Husband: John S. BROOKS
Birthdate: 11 Jan 1797
Birthplace: VA
Death date: 11 Jan 1871
Place of death: Taylor Co, GA
Burial: Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Family Cemetery (see below)
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Marriage date: 8 Feb 1821
Marriage place: Jones Co, GA

Wife: Elizabeth LARY
Birthdate: 20 Aug 1803
Birthplace: GA
Death date:
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Burial: Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Cemetery
Father: Larry LARY
Mother: Anna ?

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Emeline BROOKS
Birthdate: 28 Mar 1822
Spouses' names: John Henry BRADFORD
Marriage date: 6 Jan 1847, Crawford Co, GA
Death date: 6 Oct 1850, Taylor Co, GA
Burial: Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Cemetery

Child No. 2: Luvenia W. BROOKS
Birthdate: 1 Jul 1825, GA
Spouses' names: David F. SHINE
Marriage date: 26 Sep 1858, Taylor Co, GA
Death date: 26 Sep 1892, Taylor Co, GA
Burial: Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Cemetery

Child No. 3: Martin J. BROOKS
Birthdate: c13 Oct 1826, GA
Spouses' names: Martha Jane 'Jennie' McCRARY
Marriage date: 12 Oct 1877, Taylor Co, GA
Death date: 8 Oct 1895, Taylor Co, GA
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Child No. 4: Anna BROOKS
Birthdate: c30 Jul 1827, GA
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Death date: 20 Aug 1852, Taylor Co, GA
Burial: Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Cemetery

Child No. 5: Christopher C. BROOKS
Birthdate: C1830, GA
Spouses' names: Martha Elizabeth ??
Marriage date: aft 1850
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Child No. 6: J.L. BROOKS
Birthdate: c1833
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Child No. 7: Elizabeth E. 'Lizzie' BROOKS
Birthdate: c1835, GA
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Child No. 8: Emma E. BROOKS
Birthdate: 1838, GA
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Child No. 9: Mary Caroline 'Carrie' BROOKS
Birthdate: 21 Apr 1839, GA
Spouses' names: Joseph Humphrey GOODWIN
Marriage date: 3 Jul 1855, Taylor Co, GA
Death date: 7 Aug 1905
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Child No. 10: Martha E. 'Matt' BROOKS
Birthdate: c1841-1845, GA
Spouses' names: Thomas D. GOODWIN
Marriage date: 31 May 1885, Taylor Co, GA
Death date: bef 1900, Taylor Co, GA
Burial: Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Cemetery

Child No. 11: John W. BROOKS
Birthdate: c1845, GA
Spouses' names: Martha C. Elizabeth WILSON
Marriage date: 25 Nov 1866, Taylor Co, GA
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Child No. 12: J. Lary BROOKS
Birthdate: 1847, GA
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Documentation:
* Brooks/Goodwin/Shine Family Cemetery, GA Hwy. 263, in pasture on side west of and behind the Brooks/Shine Home Place, Taylor Co, GA;
* "They Tarried In Taylor" Essie Childs;
* "Cemeteries of Taylor Co, GA" Hay & Stewart;
* "Marriages, Death, Etc. From the Butler Herald 1876-1896" Marilyn Neisler Windham;
* Deed Book D, p. 184;
* Copy of letter written by Luvenia Brooks Shine to her nephew, Nathaniel Bradford, in TX;
* 1850 GA Census, Crawford Co Families #58 & 436;
* GA Census, Taylor Co. Family #248;
* 1870 GA Census, Taylor Co Dwelling #76-P;
* 1880 GA Census, Taylor Co. Families # 8 & 28;
* 1900 GA Census, Taylor Co #739.
Notes:
* GOODWIN family lived across the road from the BROOKS & SHINE families.