John Russell Brooks was the fifth child of Benjamin and Matilda Manville Brooks. He was born March 20, 1824, at Brooks Point. He was the second white male child born in Vermilion County. Upon the second marriage of his mother [his father died while in Dana, Indiana, while helping build a mill on Sugar Creek - he developed ague - a fever, usually malarial, marked by recurring chills. He died there and it was six weeks before word got to his family.] So John, age 13, went to live with the family of John Black for whom he worked for seven years.
On January 5, 1846, at Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, he married Louisa Taylor Black, the daughter of John and Anna Black. John and Louisa setted in Grape Creek, east of Westville, and operated a distillery.
They had 10 children:
unnamed infant daughter - Jan. 15, 1846
Matilda Jane Brooks - Jan. 26, 1848 - Oct. 21, 1919; m. Thomas Westbury Blakeney
James Henry Brooks - 1848 - 1849
Isabelle Ann Brooks - Sept. 15, 1852 - Feb. 8, 1919; m. John W. Nichols
John Parker Brooks - Jan. 22, 1854 - Feb. 27, 1813; m. Josiephene Frances Cunningham
Robert Lincoln Brooks - March 18, 1856 - August 23, 1941; m. Sarah Saloma Dukes
Martha Almira Brooks - May 11, 1858 - Aug. 4, 1929; m. Charles Lincoln Snook
Benjamin Franklin Brooks - Aug. 22, 1860 - March 9, 1904 (never married)
Rosella Gambel Brooks - July 22, 1862 - Dec. 23, 1913; m. John Sherer
Sarah Esther "Sallie" Brooks - Sept. 5, 1864 - March 14, 1945; m. Frederick D. Ragle
On January 5, 1846, at Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, he married Louisa Taylor Black, the daughter of John and Anna Black. John and Louisa setted in Grape Creek, east of Westville, and operated a distillery.
They had 10 children:
unnamed infant daughter - Jan. 15, 1846
Matilda Jane Brooks - Jan. 26, 1848 - Oct. 21, 1919; m. Thomas Westbury Blakeney
James Henry Brooks - 1848 - 1849
Isabelle Ann Brooks - Sept. 15, 1852 - Feb. 8, 1919; m. John W. Nichols
John Parker Brooks - Jan. 22, 1854 - Feb. 27, 1813; m. Josiephene Frances Cunningham
Robert Lincoln Brooks - March 18, 1856 - August 23, 1941; m. Sarah Saloma Dukes
Martha Almira Brooks - May 11, 1858 - Aug. 4, 1929; m. Charles Lincoln Snook
Benjamin Franklin Brooks - Aug. 22, 1860 - March 9, 1904 (never married)
Rosella Gambel Brooks - July 22, 1862 - Dec. 23, 1913; m. John Sherer
Sarah Esther "Sallie" Brooks - Sept. 5, 1864 - March 14, 1945; m. Frederick D. Ragle
John Russell Brooks was the fifth child of Benjamin and Matilda Manville Brooks. He was born March 20, 1824, at Brooks Point. He was the second white male child born in Vermilion County. Upon the second marriage of his mother [his father died while in Dana, Indiana, while helping build a mill on Sugar Creek - he developed ague - a fever, usually malarial, marked by recurring chills. He died there and it was six weeks before word got to his family.] So John, age 13, went to live with the family of John Black for whom he worked for seven years.
On January 5, 1846, at Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, he married Louisa Taylor Black, the daughter of John and Anna Black. John and Louisa setted in Grape Creek, east of Westville, and operated a distillery.
They had 10 children:
unnamed infant daughter - Jan. 15, 1846
Matilda Jane Brooks - Jan. 26, 1848 - Oct. 21, 1919; m. Thomas Westbury Blakeney
James Henry Brooks - 1848 - 1849
Isabelle Ann Brooks - Sept. 15, 1852 - Feb. 8, 1919; m. John W. Nichols
John Parker Brooks - Jan. 22, 1854 - Feb. 27, 1813; m. Josiephene Frances Cunningham
Robert Lincoln Brooks - March 18, 1856 - August 23, 1941; m. Sarah Saloma Dukes
Martha Almira Brooks - May 11, 1858 - Aug. 4, 1929; m. Charles Lincoln Snook
Benjamin Franklin Brooks - Aug. 22, 1860 - March 9, 1904 (never married)
Rosella Gambel Brooks - July 22, 1862 - Dec. 23, 1913; m. John Sherer
Sarah Esther "Sallie" Brooks - Sept. 5, 1864 - March 14, 1945; m. Frederick D. Ragle
On January 5, 1846, at Greenup, Cumberland County, Illinois, he married Louisa Taylor Black, the daughter of John and Anna Black. John and Louisa setted in Grape Creek, east of Westville, and operated a distillery.
They had 10 children:
unnamed infant daughter - Jan. 15, 1846
Matilda Jane Brooks - Jan. 26, 1848 - Oct. 21, 1919; m. Thomas Westbury Blakeney
James Henry Brooks - 1848 - 1849
Isabelle Ann Brooks - Sept. 15, 1852 - Feb. 8, 1919; m. John W. Nichols
John Parker Brooks - Jan. 22, 1854 - Feb. 27, 1813; m. Josiephene Frances Cunningham
Robert Lincoln Brooks - March 18, 1856 - August 23, 1941; m. Sarah Saloma Dukes
Martha Almira Brooks - May 11, 1858 - Aug. 4, 1929; m. Charles Lincoln Snook
Benjamin Franklin Brooks - Aug. 22, 1860 - March 9, 1904 (never married)
Rosella Gambel Brooks - July 22, 1862 - Dec. 23, 1913; m. John Sherer
Sarah Esther "Sallie" Brooks - Sept. 5, 1864 - March 14, 1945; m. Frederick D. Ragle
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