Evaline Mathis “Eva” Long Brooks (1862-1939)

Evaline Mathis "Eva" Long was the daughter of Abner "Jobe" Long Sr. (he was called Jobe) and Mary Matilda Russell, she was called "Polly".

Evaline Mathis "Eva" Long was born 22 Jun 1862 in Tuckahoe, Knox County, Tennessee and died 17 Jan 1939 in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee.

On 27 Jul 1847, her father Jobe Long received a land grant for 63 Acres located on Tuckahoe Creek in Tuckahoe, Knox County, Tennessee. Tuckahoe is in the southeastern portion of Knox County near the Sevier County line. It is a small unincorporated community. The locals call it Tucky-Ho. There is a joke about how Tuckahoe got it's name. "Everybody was always told the same story growing up". "There was a farmer doing some work in his garden and his hoe was missing. He saw an Indian with a hoe and asked him if he stole it. He said, 'No, I took a hoe.

Knoxville Whig and Chronicle (Knoxville, Tennessee)---
13 Aug 1879, Wed Page 5---
Marriage Licenses---
Benjamin N. Brooks and Evaline M. Long.

Evaline Mathis "Eva" Long married Benjamin Newton Brooks the son of James Albert Brooks and Mahala Almeda Roberts.

Eva and Benjamin both lived in Thorn Grove, Knox County, Tennessee when they meet and married in Aug. 1879, he was 16 years old and she was 17 years old.

Benjamin was a Blacksmith, a trade he had learned from his father, but in 1880 they moved to Jefferson City, Tennessee where Benjamin attended Mossy Creek Missionary Baptist Seminary (now Carson Newman University) to become a minister. As a Baptist Evangelist, Benjamin would move the family often.

Evaline Mathis "Eva" Long and Rev. Benjamin Newton Brooks had seven children:

1) Job Brooks born March 1880 in Thorn Grove, Knox, Tennessee and died abt Sep 1880 in Jefferson City, Tennessee.

2) Arthur Nathaniel Brooks born 1 Aug 1881 in Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee and died 19 NOV 1979 in Harrison, Hamilton, Tennessee. Arthur married Mildred Mae Stephenson.

(3) Mary Almeda "Meda" Brooks born 28 Sep 1883 in Thorn Grove, Knox, Tennessee and died abt 1965 in Tennessee. Meda married Rhuel Bradford Crawford.

(4) Bessie Matilda Brooks was born 28 Dec 1886 in Strawberry Plains, Jefferson, Tennessee and died 11 Jun 1967 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee. Bess married John James Burk.

(5) Creed Flavious Brooks was born 08 Oct 1889 in Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee and died 03 July 1962 in Tucson, Pima, Arizona. Creed (C.F.) married Nancy Catherine "Kitty" Downey.

(6) Bonnie "Grace" Brooks was born Aug 1893 in Tennessee and died 1972 in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. Grace married Maurice "Mike" Kinchelo Eades.

7) Margaret Faye Brooks was born 11 Oct 1901 in Morrilton, Conway, Arkansas. Margaret married Earl Cain Black after his death in 15 JUL 1953 in College Park, Georgia, Margaret married 2nd Noah Tipton Roach before 1962. After her husband Noah T. Roach died 11 Oct 1977 in Grass Valley, Nevada, California, Margaret moved to Tacoma, Washington where her son Elbert "Bert" Black was living. Margaret F. Roach died 23 APR 1999 at the age of 97, in Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington.

Eva's brothers and sisters were: John Long, Matilda "Tilda" Long who married J. Humphrey Hickman Sr; Mary Long, Abner Jobe Long Jr, who was called Abner and married Elizabeth J "Bettie" Walker; Moses Long who married Mary Franklin; Mahala Jane Long who married James Allen Hickman; Nancy "Callie" Long who married John Bales; William J Long who married a cousin Mary Long; Amanda H Long who 1st married John Wesley Doane and later married Moses H Privette;, and Thomas Hamilton Long who married Frances Gertrude Clifton, she was called "Girty".

Eva Mathis Long Brooks in the Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955
Name: Eva Mathis Long Brooks
Birth Date: 22 Jun 1862
Birth Place: Knox County, Tennessee
Age: 76
Death Date: 17 Jan 1939
Death Place: Cleveland, Bradley, Tennessee
Burial Date: 20 Jan 1939
Burial Place: Chattanooga, Tennessee
Cemetery Name: Forest Hills
Gender: Female
Race: White
Marital status: Widowed
Father's Name: Abner Long
Spouse's Name: Benjamin N Brooks
FHL Film Number: 1876871

Obituary
The Chattanooga News (Chattanooga, Tennessee)
18 Jan 1939, Wed Page 2
Mrs. Eva Brooks
Passes at 76
Mrs. Eva Brooks, 76, widow of the Rev. Benjamin N. Brooks, pastor for many years of the Highland Park Baptist Church, died Tuesday night at the home of her daughter, Mrs. M. K. Eades, in Cleveland.
Mrs. Brooks was a member of the First Baptist Church of Cleveland.
She is survived by two sons, Creed F. Brooks of Little Rock, Arthur N. Brooks of Chattanooga, and four daughters, Mrs. M. K. Eades of Cleveland, Mrs. J. J. Burk of Harlingen, Tex., and Mrs. E. C. Black and Mrs. Meda Crawford of Chattanooga.
Funeral services will be held at the Highland Park Baptist Church at 11 o'clock Friday morning, Drs Carl Devane and W. S. Keese officiating. Interment at Forest Hills Cemetery.

The Knoxville Journal (Knoxville, Tennessee)
20 Jan 1939, Fri Page 12
Obituaries
Mrs. Eva Brooks
Mrs. Eva Brooks, of Chattanooga, widow of the late Rev. B. N. Brooks, died the home of her daughter, Mrs. Maurice (Grace) Eades, in Cleveland, Tenn., relatives in Knoxville were informed yesterday.
She was a daughter of the late Jobe and Mrs. Pollie Long, of Thorn Grove, Knox county.
Surviving are two sons, Arthur Brooks, Chattanooga, and Creed Brooks, of Little Rock, Ark.; four daughters, Mrs. Meda Crawford of Chattanooga, Mrs. Bessie Burk of Texas, Mrs. Earl (Margaret) Black of Chattanooga, and Mrs. (Grace) Eades of Cleveland.
Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. today at Highland Park Baptist church, Chattanooga.
Burial in Forest Hills cemetery.

Forest Hills Cemetery [email protected]
Wed 5/30/2018, 2:48 PM

Hello Mrs. Brimmer,

Please forgive the fact that I am just getting back with you. We answer emails like this last, burying and helping families come first, I hope you understand.

Mary Almeda "Meda" Brooks Crawford is not buried here that I can find.

Rhuel Crawford is buried between B N Brooks and Eva Long Brooks, I thought that might interest you.

Evelyn Crawford Snead is not here either, under any of those names, but her husband is buried here and there are still places there for someone to use. I am attaching the contract she and her mother received back in 1955.

The lots are small, back then the graves were probably 3 feet wide, now they are 3.5 feet wide. There are 6 feet left, meaning enough room for one burial and 3 cremains if there are any heirs left that could claim them. The heir would need to show proof.

If you have further questions, please feel free to ask or call!

Thanks, Karen

FOREST HILLS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION
Chattanooga, Tennessee
LOT PURCHASE AGREEMENT(Original)
Cert# 3894 No. 3133

This Agreement, made this the 13th day of January 1955, between FOREST HILLS CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, hereinafter designated as the Cemetery, and Mrs. Evelyn C. Snead and Mrs. M. A. Crawford, hereinafter designated as the Purchaser.

Witnessed: Said Cemetery hereby covenants and agrees, that, upon the full performance by the Purchaser of the covenants herein named, it will, in consideration therefor, issue to the Purchaser a CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP, giving the right of sepulture, only, in accordance with the rules and regulations of this Association, now in force as printed on the reverse side of this agreement and on the reverse side of the CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP and as the same may be added to, altered, or amended, in the following described parcel of land in Forest Hills Cemetery, Hamilton County, Tennessee, viz.:

Lot 32 N.W. 90 s.f., Section N, containing 90 square feet, more or less, according to the plat thereof in office and as shown in diagram on reverse side of CERTIFICATE OF OWNERSHIP.

Said Purchaser covenants and agrees to pay to the said Cemetery as the full purchase price fir the same the sum of Two Hundred Twenty-five and No/100 Dollars. in the following manner: One thirty day note, dated Jan. 13, 1955, for the full purchase price, $225.00.

In WITNESS WHEREOF, the said parties have executed this agreement in duplicate the day and year first above written.

Bio By: Sharon Brooks Brimmer the great granddaughter of Evaline Mathis Long Brooks; Granddaughter of Creed Flavious Brooks; Daughter of W.J.(Buster) Brooks.