TX Family Groupsheet for Samuel Alexander BROOKS Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.fgs-project.com/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Don Holder Email address: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: 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 Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: 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.