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Bronson W Brooks

Bronson W Brooks[1]

Male 1835 - 1907  (71 years)

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  • Name Bronson W Brooks  [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13] 
    Born 18 Sep 1835  Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13] 
    Gender Male 
    Military Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [12] 
    Military : Private; : Private; : Private; : Private  [12] 
    Residence Morris, Grundy, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9] 
    Residence Morris, Grundy, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Residence 1850  Nunda, Livingston, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1860  Medina,Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Residence 1880  Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Residence 1885  Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Residence 1900  Lawler, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Died 28 Apr 1907  Lawler, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Buried Waucoma, Fayette, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [13] 
    Person ID I5  Wolden-Brooks
    Last Modified 27 Apr 2015 

    Family Mary Orsila Goodrick,   b. 5 Jun 1843, Mooers, Clinton, New York, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 Oct 1899, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Married 4 Jul 1871  Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [14] 
    Children 
    +1. Solon Nathan Brooks,   b. 6 Oct 1876, Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 May 1951, Sisseton, Roberts, South Dakota, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
    Last Modified 29 Apr 2015 
    Family ID F2  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
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  • Photos
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    Documents
    1850 U.S. Census for Bronson Brooks     		1850 U.S. Census for Bronson Brooks
    Name: Bronson Brooks
    Age: 20
    Birth Year: abt 1830
    Birthplace: Maine
    Home in 1850: Nunda, Livingston, New York, USA
    Gender: Male
    Family Number: 408
    Occupation: Blacksmith
    1860 U.S. Census for Bronson (Nathan) Brooks    		1860 U.S. Census for Bronson (Nathan) Brooks
    Name: Nathan Brooks, Age: 48
    Birth Year: abt 1837, Birth Place: Maine
    Residence Date: 1885, Residence Place: Cresco, Howard, Iowa, USA
    Gender: Male, Marital Status: Married
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    Mary O. Brooks 41 years old
    Abram J. Brooks 17 years old
    Rasmond O. Brooks 10 years old
    Solon N. Brooks 8 years old
    Bessie M. Brooks 6 years old
    Ernest E. Brooks 3 years old

  • Notes 
    • http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=29278
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      Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BROOKS-NE/2001-10/1004143431
      From: Christopher Brooks
      Subject: Re: [B-NE] Bronson BROOKS, Portlsnd ME.
      Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:43:51 -0400
      In-Reply-To: <200110260600.f9Q60Lr02165@lists5.rootsweb.com>

      John Brooks
      >I would like to throw a name into the wind and see if we have
      >any hits.
      >
      > BRONSON W. BROOKS was born 18 September 1835 in Portland,
      >Cumberland, Maine, and died 28 April 1907 in Lawler, Chickasaw,
      >Iowa. He married (1) MARIA E. SMITH 11 January 1852 in Orshon,
      >New York1, daughter of ADVON SMITH and POLLY (SMITH). She was
      >born Abt. 1834 in New York, and died Unknown. He married (2)
      >MARY ORSILA GOODRICK 4 July 1871 in Cresco, Howard, Iowa,
      >daughter of ABRAHAM GOODRICK and MARY BOSWORTH. She was born 5
      >June 1843 in Mooers, Clinton, New York, and died 1 October 1899
      >in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee.
      >
      >I am looking for any information on his parents. All I know is
      >that he left home at an early age and by 1850 was living in
      >Nunda, NY. In the 1900 Census he claimed that his father was
      >born in Maine and his mother in New York. Any information would
      >be helpful.

      There was a branch of (probably) the Woburn line of Henry/1 Brooks in
      Portland in the right time period. One William C. Brooks, perhaps to
      probably the son of Jonas/5 Brooks and Joanna CUMMINGS, was born in 1777 at
      Malone, NY, but married, in 1801, in Maine, where he remained, Hannah
      POLAND. They had two sons at Portland, 1802 and 1806, but each of these
      settled in the country on a farm. I double-checked, and each had a child
      within nine months or so of your Bronson's DOB.

      Another Portland presence, at least for a generation, was the line of
      Cotton Brown/6 Brooks, descended in the Concord line of Capt. Thomas
      Brooks. A wealthy merchant, and the grandfather of Rev. Phillips Brooks, he
      died at Portland in 1834. Of his three sons, William Gray was in Boston,
      George (b. 1797, Haverhill, MA) disappears, and Charles (b. 1795,
      Haverhill, disappears as well.) More accurately, I haven't followed them
      beyond recording their births.

      There are other Brooks connections to Portland I haven't clarified. One
      John G. Brooks, a. 21, of Portland, died in Worcester, MA in 1839. Samuel
      Reeves/7 Brooks married at Portland in 1842 -- born in Medford, MA, he was
      probably in business with his cousin Cotton Brown Brooks in Portland.

      Even more exotically, two Brooks sisters, whose family originated in
      Exeter, NH, and who were born on a cotton plantation near Natchez, MS,
      returned to New England to marry INGRAHAM brothers of Portland, but the
      dates are likely after 1840, and, obviously, any offspring would carry the
      Ingraham surname.

      Finally, Larry Wert, whom I have lost contact with, sent me this several
      years back, which he attributed to Lloyd O. Poland, The Polands of Essex
      Co., MA (1981):

      "A Wm. Brooks was listed in 1823-1827 Portland directories; Truckman, York
      St.. 1841 directory, cooper, Sumner St. 1858-9 directory, William A.,
      Clerk, Cumberland St."

      Sorry I couldn't find anything more tangible. Have you checked the Portland
      area census for BROOKS heads of household?

      BTW, I left the subject line typo in place so that all messages on this
      thread will sort together properly in the archive. :-)

      Chris

  • Sources 
    1. [S8] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=2721381&pid=32

    2. [S15] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa; Roll: T9_344; Family History Film: 1254344; Page: 530.1000; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0623.
      Birth date: abt 1835 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=23415880&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    3. [S6] Civil War Service Records, Box:539; Extraction:10; Record:2956.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=cvwrmr&h=553480&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    4. [S7] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
      Birth date: abt 1837 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1885 Residence place: Cresco
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=iastatecen&h=6949737&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    5. [S5] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Nunda, Livingston, New York; Roll: M432_524; Page: 52; Image: 332.
      Birth date: abt 1830 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Nunda, Livingston, New York
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=7035473&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    6. [S4] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Medina, Peoria, Illinois; Roll: M653_217; Page: 411; Image: 42.
      Birth date: abt 1831 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Medina, Peoria, Illinois
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=37520257&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    7. [S18] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Stapleton, Chickasaw, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .
      Birth date: Sep 1838 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Lawler Town, Chickasaw, Iowa
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=1870767&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    8. [S9] American Civil War Soldiers, Side served: Union; State served: Illinois; Enlistment date: 28 Sep 1861.
      Residence date: Residence place: Morris, Illinois
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=hdssoldiers&h=3282504&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    9. [S10] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
      Residence date: Residence place: Morris, Illinois, USA
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=1025939&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    10. [S15] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa; Roll: 344; Family History Film: 1254344; Page: 530A; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0623.
      Birth date: abt 1877 Birth place: Iowa Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=23415901&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    11. [S21] American Civil War Regiments.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=hdsregiment&h=3030&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

    12. [S27] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.

    13. [S28] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.

    14. [S3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1843; Birth city: Mooers; Birth state: NY.
      Birth date: 5 June 1843 Birth place: Mooers, Clinton, NY Death date: 10 October 1899 Death place: Jackson, Madison, TN Marriage date: 4 July 1871 Marriage place: Cresco, Howard, IA
      http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1012101&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt