BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY - Interactive Family Histories

BROOKS FAMILY HISTORY 7-53............Clara B. Brooks, b. 1915, Alabama............Elizabeth N. Brooks, b. 1918, AlabamaReference: 1) 1920 Censuses, Escambia County, AlabamaDORA BROOKS (1.2.3.8) is the daughter of Jordan Gilmore Brooks and MarySophronia (Walker) Brooks. Dora was born in June, 1860 in Alabama. DoraBrooks married Claude Donaldson and they lived in Tallahassee, Florida.Claude and Dora Donaldson were the parents of at least one daughter:............Lola Donaldson, b. March, 1885, AlabamaIn 1900, Dora (Brooks) Donaldson and her daughter, Lola Donaldson, were livingin Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida. In 1900, Dora’s nephew, BrooksCorley, was living with her. In 1914, Dora (Brooks) Donaldson was living inPensacola, Florida. Claude and Dora Donaldson had one daughter who lives inMarianna, Florida. Dora (Brooks) Donaldson died in Pensacola, Florida duringWorld War I and was buried in Pensacola, Florida.References: 1) 1900 Census, City of Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida; 2) Letter,Robert W. Brooks to Ilma ?, August, 1936; 3) “History and Genealogy of the Jones andBrooks Families of Escambia County, Alabama,” by John Maxwell Jones, Jr., 1977; 4)Letters, Robert W. Brooks to Andrew Floyd, 1931STERLING HARRISON BROOKS (1.2.4) is the son of Robert Rose Brooks.Sterling was born in 1824 in Georgia. On June 19, 1845, Sterling Brooks marriedMargaret Walker. Margaret was born on September 22, 1823 in NorthCarolina and is the daughter of Andrew Walker. Margaret’s sister, Mary S.Walker, married Sterling Brooks’ brother, Jordan Gilmore Brooks (1.2.3). Sterlingand Margaret Brooks were the parents of four children:............Wade Brooks, d. at 8 months of age............Martha E. “Mattie” Brooks, b. September 14, 1848, Alabama............Mary Frances “Fannie” Brooks (1.2.4.3), b. March 20, 1851, Pike Co., Alabama............Emma Laura Brooks (1.2.4.4), b. 1854, Pike County, AlabamaIn 1850 and 1860, Sterling Brooks and Margaret Brooks were living in PikeCounty, Alabama. On March 12, 1862, Sterling Brooks enlisted in CaptainDunn’s Company, Alabama Volunteers for three years of service. This companylater became Company F, 37th Regiment, Alabama Infantry. Sterling was promotedto a Lieutenant in the Confederate Army. On July 4, 1863, SterlingBrooks was listed as one of the Confederate officers captured at the battle ofVicksburg, Mississippi. He was paroled on July 13, 1863 after signing an oathto “not take up arms against the United States" - but re-joined the ConfederateArmy and was again captured in the battle of Chattanooga, Tennessee. In 1870,Sterling and Margaret Brooks were living in Montgomery County, Alabama. In1880, Sterling and Margaret Brooks were living in Madison County, Texas. In1900, Sterling and Margaret Brooks were living in Leon County, Texas. Margaret(Walker) Brooks died on October 26, 1903 and was buried in th Clear CreekCemetery in Leon County, Texas. In 1910, Sterling Brooks was living with hisdaughter, Martha (Brooks) Hightower in Leon County, Texas. Sterling Brooks