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Willis “Billy” Brooks

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Willis “Billy” Brooks

Birth
Georgia, USA
Death
Oct 1880 (aged less–than 1 year)
Burial
Columbus, Muscogee County, Georgia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section C, Lot 902 (city plan) Section J, Lot 181 (Autry book)
Memorial ID
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Son of Joseph Henry and Nancy Beulah (REEDY) BROOKS, who married 11 MAY 1879. Beulah was the niece of Joseph's first wife, Keziah (WILLIS) BROOKS.

Burial entry in the sexton's ledger book shows: Willies (sic) BROOKS was born in Georgia, died aged 7 months of congestion of the brain, and buried 06 OCT 1880 in Section C, Lot 902 as a non-resident of Columbus, Georgia. The sexton was Abraham ODOM.

This grave is evidently not identifiably marked. Other persons buried in city C-902 include: Keziah (WILLIS) BROOKS, buried 05 FEB 1879 (age 38), Larkin BROOKS, buried 28 JUN 1879 (age 3); Augustus BROOKS, buried 24 JUL 1879 (age 6 months); D. A.? "Lois" BROOKS, buried 31 JAN 1891 (age 4 or 5 months); stillborn baby of J. H. ADAMS, buried 13 SEP 1892; stillborn infant of J. H. ADAMS, buried 13 JUN 1893 (reported in C-905, which lot number appears to be an error); infant of J. H. ADAMS, buried 18 APR 1894 (aged 6 hours); +Cora "Corrie" BROOKS, buried 07 SEP 1896 (age 2); and Z. A. BROOKS, Jr., buried 30 JUN 1917 (age 9).
+ originally buried in Nance Lot (city 2-879 / Autry D-41); grave moved on 04 MAR 1908 to city C-902

Dolores Autry's "Historic Linwood Cemetery" (edited by Lea Dowd et al.), Volume 3, p. 211, includes a note from relative Ken Thomas: "I think his sisters called him Billy, although [he was] born [and died] way before they were born." The text reports his name as "Willie," but it seems to me that the sexton record "Willies" was trying to convey that he was named Willis, which was his the child's maternal grandmother's maiden name (as well as the maiden name of Joseph Henry's first wife Keziah). They Autry/Dowd text further states: "This lot (J-181) was accidentally omitted from the first printing. My sincerest appreciation to Ken Thomas for his information on this lot." Unlike a traditional publication, this work is available in a print-on-demand basis through an online press. There is no "first printing," "second printing," etc. As the text was altered from the original version, what Dowd should have said here is "second edition." Unlike the first and second volumes, Volume 3 includes no title page. None of the volumes includes information on what printing or edition the book is, only that Volume 1 was copyrighted in 2006 and Volume 2 in 2007; no copyright date included in Volume 3.
Son of Joseph Henry and Nancy Beulah (REEDY) BROOKS, who married 11 MAY 1879. Beulah was the niece of Joseph's first wife, Keziah (WILLIS) BROOKS.

Burial entry in the sexton's ledger book shows: Willies (sic) BROOKS was born in Georgia, died aged 7 months of congestion of the brain, and buried 06 OCT 1880 in Section C, Lot 902 as a non-resident of Columbus, Georgia. The sexton was Abraham ODOM.

This grave is evidently not identifiably marked. Other persons buried in city C-902 include: Keziah (WILLIS) BROOKS, buried 05 FEB 1879 (age 38), Larkin BROOKS, buried 28 JUN 1879 (age 3); Augustus BROOKS, buried 24 JUL 1879 (age 6 months); D. A.? "Lois" BROOKS, buried 31 JAN 1891 (age 4 or 5 months); stillborn baby of J. H. ADAMS, buried 13 SEP 1892; stillborn infant of J. H. ADAMS, buried 13 JUN 1893 (reported in C-905, which lot number appears to be an error); infant of J. H. ADAMS, buried 18 APR 1894 (aged 6 hours); +Cora "Corrie" BROOKS, buried 07 SEP 1896 (age 2); and Z. A. BROOKS, Jr., buried 30 JUN 1917 (age 9).
+ originally buried in Nance Lot (city 2-879 / Autry D-41); grave moved on 04 MAR 1908 to city C-902

Dolores Autry's "Historic Linwood Cemetery" (edited by Lea Dowd et al.), Volume 3, p. 211, includes a note from relative Ken Thomas: "I think his sisters called him Billy, although [he was] born [and died] way before they were born." The text reports his name as "Willie," but it seems to me that the sexton record "Willies" was trying to convey that he was named Willis, which was his the child's maternal grandmother's maiden name (as well as the maiden name of Joseph Henry's first wife Keziah). They Autry/Dowd text further states: "This lot (J-181) was accidentally omitted from the first printing. My sincerest appreciation to Ken Thomas for his information on this lot." Unlike a traditional publication, this work is available in a print-on-demand basis through an online press. There is no "first printing," "second printing," etc. As the text was altered from the original version, what Dowd should have said here is "second edition." Unlike the first and second volumes, Volume 3 includes no title page. None of the volumes includes information on what printing or edition the book is, only that Volume 1 was copyrighted in 2006 and Volume 2 in 2007; no copyright date included in Volume 3.


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