NAT W. BROOKS. No brilliant family record of achievement lies back of Nat W. Brooks. He comes of plain country folk, farming people, who lived quietly, honorably and industriously, but who made no noise in the world, and left their children little beyond a stock of brains and energy and a certain stability of character-a combination which, it is safe to say, excels in potency any legacy of a more material nature. As county attorney of Smith county, Mr. Brooks has manifested a considerable ability in that capacity, and his progress in the community as an attorney since 1900 has been a steady, onward one, with promise of greater success in the years to come.
Born on April 7, 1876, in Smith county, this state, Nat W. Brooks is the son of Alexander M. Brooks, who died on his farm in Smith county in 1895, at the early age of forty-two years. He was born in Talapoosa county, Alabama, and came to Texas in 1869, when he was a youth of sixteen years. He was the son of Aaron Brooks, a farmer of Alabama, descended from South Carolina ancestry, and he married a Miss Henderson. They became the parents of five children, as follows: A. James of Alabama; Floyd H., who came to Smith county, Texas, he died in 1892; Alexander M.; Mrs. Missouri Scroggins of Marshall, Texas; and Mrs. Calista Boone, who died in Smith county in 1889.
Alexander M. Brooks was married in Smith county, Texas, to Miss Alice Shackelford, a daughter of Ludia and Elizabeth (Stone) Shackelford. The father was from Tennessee, and came from that state to Texas prior to the Civil war period. The issue of the Brooks union are: Aaron L., a commission merchant of Harlingen, · Texas; Nat W., of this brief review; Lela, the wife of Allen Dugger of Los Angeles, California; Ida, married W. M. Scroggins and resides in Longview, Texas, where Hugh A., the next child, also resides; Floyd J., the youngest, is a farmer of Smith county.
Nat W. Brooks followed his country school training with attendance at the popular and efficient school of Professor Orr at Omen, who conducted what was known as a select school at that place, and after completing his studies there engaged in teaching, in which highly commendable work he continued for four years. It may be Isaid at this juncture that Mr. Brooks did not enter the educational field with a view to making that his vocation, but rather as a means to an end, for during his work as a teacher he was assiduously applying himself to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1900, when he was twenty-four years old, being admitted before Judge Gordon Russell, now on the Federal Bench of this district. Mr. Brooks began practice almost immediately, and he has since that time carried on his legal work without a partner. His connection with politics was never with a selfish end in view, until he was drawn into it in his election to the office of county attorney. He was first appointed to the office as the successor of Judge Odom in February, 1911, and he met no opposition for election, either in the Democratic primaries or in the election following in November, 1912. His regime has been devoid of business of a sensational nature save in the trial and conviction of Tom Tate, who developed suddenly into one of the most noted criminals of the age, and the receiving of the confession of the negro rapist who met destruction at the stake without the formality of court procedure.
Mr. Brooks was married at Omen, Texas, September 24, 1905, to Miss Lena Arnold, a daughter of William Arnold, a merchant of that place and a native son of Mrs. Smith County, who married Miss Mary Dickey. Brooks is one of their six children, and she has borne her husband and one daughter, the only child in the Nat Brooks home.
With reference to the religious tendencies of the family, it would seem that there is no unanimity of opinion on these matters, with various members of the family having chosen different church homes, while others remain neutral, as Nat Brooks has done. He is a member of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, that being the only fraternal affiliation he claims.
Source:
A History of Texas and Texans
Volume 5
By Frank White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler · 1914
Contributor: Kerry Ann Szymanski # 49782268
Born on April 7, 1876, in Smith county, this state, Nat W. Brooks is the son of Alexander M. Brooks, who died on his farm in Smith county in 1895, at the early age of forty-two years. He was born in Talapoosa county, Alabama, and came to Texas in 1869, when he was a youth of sixteen years. He was the son of Aaron Brooks, a farmer of Alabama, descended from South Carolina ancestry, and he married a Miss Henderson. They became the parents of five children, as follows: A. James of Alabama; Floyd H., who came to Smith county, Texas, he died in 1892; Alexander M.; Mrs. Missouri Scroggins of Marshall, Texas; and Mrs. Calista Boone, who died in Smith county in 1889.
Alexander M. Brooks was married in Smith county, Texas, to Miss Alice Shackelford, a daughter of Ludia and Elizabeth (Stone) Shackelford. The father was from Tennessee, and came from that state to Texas prior to the Civil war period. The issue of the Brooks union are: Aaron L., a commission merchant of Harlingen, · Texas; Nat W., of this brief review; Lela, the wife of Allen Dugger of Los Angeles, California; Ida, married W. M. Scroggins and resides in Longview, Texas, where Hugh A., the next child, also resides; Floyd J., the youngest, is a farmer of Smith county.
Nat W. Brooks followed his country school training with attendance at the popular and efficient school of Professor Orr at Omen, who conducted what was known as a select school at that place, and after completing his studies there engaged in teaching, in which highly commendable work he continued for four years. It may be Isaid at this juncture that Mr. Brooks did not enter the educational field with a view to making that his vocation, but rather as a means to an end, for during his work as a teacher he was assiduously applying himself to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1900, when he was twenty-four years old, being admitted before Judge Gordon Russell, now on the Federal Bench of this district. Mr. Brooks began practice almost immediately, and he has since that time carried on his legal work without a partner. His connection with politics was never with a selfish end in view, until he was drawn into it in his election to the office of county attorney. He was first appointed to the office as the successor of Judge Odom in February, 1911, and he met no opposition for election, either in the Democratic primaries or in the election following in November, 1912. His regime has been devoid of business of a sensational nature save in the trial and conviction of Tom Tate, who developed suddenly into one of the most noted criminals of the age, and the receiving of the confession of the negro rapist who met destruction at the stake without the formality of court procedure.
Mr. Brooks was married at Omen, Texas, September 24, 1905, to Miss Lena Arnold, a daughter of William Arnold, a merchant of that place and a native son of Mrs. Smith County, who married Miss Mary Dickey. Brooks is one of their six children, and she has borne her husband and one daughter, the only child in the Nat Brooks home.
With reference to the religious tendencies of the family, it would seem that there is no unanimity of opinion on these matters, with various members of the family having chosen different church homes, while others remain neutral, as Nat Brooks has done. He is a member of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, that being the only fraternal affiliation he claims.
Source:
A History of Texas and Texans
Volume 5
By Frank White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler · 1914
Contributor: Kerry Ann Szymanski # 49782268
NAT W. BROOKS. No brilliant family record of achievement lies back of Nat W. Brooks. He comes of plain country folk, farming people, who lived quietly, honorably and industriously, but who made no noise in the world, and left their children little beyond a stock of brains and energy and a certain stability of character-a combination which, it is safe to say, excels in potency any legacy of a more material nature. As county attorney of Smith county, Mr. Brooks has manifested a considerable ability in that capacity, and his progress in the community as an attorney since 1900 has been a steady, onward one, with promise of greater success in the years to come.
Born on April 7, 1876, in Smith county, this state, Nat W. Brooks is the son of Alexander M. Brooks, who died on his farm in Smith county in 1895, at the early age of forty-two years. He was born in Talapoosa county, Alabama, and came to Texas in 1869, when he was a youth of sixteen years. He was the son of Aaron Brooks, a farmer of Alabama, descended from South Carolina ancestry, and he married a Miss Henderson. They became the parents of five children, as follows: A. James of Alabama; Floyd H., who came to Smith county, Texas, he died in 1892; Alexander M.; Mrs. Missouri Scroggins of Marshall, Texas; and Mrs. Calista Boone, who died in Smith county in 1889.
Alexander M. Brooks was married in Smith county, Texas, to Miss Alice Shackelford, a daughter of Ludia and Elizabeth (Stone) Shackelford. The father was from Tennessee, and came from that state to Texas prior to the Civil war period. The issue of the Brooks union are: Aaron L., a commission merchant of Harlingen, · Texas; Nat W., of this brief review; Lela, the wife of Allen Dugger of Los Angeles, California; Ida, married W. M. Scroggins and resides in Longview, Texas, where Hugh A., the next child, also resides; Floyd J., the youngest, is a farmer of Smith county.
Nat W. Brooks followed his country school training with attendance at the popular and efficient school of Professor Orr at Omen, who conducted what was known as a select school at that place, and after completing his studies there engaged in teaching, in which highly commendable work he continued for four years. It may be Isaid at this juncture that Mr. Brooks did not enter the educational field with a view to making that his vocation, but rather as a means to an end, for during his work as a teacher he was assiduously applying himself to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1900, when he was twenty-four years old, being admitted before Judge Gordon Russell, now on the Federal Bench of this district. Mr. Brooks began practice almost immediately, and he has since that time carried on his legal work without a partner. His connection with politics was never with a selfish end in view, until he was drawn into it in his election to the office of county attorney. He was first appointed to the office as the successor of Judge Odom in February, 1911, and he met no opposition for election, either in the Democratic primaries or in the election following in November, 1912. His regime has been devoid of business of a sensational nature save in the trial and conviction of Tom Tate, who developed suddenly into one of the most noted criminals of the age, and the receiving of the confession of the negro rapist who met destruction at the stake without the formality of court procedure.
Mr. Brooks was married at Omen, Texas, September 24, 1905, to Miss Lena Arnold, a daughter of William Arnold, a merchant of that place and a native son of Mrs. Smith County, who married Miss Mary Dickey. Brooks is one of their six children, and she has borne her husband and one daughter, the only child in the Nat Brooks home.
With reference to the religious tendencies of the family, it would seem that there is no unanimity of opinion on these matters, with various members of the family having chosen different church homes, while others remain neutral, as Nat Brooks has done. He is a member of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, that being the only fraternal affiliation he claims.
Source:
A History of Texas and Texans
Volume 5
By Frank White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler · 1914
Contributor: Kerry Ann Szymanski # 49782268
Born on April 7, 1876, in Smith county, this state, Nat W. Brooks is the son of Alexander M. Brooks, who died on his farm in Smith county in 1895, at the early age of forty-two years. He was born in Talapoosa county, Alabama, and came to Texas in 1869, when he was a youth of sixteen years. He was the son of Aaron Brooks, a farmer of Alabama, descended from South Carolina ancestry, and he married a Miss Henderson. They became the parents of five children, as follows: A. James of Alabama; Floyd H., who came to Smith county, Texas, he died in 1892; Alexander M.; Mrs. Missouri Scroggins of Marshall, Texas; and Mrs. Calista Boone, who died in Smith county in 1889.
Alexander M. Brooks was married in Smith county, Texas, to Miss Alice Shackelford, a daughter of Ludia and Elizabeth (Stone) Shackelford. The father was from Tennessee, and came from that state to Texas prior to the Civil war period. The issue of the Brooks union are: Aaron L., a commission merchant of Harlingen, · Texas; Nat W., of this brief review; Lela, the wife of Allen Dugger of Los Angeles, California; Ida, married W. M. Scroggins and resides in Longview, Texas, where Hugh A., the next child, also resides; Floyd J., the youngest, is a farmer of Smith county.
Nat W. Brooks followed his country school training with attendance at the popular and efficient school of Professor Orr at Omen, who conducted what was known as a select school at that place, and after completing his studies there engaged in teaching, in which highly commendable work he continued for four years. It may be Isaid at this juncture that Mr. Brooks did not enter the educational field with a view to making that his vocation, but rather as a means to an end, for during his work as a teacher he was assiduously applying himself to the study of law. He was admitted to the bar in March, 1900, when he was twenty-four years old, being admitted before Judge Gordon Russell, now on the Federal Bench of this district. Mr. Brooks began practice almost immediately, and he has since that time carried on his legal work without a partner. His connection with politics was never with a selfish end in view, until he was drawn into it in his election to the office of county attorney. He was first appointed to the office as the successor of Judge Odom in February, 1911, and he met no opposition for election, either in the Democratic primaries or in the election following in November, 1912. His regime has been devoid of business of a sensational nature save in the trial and conviction of Tom Tate, who developed suddenly into one of the most noted criminals of the age, and the receiving of the confession of the negro rapist who met destruction at the stake without the formality of court procedure.
Mr. Brooks was married at Omen, Texas, September 24, 1905, to Miss Lena Arnold, a daughter of William Arnold, a merchant of that place and a native son of Mrs. Smith County, who married Miss Mary Dickey. Brooks is one of their six children, and she has borne her husband and one daughter, the only child in the Nat Brooks home.
With reference to the religious tendencies of the family, it would seem that there is no unanimity of opinion on these matters, with various members of the family having chosen different church homes, while others remain neutral, as Nat Brooks has done. He is a member of the In dependent Order of Odd Fellows, that being the only fraternal affiliation he claims.
Source:
A History of Texas and Texans
Volume 5
By Frank White Johnson, Eugene Campbell Barker, Ernest William Winkler · 1914
Contributor: Kerry Ann Szymanski # 49782268
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