Lived with brother Dr Robert F Brooks.
Birth: 3rd of ten known children in Oxford township, Butler county, Ohio.
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"Lizzie" was daughter of Kennedy Brooks who was born 1806 in Ireland and her mother, Elizabeth Butler Brooks was born 13 MAR 1806 in Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, granddaughter of Anthony Butler and Deborah Hill great granddaughter of James Hill and Dorothy Learned great great granddaughter of Ebenezer Learned and Jerusha Baker.
Above information obtained from brother Andrew's* application to Son's of the American Revolution (SAR). (courtesy of Sandra Kluge)
*Andrew Mears Brooks of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, birth: Oxford, Butler county, Ohio October 9, 1831; admitted to SAR March 1895.
She, in addition of being sister of prominent physician Dr. Robert F. Brooks, MD. of Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri who preceded her in death in 1899 had these other known brothers and sisters; Arpasia Brooks, John Kennedy Brooks, Anna M. Brooks, Andrew M. Brooks, Peter Hill Brooks, and Lucretia Brooks Miller.
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Census: 1850, age 15 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & nine siblings.
Census: 1860, age 26 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & five siblings, listed as school teacher.
Census: 1870, age 36, Marion township, Jasper county, Missouri with brother.
She is listed as one of the two females, of the eight teachers at newly constructed Central School in 700 block of south Main street in 1870.
Census: 1880, age 41(sic) Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother & two boarders.
Brother Robert bought the Congregational church building at 215 west 7th street [Photo at right] December 1880 for her to operate her school, Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls till 1899 death. The church bought it back in 1902 and it was used for classes during construction of the 1904 built high school building.
Brother, Dr Peter Hill Brooks, health failed him and died November 1st 1898 in their Lyon street home, she and brother John Kennedy returned his body to Ohio for interment with family members, then she died in April 19th 1899 and Robert September 6th 1899, with all bodies interned at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with other family members.
Brother Andrew M. Brooks was discovered buried in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois and brother John Kennedy Brooks, a Civil War army veteran, found buried in Avilla cemetery at Avilla, Jasper county, Missouri.
Powers Museum of Carthage has a file on Brooks School which was her; Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls.
Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri, with burial at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio.
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CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
April 20, 1899
MISS LIZZIE BROOKS DEAD
Passed Away This Afternoon After a Long and Painful Illness
Miss Lizzie Brooks, who has been seriously ill of creeping paralysis for several months, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home on Lyon street. She has been confined to her bed since the first of the year and has suffered greatly. She had been unconscious most of the time for weeks past, but had short interaction with friends every day when she recognized them. She was able to converse today with brothers and sisters and they were at her bedside with her when she passed away peacefully.
The funeral will be at the residence conducted by Rev. Mr. Stewart of the Westminster church after which the body will be shipped to Ohio and laid to rest in the family burying place at Oxford. Dr. Brooks of this city and Mr. Andrew Brooks of Springfield, Illinois will accompany the remains.
Miss Brooks was perhaps one of the best known and liked teachers of Jasper county. She had taught in Carthage almost continuously for the past 30 years and her academy was patronized by young people from every portion of the county as well as from this city. She owned a neat brick building on West Sixth street and accumulated a nice property during her years of labor. She won the love of her pupils and all who knew her by her conscientious work and her amiable disposition. Her place in Carthage will be hard to fill.
Revised: 11/26/2014
Brooks family research information prepared and presented by Bill Boggess and Nancy J. Brewer, 2012.
Birth: 3rd of ten known children in Oxford township, Butler county, Ohio.
~ NOTE: Click on underlined words and images for additional information!
"Lizzie" was daughter of Kennedy Brooks who was born 1806 in Ireland and her mother, Elizabeth Butler Brooks was born 13 MAR 1806 in Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, granddaughter of Anthony Butler and Deborah Hill great granddaughter of James Hill and Dorothy Learned great great granddaughter of Ebenezer Learned and Jerusha Baker.
Above information obtained from brother Andrew's* application to Son's of the American Revolution (SAR). (courtesy of Sandra Kluge)
*Andrew Mears Brooks of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, birth: Oxford, Butler county, Ohio October 9, 1831; admitted to SAR March 1895.
She, in addition of being sister of prominent physician Dr. Robert F. Brooks, MD. of Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri who preceded her in death in 1899 had these other known brothers and sisters; Arpasia Brooks, John Kennedy Brooks, Anna M. Brooks, Andrew M. Brooks, Peter Hill Brooks, and Lucretia Brooks Miller.
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Census: 1850, age 15 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & nine siblings.
Census: 1860, age 26 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & five siblings, listed as school teacher.
Census: 1870, age 36, Marion township, Jasper county, Missouri with brother.
She is listed as one of the two females, of the eight teachers at newly constructed Central School in 700 block of south Main street in 1870.
Census: 1880, age 41(sic) Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother & two boarders.
Brother Robert bought the Congregational church building at 215 west 7th street [Photo at right] December 1880 for her to operate her school, Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls till 1899 death. The church bought it back in 1902 and it was used for classes during construction of the 1904 built high school building.
Brother, Dr Peter Hill Brooks, health failed him and died November 1st 1898 in their Lyon street home, she and brother John Kennedy returned his body to Ohio for interment with family members, then she died in April 19th 1899 and Robert September 6th 1899, with all bodies interned at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with other family members.
Brother Andrew M. Brooks was discovered buried in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois and brother John Kennedy Brooks, a Civil War army veteran, found buried in Avilla cemetery at Avilla, Jasper county, Missouri.
Powers Museum of Carthage has a file on Brooks School which was her; Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls.
Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri, with burial at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio.
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CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
April 20, 1899
MISS LIZZIE BROOKS DEAD
Passed Away This Afternoon After a Long and Painful Illness
Miss Lizzie Brooks, who has been seriously ill of creeping paralysis for several months, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home on Lyon street. She has been confined to her bed since the first of the year and has suffered greatly. She had been unconscious most of the time for weeks past, but had short interaction with friends every day when she recognized them. She was able to converse today with brothers and sisters and they were at her bedside with her when she passed away peacefully.
The funeral will be at the residence conducted by Rev. Mr. Stewart of the Westminster church after which the body will be shipped to Ohio and laid to rest in the family burying place at Oxford. Dr. Brooks of this city and Mr. Andrew Brooks of Springfield, Illinois will accompany the remains.
Miss Brooks was perhaps one of the best known and liked teachers of Jasper county. She had taught in Carthage almost continuously for the past 30 years and her academy was patronized by young people from every portion of the county as well as from this city. She owned a neat brick building on West Sixth street and accumulated a nice property during her years of labor. She won the love of her pupils and all who knew her by her conscientious work and her amiable disposition. Her place in Carthage will be hard to fill.
Revised: 11/26/2014
Brooks family research information prepared and presented by Bill Boggess and Nancy J. Brewer, 2012.
Lived with brother Dr Robert F Brooks.
Birth: 3rd of ten known children in Oxford township, Butler county, Ohio.
~ NOTE: Click on underlined words and images for additional information!
"Lizzie" was daughter of Kennedy Brooks who was born 1806 in Ireland and her mother, Elizabeth Butler Brooks was born 13 MAR 1806 in Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, granddaughter of Anthony Butler and Deborah Hill great granddaughter of James Hill and Dorothy Learned great great granddaughter of Ebenezer Learned and Jerusha Baker.
Above information obtained from brother Andrew's* application to Son's of the American Revolution (SAR). (courtesy of Sandra Kluge)
*Andrew Mears Brooks of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, birth: Oxford, Butler county, Ohio October 9, 1831; admitted to SAR March 1895.
She, in addition of being sister of prominent physician Dr. Robert F. Brooks, MD. of Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri who preceded her in death in 1899 had these other known brothers and sisters; Arpasia Brooks, John Kennedy Brooks, Anna M. Brooks, Andrew M. Brooks, Peter Hill Brooks, and Lucretia Brooks Miller.
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Census: 1850, age 15 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & nine siblings.
Census: 1860, age 26 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & five siblings, listed as school teacher.
Census: 1870, age 36, Marion township, Jasper county, Missouri with brother.
She is listed as one of the two females, of the eight teachers at newly constructed Central School in 700 block of south Main street in 1870.
Census: 1880, age 41(sic) Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother & two boarders.
Brother Robert bought the Congregational church building at 215 west 7th street [Photo at right] December 1880 for her to operate her school, Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls till 1899 death. The church bought it back in 1902 and it was used for classes during construction of the 1904 built high school building.
Brother, Dr Peter Hill Brooks, health failed him and died November 1st 1898 in their Lyon street home, she and brother John Kennedy returned his body to Ohio for interment with family members, then she died in April 19th 1899 and Robert September 6th 1899, with all bodies interned at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with other family members.
Brother Andrew M. Brooks was discovered buried in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois and brother John Kennedy Brooks, a Civil War army veteran, found buried in Avilla cemetery at Avilla, Jasper county, Missouri.
Powers Museum of Carthage has a file on Brooks School which was her; Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls.
Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri, with burial at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio.
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CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
April 20, 1899
MISS LIZZIE BROOKS DEAD
Passed Away This Afternoon After a Long and Painful Illness
Miss Lizzie Brooks, who has been seriously ill of creeping paralysis for several months, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home on Lyon street. She has been confined to her bed since the first of the year and has suffered greatly. She had been unconscious most of the time for weeks past, but had short interaction with friends every day when she recognized them. She was able to converse today with brothers and sisters and they were at her bedside with her when she passed away peacefully.
The funeral will be at the residence conducted by Rev. Mr. Stewart of the Westminster church after which the body will be shipped to Ohio and laid to rest in the family burying place at Oxford. Dr. Brooks of this city and Mr. Andrew Brooks of Springfield, Illinois will accompany the remains.
Miss Brooks was perhaps one of the best known and liked teachers of Jasper county. She had taught in Carthage almost continuously for the past 30 years and her academy was patronized by young people from every portion of the county as well as from this city. She owned a neat brick building on West Sixth street and accumulated a nice property during her years of labor. She won the love of her pupils and all who knew her by her conscientious work and her amiable disposition. Her place in Carthage will be hard to fill.
Revised: 11/26/2014
Brooks family research information prepared and presented by Bill Boggess and Nancy J. Brewer, 2012.
Birth: 3rd of ten known children in Oxford township, Butler county, Ohio.
~ NOTE: Click on underlined words and images for additional information!
"Lizzie" was daughter of Kennedy Brooks who was born 1806 in Ireland and her mother, Elizabeth Butler Brooks was born 13 MAR 1806 in Pittsford, Rutland county, Vermont, granddaughter of Anthony Butler and Deborah Hill great granddaughter of James Hill and Dorothy Learned great great granddaughter of Ebenezer Learned and Jerusha Baker.
Above information obtained from brother Andrew's* application to Son's of the American Revolution (SAR). (courtesy of Sandra Kluge)
*Andrew Mears Brooks of Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois, birth: Oxford, Butler county, Ohio October 9, 1831; admitted to SAR March 1895.
She, in addition of being sister of prominent physician Dr. Robert F. Brooks, MD. of Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri who preceded her in death in 1899 had these other known brothers and sisters; Arpasia Brooks, John Kennedy Brooks, Anna M. Brooks, Andrew M. Brooks, Peter Hill Brooks, and Lucretia Brooks Miller.
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Census: 1850, age 15 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & nine siblings.
Census: 1860, age 26 Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with parents & five siblings, listed as school teacher.
Census: 1870, age 36, Marion township, Jasper county, Missouri with brother.
She is listed as one of the two females, of the eight teachers at newly constructed Central School in 700 block of south Main street in 1870.
Census: 1880, age 41(sic) Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri with brother & two boarders.
Brother Robert bought the Congregational church building at 215 west 7th street [Photo at right] December 1880 for her to operate her school, Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls till 1899 death. The church bought it back in 1902 and it was used for classes during construction of the 1904 built high school building.
Brother, Dr Peter Hill Brooks, health failed him and died November 1st 1898 in their Lyon street home, she and brother John Kennedy returned his body to Ohio for interment with family members, then she died in April 19th 1899 and Robert September 6th 1899, with all bodies interned at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio with other family members.
Brother Andrew M. Brooks was discovered buried in Oak Ridge cemetery, Springfield, Sangamon county, Illinois and brother John Kennedy Brooks, a Civil War army veteran, found buried in Avilla cemetery at Avilla, Jasper county, Missouri.
Powers Museum of Carthage has a file on Brooks School which was her; Miss Brooks' Select School for Girls.
Death: in Carthage, Jasper county, Missouri, with burial at Oxford, Butler county, Ohio.
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CARTHAGE EVENING PRESS
April 20, 1899
MISS LIZZIE BROOKS DEAD
Passed Away This Afternoon After a Long and Painful Illness
Miss Lizzie Brooks, who has been seriously ill of creeping paralysis for several months, died this afternoon at 2 o'clock at her home on Lyon street. She has been confined to her bed since the first of the year and has suffered greatly. She had been unconscious most of the time for weeks past, but had short interaction with friends every day when she recognized them. She was able to converse today with brothers and sisters and they were at her bedside with her when she passed away peacefully.
The funeral will be at the residence conducted by Rev. Mr. Stewart of the Westminster church after which the body will be shipped to Ohio and laid to rest in the family burying place at Oxford. Dr. Brooks of this city and Mr. Andrew Brooks of Springfield, Illinois will accompany the remains.
Miss Brooks was perhaps one of the best known and liked teachers of Jasper county. She had taught in Carthage almost continuously for the past 30 years and her academy was patronized by young people from every portion of the county as well as from this city. She owned a neat brick building on West Sixth street and accumulated a nice property during her years of labor. She won the love of her pupils and all who knew her by her conscientious work and her amiable disposition. Her place in Carthage will be hard to fill.
Revised: 11/26/2014
Brooks family research information prepared and presented by Bill Boggess and Nancy J. Brewer, 2012.
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