Husband: Samuel Alexander BROOKS
Birthdate: 5 Feb 1845
Birthplace: Bartow County, Georgia
Death date: 22 Dec 1914
Place of death: Goree, Knox, Texas
Father: William Crawford BROOKS
Mother: Mary Ruth (Polly) TIMMONS

Marriage date: 29 Jul 1868
Marriage place: Cartersville, Bartow, Georgia

Wife: Sarah Elizabeth GAY
Birthdate: 20 Oct 1850
Birthplace: CHerokee County, Georgia
Death date: 21 Feb 1907
Place of death: Goree, Knox, Texas
Father: David GAY
Mother: Elvira Miranda America HARBIN

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Luther Orman BROOKS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 24 Aug 1869
Birthplace: Georgia
Death date: 31 Dec 1946
Place of death: Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
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Spouse's name: Florida SITTON

Child No. 2: Marion Ovilee (Ovilee) BROOKS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 7 Nov 1871
Birthplace: Arkansas
Death date: 10 Jan 1912
Place of death: Abilene, Taylor, Texas
Marriage date: 1892
Marriage place: Texas
Spouse's name: Ida Elizabeth MARTIN

Child No. 3: Ester Jessie BROOKS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 17 Jul 1874
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 17 Apr 1875
Place of death: Graham, Young, Texas
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Child No. 4: Arthur Alexander BROOKS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 3 Mar 1876
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 23 Jul 1964
Place of death: Haskell, Haskell, Texas
Marriage date: 11 Oct 1908
Marriage place: Knox County, Texas
Spouse's name: Ovie Mae ROBERTS

Child No. 5: Infant BROOKS
Sex:
Birthdate: 10 Jan 1878
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 10 Jan 1878
Place of death: Graham, Young, Texas
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Child No. 6: Crowfford Oron (Oron) BROOKS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 10 Dec 1878
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 7 Aug 1956
Place of death: Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico
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Spouse's name: Lottie WILLIAMS

Child No. 7: Susan Ellen (Ellen) BROOKS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 2 Mar 1881
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 1 Nov 1945
Place of death: Brownfield, Terry, Texas
Marriage date: Aug 1908
Marriage place: Buffalo, Leon, Texas
Spouse's name: George Allen BENTLEY

Child No. 8: David Porter BROOKS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 27 Jul 1883
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 8 Mar 1884
Place of death: Graham, Young, Texas
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Child No. 9: Annie Winnifred BROOKS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 27 Jan 1885
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 21 Jan 1979
Place of death: Knox City, Knox, Texas
Marriage date: 11 Aug 1907
Marriage place: Hefner, Knox, Texas
Spouse's name: Benjamin Randolph HOLDER

Child No. 10: Justina Marinda (Tina) BROOKS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 10 Jan 1887
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 8 Jan 1980
Place of death: Portales, Roosevelt, New Mexico
Marriage date: 18 Oct 1908
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Charlie Clay JONES

Child No. 11: Lavada BROOKS
Sex: F
Birthdate: 8 Dec 1888
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 18 Mar 1971
Place of death: Seymour, Baylor, Texas
Marriage date: 2 Jul 1907
Marriage place: Benjamin, Knox, Texas
Spouse's name: Robert Lee (Bob) LAMBETH

Child No. 12: Edwin Houston BROOKS
Sex: M
Birthdate: 17 Aug 1895
Birthplace: Graham, Young, Texas
Death date: 13 Apr 1971
Place of death: Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas
Marriage date: 23 Apr 1919
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Minnie GARVIN
 
 
Documentation:
* Samuel and Sarah lived near Cartersville, Georgia, until moving to Arkansas in 1871. In 1874 they moved by covered wagon to Graham, Texas. The family's final move was to Knox County, Texas, in 1896.