"Herbert E. Brooks.
The proprietor of the oldest commercial almond orchard in the section about Paso Robles and one of the well-posted men on the care and planting of almonds is Herbert E. Brooks. He is well and favorably known, and is a man who lives by the Golden Rule and whose word is as good as his bond. He was born in Delta, near Rome, Oneida County, N. Y., in 1861, and was reared there and went to public school until fourteen. His father was Joseph Brooks, who enlisted at the first tap of the drum for service in the Civil War, served three months and then re-enlisted for three years, but was killed in battle soon after. Joseph Brooks also had two brothers in the service. He married Sarah Kingsbury, who was born in Oneida County, and died in New York in 1915. Grandfather Brooks was in the War of 1812, and on the maternal side great-grandfather Newsom was in the British navy.
At the age of sixteen, in 1877, Herbert E. Brooks went with an uncle, J. C. Ufford, to Rawlins county, Kan., and settled on the plains near where the city of Oberlin is located. There his uncle engage in the cattle business, and he worked for him, riding the range and trailing cattle into Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming for years. In 1878, he was in an Indian raid, when seventeen men were killed on the neighboring claims, and he himself had a narrow escape from a running fight, when he nearly rode into the savages' midst. In 1881, Mr. Brooks' mother joined him in Kansas; and they homesteaded and entered land on the north fork of the Sappa, and he started in the cattle business for himself, acquiring four hundred eighty acres. Later he began to raise corn and wheat. The county-seat was established at Atwood years afterwards.
Having heard such good reports of California in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming, he decided to locate here; and in 1893 he came to San Luis Obispo County, where he had a brother-in-law, George Alexander, living in Paso Robles. Coming here, Mr. Brooks bought his present place of thirty acres, planted to almonds in 1890, settled on it and has made a study of the business; and on rented land he raises hay and grain. He has had some very find crops from his trees, and they bring good prices. The orchard is in the best of condition and very thrifty. Mr. Brooks gives it his entire attention; and his brands, I X L, Ne Plus Ultra, and Nonpareil, are well known.
Mr. Brooks was united in marriage in Kansas with Miss Ermina Alexander, who was born in Missouri. They have had ten children, as follows: Ora, Mrs. Spooner of Morrow; Gordon, in San Francisco; Floy, Mrs. Miller of Oak Flat; Julian, at Arbuckle, Cal.; George Alexander and Oscar J., at home; Paul, who died at the age of seven, and Janice, at the age of four; and Charles Russell and Bernice, who are at home.
Mr. Brooks is a member of the California Almond Growers' Exchange and a director in the local exchange. He is a member of the International Bible Students' Association and a leader of the class here. For the past twenty-five years he has been a close student of the doctrine of the association, and he organized the local congregation. Mr. Brooks is a man of splendid attainments, liberal and public-spirited, and successful."
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From "History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs", pg 624 by Mrs. Annie L. Morrison and John H. Haydon
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917
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Children:
Cecilia Ora Brooks (1884-1980)
Gordon Herbert Brooks (1886-1938)
Marion Floy Brooks (1889-1975)
Julian Ellsworth Brooks (1891-1951)
George Alexander Brooks (1894-1953)
Oscar Joseph Brooks (1897-1999)
Paul Phillip Brooks (1900-1908)
Janice Elizabeth Brooks (1904-1908)
Charles Russell Brooks (1906-1978)
Berniece Joy Brooks (1908-1996)
The proprietor of the oldest commercial almond orchard in the section about Paso Robles and one of the well-posted men on the care and planting of almonds is Herbert E. Brooks. He is well and favorably known, and is a man who lives by the Golden Rule and whose word is as good as his bond. He was born in Delta, near Rome, Oneida County, N. Y., in 1861, and was reared there and went to public school until fourteen. His father was Joseph Brooks, who enlisted at the first tap of the drum for service in the Civil War, served three months and then re-enlisted for three years, but was killed in battle soon after. Joseph Brooks also had two brothers in the service. He married Sarah Kingsbury, who was born in Oneida County, and died in New York in 1915. Grandfather Brooks was in the War of 1812, and on the maternal side great-grandfather Newsom was in the British navy.
At the age of sixteen, in 1877, Herbert E. Brooks went with an uncle, J. C. Ufford, to Rawlins county, Kan., and settled on the plains near where the city of Oberlin is located. There his uncle engage in the cattle business, and he worked for him, riding the range and trailing cattle into Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming for years. In 1878, he was in an Indian raid, when seventeen men were killed on the neighboring claims, and he himself had a narrow escape from a running fight, when he nearly rode into the savages' midst. In 1881, Mr. Brooks' mother joined him in Kansas; and they homesteaded and entered land on the north fork of the Sappa, and he started in the cattle business for himself, acquiring four hundred eighty acres. Later he began to raise corn and wheat. The county-seat was established at Atwood years afterwards.
Having heard such good reports of California in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming, he decided to locate here; and in 1893 he came to San Luis Obispo County, where he had a brother-in-law, George Alexander, living in Paso Robles. Coming here, Mr. Brooks bought his present place of thirty acres, planted to almonds in 1890, settled on it and has made a study of the business; and on rented land he raises hay and grain. He has had some very find crops from his trees, and they bring good prices. The orchard is in the best of condition and very thrifty. Mr. Brooks gives it his entire attention; and his brands, I X L, Ne Plus Ultra, and Nonpareil, are well known.
Mr. Brooks was united in marriage in Kansas with Miss Ermina Alexander, who was born in Missouri. They have had ten children, as follows: Ora, Mrs. Spooner of Morrow; Gordon, in San Francisco; Floy, Mrs. Miller of Oak Flat; Julian, at Arbuckle, Cal.; George Alexander and Oscar J., at home; Paul, who died at the age of seven, and Janice, at the age of four; and Charles Russell and Bernice, who are at home.
Mr. Brooks is a member of the California Almond Growers' Exchange and a director in the local exchange. He is a member of the International Bible Students' Association and a leader of the class here. For the past twenty-five years he has been a close student of the doctrine of the association, and he organized the local congregation. Mr. Brooks is a man of splendid attainments, liberal and public-spirited, and successful."
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From "History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs", pg 624 by Mrs. Annie L. Morrison and John H. Haydon
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917
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Children:
Cecilia Ora Brooks (1884-1980)
Gordon Herbert Brooks (1886-1938)
Marion Floy Brooks (1889-1975)
Julian Ellsworth Brooks (1891-1951)
George Alexander Brooks (1894-1953)
Oscar Joseph Brooks (1897-1999)
Paul Phillip Brooks (1900-1908)
Janice Elizabeth Brooks (1904-1908)
Charles Russell Brooks (1906-1978)
Berniece Joy Brooks (1908-1996)
"Herbert E. Brooks.
The proprietor of the oldest commercial almond orchard in the section about Paso Robles and one of the well-posted men on the care and planting of almonds is Herbert E. Brooks. He is well and favorably known, and is a man who lives by the Golden Rule and whose word is as good as his bond. He was born in Delta, near Rome, Oneida County, N. Y., in 1861, and was reared there and went to public school until fourteen. His father was Joseph Brooks, who enlisted at the first tap of the drum for service in the Civil War, served three months and then re-enlisted for three years, but was killed in battle soon after. Joseph Brooks also had two brothers in the service. He married Sarah Kingsbury, who was born in Oneida County, and died in New York in 1915. Grandfather Brooks was in the War of 1812, and on the maternal side great-grandfather Newsom was in the British navy.
At the age of sixteen, in 1877, Herbert E. Brooks went with an uncle, J. C. Ufford, to Rawlins county, Kan., and settled on the plains near where the city of Oberlin is located. There his uncle engage in the cattle business, and he worked for him, riding the range and trailing cattle into Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming for years. In 1878, he was in an Indian raid, when seventeen men were killed on the neighboring claims, and he himself had a narrow escape from a running fight, when he nearly rode into the savages' midst. In 1881, Mr. Brooks' mother joined him in Kansas; and they homesteaded and entered land on the north fork of the Sappa, and he started in the cattle business for himself, acquiring four hundred eighty acres. Later he began to raise corn and wheat. The county-seat was established at Atwood years afterwards.
Having heard such good reports of California in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming, he decided to locate here; and in 1893 he came to San Luis Obispo County, where he had a brother-in-law, George Alexander, living in Paso Robles. Coming here, Mr. Brooks bought his present place of thirty acres, planted to almonds in 1890, settled on it and has made a study of the business; and on rented land he raises hay and grain. He has had some very find crops from his trees, and they bring good prices. The orchard is in the best of condition and very thrifty. Mr. Brooks gives it his entire attention; and his brands, I X L, Ne Plus Ultra, and Nonpareil, are well known.
Mr. Brooks was united in marriage in Kansas with Miss Ermina Alexander, who was born in Missouri. They have had ten children, as follows: Ora, Mrs. Spooner of Morrow; Gordon, in San Francisco; Floy, Mrs. Miller of Oak Flat; Julian, at Arbuckle, Cal.; George Alexander and Oscar J., at home; Paul, who died at the age of seven, and Janice, at the age of four; and Charles Russell and Bernice, who are at home.
Mr. Brooks is a member of the California Almond Growers' Exchange and a director in the local exchange. He is a member of the International Bible Students' Association and a leader of the class here. For the past twenty-five years he has been a close student of the doctrine of the association, and he organized the local congregation. Mr. Brooks is a man of splendid attainments, liberal and public-spirited, and successful."
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From "History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs", pg 624 by Mrs. Annie L. Morrison and John H. Haydon
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917
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Children:
Cecilia Ora Brooks (1884-1980)
Gordon Herbert Brooks (1886-1938)
Marion Floy Brooks (1889-1975)
Julian Ellsworth Brooks (1891-1951)
George Alexander Brooks (1894-1953)
Oscar Joseph Brooks (1897-1999)
Paul Phillip Brooks (1900-1908)
Janice Elizabeth Brooks (1904-1908)
Charles Russell Brooks (1906-1978)
Berniece Joy Brooks (1908-1996)
The proprietor of the oldest commercial almond orchard in the section about Paso Robles and one of the well-posted men on the care and planting of almonds is Herbert E. Brooks. He is well and favorably known, and is a man who lives by the Golden Rule and whose word is as good as his bond. He was born in Delta, near Rome, Oneida County, N. Y., in 1861, and was reared there and went to public school until fourteen. His father was Joseph Brooks, who enlisted at the first tap of the drum for service in the Civil War, served three months and then re-enlisted for three years, but was killed in battle soon after. Joseph Brooks also had two brothers in the service. He married Sarah Kingsbury, who was born in Oneida County, and died in New York in 1915. Grandfather Brooks was in the War of 1812, and on the maternal side great-grandfather Newsom was in the British navy.
At the age of sixteen, in 1877, Herbert E. Brooks went with an uncle, J. C. Ufford, to Rawlins county, Kan., and settled on the plains near where the city of Oberlin is located. There his uncle engage in the cattle business, and he worked for him, riding the range and trailing cattle into Nebraska, Colorado and Wyoming for years. In 1878, he was in an Indian raid, when seventeen men were killed on the neighboring claims, and he himself had a narrow escape from a running fight, when he nearly rode into the savages' midst. In 1881, Mr. Brooks' mother joined him in Kansas; and they homesteaded and entered land on the north fork of the Sappa, and he started in the cattle business for himself, acquiring four hundred eighty acres. Later he began to raise corn and wheat. The county-seat was established at Atwood years afterwards.
Having heard such good reports of California in Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming, he decided to locate here; and in 1893 he came to San Luis Obispo County, where he had a brother-in-law, George Alexander, living in Paso Robles. Coming here, Mr. Brooks bought his present place of thirty acres, planted to almonds in 1890, settled on it and has made a study of the business; and on rented land he raises hay and grain. He has had some very find crops from his trees, and they bring good prices. The orchard is in the best of condition and very thrifty. Mr. Brooks gives it his entire attention; and his brands, I X L, Ne Plus Ultra, and Nonpareil, are well known.
Mr. Brooks was united in marriage in Kansas with Miss Ermina Alexander, who was born in Missouri. They have had ten children, as follows: Ora, Mrs. Spooner of Morrow; Gordon, in San Francisco; Floy, Mrs. Miller of Oak Flat; Julian, at Arbuckle, Cal.; George Alexander and Oscar J., at home; Paul, who died at the age of seven, and Janice, at the age of four; and Charles Russell and Bernice, who are at home.
Mr. Brooks is a member of the California Almond Growers' Exchange and a director in the local exchange. He is a member of the International Bible Students' Association and a leader of the class here. For the past twenty-five years he has been a close student of the doctrine of the association, and he organized the local congregation. Mr. Brooks is a man of splendid attainments, liberal and public-spirited, and successful."
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From "History of San Luis Obispo County and Environs", pg 624 by Mrs. Annie L. Morrison and John H. Haydon
Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, California, 1917
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Children:
Cecilia Ora Brooks (1884-1980)
Gordon Herbert Brooks (1886-1938)
Marion Floy Brooks (1889-1975)
Julian Ellsworth Brooks (1891-1951)
George Alexander Brooks (1894-1953)
Oscar Joseph Brooks (1897-1999)
Paul Phillip Brooks (1900-1908)
Janice Elizabeth Brooks (1904-1908)
Charles Russell Brooks (1906-1978)
Berniece Joy Brooks (1908-1996)
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