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Saturday September 5, 1903 Alparon Park, Troy, Pa Officers, 1903
Officers, 1904 President: R K Brooks, Alba, Pa Vice President: Frederic Brooks, East Smithfield, Pa. Secretary: Anna Brooks, Saco, Pa. Treasurer: Mrs. D J Young, Big Pond, Pa. Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Visitors Present East Troy, Pa -Mr. & Mrs. George Cole Elmira, NY- Anna Smith, Lena Baldwin
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Members Present:
Saco, Pa - Mr. & Mrs. F S Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. John Sinclair, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Sinclair, Miss Irene Sinclair, Miss Marguerite Sinclair, Miss Anna Brooks East Smithfield, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Frederic Brooks, Earl Brooks Leona, Pa.- Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Z Y Bailey Jr, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Mr. & Mrs. D D Kier, Mrs. H C Brown, Mr. & Mrs. D R Landon, Mildred Landon, Leon Landon, Delmar Landon, Miss Mary Landon, Mr. & Mrs. Dent Ballard Alba, Pa – Mr. & Mrs. R K Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. C W Brooks, Miss Helen D Brooks, Miss Anna J Brooks, Marion Brooks, Irene Brooks, W E Campbell Big Pond, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Theo Watson, Mr. & Mrs. D J Young, Harry Young, Roy Young, E J Young, Dorothy Young, Ruth Young, Brooks Young Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. A W Johnson, Will Johnson East Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Milton Brooks, Harry Brooks, Lee Brooks Canton, Pa – Mr. & Mrs. A J Teeter, Mr. & Mrs. J E Brooks, Miss Sarah Davis, A N Furman Fallbrook, Pa.- Mrs. N Harvey Morris Run, Pa - Mr. & Mrs. James Brooks, Miss Myrtie E Brooks, Miss Lena Brooks Wells, Pa - Mrs. Julia Brooks, Miss Deliah Brooks North Towanda, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W T Howie, Eleanor Howie Elmira, NY- Mrs. Porter Brooks, Miss Lena A Brooks, Miss Jennie Brooks, Miss Anna A Brooks, Mrs. Solon Brooks Watkins, NY-Mr. & Mrs. F W Severne Wetona, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. D N Hubbard, Merle G Hubbard |
Vice President W W Brooks of East Troy presided during the election of the officers for the ensuing year.
Committee on program: Miss Anna J Brooks, Alba, Pa; Mrs. Ada B Keir; Mrs. Mary B Ballard, Leona, Mrs. Myrtie B Brown, Springfield; Mrs. Bertha Teeter, Canton; Miss Edith Brooks, Elmira, NY.
There was one marriage during the year-Susie M Brooks, daughter of R K Brooks to Walter Campbell, Alba, Pa.
Births-To Mr. & Mrs. Lee Brooks of Canton, a son. To Mr. and Mrs. Clark Stuart of Corning, NY, a daughter.
Deaths- Dr. Ralph Brooks, son of R W and Mary Brooks of Canton, also Edward Hill of Norwich, NY.
A communication was read from Mrs. Maria Drake and N H Drake and family
of Wesauking. Anna J Brooks then gave a recital, “Davy and Goliar” in a
very pleasing manner. Mr. Severne of Watkins, NY delighted his audience
with a few remarks on the Brooks family. Relatives who had not met for
years clasped hands and renewed old friendships. After singing “God Be
With You Till We Meet Again” all adjourned to meet at the same time and
place next year.
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| Brooks Reunion
Saturday September 3, 1904 Alparon Park, Troy, Penna. Officers, 1904 President: R K Brooks, Alba, Pa Vice President: Frederick Brooks, East Smithfield, Pa. Secretary: L Anna Brooks, Saco, Pa. Treasurer: Mrs. D J Young, Big Pond, Pa. Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Officers, 1905 President: W W Brooks, East Troy, Pa Vice President: Newton Drake, Wysox, Pa Orator, Frank Severne, Watkins, NY Secretary: Mrs. Myrtie Brown, Leona, Pa Treasurer: Frederick Brooks, East Smithfield, Pa Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY |
Members Present:
Alba, Pa – Mr. & Mrs. W E Campbell, Helen May Campbell, R K Brooks, Anna J Brooks East Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Milton Brooks, Harry Brooks, Lee Brooks East Smithfield, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Brooks, Mrs. M L Arnold Elmira, NY- Mrs. Porter Brooks, Miss Lena A Brooks, Mr. Homer Brooks, Miss Mary Landon, Miss Edith Brooks Leona, Pa.- Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Mr. & Mrs. D D Kier, Lawrence D Kier, Mr. & Mrs. Denton Ballard, Mr. & Mrs. Delmar Landon, Mildred Landon, Leon Landon, Delmar Landon, Mr. & Mrs. Herbert Brown North Towanda, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Wm Howie, Eleanor Howie Saco, Pa – Mr. & Mrs. D B Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. F S Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. John Sinclair, Mr. & Mrs. Raymond Sinclair, Miss Irene Sinclair, Miss Marguerite Sinclair, Anna Brooks Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. D W Johnson, Mr. & Mrs. A W Johnson, Mrs. Martie Hill Watkins, NY-Mr. & Mrs. F W Severne, Frances Severne, Cecil Severne Wysox, Pa-N H Drake, Mrs. Maria Drake Wetona, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. F N Hubbard, Merle G Hubbard, Mr. & Mrs. D J Young, Harry Young, Roy Young, E J Young, Dorothy Young, Ruth Young Visitors Present
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| Brooks Reunion
Saturday September 2, 1905 Old Brooks Homestead, Leona, Pa. Officers, 1905
Officers, 1906
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Members Present:
Wetona, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. F N Hubbard, Merle G Hubbard, Mr. & Mrs. D J Young, Harry Young, Roy Young, E J Young, Dorothy Young, Ruth Young, Brooks Young Elmira, NY- Mr.& Mrs. Homer Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Solon Brooks, Bessie Brooks Troy, Pa- Mrs. Julia Johnson East Smithfield, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Brooks, Earle Brooks Alba, Pa –R K Brooks, Helen Brooks, Anna Brooks Big Pond, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. T Watson Waverly, NY – Miss Anna Voorhees Leona, Pa.- Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Mr. & Mrs. D D Kier, Mr. & Mrs. H C Brown, Mr. & Mrs. R D Landon, Mildred Landon, Leon Landon, Fred Landon, Delmar Landon East Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Leigh Brooks Saco, Pa - Mr. & Mrs. F S Brooks, Mrs. John Sinclair, Mrs. D B Brooks, Anna Brooks Visitors Present:
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The gathering, though not as large as usual, was nevertheless quite
well attended despite the threatening rain. There were between 60 and 70
present. At noon a bountiful dinner was served after which the meeting
was called to order by the President, W W Brooks. An interesting program
consisting of recitations and music, was well rendered. We make special
mention of Mrs. W H S Loller who favored us with three selections.
Adjourned to meet the last Saturday in August 1906, at Alparon Park,
Troy, Pa.
After a bountiful dinner, a short program was rendered, consisting of singing, very able remarks by different ones, and a recitation much appreciated by all, by Mrs. Ada Kier.
Deaths: Mrs. Maria Drake, Wysox, Pa.
The next meeting will be held at Canton, Pa.
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| Brooks Reunion
Friday August 23, 1907 Home of Mr. & Mrs. Ernest B. Rundell Canton, Pa. Officers, 1907 President: P C Brooks, Canton, Pa Vice President: J E Brooks, Canton, Pa. Secretary: Mrs. Ada B Kier Treasurer: Miss Mary Landon, Elmira, NY. Officers, 1908 President: Lee Brooks, Canton, Pa Vice President: R W Brooks, Canton, Pa Secretary: Mrs. W E Campbell, Alba, Pa Treasurer: Miss Mary Landon,Elmira, NY The association this year mourns the death of R K Brooks Ida Drake Wakely Walter Sinclair |
Members Present:
Canton, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. A J Teeter, Mr. & Mrs. Joseph Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. R W Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. P C Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Justin Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Ernest Rundell, Mrs. Bertha Teeter, Lois Teeter, Lowell Teeter, Mr. & Mrs. Lee Brooks, Edith L Brooks, Arthur Lee Brooks, Mrs. Ruggles Brooks, Mrs. Elsworth Brooks, Regnold Brooks, Mrs. Geo Andrews Alba, Pa – Mr. & Mrs. W E Campbell, Helen Campbell, Mr. & Mrs. Charles Brooks, Marion Brooks, Neddo Brooks, Irene Brooks, Jeanette Brooks Elmira, NY-Mary Landon Troy, Pa- Mrs. A W Johnson Wetona, Pa-Mr. & Mrs. D J Young, Harry L Young, Dorothy Young, Ruth Young, Brooks Young, Mr. & Mrs. F N Hubbard, Merle G Hubbard Waverly, NY- Mrs. Allie Voorhis Big Pond, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Theo Watson Leona, Pa.- Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. H C Brown, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Lawrence D Kier, Mr. & Mrs. R D Landon, Fred Landon, Mildred Landon, Leon Landon, Delmar Landon, Ada Bailey Kier East Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Lee Brooks Joplin, Mo-Mr. & Mrs. Clark Stuart, Lloyd Stuart, Mr.& Mrs. Charles Bullock Visitors Present
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The address of welcome was given by Lee Brooks, Esq., of Canton and Mr. W W Brooks of East Troy, responded. Songs, instrumental music, recitations and remarks by different members followed. The day was one of enjoyment, several being present for the first time since the association was organized. The secretary reported that since the last meeting there have been two births, four marriages and three deaths.
The presence of Ruggles Brooks was greatly missed, he having been present at every previous reunion, and for a time was President of the Association. As the day was waning and clouds overcast the sky, all left for their homes thanking the host and hostess for a very happy day.
The next reunion to be held in Troy, August, 1908.
| Brooks Reunion
Saturday August 29, 1908 Alparon Park, Troy, Pa. Officers, 1908 President: Lee Brooks, Canton, Pa Vice President: R W Brooks, Canton, Pa Secretary: Mrs. W E Campbell, Alba, Pa Treasurer: Miss Mary Landon, Elmira, NY Officers 1909 President: Charles W Brooks, Canton, Pa Vice President: Fred Brooks, East Smithfield, Pa. Secretary: Mrs. D D Keir, Leona, Pa. Treasurer: Lee Brooks, Canton, Pa |
Members Present:
Canton, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Lee Brooks, Walter Brooks, Arthur Brooks, Edith Brooks, Florence Brooks, N L Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. C W Brooks, May Jeanette Brooks, Florence Irene Brooks, Marion Brooks, J G Brooks, Helen Brooks, Walter Campbell, Helen Campbell, Flora A Teeter, Mr. & Mrs. P C Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Lynn Mix, Mr. & Mrs. J E Brooks, George Brooks Leona, Pa.- Addison Brooks, Mrs. Denton Ballard, Mr. & Mrs. Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. H C Brown, Robert Keir, Lawrence D Keir, Mr. & Mrs. D D Keir Wetona, Pa-Mr. & Mrs. D J Young, E J Young, Ruth Young, Dorothy Young, R W Young, Brooks Young, M G Hubbard East Smithfield, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Fred Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Earl Brooks, Harry Young East Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Milton P Brooks, Harry Brooks, Lee A Brooks Saco, Pa- Mrs. John Sinclair, H A Brooks, Anna Brooks Troy, Pa- Mrs. A W Johnson Visitor: Mrs. Harriette Young The Association this year mourns the death of
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Since the last meeting there has been two marriages, five deaths and
five births. Since our last reunion we have to record the death of five
of our members, earl L Brooks, eldest son of Ambrose and Mary Brooks of
Corning, Susie Brooks Campbell, secretary of this association and daughter
of the late Ruggles Brooks of Alba, Susie Brooks Hubbard of Wetona. Also
the deaths of infant sons of Mr. and Mrs. D W Johnson of Troy and Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Brooks of Wetona.
The next meeting will be held at the same place the last Saturday
in August, 1909.
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| Brooks Reunion
Wednesday August 30, 1910 Home of Addison Brooks, Leona, Pa Officers 1910 President: W W Brooks, East Troy, Pa. Vice President; D J Young, Wetona, Pa Sec’y-Treas:Mrs. W E Campbell, Bourne, Pa Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Officers 1911 President: Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Vice President: Robert Kier, Leona, Pa Sec’y-Treas: Mrs. R D Landon, Leona, Pa Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Reunion of 1911
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Members Present
Philadelphia, Pa-Mrs. Julia Johnson Wetona, Pa.- Mr. F N Hubbard, Mr. & Mrs. Merle Hubbard, Mr. & Mrs. D J Young, Roy Young, Ruth Young, Dorothy Young, Brooks Young Elmira, NY- Mr. & Mrs. Solon Brooks, Miss Mary Landon East Smithfield, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Frederick Brooks Big Pond, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Theo Watson Leona, Pa. Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Lawrence Kier, Mr. & Mrs. David Kier, David Ditchburn Kier, Mr. & Mrs. H C Brown, Mr. & Mrs. R D Landon, Mildred Landon, Leon Landon, Delmar Landon, Mr. & Mrs. Dent Ballard East Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Harry Brooks Towanda, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Ray Sinclair, Mrs. Davis Brooks, Henry Brooks Canton, Pa- Mrs. Jane Teeter, Lois Teeter, Lowell Teeter, Mrs. R K Brooks Peoria, ILL- Mrs. Sarah A Walker Rock Island, ILL- Mrs. L J Hill Visitors; Mr. & Mrs. A J Stacy, Mrs. Archie Stacy, Allen Stacy,
Leon Stacy, Ruth Stacy, Mr. & Mrs. Chas Hooker, Mr. & Mrs. George
Cole, Mrs. Mary Guild, Mrs. Maria Young, Mr. Max Young
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| Brooks Reunion
Wednesday August 16, 1911 Eldridge Park Elmira, NY Officers 1911 President: Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Vice President: Robert Kier, Leona, Pa Sec’y-Treas: Mrs. R D Landon, Leona, Pa Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Officers 1912 President: Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Vice President: Robert Kier, Leona, Pa. Sec’y-Treas: Mrs. R D Landon, Leona, Pa. Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Reunion of 1912
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Members Present
Leona, Pa – Mr. Addison Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Lawrence
Kier, Mr. & Mrs. H C Brown, Mr. & Mrs. R D Landon, Mr. & Mrs.
Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. H W Ely
Visitors: Miss Florence, Mrs. Mary Guild, Mae Moore, Mildred Moore, Mrs. Mary Sherman, Ruth Rowan DEATHS
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| Brooks Reunion
Wednesday August 28, 1912 Saco, Pa. Officers 1912 President: Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Vice President: Robert Kier, Leona, Pa. Sec’y-Treas: Mrs. R D Landon, Leona, Pa. Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Officers 1913 President: N H Drake, Wysox, Pa Vice President: H A Brooks, Ulster, Pa Secretary: Mrs. W W Brooks, Troy, Pa Treasurer: Mrs. Frank Brooks, E Smithfield, Pa Historian: Mrs. Solon Brooks, Elmira, NY Reunion of 1913
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Members Present
Leona, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Robert Kier, Lawrence Kier, Mrs. Burt Brown, Mrs. Z Y Bailey, Mr. & Mrs. Denton Ballard, Marion Ballard Wetona, Pa- Mrs. D J Young, Dorothy Young, Ruth Young, Brooks Young Troy, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W W Brooks, Harry Brooks, Lee Brooks Milan, Pa- Mr. Robert Edminston Dubuque, Ia- Mrs. Ann Walker Seattle, Wash- Mrs. Sullivan Wysox, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Newton Drake, Allen Drake Waverly, NY- Mr. Theo Watson, Mrs. G P Voorhis Towanda, Pa.- Mrs. R W Sinclair, Irene Sinclair North Towanda, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. W T Howie, Miss Eleanor Howie East Smithfield, Pa- Mr. & Mrs. Fred Brooks, Mr. & Mrs. Earl
Brooks, Russell Brooks
Deaths Mr. Addison Brooks Mr. Douglas Mrs. Anna Rundle Mrs. Homer Brooks **Note: The Keir family name was listed as Keir and also Kier |
| Brooks Family Reunion
The Twenty-First Annual Reunion of the Brooks Family, will be held at
the Community House, Leona, Pa. Thursday, August 24, 1922. A cordial invitation
is extended to all.
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Invite you to be present at the marriage Of their daughter, Linolee To Mr. Robert Keir Wednesday evening November the fourteenth Nineteen-hundred, half-past six o’clock At their residence Leona, Bradford County, Pa. |
| Composed and sung by Rev. and Mrs. F.M. Clough at the golden wedding
of Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks, January 9, 1900.
Fifty years of life have left us
Fifty years of lights and shadows,
Fifty years of disappointments,
Fifty years of joyful labor,
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Mr. & Mrs. Addison Brooks
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Request you to be present At the marriage of their daughter, Ada C To Mr. David D Keir Tuesday October first Nineteen hundred and one At twelve o’clock Leona, Pa |
Mr. and Mrs. Zenas Y Bailey Jr., Wish you to be present upon the occasion Of their SILVER WEDDING Wednesday December the twentieth At twelve o’clock Leona, Pennsylvania Zenas Y Bailey Jr Isadora A Brooks 1899 |
Mr. and Mrs. Addison Brooks Request your presence upon the occasion Of their GOLDEN WEDDING Tuesday January the ninth From eleven to four o’clock Leona, Pennsylvania Addison Brooks Sally A Leonard 1900 |
| Brooks Bailey, son of Z Y Bailey, died at his home in Leona at 10 o’clock
last Friday. His death came with crushing weight upon his parents, sister
and grandparents.
He was in the eleventh year of his age. Possessed of a rare and lovely nature, he was a favorite with all who knew him. Of him it could be truly said, he was good and his ways were manly. He was sick only a few days, yet all that medical skill and tender nursing could do, proved unavailing. His suffering was intense, but he bore them with remarkable patience and bravery. The funeral took place from the house Sunday afternoon. At his funeral flowers and tears, with the large attendance, testified how he was esteemed. H B Troxell The Leona church and Sunday school assisted in performing the last sad
rites for Brooks Bailey on Sunday the 10th mst. He was the only son of
Z Y and Isadore Bailey, of Leona. Brooks was a loving and sprightly boy
of ten summers, his father’s hopes and mother’s joy. He was a punctual
and faithful attendant of the Sunday school and church, and with frank
and manly qualities endeared himself to all of his acquaintances. He died
of measles. A short time before his death he asked his attendant auntie
if she heard those bells ringing. She replied that she did not. He said,
“They are right here in the room” Undoubtedly angels were there to waft
him to his home beyond the skies, where, free from pain, he sings praises
to God and rejoice forever. (Pencil date of 1892)
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| Rutland Man Celebrates 90th Birthday (Yr unknown)
Amos Sargeant celebrated his 90th birthday at the home of his niece
Mrs. J C Forrest, near Wellsboro, on July 2. He was born in Springfield,
moving to Shunk, Sullivan County, when that place was but a wilderness.
He was but a boy but helped his father cut the logs and build the house.
In 1865 he married Melissa Stout- living at Shunk about eight years then
moving to Rutland Township where he was active farmer until the death of
his wife in 1926. Since then he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs.
Pearl Forrest, of Columbia Cross Rds. Mr. Sargeant is one of Tioga County’s
oldest residents. He is very active and in good health. He works in the
garden and walks daily. The day he was 90 he walked nearly ten miles in
about four hours. He is the only one left of a family of eight children-
living to be the oldest of the family.
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Dear Joyce:
Hi! I found the Brooks Family Reunion page on the Tri-counties site, and I would like to add the little “Brooks Family Geneology” to the page http://www.rootsweb.com/~srgp/families/brooksreunion.htm The little book was a gift given to me by my grandmother, Helen May Campbell Lyon (2 Nov 1903 – 5 Nov 1985). She is a descendant of the Brooks family. This short book was printed by THE TROY GAZETTE-REGISTER about 1913. I believe it was compiled by Mrs. Solon Brooks of Elmira, NY. The family history was first read to the family at a Brooks Family Reunion in 1908, and there was a donation taken up in 1911 to print the book. I have attempted to keep the book true to form; therefore, I have left all spelling and factual errors in place including the misspelling of genealogy on the cover. Though the book has few actual dates in it, it does give locations and has been a great resource in my research. The original format is sometimes difficult to follow, but with perseverance the information can be sorted out by the reader. I hope to forward an annotated copy of the book with some corrections and an index in the future. I also hope to send some scanned photos of Brooks family members to put with the page. If any Brooks descendants wish to contact me, they can do so at LBergquistHowell@gmail.com. Lynne Bergquist Howell [November 2007] |
JOSEPH BROOKS
JOSEPH BROOKS was born in 1765 at Haddam, Connecticut, and lived at that place until forty-one years of age. He was a sea-faring man.
He was a member of the Congregational church of Haddam until he was dismissed by letter July 29, 1806, at which time he moved to West Springfield, Massachusetts.
He was twice married, the first wife being Miss Shaylor, and the second Martha Hubbard. The children of the first union were: Wakeman, Rebecca, Catherine, and Jemima; and those of the second were: Joseph, Jr., David, Chauncey, James, Edward, and Mary.
Joseph Brooks and family moved from Springfield, Massachusetts to Springfield, Pennsylvania in 1810. He lived on a farm a little west of what is now Daly’s Mill, situated back from the road and now owned by Fred I. Hooker. He died December 10, 1836, aged seventy-one years.
WAKEMAN BROOKS
WAKEMAN BROOKS (Joseph’s son) came to Springfield, Pennsylvania, before his father came in 1810. His occupation was that of tanner, currier, shoe and harness maker. He was a charter member of the first Methodist church in Bradford county. He married Anna Ely for his first wife, and Matilda Flower (a relative of ex-Governor Flower of New York) for his second wife. There were five children from the first marriage: Milton, Ely, Shaylor, Frederick, and Philander; and four from the second: Ralph, Ruggles, Ann, and Helen. He lived to be eighty-three years of age, being born in 1790 and dying in 1873.
MILTON BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) married Sarah Ann Brainard. To them were born five children: Mary, Frank, Davis, Ann, and George. He died April 28, 1856, aged forty years.
Mary married Theodore Watson; they had one daughter, Alice, who married Greely Voorhees. Mr. and Mrs. Voorhees reside in Waverly. They have an adopted daughter, Annie, now Mrs. George Andrews of Canton. Mrs. Watson died March 14, 1911, at the home of her daughter.
Frank married Mrs. Cassie Brooks and resides at Saco, Pa. Mrs. Brooks, known to many as "Aunt Cassie," died September 17, 1908.
Davis married Nancy Isabel. Two of the five children born to them are dead. Mary, Anna, and Henry are living. Mr. Brooks died April 16, 1911. Henry and Anna reside with their mother near Ulster, Pa.
Mary married Denton G. Ballard of Leona. They have one daughter, Marian Edwina.
Anna married David Leonard; she died in October, 1874, leaving one child, Archibald, who married Bessie Steer. They live in Oklahoma and have two children.
George resides in Saco, Pa. He has never married.
ELY BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) married Olive Grace. They had four children: Ralph, Jasper, Arantine, and Grace. The parents and all the children, except Arantine, are dead.
Jasper died when a young boy, his death being caused by a hurt received while playing at school.
Arantine married Philo Kennedy; they have two children. All live in Joplin, Missouri.
Grace married Rev. James L. Cole, a Methodist minister, and to them came the eight children here mentioned:
Bertha, now Mrs. Ray VanFleet, of Jasper, N.Y. She has three children: Mary, Vera, and Raymond.
Frank, of Burlington, Pa., who has three children: Joy Belle, Carlton Brooks, and Myrle.
Grace A., now Mrs. Raymond Smith, of Burlington, Pa.
Louie Mae, Pearl, Helen, and Gladys of Beaver Dams, N.Y.
Lyndell Frae of Burlington, Pa.
FREDERICK BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) married Julia Moore. She died leaving one child, Dr. R. W. Brooks; he then married Cassie Moore (a sister of the first wife), who had two children, Julia and Fred. After his death, his widow, Cassie, married Frank Brooks as previously mentioned.
Dr. Ralph W. Brooks married Mate Dewey; they had one child who died at the National Soldiers’ Home at Hampton, Virginia, where he was practicing medicine. Dr. Brooks was a prominent physician of Canton, Pa. He died March 25, 1909, in Towanda, where he had gone for treatment.
Julia Brooks married John Sinclair. They have two children, Katherine and Raymond. Their home is at Saco, Pa. The daughter married W. T. Howie of North Towanda; they have one child, Eleanor. Raymond married Minnie Gunderman. To them came three children: Irene and Marguerite now living, and Walter, the youngest, who died in 1906 aged about two years. They reside in Towanda where Mrs. Sinclair died April 14, 1913.
Fred married Frank Bump. Their home is near Milan, Pa. They have one son, Earl, who married Cora Keeler. Earl and wife have one son, Russel Walter, another son died in infancy.
SHAYLOR BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) married Cornelia Brooks in Haddam, Connecticut, (she being no relative of his). He died leaving no children.
PHILANDER BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) married Julia Whitney; to them were born four children: Deliah, Shaylor, Will, and Delia. None are now living.
RALPH D. BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) was a Methodist minister. He married Amanda Chamberlain. They had four children: Helen, Susie, Anne, and a son who died in infancy (just a week after his father, Ralph, died). Rev. Brooks died at Burlington, Pa., January 9, 1851, aged thirty-four years.
Helen married G. S. Ackley of Brooklyn, N.Y. They had two children: Bradley, deceased, and Ethel Louise, now Mrs. James A. Noble.
Susie married Finley N. Hubbard. They had three children: Ralph, Merle, and a daughter, Lurena, who died in infancy. Susie died February 11, 1908. Merle married Laura Woodworth. Their home is at Sayre; they have two children: Finley N. and Chester E.
Anne married S. A. VanGorder of Monroeton. They had one son, Ralph, he died in September, 1880, five months after his mother’s death, she having died the previous April.
RUGGLES BROOKS (Wakeman’s son) married Jane Warren. They had six children: Ellsworth, Carrie, Charles, Helen, Susan, and Anna. Ruggles died at Alba, where the family then resided, March 22, 1907.
Ellsworth married Sarah Porter. They have one son, Regnald Kent. Their home is near Canton.
Carrie married Douglass Young. To them came six children: Harry, Roy, E. J., Dorothy, Ruth, and Brooks. Mr. Young was killed while unloading hay, July 22, 1912. The family home is in Wetona.
Harry married Jennie Gaylord from New York state. Roy married Angeline Bailey. E. J. married Maud Storch, all of Wetona.
Charles married Bernice Packard. They have four children: Neddo, Marion, Irene, and Jeanette. They live near Canton.
Susie married Walter Campbell. They had one child, Helen May. They lived near Minnequa until Susie’s death, November 12, 1907, less than a year after her father’s death. Mr. Campbell afterward married Helen Brooks.
Anna married Ernest B. Rundell of Canton. They had two sons: Raymond Kent and Donald Bradley. Anna died June 13, 1912. Mr. Rundell and sons now live in Montana.
ANNE BROOKS (Wakeman’s daughter) married Elisha Landon of Leona. Both are now deceased. Their children were: Frank, Delmar, Fred, Ida (an adopted daughter), and Mary. Frank and Fred died in childhood. Delmar married Emma Smith. They have four children: Fred, Mildred, Leon, and Delmar, Jr. Another daughter, Cora, died in infancy.
Ida married Liston Smith. Their children are: Anna, Lucelia, and Esther and Lester (twins).
Mary’s home is now in Rochester.
HELEN BROOKS (Wakeman’s daughter) died and was buried at Haddam, Connecticut, at the age of eighteen years.
REBECCA BROOKS BRAINARD
REBECCA BROOKS (Joseph’s daughter) married a Mr. Brainard and resided in Connecticut. She was ninety-three years old when she died. She had no children.
CATHERINE BROOKS MATHEWS
CATHERINE BROOKS (Joseph’s daughter) married William Mathews. They resided on a farm in Leonard Hollow for a time, then removed to the West and at one time their home was in Ashtabula county, Ohio. They had three children: William, Mary, and Caroline. Mary married Arlinus Bowers; they had one son, William.
JEMIMA BROOKS HUBBARD
JEMIMA BROOKS (Joseph’s daughter) married Stephen Hubbard and lived in New York state. They had seven children: Harriet, Norton, Wakeman, Brainard, Rebecca, Elias, and Lovinia.
Harriet was three times married; her first husband was a Mr. VanSlyke, and her last a Mr. Wright. She died in 1887 and was buried in Berien county, Michigan, by the side of her father and mother.
Norton married Emily Bodurtha of Springfield, Massachusetts. They had four children: Calvin, Joseph, Emma, and Frank. Calvin married and had three children. The parents are deceased. Joseph is also dead.
Brainard died in 1907 and left three children: Francis, Mary, and Charles. Mary married a Mr. Dockings, has two children and lives in South Detroit. The boys are married and each has
two children. They also reside in Michigan.
Elias married Hattie Voorhees, had one child who married and died leaving a family of five children. He (Elias) died in Missouri.
Wakeman married Lurena Merritt of Sylvania. They had three children: Minerva, Martha, and Finley.
Minerva married Philander P. Wakefield; they had four children: Ida, Mary, Etta, and a son who died in infancy. Mr. Wakefield died in February, 1876, and Minerva afterward married Alvin Arnold, and he is now dead.
Ida married James Weed, now deceased; they had one son, Roy.
Mary died in 1878.
Etta married Archie Smith; they have one daughter, Lurena.
Martha married Dallas Beach; they have four children: Stanley, Finley, Belle, and Ray.
Ray married Laura Woodworth and lives in Smithfield. The Beach home is in Wetona.
Finley married Susie Brooks (daughter of Rev. Ralph Brooks) as previously mentioned. After her death, he married Mrs. Ida Bauman.
Lovinia married William Bailey. Mr. Bailey died in the prime of life leaving his widow the care of eight children: Flora, Judson, Etta, Jennie, Minnie, Fred, Alvin, and Will.
Flora married W. N. Cook, a lawyer of Washington state. She is now a widow.
Judson married and lives in South Haven, Michigan.
Etta married a Mr. Hodge and lives in Empire, Michigan. They have four boys: Ray, Charles, Fred, and Forest.
Jennie lives in New Jersey.
Minnie married Willard Rockwell of Burlington, Pa. They have five daughters and a son: Lovinia, Mary, Lila, Orlando, Eleanor, and Lucena. Lovinia married Walter Putnam.
Alvin lives in Michigan, has four children: Florence, Judson, Permelia, and Venetia.
Fred lives in Oregon and has one daughter.
Will lives in Michigan and has three children.
JOSEPH BROOKS, JR.
JOSEPH BROOKS, JR. (Joseph’s son) was a farmer. He married Sallie Minier, was thirty-four years old when he died, having been born in 1796 and dying in 1830. He died while laboring on the canal at Shickshinny. His body was brought to his home at Leonard Hollow in a sleigh. His wife, with her three children, soon went to her people at Ulster. The children (all small) were: William, Sarah Ann, and John. All of the children now live in the West.
WILIAM BROOKS (son of Joseph, Jr.) married Fannie Rogers. They had six
children: Frank, Charles, Estella, Ellis, William, and Sarah.
Frank never married.
Charles married Myra Wescott. They have two children: Earl and Ralph.
Estella married Erwin Gabriel. They have two children: Brooks and Fannie.
Ellis married Flora Powers of Chicago.
William married Carrie Dymond from Colorado. They have a daughter, Dorothy.
Sarah married a Mr. Brown. They had one son, Barton. Sarah is now a widow.
SARAH ANN BROOKS (daughter of Joseph, Jr.) married George J. Walker. Mr. Walker died at Milan, where the family then lived, many years ago. Mrs. Walker lives in the West, where all her children now reside. They had five children: Wilmot, John, Louisa, Pleiades, and a daughter who died in childhood.
Wilmot married Hannah Ovitt and has two sons: Irvin and Fred.
John married Nettie Smith and has two children: Ora and Charles. Ora married William Chant; they had one daughter, Wilma Irene. Ora is now a widow, Mr. Chant having died a few months after their marriage. Charles married and lives in California.
Louisa married Jacob Hill. They had three children: George W., Hattie L., and Alvah P. Hattie is now Mrs. Ellsworth Reynolds and has a daughter, Ora. George married Lida Bowman and has a son, Guy.
Pleiades married J. H. Park. They have a son, Arthur.
DAVID BROOKS
DAVID BROOKS (Joseph’s son) married Maria Grace (daughter of Joseph Grace); they had nine children: Addison, Homer, Julia, Horace, Porter, Solon, Henrietta, Ernest, and Peter. They resided in Leona. David was a carpenter and joiner by trade. He was drowned June 8, 1859, on the farm now owned by A. A. Doane, while putting straw in a hole in the mill dam and was himself drawn into the hole by a whirlpool. The accident took place in the afternoon, and the body was not found until the next forenoon. He was fifty-seven years old, having been born October 27, 1802.
ADDISON BROOKS (David’s son) married Sally Ann Leonard January 9, 1850. They had four children: A son who died in infancy, Isadore, Myrtie, and Linolee. They all reside in Leona.
Isadore married Zenas Y. Bailey, Jr.; they had two children: Brooks, who died in 1892, aged ten years, and Ada C., who became Mrs. David D. Keir. They have three sons: David Ditchburn, Jr., Lynn Bailey, and Arthur Zenas.
Myrtie married Herbert C. Brown.
Linolee married Robert Keir and has one son, Lawrence Ditchburn.
Addison died January 26, 1912, aged eighty-one years, having been born October 8, 1830.
HOMER BROOKS (David’s son) married Mrs. Elizabeth Hancock. Their home was in Elmira, where the daughter, Bessie now lives. He was a carpenter by trade. There were two daughters: Fannie, now Mrs. Frank Severne, of Watkins, and Bessie, who married Joseph M. Barnes; they have a daughter, Gertrude Evelyn. Mrs. Severne has two daughters: Frances and Cecil. Homer is now in Watkins, where Mrs. Brooks died March 12, 1912.
JULIA BROOKS (David’s daughter) married Alfred W. Johnson on July 4, 1854. They had two children: D. Will and Martha.
Will married Jennie Coe of Troy. They have had two sons: one, Max Eldon, died March, 1908, aged four months. The second son is named David Larue.
Martha married Edward Hill and resided in Norwich , N.Y., until her husband’s death in 1903. She is now Mrs. Smethurst and lives in Philadelphia. Julia is now a widow and her home is with her daughter.
HORACE BROOKS (David’s son) was a wagon maker by trade. He married Lavica Smith of Elmira. They resided in Leona where they both died in 1901, he in September, and she is December. They had an adopted son, Burt, who married and lives in New York state.
PORTER BROOKS (David’s son) is a carpenter by trade. He married Lucretia Smith. Their home is in Elmira. They have six children: Ella, Addison, Frank, Edith, Lena, and Jennie.
Ella married Mr. Edwards and has one child, Anna.
Frank married Elma Lybolt; they have two children: Naomi and Donald.
Edith married William Eidam; they have three boys: Porter, William, Jr., and John A.
SOLON BROOKS (David’s son) married Franke Cole of Leona. They reside in Elmira where he is a carpenter. They have had three children: Nettie, Harrie, and Florence.
Nettie became Mrs. Alonzo Thomas and had four sons, Louis, Gerald, George, and William. Mr. Thomas died January 12, 1911.
Harrie died when sixteen months old.
Florence is at home with her parents.
HENRIETTA BROOKS (David’s daughter) died when nineteen years old, being born in 1845 and died in 1864.
ERNEST BROOKS (David’s son) was an architect. He married Nett Beardsley of Elmira. He went away from Elmira on August 12, 1876; his present address is unknown.
PETER BROOKS (David’s son) died at the age of two years.
CHAUNCEY BROOKS
CHAUNCEY BROOKS (Joseph’s son) was a shoemaker by trade. He married Betsy Grace (a sister of David’s wife). They had three children: Joseph, Perry, and Jane. They resided in Canton where he died when about seventy-four years old.
JOSEPH BROOKS (Chauncey’s son) married Olive Grey. They have seven children:
Lee, Grace, Ambrose G., Bessie, Ruby, Erdine, and Julia.
Lee is a lawyer of Canton. He married Virginia Hooper and has four children: Walter H., Edith L., Arthur L., and Florence.
Grace married Thomas Skelley. They reside in Corning and have had four children: Lawrence, Joseph, Marie (now deceased), and Louise.
Ambrose, also of Corning, married Mary Tebo; of their two boys, only one survives, Ernest Tebo; the other, Earl Leland, died September 8, 1907.
Bessie resides in Corning.
Ruby married Clark Stewart. They have two sons: Lloyd and Stanley Clark. Their home is in Joplin, Mo.
Erdine married Charles Bullock. They also live in Joplin, Mo.
Julia married Ray Warner of Corning. They have one daughter: Ruth.
PERRY BROOKS (Chauncey’s son) married Mary Rundell. They have one son, Dean. Reside in Canton.
Dean married Edith Hawkins and resides in Urbana, Ill.
JANE BROOKS (Chauncey’s daughter) married Jackson Teeter. They also reside in Canton. Have three children: Mariam, Wellington, and C. Laverne. Mrs. Teeter died very suddenly November 12, 1912.
Mariam married Henry Harkness. They have one son, Frank Harold. They reside in Salamanca, N.Y. Frank is married and also resides in Salamanca.
Wellington married Bertha Griswold. They have two children, twins: Lowell Homer and Lois Marion. Reside in Canton.
C. Laverne married Flora Hill. They reside in Canton.
JAMES BROOKS
JAMES BROOKS (Joseph’s son) was a blacksmith by trade. He married Mary E. Eastman in 1839 and located in Leonard Hollow. To them were born five children: Justice, Welthie, Philander, and Waldo and Wallace (twins). James died at Alaxander, Minnesota, in 1894.
JUSTICE BROOKS (Jame’s son) married Esler Biddle; she died in 1884. They had four children: two died in infancy. James and Hettie are living.
James married Lavina Reese. They live in Morris Run, Pa., and have two girls: Myrlie and Lena.
Hettie married Port Harvey. They reside in Fall Brook. They have six children—one dead, three boys and two girls are living.
WELTHIE BROOKS (Jame’s daughter) married Augustus Vallentine. They had three daughters: Maud, Belle, and Cora. They settled in Cadillac, Michigan. Her husband died in 1890.
Maud married a Congregational minister, Rev. J. Lee Mitchell, resides in Attleboro, Massachusetts.
Belle married a Mr. Smith and they have one son, Vallentine.
Cora married a lawyer, Fred Wetmore. They reside in Cadillac with Welthie.
PHILANDER BROOKS (Jame’s son) married in the West and had one daughter, Mae. She married Mr. Shoemaker and lives in Lyndia, Washington. They have two daughters.
WALDO BROOKS (Jame’s son) married Lydia Sherman. They reside in Troy. They have had four children: Wallace, who died when fourteen years of age, and Milton, Harry, and Lee. Milton died at East Troy, where the family then lived, December 28, 1910.
WALLACE BROOKS (Jame’s son) died in 1864, aged sixteen years at Monganza Bend, La. He was a member of Co. I, 161st Regt., N.Y.V.
EDWARD BROOKS
EDWARD BROOKS (Jospeh’s son) married Sarah Burlison for his first wife;
she died leaving no children. His second wife was Adelaid Sargeant from
whom he separated. He then married Fannie Brown and they had three children:
Charles, Samuel, and Franklin. Samuel lives in Nichols, N.Y., and one of
the others lives in California. Edward died at Saco, Pa., in 1878, aged
sixty-six years.
MARY BROOKS KELLOGG
MARY BROOKS (Joseph’s daughter) maried Harvey Kellogg. They resided in Smithfield, where she died in 1836. They had four children: Maria, Susanna, Julius, and Newton.
Maria married Edward C. Drake in 1849. They had four children: Charlotte E., Julius K., Ida Bertha, and Harvey Newton. They resided at Wysox, Pa., where Mr. Drake died in 1894. Maria Drake died at Laceyville, Pa., in 1905.
Charlotte E. Drake married Rev. Thomas M. Bateman. They reside in New Bedford, Massachusetts. They have six children: Ida, Earl, Etta, Edna, Estelle, and Maud.
Ida and Earl are married and reside in Pittsburg, Pa.; the other four are at home.
Julius K. Drake married Ella McCabe at Rome, Pa. She died in 1901 leaving three children: Floyd, Ethel, and Myra. Ethel married Francis Dougherty and they reside in Rome. Mr. Drake’s home is now with his daughter, Mrs. Dougherty.
Ida B. Drake married James Wakely. They reside at Laceyville, Pa., where she died in 1906. They had four children: Clayton, Homer, Cora, and Raymond. Homer and Cora died young. Clayton married Pearl Lemon; they now reside in Denver, Colorado.
Harvey Newton Drake married Alice A. Allen. They reside in Wysox. They have had two children: Lucy and Allen. Lucy died in 1894. Allen lives at home with his parents.
Susanna Kellogg married Mr. Orbison and resided in Appleton, Wisconsin, until her husband’s death. They had three children: Thomas, Mary, and Kate.
Thomas married Irene Ballard. They have three children: Thomas Eugene, Nellie, and Mary. Their home is in Appleton, Wisconsin.
Mary married Wallis Cook, who died in 1903. They had two children: Edna and Will. They reside in Chicago, Ill.
Kate married M. R. Gochuaner. They have five children: Mary, Kate, Thomas, Harvey, and Benjamin.
Julius Kellogg married and went to California to live.
Newton Kellogg married Nellie Grey. They are both dead; left no children.
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