Family story says that James was named James Elder Thompson Brooks after a friend of his fathers who was a circuit riding Methodist minister. But only the middle name "Thompson" was recorded in the Brooks family Bible with the birth date of November 6, 1848. On his Civil War discharge papers he listed his name as James E. T. Brooks. Two middle names occurs again in this family, his oldest brother was named, Enouch Cleveland Hunter Brooks.
James is the son of Rev. Stephen A and Mary "Elizabeth" (Mitchell) Brooks. Stephen and Elizabeth are buried in the Rising Sun Cemetery in Polk County, Iowa (Find a Grave #'s 58974239 and 58974228)
He married Catherine Ann "Cassie" Cunningham on Feb 16, 1867 in Polk County, Iowa. Children to this union were:
Charles T Brooks
Olla M (Brooks) Mann
Stephen Armine Brooks
Lucius M Brooks,
Lillian (Brooks) VanHuser
Bertha E (Brooks) Shroyer - Moore
George Frederick Brooks and
an unnamed female baby b. Sept 12, 1888 and died Dec 21, 1888.
Per Historical and Biographical Record, Page 1562 of Yolo County, California in a biography on his son, Charles T Brooks: "...the family was located in Polk County, Iowa by Rev. Stephen Brooks, an early settler of the state and a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave his services gratiuitously and carried on farming for a livelihood. A son of his family, James, born in Indiana, became a farmer in Iowa and also assumed a prominent place among the public officers of the county, serving for twelve years as supervisor and was also superintendent of the county poor farm. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the forty-fourth Iowa Regiment and is now a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He stills owns his farm in Iowa, but resides near Mangum, Oklahoma, where he is engaged in the stock business. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, which he supports with his ballot. His wife, formerly Cassie A Cunningham is a native of Pennsylvania, she is a membr of the Christian Church."
James was only 15 or 16 when he enlisted for the Civil War. He lied about his age on the enlisted papers, claiming that he was 18 years of age. His brother, Benjamin, also enlisted at the same time; he was killed during the war and is buried in Cook County, Illinois.
James, a farmer, raised his family on a farm in Jefferson twp, Polk County, Iowa , just 3-4 miles east of Granger, Iowa.
Per Eva (Brooks) Miller (granddaughter; Oklahoma became a territory in 1898. Grandpa (James T) loved land! He convinced the children to go down to Oklahoma; all but, son, Stephen "Bud" Brooks did. James T sat with lunch the night before the land rush; the next day when the gun was fired he didn't get anything. So he bought 160 acres and then bought several sections. He wrote the children and said come down to Oklahoma and he would give each child 160 acres. George Frederick, and his wife Maude Idea went down, but didn't like it, so they returned to Iowa. Lucius M and Charles stayed in Oklahoma. Lucius is buried in the Erick Cemetery; Charles moved on to Yolo County, California, then returned to OK and is buried in Eirick.
James T died on a Saturday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. Per his Obituary in the 'Altruist' newspaper in Erick, Oklahoma: "At the time of his death he was one of our largest real estate owners and had much other property. He is survived by his wife and several sons and daughters, here and in Iowa..."
James is the son of Rev. Stephen A and Mary "Elizabeth" (Mitchell) Brooks. Stephen and Elizabeth are buried in the Rising Sun Cemetery in Polk County, Iowa (Find a Grave #'s 58974239 and 58974228)
He married Catherine Ann "Cassie" Cunningham on Feb 16, 1867 in Polk County, Iowa. Children to this union were:
Charles T Brooks
Olla M (Brooks) Mann
Stephen Armine Brooks
Lucius M Brooks,
Lillian (Brooks) VanHuser
Bertha E (Brooks) Shroyer - Moore
George Frederick Brooks and
an unnamed female baby b. Sept 12, 1888 and died Dec 21, 1888.
Per Historical and Biographical Record, Page 1562 of Yolo County, California in a biography on his son, Charles T Brooks: "...the family was located in Polk County, Iowa by Rev. Stephen Brooks, an early settler of the state and a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave his services gratiuitously and carried on farming for a livelihood. A son of his family, James, born in Indiana, became a farmer in Iowa and also assumed a prominent place among the public officers of the county, serving for twelve years as supervisor and was also superintendent of the county poor farm. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the forty-fourth Iowa Regiment and is now a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He stills owns his farm in Iowa, but resides near Mangum, Oklahoma, where he is engaged in the stock business. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, which he supports with his ballot. His wife, formerly Cassie A Cunningham is a native of Pennsylvania, she is a membr of the Christian Church."
James was only 15 or 16 when he enlisted for the Civil War. He lied about his age on the enlisted papers, claiming that he was 18 years of age. His brother, Benjamin, also enlisted at the same time; he was killed during the war and is buried in Cook County, Illinois.
James, a farmer, raised his family on a farm in Jefferson twp, Polk County, Iowa , just 3-4 miles east of Granger, Iowa.
Per Eva (Brooks) Miller (granddaughter; Oklahoma became a territory in 1898. Grandpa (James T) loved land! He convinced the children to go down to Oklahoma; all but, son, Stephen "Bud" Brooks did. James T sat with lunch the night before the land rush; the next day when the gun was fired he didn't get anything. So he bought 160 acres and then bought several sections. He wrote the children and said come down to Oklahoma and he would give each child 160 acres. George Frederick, and his wife Maude Idea went down, but didn't like it, so they returned to Iowa. Lucius M and Charles stayed in Oklahoma. Lucius is buried in the Erick Cemetery; Charles moved on to Yolo County, California, then returned to OK and is buried in Eirick.
James T died on a Saturday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. Per his Obituary in the 'Altruist' newspaper in Erick, Oklahoma: "At the time of his death he was one of our largest real estate owners and had much other property. He is survived by his wife and several sons and daughters, here and in Iowa..."
Family story says that James was named James Elder Thompson Brooks after a friend of his fathers who was a circuit riding Methodist minister. But only the middle name "Thompson" was recorded in the Brooks family Bible with the birth date of November 6, 1848. On his Civil War discharge papers he listed his name as James E. T. Brooks. Two middle names occurs again in this family, his oldest brother was named, Enouch Cleveland Hunter Brooks.
James is the son of Rev. Stephen A and Mary "Elizabeth" (Mitchell) Brooks. Stephen and Elizabeth are buried in the Rising Sun Cemetery in Polk County, Iowa (Find a Grave #'s 58974239 and 58974228)
He married Catherine Ann "Cassie" Cunningham on Feb 16, 1867 in Polk County, Iowa. Children to this union were:
Charles T Brooks
Olla M (Brooks) Mann
Stephen Armine Brooks
Lucius M Brooks,
Lillian (Brooks) VanHuser
Bertha E (Brooks) Shroyer - Moore
George Frederick Brooks and
an unnamed female baby b. Sept 12, 1888 and died Dec 21, 1888.
Per Historical and Biographical Record, Page 1562 of Yolo County, California in a biography on his son, Charles T Brooks: "...the family was located in Polk County, Iowa by Rev. Stephen Brooks, an early settler of the state and a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave his services gratiuitously and carried on farming for a livelihood. A son of his family, James, born in Indiana, became a farmer in Iowa and also assumed a prominent place among the public officers of the county, serving for twelve years as supervisor and was also superintendent of the county poor farm. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the forty-fourth Iowa Regiment and is now a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He stills owns his farm in Iowa, but resides near Mangum, Oklahoma, where he is engaged in the stock business. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, which he supports with his ballot. His wife, formerly Cassie A Cunningham is a native of Pennsylvania, she is a membr of the Christian Church."
James was only 15 or 16 when he enlisted for the Civil War. He lied about his age on the enlisted papers, claiming that he was 18 years of age. His brother, Benjamin, also enlisted at the same time; he was killed during the war and is buried in Cook County, Illinois.
James, a farmer, raised his family on a farm in Jefferson twp, Polk County, Iowa , just 3-4 miles east of Granger, Iowa.
Per Eva (Brooks) Miller (granddaughter; Oklahoma became a territory in 1898. Grandpa (James T) loved land! He convinced the children to go down to Oklahoma; all but, son, Stephen "Bud" Brooks did. James T sat with lunch the night before the land rush; the next day when the gun was fired he didn't get anything. So he bought 160 acres and then bought several sections. He wrote the children and said come down to Oklahoma and he would give each child 160 acres. George Frederick, and his wife Maude Idea went down, but didn't like it, so they returned to Iowa. Lucius M and Charles stayed in Oklahoma. Lucius is buried in the Erick Cemetery; Charles moved on to Yolo County, California, then returned to OK and is buried in Eirick.
James T died on a Saturday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. Per his Obituary in the 'Altruist' newspaper in Erick, Oklahoma: "At the time of his death he was one of our largest real estate owners and had much other property. He is survived by his wife and several sons and daughters, here and in Iowa..."
James is the son of Rev. Stephen A and Mary "Elizabeth" (Mitchell) Brooks. Stephen and Elizabeth are buried in the Rising Sun Cemetery in Polk County, Iowa (Find a Grave #'s 58974239 and 58974228)
He married Catherine Ann "Cassie" Cunningham on Feb 16, 1867 in Polk County, Iowa. Children to this union were:
Charles T Brooks
Olla M (Brooks) Mann
Stephen Armine Brooks
Lucius M Brooks,
Lillian (Brooks) VanHuser
Bertha E (Brooks) Shroyer - Moore
George Frederick Brooks and
an unnamed female baby b. Sept 12, 1888 and died Dec 21, 1888.
Per Historical and Biographical Record, Page 1562 of Yolo County, California in a biography on his son, Charles T Brooks: "...the family was located in Polk County, Iowa by Rev. Stephen Brooks, an early settler of the state and a minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church. He gave his services gratiuitously and carried on farming for a livelihood. A son of his family, James, born in Indiana, became a farmer in Iowa and also assumed a prominent place among the public officers of the county, serving for twelve years as supervisor and was also superintendent of the county poor farm. During the Civil War, he enlisted in the forty-fourth Iowa Regiment and is now a prominent member of the Grand Army of the Republic. He stills owns his farm in Iowa, but resides near Mangum, Oklahoma, where he is engaged in the stock business. He is a stanch advocate of the principles of the Republican party, which he supports with his ballot. His wife, formerly Cassie A Cunningham is a native of Pennsylvania, she is a membr of the Christian Church."
James was only 15 or 16 when he enlisted for the Civil War. He lied about his age on the enlisted papers, claiming that he was 18 years of age. His brother, Benjamin, also enlisted at the same time; he was killed during the war and is buried in Cook County, Illinois.
James, a farmer, raised his family on a farm in Jefferson twp, Polk County, Iowa , just 3-4 miles east of Granger, Iowa.
Per Eva (Brooks) Miller (granddaughter; Oklahoma became a territory in 1898. Grandpa (James T) loved land! He convinced the children to go down to Oklahoma; all but, son, Stephen "Bud" Brooks did. James T sat with lunch the night before the land rush; the next day when the gun was fired he didn't get anything. So he bought 160 acres and then bought several sections. He wrote the children and said come down to Oklahoma and he would give each child 160 acres. George Frederick, and his wife Maude Idea went down, but didn't like it, so they returned to Iowa. Lucius M and Charles stayed in Oklahoma. Lucius is buried in the Erick Cemetery; Charles moved on to Yolo County, California, then returned to OK and is buried in Eirick.
James T died on a Saturday morning after a brief illness of pneumonia. Per his Obituary in the 'Altruist' newspaper in Erick, Oklahoma: "At the time of his death he was one of our largest real estate owners and had much other property. He is survived by his wife and several sons and daughters, here and in Iowa..."
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