She married Lewis Pinkney Brooks on October 13, 1872 in Cherokee County, Georgia. They settled in Young County, Texas on land bordering the Brazos River and raised their family in a rock house which still stands just south of this cemetery. Seven children lived to adulthood; Preston, Edna, Ethel, Alverse, Retta, Lewis and Bessie.
Cinnie was always of a calm,easy disposition ministering to the sick or needy, oftentimes leaving her home in the dead of night to answer a summons.
She married Lewis Pinkney Brooks on October 13, 1872 in Cherokee County, Georgia. They settled in Young County, Texas on land bordering the Brazos River and raised their family in a rock house which still stands just south of this cemetery. Seven children lived to adulthood; Preston, Edna, Ethel, Alverse, Retta, Lewis and Bessie.
Cinnie was always of a calm,easy disposition ministering to the sick or needy, oftentimes leaving her home in the dead of night to answer a summons.
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