FRANCIS ASBERRY BROOKS (4) is the son of Williamson Brooks (3) and Susanah (Olliff) Brooks. Frank was born on August 22, 1837 in Talbot County, Georgia. On September 17, 1868, Francis Asberry Brooks married Rhoda Hill in Texas. Rhoda Hill was born on July 6, 1846 in Arkansas and is the daughter of John W. Hill (aka Isaac Hill) and Mary Ann (Reed) Hill. From 1870 to 1880, they lived in Hays County, Texas. Frank and Rhoda Brooks were the parents of seven children:

...Julia Elvira Brooks (4.1), b. June 27, 1869, Hays County, Texas
...James Maderson Brooks, b. September 29, 1870, Hays County, Texas
...Benjamin Williamson Brooks (4.3), b. August 22, 1872, Hays County, Texas
...Francis Martin Brooks (4.4), b. January 28, 1874, Hays County, Texas
...Robert Wesley Brooks (5), b. January 1, 1876, Hays County, Texas
...Ernest Brooks (4.6), b. March 28, 1878, Hays County, Texas
...Thomas A. Brooks, b. November 14, 1882, Hays County, Texas

On May 30, 1883, Rhoda (Hill) Brooks died of consumption and was buried in the Wimberley Cemetery. On January 6, 1884, Francis Asberry Brooks married a second time to Victoria Alabama (Glover) Deck. Victoria was born on July
16, 1840 in Mobile, Alabama and is the daughter of G. N. Glover. Victoria (Glover) Deck had twelve children by her previous marriage: Margaret Gains Deck (born May 25, 1857), Miles Burke Deck (born February 29, 1860), Mark
Williams Deck (born September 19, 1862), Walter Scott Deck and Franklin Campbell Deck (twins, born April 19, 1864), Cornelious Deck and Lebbeous Deck (twins, born January 13, 1866), Mary Ann Deck (born November 16, 1868), Lee Pomeroy Deck (born June 22, 1870), Aquila Damaris Deck (born March 9, 1872), Goodwill Nathaniel Deck (born July 4, 1875) and Lyddia Victoria Deck (born September 5, 1877). Frank and Victoria Brooks also were the parents of one son:

...Sylvester Wyatt Brooks (4.8), b. February 18, 1885, Hays County, Texas

Francis Asberry Brooks died on July 28, 1897 and was buried in the Wimberley Cemetery in Wimberley, Texas. Victoria (Deck) Brooks died on March 16, 1918 in San Antonio, Texas. Victoria was a great story teller and she knew the Bible by heart. Many of her sons and grandsons were ministers, elders and deacons in the Church of Christ. Thomas A. Brooks died on December 20, 1882 and was buried in the Wimberley Cemetery in Wimberley, Texas. James Maderson Brooks died on October 13, 1895 and was buried in the Wimberley Cemetery in Wimberley, Texas.

References: 1) 1870 and 1880 Censuses, Hays County, Texas; 2) Wimberley Cemetery, Wimberley, Texas; 3) Certificate of Death, Victoria A. Brooks, 1918; 4) Family Bible of Williamson Brooks, in possession of Gregg Blair, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; 5) "Brooks Family History," by Susie (Brooks) Danforth, 1946; 6) Family Group Sheet of Francis A. Brooks, by Bernice Casey, 1976; 7) Letter, Austin Brooks to Bernice Casey, November 29, 1979; 8) Interview, Eunice Watson by Robert Casey, January, 1981