Civil War: Company D, 8th California Infantry
Elisha Brooks was the son of George Washington Brooks (1812, OH-1898, CA) and Eliza Ann Scholfield (1816, CT-1859, CA). He made the long trek to California with his parents in 1852. He was the twin brother of Elijah Brooks and fellow veteran Justus Brooks. Elisha Brooks enlisted as a private at San Pablo, California, November 15, 1864, and was mustered into Company D, 8th California Infantry, November 30. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant January 1, 1865. Lieutenant Brooks was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco October 24, 1865 (Orton, 807-08). After the war he resided for many years in San Francisco, where he married Ellen Worth on April 20, 1869. He was a member of San Francisco's Thomas Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Society of California Volunteers, both being Union veterans' organizations. He was living at 1725 Sutter Street, San Francisco, in 1893. Elisha filed for a Civil War veteran's pension July 5, 1904, and received application No. 1,320,048 and certificate No. 1,089,465. He re-filed for his veteran's pension May 6, 1907. After his death in 1930, his wife Ellen filed for a Civil War widow's pension at Ben Lomond June 17, 1930, and received application No. 1,670,282 and certificate No. A11-3-30, later XC2-633-037.
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MARRIAGES.
BROOKS-WORTH. In this city, April 20, at the Green Street Congregational Chapel, by the Rev. M. C. Briggs, DD, Elisha Brooks to Ellen Worth.
(San Francisco Morning Call, April 22, 1869; 3:3)
Elisha Brooks was the son of George Washington Brooks (1812, OH-1898, CA) and Eliza Ann Scholfield (1816, CT-1859, CA). He made the long trek to California with his parents in 1852. He was the twin brother of Elijah Brooks and fellow veteran Justus Brooks. Elisha Brooks enlisted as a private at San Pablo, California, November 15, 1864, and was mustered into Company D, 8th California Infantry, November 30. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant January 1, 1865. Lieutenant Brooks was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco October 24, 1865 (Orton, 807-08). After the war he resided for many years in San Francisco, where he married Ellen Worth on April 20, 1869. He was a member of San Francisco's Thomas Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Society of California Volunteers, both being Union veterans' organizations. He was living at 1725 Sutter Street, San Francisco, in 1893. Elisha filed for a Civil War veteran's pension July 5, 1904, and received application No. 1,320,048 and certificate No. 1,089,465. He re-filed for his veteran's pension May 6, 1907. After his death in 1930, his wife Ellen filed for a Civil War widow's pension at Ben Lomond June 17, 1930, and received application No. 1,670,282 and certificate No. A11-3-30, later XC2-633-037.
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MARRIAGES.
BROOKS-WORTH. In this city, April 20, at the Green Street Congregational Chapel, by the Rev. M. C. Briggs, DD, Elisha Brooks to Ellen Worth.
(San Francisco Morning Call, April 22, 1869; 3:3)
Civil War: Company D, 8th California Infantry
Elisha Brooks was the son of George Washington Brooks (1812, OH-1898, CA) and Eliza Ann Scholfield (1816, CT-1859, CA). He made the long trek to California with his parents in 1852. He was the twin brother of Elijah Brooks and fellow veteran Justus Brooks. Elisha Brooks enlisted as a private at San Pablo, California, November 15, 1864, and was mustered into Company D, 8th California Infantry, November 30. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant January 1, 1865. Lieutenant Brooks was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco October 24, 1865 (Orton, 807-08). After the war he resided for many years in San Francisco, where he married Ellen Worth on April 20, 1869. He was a member of San Francisco's Thomas Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Society of California Volunteers, both being Union veterans' organizations. He was living at 1725 Sutter Street, San Francisco, in 1893. Elisha filed for a Civil War veteran's pension July 5, 1904, and received application No. 1,320,048 and certificate No. 1,089,465. He re-filed for his veteran's pension May 6, 1907. After his death in 1930, his wife Ellen filed for a Civil War widow's pension at Ben Lomond June 17, 1930, and received application No. 1,670,282 and certificate No. A11-3-30, later XC2-633-037.
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MARRIAGES.
BROOKS-WORTH. In this city, April 20, at the Green Street Congregational Chapel, by the Rev. M. C. Briggs, DD, Elisha Brooks to Ellen Worth.
(San Francisco Morning Call, April 22, 1869; 3:3)
Elisha Brooks was the son of George Washington Brooks (1812, OH-1898, CA) and Eliza Ann Scholfield (1816, CT-1859, CA). He made the long trek to California with his parents in 1852. He was the twin brother of Elijah Brooks and fellow veteran Justus Brooks. Elisha Brooks enlisted as a private at San Pablo, California, November 15, 1864, and was mustered into Company D, 8th California Infantry, November 30. He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant January 1, 1865. Lieutenant Brooks was mustered out at the Presidio of San Francisco October 24, 1865 (Orton, 807-08). After the war he resided for many years in San Francisco, where he married Ellen Worth on April 20, 1869. He was a member of San Francisco's Thomas Post, No. 2, Grand Army of the Republic, and the Society of California Volunteers, both being Union veterans' organizations. He was living at 1725 Sutter Street, San Francisco, in 1893. Elisha filed for a Civil War veteran's pension July 5, 1904, and received application No. 1,320,048 and certificate No. 1,089,465. He re-filed for his veteran's pension May 6, 1907. After his death in 1930, his wife Ellen filed for a Civil War widow's pension at Ben Lomond June 17, 1930, and received application No. 1,670,282 and certificate No. A11-3-30, later XC2-633-037.
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MARRIAGES.
BROOKS-WORTH. In this city, April 20, at the Green Street Congregational Chapel, by the Rev. M. C. Briggs, DD, Elisha Brooks to Ellen Worth.
(San Francisco Morning Call, April 22, 1869; 3:3)
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