Joseph A. Brooks, a Confederate veteran and agriculturist, died of infirmities at 5:50 o'clock yesterday morning at his home at Brooks Station, in Bullitt County, near the Jefferson County line. He had been ill three months. He was born seventy-eight years ago on the farm where he died. He was a son of the late William S. Brooks, a pioneer of that section. Brooks Station, thirteen miles south of Louisville, was named for the family. Mr. Brooks is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Roger White; a son, Harris J. Brooks; a sister, Mrs. Anna B. Johnston, of Opelika, Ala., and six grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Shepherdsville. He served under Gen. John H. Morgan during the Civil War. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Hebron church, on the Preston street road. Burial wil be in the Hebron cemetery. [The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 2 Mar 1916]
Joseph A. Brooks, a Confederate veteran and agriculturist, died of infirmities at 5:50 o'clock yesterday morning at his home at Brooks Station, in Bullitt County, near the Jefferson County line. He had been ill three months. He was born seventy-eight years ago on the farm where he died. He was a son of the late William S. Brooks, a pioneer of that section. Brooks Station, thirteen miles south of Louisville, was named for the family. Mr. Brooks is survived by a daughter, Mrs. Roger White; a son, Harris J. Brooks; a sister, Mrs. Anna B. Johnston, of Opelika, Ala., and six grandchildren. He was a member of the Methodist Church at Shepherdsville. He served under Gen. John H. Morgan during the Civil War. Funeral services will be held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Hebron church, on the Preston street road. Burial wil be in the Hebron cemetery. [The Courier-Journal, Thursday, 2 Mar 1916]
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