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- !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 abl
e 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, male, whit
e, 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 A
BT 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 change 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, Edmund
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.
!MARRIAGE #2: Essex County, VA, Marriage Register, Page 30, 10 Jan 1871:
George T. BROOKS, ag
e 31, widower, 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. BOUG
HAN. The couple were married by Isaac DIGGS.!DEATH: Mary died between
1870 and 10 Jan 1871.!U.S. CENSUS, 1880, Essex County, VA, Page 206/29:
No record of George/John or Frances is found in the 1880 Essex County
Census. Further research, p
ossibly in King & Queen Census is needed.
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