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BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-407MISSOURI BROOKS (9.1.1.9) is the daughter of Robert Peter Brooks and Elizabeth(Head) Brooks. Missouri was born in 1859 in Alabama. Missouri Brooksmarried Frank Celley. Frank and Missouri Celley were the parents of two children:............Gordon Celley............Brooks CelleyReference: 1) Query, by Marion B. Brunson, “The Brooks Family Bulletin,” April, 1972JORDAN BROOKS (9.1.3) is the son of Jordan Brooks and Elizabeth(Cockram) Brooks. Jordan was born in 1825 in Georgia. On May 13, 1847,Jordan Brooks married Mary Ann Mallory in Troup County, Georgia. Mary wasborn on January 1, 1825 in North Carolina and is the daughter of WilliamMallory (born 1785, Virginia) and Elizabeth (Watson) Mallory (born 1795, Virginia).Jordan and Mary Brooks were the parents of at least two sons:............James Wyatt Brooks (9.1.3.1), b. March 10, 1848, Alabama............William T. Brooks (9.1.3.2), b. 1850, AlabamaIn 1850 and 1860, Jordan and Mary Brooks were living in Coffee County, Alabama.In 1870, 1880 and 1900, Jordan and Mary Brooks were living in DaleCounty, Alabama. Mary (Mallory) Brooks died on October 11, 1904 and wasburied in the Pleasant Hill Cemetery west of Ozark, Alabama. Jordan Brooksdied around 1912 in Dale County, Alabama. There are two James Brooks (born1848 in Alabama) living in southern Alabama that could easily be confused. SeeJames Wyatt Brooks (2.12.4) for what is believed to be the son of FrancisAsberry Brooks.References: 1) 1850 and 1860 Censuses, Coffee County, Alabama; 2) 1870, 1880 and1900 Censuses, Dale County, Alabama; 3) Query, by Marion B. Brunson, “The BrooksFamily Bulletin,” April, 1972; 4) Query, by Kathleen Eastridge, “The Brooks FamilyQuery Exchange,” November, 1980; 5) Early Brooks Marriages of Georgia, “TheBrooks Family Query Exchange,” February, 1982 (1847 marriage); 6) Email, TeresaRussell to Robert Casey, March, 2003; 7) Web site by Penny Dood, Descendants of WilliamMallory, February, 2003JAMES WYATT BROOKS (9.1.3.1) is the son of Jordan Brooks and LucretiaMary Ann (Mallory) Brooks. James was born on March 10 1848 in Georgia.James Brooks married Cassie Elizabeth “Hon” Byrd. Cassie was born on May3, 1854 in Dale County, Alabama and is the daughter of Acrel Byrd and Bartilla(Johnson) Byrd. James and Cassie Brooks were the parents of at least nine children:............Robert Jordan Brooks (9.1.3.1.1), b. October 8, 1874, Alabama............Mary Lena Brooks, b. March 12, 1877, Alabama............Addie Laura Brooks (9.1.3.1.3), b. June 4, 1879, Alabama............W. Willie Brooks (9.1.3.1.4), b. September 28, 1885, Dale County, Alabama............John W. Brooks, b. September 27, 1887, Dale County, Alabama............Vallie Donia Brooks (9.1.3.1.6), b. September 1, 1889, Dale County, Alabama............Bulah Lee Brooks, b. May 27, 1894, Dale County, Alabama