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- !BIRTH/DEATH/U.S. CENSUS, 1850. Essex County, VA, Page 69: BROOKS,
Willis, age 44, male, white, farmer, born VA ABT 1806 Elizabeth,
age 41, female, white, born VA ABT 1809 Samuel, age 20, male,
white, laborer, born VA ABT 1830 Charles, age 16, male, white,
laberer, born VA ABT 1834 Martha, age 12, female, white, born VA
ABT 1838 Elizabeth, age 10, female, white, born VA ABT 1840
George, age 9, male, white, born VA ABT 1841 Lunsf
ord, age 7, female*, white, born VA ABT 1843 Catharine, age 5,
female, white, born VA ABT 1845 Willis, age 2, male, white, born
VA ABT 1848 Believe that Elizabeth died between 1850 and 1852. Willis
married a Mrs. Mary DIX in Ab
t 1852.!MARRIAGE: Essex County, VA, Marriage Register, Book 1 Page 23,
Line 23: John F. BROOKS, age 29, single, born and living in Essex County,
VA, son of Willis BROOKS and Elizabeth JONES, farmer, married, 1 Aug
1869, Mary E. ARMSTRONG, age
29, single, born and living in Essex County, VA, daughter of John
ARMSTRONG and Melisa CROW.Note: John is not listed in any of the census
records. Could John F. and George T. BROOKS be the same? Their ages
would be the same and we have not
been able to determine who George's first wife was.!U.S. CENSUS, 1860,
Essex County, VA, Page 756: BROOKS, Willis, age 54, male, white, farmer,
born VA ABT 1806 Mary, age 43, female, white, born VA ABT 1817
Charles, age 24, m
ale, white, laborer, born VA ABT 1836 Martha, age 21, female,
white, born VA ABT 1839 Bettie, age 19, female, white, born VA
ABT 1841 George, age 20, male, white, born VA ABT 1840
Lunsford, age 16, male*, white,
born VA ABT 1844 Catherine, age 13, female, white, born VA ABT
1847 Willis, Jr. age 11, male, white, born VA ABT 1849
Iverson J., age 9, male, white, born VA ABT 1851 Note: Sex changed for
Lunsford from 1850 to 1860.!U
.S. CENSUS, 1870, Essex County, VA, Page 45: BROOKS, George T., age 30,
male, white, farmer (born ABT 1840) Mary, age 32, female, white,
keeping house, (born ABT 1838) ARMSTRONG, Malicia, age 64, female, white,
w/out occupation ROSS, Ed
mund B., age 12, male, black, domestic servantNote: John and George must
be the same since Mary ARMSTRONG was the wife in John's marriage, 1 Aug
1869.!U.S. CENSUS, 1870, Essex County, VA, Page 43: BROOKS, Willis, age
65, male, white, farme
r, born VA ABT 1805 Mary T., age 53, female, white, keeping
house, born VA ABT 1817 Bettie, age 25, female, white, w/out
occupation, born VA ABT 1845 Willis, Jr., age 22, male, white,
farm laborer, born VA ABT 1848
Iverson J., age 20, male, white, farm laborer, born VA ABT 1851
CROXTON, Theodore, age 20, male, white, farm laborer, born VA ABT 1850
!MARRIAGE #2: Essex County, VA, Marriage Register, Page 30, 10 Jan 1871:
George T. BROOKS, age 31, widowe
r, farmer, born and living in Essex County, VA, son of Willis BROOKS and
Elizabeth JONES, married 10 Jan 1871, Frances A. SHEARWOOD, age 30,
single, born and living in Essex County, VA, daughter of Richard
SHEARWOOD and Lucy M. BOUGHAN. The co
uple were married by Isaac DIGGS.!U.S. CENSUS, 1880, Essex County, VA,
Page 206/29: No record of George/John is found in the 1880 Essex County
Census.!U.S. CENSUS, 1880, King & Queen Cty, VA, Page 21: DRUDGE, Bettie,
White Female, Age 37, H
ead of Household Mary, White Female, Age 10, Step-daughter
BROOKS, George, White Male, Age 39, Brother Charles R., White
Male, Age 7, Nephew (Son of George and Frances Shearwood?)
Thomas Willis, White Male,
Age 7, Nephew (Son of George and Frances Shearwood?)!DEATH:
Frances Ann SHEARWOOD must have died between 1871 and 1880.!U.S. CENSUS,
1900, King & Queen County, VA, Sheet 9, Line 16: BROOKS, Charles R.
Head of Household, White
Male, Born Feb 1873, Age 27 Fannie C. Wife, White Female,
Born Oct 1877, Age 22 George T. (Thomas) Son, White Male, Born
Oct 1897, Age 2 Ellie M., Daughter, White Female, Born May 1900,
Age 1/12 George T.
, Father, White Male, Born Mar 1840, Age 60, Widower!U.S. CENSUS, 1910,
City of Newport News (Warwick County), VA, Roll 1637, Enumeration
District 84, Family No. 106: BROOKS, Charles, R., Head of Household,
White Male, Age 37, Married Once
13 Years, Born in Va, Collector for Laundry, Rented
House at 1151 23rd Street, Newport News, VA
Fannie C., Wife, White Female, Age 31, Married Once, 13 Years, 2
Children Born,
2 Children Living Thomas G. (George), Son, White Male, Age 12,
Attended School Ellie M., Daughter, White female, Age 10,
Attended School George T. (Soundex shows F. but Census shows T.),
Father, White Male
Age 70, Married Twice (Widowed), Born VA, Janitor at
school, Veteran of CSA.
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