WRIGHT BROOKS
Mary Jane GARRISON
Husband: Wright BROOKS
Birth: 1820, North Carolina
Death: Aft 1892, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
Burial:
Father: William BROOKS
Mother: Sarah UNKNOWN
Marriage: 1854, Cocke Co., Tennessee
Wife: Mary Jane GARRISON
Birth: 1834, Flat Creek, Buncombe Co., North Carolina
Death: Aft 1880, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
Burial:
Father: Absalom Raburn GARRISON
Mother: Susan LITTERAL
Children:
1. Malissa E. BROOKS, b: 1855, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
2. Flora Sophronia BROOKS, b: 2 Jan 1857, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
3. Alonzo Lorenzo BROOKS, b: 5 Nov 1858, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
d: 15 Mar 1919, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas
bur: Lubbock City Cemetery, Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas
4. Edom J. BROOKS, b: 1860, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
d: 7 Mar 1924, Waco, McLennan Co., Texas
bur: Lorena Cemetery, Lorena, McLennan Co., Texas
5. Lemuel BROOKS, b: 1862, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
6. Mary Jane BROOKS (Kennedy/Webb), b:
28 Jun 1864, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee
d: 11 Jan 1927, Newport, Cocke Co., Tennessee
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Notes:
NOTE: There are two Wright Brooks' in Cocke County Tennessee -- one
born in 1814 and this one born in 1820. They are often mixed up in some
genealogy research.
1860 Federal Census Data
(M653_1244, Page 378), Dist. 8, Cocke Co., Tennessee,
Enumeration Date:
7-Jun-1860, Family #80
|
NAME |
Age |
Sex |
Col. |
Occupation |
Real Estate |
Pers. Estate |
POB |
In Sch. |
Marr |
D, D, B, I, I, P, C |
|
BROOKS, Wright |
36 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
$1,000 |
$640 |
NC |
|
|
|
|
Jane |
24 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
NC |
|
|
|
|
Malissa E |
4 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
|
Sophronia |
3 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
|
Alonzo |
2 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
|
Edom |
2m |
M |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
1870 Federal Census Data
(M593_1519, Page 394B), Dist. 5, Cocke Co., Tennessee,
Enumeration Date: 12-Jul-1870, Family #46
|
NAME |
Age |
Sex |
Col |
Occupation or Trade |
Real Estate |
Per. Estate |
POB |
In |
Marr |
D, D, B, I, I, P, or C |
|
BROOKS, Wright |
50 |
M |
W |
Farmer |
--- |
$300 |
SC |
|
|
|
|
Jane |
36 |
F |
W |
Keeping House |
|
|
NC |
|
|
|
|
Malissa |
14 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
X |
|
|
|
Sophrona |
12 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
X |
|
|
|
Lorenzo |
11 |
M |
W |
Farm Laborer |
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
|
Edom |
9 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
|
Lemuel |
7 |
M |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
|
Mary Jane |
6 |
F |
W |
|
|
|
TN |
|
|
|
1880 Federal Census Data
(T9_1248, Page 391B), Dist. 6, Newport Twp., Cocke Co., Tennessee,
Enumeration Dist: 63, Enumeration Date: 9-Jun-1880, Family #111
|
NAME |
Age |
Sex |
Col. |
Relation |
M/S W/D |
Occupation |
POB |
Fa |
Mo POB |
In Sch |
|
BROOKS, Wright |
59 |
M |
W |
Self |
M |
Farmer |
NC |
NC |
NC |
|
|
Mary J |
46 |
F |
W |
Wife |
M |
Keeping House |
NC |
NC |
NC |
|
|
Fronnie |
23 |
F |
W |
Daughter |
S |
At Home |
TN |
NC |
NC |
|
|
Lorenzo |
21 |
M |
W |
Son |
S |
Farm Laborer |
TN |
NC |
NC |
|
|
Edom |
20 |
M |
W |
Son |
S |
Farm Laborer |
TN |
NC |
NC |
X |
|
Lemuel |
18 |
M |
W |
Son |
S |
Farm Laborer |
TN |
NC |
NC |
|
|
Mary Jane |
16 |
F |
W |
Daughter |
S |
At Home |
TN |
NC |
NC |
|
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Sources:
1) Death - Child #3: Lubbock County
Texas Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #10920
2) Death - Child #4: McLennan County
Texas Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #10104
3) Death - Child #6: Cocke County
Tennessee Vital Statistics - Deaths, Cert. #00182