| Birth: | Jun. 20, 1841 | | Death: | Dec. 23, 1911
Cambridge (Greenwood County)
Greenwood County
South Carolina, USA | 
Her obituary found in The State 27 December 1911: Death of Mrs. Brooks--Wife of Late John Hampden Brooks Interred Here Monday
Mrs. Jane M. Brooks, wife of the late John Hampden Brooks, who died in Columbia about a month ago, died in her home, "Rosyn," in Greenwood county, near Ninety-Six, Saturday night. Interment was in Elmwood cemetery, following the funeral services at Trinity Episcopal church, this city, Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock. Before her marriage to Maj. Brooks, Mrs. Brooks was Mrs. Jane M. Gist, nee Miss Jane Adams, a daughter of the late Gov. Adams of Richland county. She was a sister of Miss Mary G. Adams, who became Col. Brooks' first wife. Mrs. Brooks is survived by one sister, Mrs. Caroline LeConte, of "Alwehave," Richland county, and seven children--Carroll Brooks, Mrs. William M. Shannon, Miss Nell Brooks, Loudon Brooks, M. Berrien Brooks, Mrs. Benjamin R. Heyward, Barry Brooks and Mrs. Whitfield.
Note: per the South Carolina Plantations website, the Brooks plantation home in Greenwood county is called Roselands and was originally owned by her husband's parents, Whitfield Brooks and Mary Parsons Carroll.
http://south-carolina-plantations.com/greenwood/roselands.html
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Parents:
James Hopkins Adams (1812 - 1861)
Janes Margaret Adams (1812 - 1885)
Spouses:
States Rights Gist (1831 - 1864)
John Hampden Brooks (1833 - 1911)
Children:
Carroll Brooks (1869 - 1915)*
Katharine Hammond Brooks Shannon (1872 - 1931)*
Nell Brooks Johnson (1874 - 1955)*
Barry Brooks (1886 - 1949)*
*Calculated relationship
Inscription:
I have glorified thee on earth. I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do.
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Elmwood Memorial Gardens
Columbia
Richland County
South Carolina, USA |
Created by: rdsxfan
Record added: May 04, 2012
Find A Grave Memorial# 89575404 |
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