooks married Mary F. Anderson in Lee County, Texas. Robert and MaryBrooks were the parents of at least two children:............Gertrude Brooks............Addie BrooksRobert Brooks died prior to 1916. Gertrude Brooks married a Mr. Mission.References: 1) Marriage License, Lee County, Texas, Book D, Page 144; 2) ProbateMinutes, Lee County, Texas, Book L, Pages 354 - 358FRANCIS ASBORY BROOKS (3.5.4) is the son of Robert Wright Brooks andAmelia (Ogg) Brooks. Frank was born on April 15, 1875 in Texas. On January24, 1900, Frank A. Brooks married Alice Beulah Vick in Lee County, Texas.Beulah was born on February 4, 1882 in Texas. In 1900, Frank and BeulahBrooks were living in Lee County, Texas. Frank and Beulah Brooks were theparents of at least four children:............Bertie Wylie Brooks, b. August 27, 1901............Clyde Vick Brooks, b. May 25, 1903............Bessie Lee Brooks (3.5.4.3), b. January 18, 1905............Frank Arbuckle Brooks, b. August 18, 1908Frank Brooks, Sr. was killed in a railroad accident in Milam County, Texas onAugust 10, 1908 and was buried in the City Cemetery in Giddings, Texas. Beulah(Vick) Brooks died on October 31, 1959 and was buried in the City Cemeteryin Giddings, Texas. Bertie Brooks died as a small child on July 13, 1903 andwas buried in the Giddings City Cemetery. Clyde Brooks died as a small childon December 3, 1904 and was buried in the Giddings City Cemetery. On November20, 1940, Frank Brooks, Jr. married Lena Mary Dorough in Dallas,Texas. Frank and Lena Brooks have two children: - Mary Judith Brooks, b.October 29, 1943, - Don Frank Brooks, b. March 8, 1947. As of 1982, FrankBrooks, Jr. was living in Dallas, Texas. Judy Brooks married Ted L. Martin andthey have one son: - Theodore Roy Martin, b. March 3, 1965. Ted and JudyMartin were later divorced. In 1977, Judy married a second time to CharlesWarren Ferguson in Dallas, Texas and they currently live in San Antonio, Texas.Don Brooks married Anne Lorch and they currently have no children.References: 1) Marriage License, Lee County, Texas, Book E, Page 585; 2) 1900 Census,Lee County, Texas; 3) Probate Minutes, Lee County, Texas, Book H, Pages 561,562, 563 and 568, Book L, Pages 142, 155, 157 and 460; 4) Giddings City Cemetery;5) Interview, Frank Brooks, Jr. by Robert Casey, August 22, 1982BESSIE LEE BROOKS (3.5.4.3) is the daughter of Francis Asbory Brooks andAlice Beulah (Vick) Brooks. Bessie Lee was born on January 18, 1905. BessieLee received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston. OnAugust 26, 1925, Bessie Lee Brooks married Milton Worley McGee in Waco,Texas. Milton was born on August 20, 1903 in Bryan, Texas and is the son ofIrwin Green McGee and Lillie (Worley) McGee. Milton received a Bachelor of