JOHN WESLEY BROOKS (2.16) is the son of Jordan Brooks (1) and Mary (Jackson) Brooks.  John was born on February 4, 1822 in Georgia.  On November 29, 1848, John Wesley Brooks married Elizabeth Mizell in Talbot County, Georgia.  Elizabeth was born on September 6, 1830 in North Carolina.  In 1850, Wesley and Elizabeth Brooks were living in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.  John and Elizabeth Brooks were the parents of four children:

  Frances C. Brooks, b. 1850
  John Wesley Brooks, Jr. (2.16.2), b. February, 1852, Louisiana
  Asbury Quitman Brooks (2.16.3), b. September, 1854, Louisiana
  Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks (2.16.4), b. May, 1858, Louisiana

From 1860 to 1900, John and Elizabeth Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  John Wesley Brooks, Sr. died on May 25, 1901 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery located two miles west of Quitman, Louisiana.  In 1910, Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks was living with her son, Quitman Brooks, in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks died on March 1, 1914 and was also buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery.

References:  1)  Will of Jordan Brooks, Talbot County, Georgia, 1835;  2)  Marriage Book B, Talbot County, Georgia, 1848;  3)  1850 Census, Bienville Parish, Louisiana;  4)  1860, 1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Jackson Parish, Louisiana;  5)  Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957

JOHN WESLEY BROOKS, JR. (2.16.2) is the son of John Wesley Brooks and Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks.  John was born in February of 1852 in Louisiana.  John Brooks was the father of four children by his first marriage:

  Lula Brooks, b. 1874, Louisiana
  William Wesley Brooks (2.16.2.2), b. 1876, Louisiana
  John Spencer Brooks, b. 1878, Louisiana
  Sarah E. Brooks, b. February, 1880, Louisiana

On June 13, 1880, John Brooks married a second time in Jackson Parish to Sallie L. (Carr) Waldrip (born March, 1859 in Louisiana).  From 1880 to 1910, John and Sallie Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  John and Sallie Brooks were the parents of seven children:

  James Garfield Brooks, b. June, 1881, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Jordan C. Brooks, b. July, 1885, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Susie E. Brooks, b. November, 1888, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Hardy F. Brooks, b. August 11, 1891, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Lambert Brooks, b. March, 1895, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Cornelia E. Brooks, b. August, 1897, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Maxa Brooks, b. January, 1900, Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Sallie (Carr) Brooks had two children by her previous marriage:  Cora Waldrip (born 1877) and James D. “Buster” Waldrip (born 1878).  John Wesley Brooks, Jr. died in 1935 and Sallie (Carr) Brooks died in 1935.  Both were buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana.  Lula Brooks married Cage White and they had no children.  Spencer Brooks married Callie E. Thomas and they had seven children:  -  Mary Eula Brooks, b. 1905,  -  Erma Gertrude Brooks, b. 1906,  -  Lois P. Brooks, b. 1908,  -  Morgan Brooks,  -  Atlas Brooks,  -  Sarah Brooks,  -  Prentiss Brooks.  In 1910, John and Callie Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.

In 1910, Garfield Brooks was living with Martin L. Campbell in Jackson Parish, Lousiana.  Garfield Brooks and his wife, Artie, lived in San Antonio, Texas and they had one daughter:  -  Maurine Brooks, b. February 9, 1915.  Garfield Brooks died in 1934 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana.  Maurine Brooks first married Gordon Palmer and they had one daughter:  -  Linda Palmer who married a Mr. Besherio.  Maurine married a second time to L. C. Mosel.  Maurine (Brooks) Mosel died on January 12, 1982.  In 1910, Hardy Brooks was living with Martin L. Campbell in Jackson Parish, Lousiana.  Hardy Brooks married Ola Thrift and they had no children.  Hardy Brooks died on February 12, 1939 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana.  Lambert Brooks married Ola Smelley.  Lambert Brooks died in 1945.  As of 1983, Mrs. Lambert Brooks was living in Ruston, Louisiana.  Maxa Brooks married Billy Townson.

References:  1)  Marriage License, J. W. Brooks to S. C. Waldrip, 1880;  2)  1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Jackson Parish, Louisiana;  3)  Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957;  4)  Interview, Iva Dene (Brooks) Peret by Robert Casey, March, 1983;  5)  Interview, Mrs. Lambert Brooks by Robert Casey, March, 1983

WILLIAM WESLEY BROOKS (2.16.2.2) is the son of John Wesley Brooks, Jr.  “Bud” was born in 1876 in Louisiana.  Bud Brooks married Rosie Belle Johnson and they had nine children:

  Dennis Edwin Brooks, b. March 10, 1899
  Baxter Morton Brooks
  Irma Zelia Brooks, b. May 11, 1904
  Norma Lee Brooks, b. April 25, 1906
  Iva Dene Brooks, b. July 10, 1912
  Kermit Johnson Brooks, b. July 24, 1914
  Vonnice Brooks, b. February 3, 1916
  Cloma Larvene Brooks, b. November 26, 1918
  Shirley Brooks, b. May 6, 1920

Bud Brooks was buried in the City Cemetery in Ruston, Louisiana.  Dennis Brooks first married Mildred McDaniel and they had no children.  As of 1983, Dennis Brooks and his second wife, Margaret, were living in Ruston, Louisiana.  Baxter Brooks married Elsie McEnnis and they had one son:  -  Aubrey Edwin Brooks.  Irma Brooks married Byron Bascom and they had no children.  As of 1983, Irma (Brooks) Bascom was living in Ruston, Louisiana.  Norma Brooks never married.  On September 26, 1948, Iva Dene Brooks married John Wesley Peret in Shreveport, Louisiana and they are the parents of one son:  -  Michael Dennis Peret, b. June 11, 1949, Dallas, Texas.  As of 1983, John Wesley and Iva Dene Peret were living in Dallas, Texas.

Kermit Brooks was killed in a plane crash while serving in the Navy during World War II.  Kermit Brooks was never married.  Vonnice Brooks married J. M. “Mac” Alexandra and they had one son:  -  Joel Malcom Alexandra.  As of 1983, Vonnice was living in Ruston, Louisiana.  Cloma Brooks married Russell G. Ray and they had two children:  -  Paula Jean Ray,  -  Russell G. “Rusty” Ray, Jr.  As of 1983, Cloma was living in Monroe, Louisiana.  Shirley Brooks married George Maddox and they had one daughter:  -  Shirley Ann Maddox.  As of 1983, Shirley was living in Ruston, Louisiana.

Reference:  1)  Interview, Iva Dene (Brooks) Peret by Robert Casey, March, 1983

ASBURY QUITMAN BROOKS (2.16.3) is the son of John Wesley Brooks and Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks.  Quitman was born in September of 1854 in Louisiana.  In 1880, Quitman was living with his parents in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  On February 14, 1884, Quitman Brooks married Nancy Jane McConathy (born October 28, 1862 in Louisiana) in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  From 1900 to 1910, Quitman and Nancy Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana and they were the parents of at least eleven children:

  Floyd K. Brooks, b. October 6, 1884, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Elmer E. Brooks, b. November 25, 1885, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  James Joseph Brooks (2.16.3.3), b. June 27, 1887, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Rocksie A. Brooks, b. December 25, 1889, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Claude Brooks, b. February 29, 1891, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Balman A. Brooks, b. September, 1892, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Odeous Q. Brooks, b. September, 1894, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Benjamin Franklin Brooks, b. September 3, 1896, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Isham C. Brooks, b. April 10, 1899, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Gemmie H. Brooks, b. 1903, Jackson Parish, Louisiana
  Minnie M. Brooks, b. 1905, Jackson Parish, Louisiana

Quitman Brooks died on March 1, 1929 and Nancy (McConathy) Brooks died on March 13, 1943.  Both were buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana.  Floyd K. Brooks died as an infant on October 25, 1884.  Elmer E. Brooks died on January 8, 1886 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery.  Rocksie Brooks married Will McCullah and they live in Florida.  Claude Brooks died on December 15, 1891 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery.  Ode Brooks married and had one son:  -  Ralph Brooks.  Benjamin Brooks married and has four children, including one daughter who married Richard Scott Dawson.  Benjamin Brooks died on July 10, 1972.  Isham Brooks died on March 17, 1963.

References:  1)  1880, 1900 and 1910 Censuses, Jackson Parish, Louisiana;  2)  Marriage License, A. Q. Brooks to Nancy McConathy, 1884;  3)  Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957;  4)  Interview, A. Q. Brooks by Robert Casey, March, 1983;  5)  Ancestral File, Version 3.04, by James F. Dawson, March, 1991

JAMES JOSEPH BROOKS (2.16.3.3) is the son of Asbury Quitman Brooks and Nancy Jane (McConathy) Brooks.  James was born on June 27, 1887 in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  James Brooks married Rila Beatty (born 1888) and they were the parents of five children:

  Truman Brooks, b. 1910
  Louise Brooks
  A. Q. Brooks, b. November 2, 1913
  Clyde Brooks
  Mildred Brooks

In 1910, James and Rila Brooks were living in Lincoln Parish, Lousiana.  James J. Brooks died on June 6, 1930 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery.  Truman Brooks died at the age of sixteen years.  Louise Brooks married Sidney Crawford.  A. Q. Brooks married and had four children:  -  Buster Quitman Brooks, b. November 30, 1940,  -  James Wright Brooks, b. September 7, 1942,  -  William Thomas Brooks, b. July 16, 1944,  -  Truman Maurice Brooks, b. January 1, 1946.  As of 1983, A. Q. Brooks was living in Shreveport, Louisiana.

Clyde Brooks married Voree Hinton and they have three children:  -  Jimmy Brooks who married a woman whose first name is Carolyn,  -  Roxanne Brooks who married a Mr. Hughes,  -  Peggy Brooks who married “Buddy” Rigsby.  Mildred Brooks married Richard Baranoski and they have two children:  -  Richard Baranoski, Jr.,  -  “Rocky” Baranoski.

References:  1)  1910 Census, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana;  2)  Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957;  3)  Interview, A. Q. Brooks by Robert Casey, March, 1983

JASON NATHAN JACKSON BROOKS (2.16.4) is the son of John Wesley Brooks and Elizabeth (Mizell) Brooks.  Jason was born in May of 1858 in Louisiana.  In 1879, Jason Brooks married Frances Elsa Waldrop (born February 4, 1864 in Louisiana).  In 1900, J. N. J. and Fannie Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  In January of 1903, Jason and Fannie Brooks moved from Quitman, Louisiana to Texas.  Jason and Fannie Brooks were the parents of thirteen children:

  Jason N. Brooks (2.16.4.1), b. January, 1881, Louisiana
  William Arthur Brooks (2.16.4.2), b. October, 1882, Louisiana
  Mary Elizabeth Brooks (2.16.4.3), b. October 21, 1884, Louisiana
  Eli Franklin Brooks (2.16.4.4), b. January 7, 1886, Jonesboro, Louisiana
  Dossie Mabel Brooks (2.16.4.5), b. April 24, 1888, Louisiana
  Minnie T. Brooks, b. September 2, 1890, Louisiana
  Virgil J. Brooks, b. April, 1893, Louisiana
  James Roy Brooks, b. November, 1895, Louisiana
  Dongue Waldrop Brooks (2.16.4.9), b. January 23, 1898, Jonesboro, Louisiana
  Zilla Corella Brooks (2.16.4.10), b. December 22, 1899, Louisiana
  Sally E. Brooks, b. April 16, 1902, Louisiana
  Deward E. Brooks, b. March, 1904, Texas
  Alice M. Brooks (2.16.4.13), b. November 21, 1906, Texas

Jason N. Brooks, Sr. died of skin cancer on June 18, 1907.  From 1910 to 1920, Fannie (Waldrop) Brooks was living in Van Zandt County, Texas.  Fannie (Waldrop) Brooks died on May 20, 1951.  Both were buried in the Small Cemetery north of Edgewood, Texas.  Minnie Brooks died on August 25, 1900 and was buried in the Brooks Chapel Cemetery near Quitman, Louisiana.  Virgil Brooks never married and died of typhoid at the age of twenty-one.  Virgil Brooks was buried in the Small Cemetery.  Roy Brooks died at the age of ten years and was buried in the Small Cemetery.  On September 11, 1935, Sally Brooks married Daniel Wallace Mittel in New Orleans, Louisiana.  Dan is the son of Jacob B. Mittel and Elizabeth (Peters) Mittel of Fredericksburg, Texas.  Dan and Sally Mittel have no children.  As of 1983, Dan and Sally Mittel were living in Dallas, Texas.  Deward Brooks married Pansy Lawler and they had one son:  -  Mike Brooks.  As of 1983, Deward E. Brooks was living in Athens, Texas.

References:  1)  1900 Census, Jackson Parish, Louisiana;  2)  1910 and 1920 Censuses, Van Zandt County, Texas;  3)  Louisiana Tombstone Inscriptions, Volume 4, by the Dugdemona Chapter of the D. A. R., 1957;  4)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  5)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983

JASON N. BROOKS (2.16.4.1) is the son of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Jason was born in January of 1881 in Louisiana.  Jason Brooks, Jr. remained in Quitman, Louisiana where he and his wife, Ollie B. Brooks, had two sons:

  Herman R. Brooks, b. January 6, 1907
  T. L. Brooks, b. September 5, 1916

In 1910, Jason and Ollie Brooks were living in Jackson Parish, Louisiana.  Herman Brooks had no children and was killed during World War II.  On February 15, 1939, T. L. Brooks married Arlene Phillips in Quitman, Louisiana and they have four children:  -  T. L. Brooks, Jr., b. September 28, 1940,  -  Linda Sue Brooks, b. August 26, 1948,  -  Carolyn Jo Brooks, b. September 20, 1956,  -  Michael Dennis Brooks, b. August 7, 1957.  As of 1983, T. L. Brooks, Sr. was living in Quitman, Louisiana and T. L. Brooks, Jr. was living in Tatum, New Mexico.

References:  1)  1910 Census, Jackson Parish, Louisiana;  2)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  3)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983;  4)  Interview, T. L. Brooks, Sr. by Robert Casey, March, 1983

WILLIAM ARTHUR BROOKS (2.16.4.2) is the son of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  W. A. was born in October of 1882 in Louisiana.  On December 21, 1908, William Arthur Brooks married Etta Ann Caro.  Etta was born in 1893 in Van Zandt County, Texas and is the daughter of David Franklin Caro and Jane (Pickersimon) Caro.  William and Etta Brooks were the parents of three children:

  Neal Brooks, b. 1919, Edgewood, Texas
  Nadine Brooks, b. Edgewood, Texas
  Ben Brooks, b. Edgewood, Texas

From 1910 to 1920, William and Etta Brooks were living in Van Zandt County, Texas.  For over fifty years, W. A. Brooks was active in the cotton gin business, operating gin plants in Edgewood, Wills Point, Phalba and Fruitvale.  He also owned a feed store, gristmill and grocery store.  At the end of World War II, he built the Edgewood Milling Company and the garment factory.  He served on the Edgewood City Council, the Board of Trustees for the Edgewood Schools and the Edgewood Chamber of Commerce.  In 1978, W. A. and Etta Brooks celebrated their seventieth wedding anniversary.  Neil Brooks and his wife, Julie, live near Grand Saline, Texas.  Nadine Brooks married Gerald Johnson and they live in Edgewood, Texas.

References:  1)  1910 and 1920 Censuses, Van Zandt County, Texas;  2)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  3)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983

MARY ELIZABETH BROOKS (2.16.4.3) is the daughter of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Mittie was born on October 21, 1884 in Louisiana.  Mittie Brooks first married John Kennedy and they had one son:

  Newton Kennedy

Mittie later married M. W. VanDeuson and they lived in Dallas, Texas.  Newton Kennedy married Frances Lunsford and they had two children:  -  Susie Kennedy,  -  John Kennedy.  As of 1983, Susie Kennedy was living in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

References:  1)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  2)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983

ELI FRANKLIN BROOKS (2.16.4.4) is the son of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Eli was born on January 7, 1886 in Jonesboro, Louisiana.  Eli Brooks married Cora E. Huddleston in Edgewood, Texas.  In 1910, Eli and Cora Brooks were living in Van Zandt County, Texas.  Eli and Cora Brooks were the parents of one son:

  Kenneth A. Brooks (2.16.4.4.1), b. September 6, 1917

Cora (Huddleston) Brooks died in February of 1919.  In 1920, Eli Brooks was living in Van Zandt County, Texas.  On October 30, 1920, Eli Brooks married a second time to Alma Bunch in Weatherford, Texas and they had two children:

  Alleece Yvonne Brooks (2.16.4.4.2), b. April 22, 1924
  Eli Franklin Brooks, Jr., b. August 5, 1928

Eli and Alma Brooks operated a grocery store in Edgewood, Texas.  Eli Franklin Brooks, Sr. died on August 10, 1970.  As of 1983, Alma (Bunch) Brooks was living in Edgewood, Texas.  In 1955, Eli Franklin Brooks, Jr. married Edith Blagburn in Edgewood, Texas and they have two children:  -  Janet Elaine Brooks, b. January 7, 1957,  -  Steven Dale Brooks, b. November 30, 1960.  Eli Brooks, Jr. was a mortician.  Eli Brooks, Jr. died on January 27, 1978 and as of 1983, Edith (Blagburn) Brooks was living in Edgewood, Texas.  In March of 1980, Janet Brooks married Wayne Yniguez.  Janet is a school teacher in Mesquite, Texas and Wayne is an insurance underwriter in Dallas, Texas.  Steve Brooks is a student at the University of Texas, Arlington.

References:  1)  1910 and 1920 Censuses, Van Zandt County, Texas;  2)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  3)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983;  4)  Letter, Zilla (Brooks) Wilder to Robert Casey, March, 1983

KENNETH A. BROOKS (2.16.4.4.1) is the son of Eli Franklin Brooks and Cora E. (Huddleston) Brooks.  Kenneth “Sam” Brooks was born on September 6, 1917.  On July 17, 1940, Kenneth Brooks married Martha Ellen Blalack (born March 23, 1923) in Dallas, Texas.  Kenneth and Martha Brooks have two children:

  Barbara Ann Brooks, b. December 25, 1942
  Michael Brooks, b. December 6, 1944

Kenneth Brooks died on August 5, 1980 and as of 1983, Martha (Blalack) Brooks runs Fashion Lamps in Dallas, Texas.  Barbara Brooks married Donald Fairfield and they have two children:  -  Karen Fairfield,  -  Steven Fairfield.  As of 1983, Don and Barbara Fairfield live in Lanham, Maryland where Don is a nuclear physicist and Barbara is a family counselor.  Mike Brooks lives in San Francisco, California.

Reference:  1)  Letter, Zilla (Brooks) Wilder to Robert Casey, March, 1983

ALLEECE YVONNE BROOKS (2.16.4.4.2) is the daughter of Eli Franklin Brooks and Alma (Bunch) Brooks.  Yvonne was born on April 22, 1924.  On August 9, 1947, Yvonne Brooks married Alphens Edwin Forsman.  Alphens and Yvonne Forsman are the parents of eight children:

  Donald Ray Forsman, b. June 19, 1948, Nuremberg, Germany
  Anita Fae Forsman, b. September 25, 1950, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  Nels Frank Forsman, b. April 4, 1952, Fort Belvoir, Virginia
  Robert Brooks Forsman, b. July 9, 1953
  Linda Gale Forsman, b. March 24, 1955
  Alma Christine Forsman, b. December 6, 1956
  Carol Ann Forsman, b. August 12, 1959
  Allan Dale Forsman, b. December 26, 1960

As of 1983, Alleece (Brooks) Forsman was living in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  Don Forsman is a student at the University of North Dakota.  Anita Forsman is a personnel manager for Oxford Ind. in Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Nels Forsman is a geologist at the University of North Dakota.  Robert Forsman is an auditor for Shell Oil in Martinez, California.  In June of 1975, Linda Forsman married Rodney Ault and they have two children:  -  Ryan Christopher Ault, b. March 22, 1981,  -  Tyler Jonathan Ault, b. November 10, 1982.  Rodney Ault is a hardware representative in Denver, Colorado.  In 1974, Christine Forsman married Martin Fritz and they have two children:  -  Mark Louis Fritz, b. March, 1975,  -  Paul Martin Fritz, b. February, 1977.  Martin is a Sergeant in the United States Air Force in Grand Forks, North Dakota.  Allan Forsman is a student at the University of North Dakota.

Reference:  1)  Letter, Zilla (Brooks) Wilder to Robert Casey, March, 1983

DOSSIE BROOKS (2.16.4.5) is the daughter of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Dossie was born in April 24, 1888 in Louisiana.  Dossie Brooks married Ed Wade and they were the parents of four daughters:

  Esther Mae Wade
  Mabel Wade
  Mildred Wade
  Joan Wade

Esther Mae Wade married Gus Hooks and they have no children.  Gus and Esther Mae Wade live near Edgewood, Texas.  Mabel Wade married L. M. Jones and they have one daughter:  -  Paneti Jones who married a Mr. Gregory.  Mabel and her daughter, Paneti, both live in Farmers Branch, Texas.  Mildred Wade married Clyde Lantrip and they have no children.  Joan Wade married Bill Curtis and they have one son:  -  Craig Curtis who lives in Richardson, Texas.

References:  1)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  2)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983

DONGUE WALDROP BROOKS (2.16.4.9) is the son of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Don was born on January 23, 1898 in Jonesboro, Louisiana.  On September 24, 1916, Don Brooks married Lola Mae Bunch in Van Zandt County, Texas.  Lola is a sister of Alma Bunch who married Don’s brother, Eli Brooks.  Don and Lola Brooks were the parents of three children:

  Arthur Pershing Brooks, b. October 29, 1918
  Hazel Marcelle Brooks, b. July 13, 1924
  Mary Virginia Brooks, b. June 22, 1930

Don Brooks died on December 15, 1969 and as of 1983, Lola Mae (Bunch) was living in Edgewood, Texas.  In 1938, A. P. Brooks married Blanche M. Jackson and they have one daughter:  -  Glendeen Brooks, b. 1939.  A. P. Brooks was produce manager for Safeway Stores for 37 years in Dallas, Texas.  As of 1983, A. P. and Blanche Brooks live in Tyler, Texas.  Glendeen Brooks married John F. Spencer in Oklahoma and they have four children:  -  Glen L. Spencer,  -  Leslie Spencer,  -  Dewayne Spencer,  -  Tangie Spencer.  John Spencer is a school teacher in Trinidad, Texas.

In 1947, Marcelle Brooks married Truman Roberts in Dallas, Texas and they have three children:  -  Don Steven Roberts, b. June 23, 1949,  -  Paul Eric Roberts, b. July 17, 1954,  -  John Truman Roberts, b. July 14, 1958.  As of 1983, Truman Roberts was a rancher living in Wills Point, Texas.  Don Roberts is bank loan officer and is married.  Paul Roberts married Melanie Gandy in Houston, Texas and they have two children:  -  Benjamin Roberts,  -  Anna Ruth Roberts.  As of 1983, Paul Roberts was living in Grand Saline, Texas.

Mary Virginia Brooks married Billy Gene Foster and they have two children:  -  Judy Suzanne Foster,  -  Mary Jean Foster.  As of 1983, Billy Foster was living in Edgewood, Texas.  Judy Foster married Homer Heidle and they have two children:  -  Homer Houghton Heidle, Jr.,  -  Jared Heidle.  Judy is a nurse (LPN) and Homer is an electrician and as of 1983, they live in Magnolia, Arkansas.  Mary Jean Foster married Tommy Lee Dean and they have one son:  -  Dustin Ryan Dean.  Mary Jean is a school teacher and Tommy is a landscape architect, rancher and is a fireman in Richardson, Texas.  As of 1983, Tommy Dean was living in Wills Point, Texas.

References:  1)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  2)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983;  3)  Letter, Zilla (Brooks) Wilder to Robert Casey, March, 1983

ZILLA CORELLA BROOKS (2.16.4.10) is the daughter of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Zilla was born in December 22, 1899 in Louisiana.  In September of 1916, Zilla Brooks married Jesse Floyd Wilder in Small, Texas.  Jake was born on December 19, 1897 and is the son of William Nelson Wilder and Summerfield Wilder.  Jake and Zilla Wilder had four daughters:

  Grace Lucile Wilder, b. September 3, 1919
  Dorothea Lee Wilder, b. September 3, 1919
  Dana Beth Wilder, b. April 24, 1924
  Lady Juan Wilder, b. November 15, 1922

Jake Wilder was an automobile mechanic and operated a service station in Edgewood, Texas for over forty years.  Jake was mayor of Edgewood and served as a member of the Edgewood Chamber of Commerce and the Edgewood Board of Trustees for the Edgewood Schools.  Jake Wilder died on July 17, 1960 and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetery.  As of 1983, Zilla (Brooks) Wilder was living in Edgewood, Texas.  In 1936, Grace Wilder married E. C. Parker and they had one child:  -  Bobby Brooks Parker.  E. C. Parker died in 1973.  As of 1983, Grace was living with her mother in Edgewood, Texas.  Dorothea Lee Wilder died on July 15, 1922 in Edgewood, Texas.  In 1942, Dana Beth Wilder married Franes Reginald Redfern, Jr. in New York City, New York and they have three children:  -  Richard Wilder Redfern,  -  Franes Reginald Redfern, III,  -  Allen Randolph Redfern.  “Reg” and Dana Beth live fifteen miles south of Tyler, Texas.  In 1945, Lady Juan Wilder married William M. Wright and they have two children:  -  Billie Blanche Wright,  -  Michael Lee Wright.  William Wright was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army and died in 1971.  

References:  1)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  2)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983;  3)  Letter, Zilla (Brooks) Wilder to Robert Casey, March, 1983

ALICE M. BROOKS (2.16.4.13) is the daughter of Jason Nathan Jackson Brooks and Frances Elsa (Waldrop) Brooks.  Alice was born on November 21, 1906 in Texas.  Alice Brooks married Charles Rohrer and they had two daughters:

  Alecia Rohrer, b. September 29, 1943
  Sally Rohrer, b. January 5, 1948

Alecia Rohrer married Herman Keith and they had no children.  Alecia and Herman were divorced and Alecia lives in Austin, Texas.  Sally Rohrer married Robert Nolen and they have two children:  -  Charles Robert Nolen,  -  Russell Lloyd Nolen.  Robert and Sally Nolen live in Round Rock, Texas.

References:  1)  “The Edgewood Story,” by Authula McLemore and Eloise Ellis, 1978;  2)  Interview, Sally (Brooks) Mittel by Robert Casey, March, 1983