BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

7-370 INTERACTIVE FAMILY HISTORIESReferences: 1) Family Group Sheet of Benjamin W. Brooks, by Bernice Casey, May 10,1976; 2) Obituary, Ethel Brooks, Elk City Daily News, December 24, 1979; 3) Letter,Harriet (Shropshire) Wray to Bernice Casey, November 1, 1982FRANCIS MARTIN BROOKS (4.4) is the son of Francis Asberry Brooks andRhoda (Hill) Brooks. Mart was born on January 28, 1874 in Hays County,Texas. On November 8, 1898, Francis Martin Brooks married Maude MelindaMeeks. Maude was born on January 1, 1879 and is the daughter of RandolphCalhoun Meeks (born 1836) and Rachel Ellen (Baker) Meeks (born 1845 inTexas). In 1900, Mart and Maude Brooks were living in Hays County, Texas.Mart and Maude Brooks were the parents of one son:............Orrell Jack Brooks (4.4.1), b. May 18, 1900, TexasFrancis Martin Brooks died on January 28, 1901 and was buried in theWimberley Cemetery in Wimberley, Texas. Maude later married Tom M.McClanahan (born 1881 in Texas). In 1930, Tom and Maude McClanahan wereliving in Hays County, Texas. Tom McClanahan died on March 24, 1951 andMaude (Meeks) McClanahan died on April 23, 1958 in San Marcos, Texas.Both were buried in the Butler Cemetery located five miles southeast of Driftwood,Texas.References: 1) 1900 Census, Hays County, Texas; 2) 1930 Census, Hays County,Texas, ED 105-13, SH 2A; 3) Wimberley Cemetery, Wimberley, Texas; 4) Certificateof Death, Maude McClanahan, 1958; 5) Hays County Historical and Genealogical SocietyQuarterly, Volume III, Number 1, March, 1969, Page 35; 6) Hays County Historicaland Genealogical Society Quarterly, Volume IX, Number 2, June, 1975, Pages 15 - 16Photograph, Francis Martin BrooksORRELL JACK BROOKS (4.4.1) is the son of Francis Martin Brooks andMaude Melinda (Meeks) Brooks. Jack was born on May 18, 1900 in Texas.Jack Brooks married and was the father of three children:............Jack Brooks, Jr., b. 1924............Charles Ray Brooks, b. 1926............Name UnknownIn 1942, Jack Brooks and his family were living in Columbus, Texas. OrrellJack Brooks died in Austin, Texas on October 15, 1960 and was buried in theButler Cemetery in Hays County, Texas.References: 1) Letter, Mrs. T. M. McClanahan to R. W. Brooks, July 21, 1941; 2) Letter,Mrs. T. M. McClanahan to Robert Brooks, February 11, 1942; 3) Certificate ofDeath, Jack Brooks, 1960; 4) Hays County Historical and Genealogical SocietyQuaterly, Volume 3, Number 1, March, 1969, Page 35ERNEST BROOKS (4.6) is the son of Francis Asberry Brooks and Rhoda (Hill)Brooks. Ernest was born on March 28, 1878 in Hays County, Texas. In 1900,Ernest Brooks was living with his brother, Martin Brooks, in Hays County,