attorney
Father: John H. Broocks, b. Tennessee
Mother: Elizabeth Jerome Polk, b. San Augustine, Texas
informant: Mrs. Eugenia Osborne
John is the son of Colonel John H. Broocks and Elizabeth Jerome Polk of San Augustine, County TX. Colonel Brooks is the son of General Travis G. Broocks and Elizabeth Ann Morris Broocks. Elizabeth Jerome Polk parents were, John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, and Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, buried in Leon county, TX. The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
Siblings:
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*3. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*4. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*5. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*6. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
John's brother Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed on Jun 1900 . Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud.
John married Laura his late brother, Ben C, Broocks wife. They were married Aug 26, 1906 in San Augustine,TX. They had one daughter together, named Elizabeth Jerome Broocks, b. about 1910. She married a man named Dalton.
Laura came into this marriage with her 3 children with Ben, in which were named Ben, Ara Francis and Eugenia Allen Broocks.
John H. Broocks, lived in Beaumont with his other brother, Moses Lycurgus (1864-1908). They established a legal firm known as Broocks & Broocks, based in Beaumont and San Augustine, which dealt mainly with real estate law. Significantly, they represented Pattillo Higgisn in 1901 in his suits against George W. Carroll and Anthony F. Lucas for the money he felt he was due from the discovery of Spindletop. In addition to their legal practice, Moses represented the Second District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905-1907, and John was a principal owner of the Gulf and Interstate Railroad from Beaumont to Galveston, and a director in the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company. They also directed the Jefferson County Abstract Company, a real estate firm, and invested heavily in rice agriculture.
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
Father: John H. Broocks, b. Tennessee
Mother: Elizabeth Jerome Polk, b. San Augustine, Texas
informant: Mrs. Eugenia Osborne
John is the son of Colonel John H. Broocks and Elizabeth Jerome Polk of San Augustine, County TX. Colonel Brooks is the son of General Travis G. Broocks and Elizabeth Ann Morris Broocks. Elizabeth Jerome Polk parents were, John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, and Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, buried in Leon county, TX. The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
Siblings:
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*3. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*4. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*5. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*6. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
John's brother Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed on Jun 1900 . Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud.
John married Laura his late brother, Ben C, Broocks wife. They were married Aug 26, 1906 in San Augustine,TX. They had one daughter together, named Elizabeth Jerome Broocks, b. about 1910. She married a man named Dalton.
Laura came into this marriage with her 3 children with Ben, in which were named Ben, Ara Francis and Eugenia Allen Broocks.
John H. Broocks, lived in Beaumont with his other brother, Moses Lycurgus (1864-1908). They established a legal firm known as Broocks & Broocks, based in Beaumont and San Augustine, which dealt mainly with real estate law. Significantly, they represented Pattillo Higgisn in 1901 in his suits against George W. Carroll and Anthony F. Lucas for the money he felt he was due from the discovery of Spindletop. In addition to their legal practice, Moses represented the Second District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905-1907, and John was a principal owner of the Gulf and Interstate Railroad from Beaumont to Galveston, and a director in the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company. They also directed the Jefferson County Abstract Company, a real estate firm, and invested heavily in rice agriculture.
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
attorney
Father: John H. Broocks, b. Tennessee
Mother: Elizabeth Jerome Polk, b. San Augustine, Texas
informant: Mrs. Eugenia Osborne
John is the son of Colonel John H. Broocks and Elizabeth Jerome Polk of San Augustine, County TX. Colonel Brooks is the son of General Travis G. Broocks and Elizabeth Ann Morris Broocks. Elizabeth Jerome Polk parents were, John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, and Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, buried in Leon county, TX. The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
Siblings:
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*3. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*4. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*5. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*6. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
John's brother Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed on Jun 1900 . Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud.
John married Laura his late brother, Ben C, Broocks wife. They were married Aug 26, 1906 in San Augustine,TX. They had one daughter together, named Elizabeth Jerome Broocks, b. about 1910. She married a man named Dalton.
Laura came into this marriage with her 3 children with Ben, in which were named Ben, Ara Francis and Eugenia Allen Broocks.
John H. Broocks, lived in Beaumont with his other brother, Moses Lycurgus (1864-1908). They established a legal firm known as Broocks & Broocks, based in Beaumont and San Augustine, which dealt mainly with real estate law. Significantly, they represented Pattillo Higgisn in 1901 in his suits against George W. Carroll and Anthony F. Lucas for the money he felt he was due from the discovery of Spindletop. In addition to their legal practice, Moses represented the Second District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905-1907, and John was a principal owner of the Gulf and Interstate Railroad from Beaumont to Galveston, and a director in the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company. They also directed the Jefferson County Abstract Company, a real estate firm, and invested heavily in rice agriculture.
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
Father: John H. Broocks, b. Tennessee
Mother: Elizabeth Jerome Polk, b. San Augustine, Texas
informant: Mrs. Eugenia Osborne
John is the son of Colonel John H. Broocks and Elizabeth Jerome Polk of San Augustine, County TX. Colonel Brooks is the son of General Travis G. Broocks and Elizabeth Ann Morris Broocks. Elizabeth Jerome Polk parents were, John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, and Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, buried in Leon county, TX. The POLK family seemed related to almost everyone who was anyone in deep east Texas politics, as well as to national figures like President James K. Polk.
Siblings:
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*3. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*4. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*5. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*6. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
John's brother Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed on Jun 1900 . Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud.
John married Laura his late brother, Ben C, Broocks wife. They were married Aug 26, 1906 in San Augustine,TX. They had one daughter together, named Elizabeth Jerome Broocks, b. about 1910. She married a man named Dalton.
Laura came into this marriage with her 3 children with Ben, in which were named Ben, Ara Francis and Eugenia Allen Broocks.
John H. Broocks, lived in Beaumont with his other brother, Moses Lycurgus (1864-1908). They established a legal firm known as Broocks & Broocks, based in Beaumont and San Augustine, which dealt mainly with real estate law. Significantly, they represented Pattillo Higgisn in 1901 in his suits against George W. Carroll and Anthony F. Lucas for the money he felt he was due from the discovery of Spindletop. In addition to their legal practice, Moses represented the Second District of Texas in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1905-1907, and John was a principal owner of the Gulf and Interstate Railroad from Beaumont to Galveston, and a director in the Higgins Oil and Fuel Company. They also directed the Jefferson County Abstract Company, a real estate firm, and invested heavily in rice agriculture.
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
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