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- In 1850, John and Sarah Brooks were living in Pike County, Alabama. From 1858 to 1861, they were living in Austin County, Texas. From 1867 to 1880, John and Sarah Brooks were living in Lavaca County, Texas.
John Clark Brooks served as First Lieutenant in the Confederate Army from 1862 to 1863. John served under Captains Daniel and Martin (Company A) and Colonel Elmore (Second Regiment). John Clark Brooks died on January 28, 1891 and Sarah (Shoemaker) Brooks died in 1921. Both were buried in the Geiger Cemetery near Sublime, Texas. It is not certain what John C. Brooks? middle name actually was. According to Susie (Brooks) Danforth, it was Clark but according to Noma (Brooks) Grunewald, it was Calvin. Mary Brooks married Lon Bray. Eugene Brooks died on October 29, 1873 and was buried in the Geiger Cemetery.
References:
1) 1850 census, Pike County, Alabama;
2) 1860 census, Austin County, Texas;
3) 1870 and 1880 censuses, Lavaca County, Texas;
4) Tax Rolls, Austin County, Texas, 1858 to 1861;
5) Tax Rolls, Lavaca County, Texas, 1867 to 1875;
6) Civil War Pension Records, J. C. Brooks;
7) Geiger Cemetery, Sublime, Texas;
8) "Brooks Family History," by Susie (Brooks) Danforth, 1946;
9) Interview, Noma (Brooks) Grunewald by Robert Casey, January, 1981
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