Notes:

PHOTO AVAILABLE. The photo is kept in the Brooks Family Records ofJoyce Lorraine Clore Elkins that are now in the possession of herdaughter Sandra Lee Elkins Juhl, compiler.

Notes:

PHOTO AVAILABLE. The photo is kept in the Brooks Family Records ofJoyce Lorraine Clore that is now in the possession of her daughterSandra Lee Elkins Juhl, compiler.
OBITUARY: "CITY RESIDENT'S BROTHER BURIED AT ATTICA, IND.
Last rites for Harry R. Brooks, 68, brother of Mrs. Mable Douglas, 31Pennsylvania Avenue, City, were Monday at Riverside Cemetery, Attica,Ind. Mr. Brooks died of heart ailment Thursday, June 13, 1935, at hishome in Indianapolis. He was born Oct. 19, 1866, son of Lewis B. andMargaret E. Brooks. Surviving besides the sister here are threechildren, a brother and another sister: Raleigh Brooks, BentonHarbor, Mich.; David H. Brooks, Williamsport, Ind.; Mrs. Steve Wade,Mellott, Ind.; Lewis D. Brooks, Williamsport, Ind.; and Mrs. MertieTomlinson, Indianapolis, Ind. His wife Roas, and a son, Charles,preceded him in death." Unknown name of newspaper, but was located inFountain County, Indiana in 1935. [Transcribed, 12 Jan 2006]

Harry married Rosa Brown about 1888 in Fountain County, Indiana. Rosa died before 1935 in Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Bright's Disease: "A broad descriptive term once used for kidneydisease with proteinuria, usually glomerulonephritis. The nameBright's disease is derived from a description of the diseasepublished in 1827 by Richard Bright, an English physician." Page 165;"Nephritis: inflammation of the kidney; ...destructive disease...Called also Bright's disease." Page 750.
Source: Miller and Keane, Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine,Nursing, and Allied Health (3rd Ed.), 1983, W.B. Saunders Co.

"2nd Generation:
LEWIS BROWNING BROOKS, (B. February 5, 1840 Brooke County, VA.(W. VA.) D. Sept. 2, 1906 Fountain Co., Indiana.) He was a constable,Shoemaker & Machinery Salesman. Married: January 25, 1863 inVermillion Co., IND. to Margaret Emily Randall, (B. 1842/3 in ClintonCo., IND. D. June 9, 1913 in Attica, Indiana.) d/o William Randalland (step mother?) Elizabeth (Colton?). Issue: Florence, Harry,Lewis D., Susan E., (Boy), (Boy), Margaret, Raliegh, Myrtle and MabelN. Brooks."
Source: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, c. 2003 [Transcribed 09 Jan2006, SLJuhl]
Note: Joyce also noted that she could not find a death certificate forLewis B. Brooks.

LEWIS B. BROOKS SERVED TWICE IN THE CIVIL WAR AS A VOLUNTEER SOLDIERFROM ILLINOIS.
http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/soldiers.htm
25 Apr 1861 - 25 Jul 1861; then concurrently 25 Jul 1861 - 09 Jul 1865

Lewis B. Brooks (First_Last) Regiment Name 7 Illinois Infantry. (3Months, 1861.) Side Union Company E Soldier's Rank_In Pvt. Soldier'sRank_Out Pvt. Alternate Name Notes Film Number M539 roll 10
UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS
7th Regiment, Illinois Infantry (3 months, 1861)
Organized at Camp Yates, Ill., and mustered in by Capt. John Pope,U.S.A., April 25, 1861. Duty at Alton, Cairo, Mound City, Ill., andSt. Louis, Mo., till July. Expedition from Cairo to Little River June22-23 (Cos. "E" and "G"). Mustered out July 25, 1861, expiration ofterm.
Regiment lost 5 by disease during service.

Lewis B. Brooks (First_Last) Regiment Name 7 Illinois Infantry. SideUnion Company E Soldier's Rank_In Privt. Soldier's Rank_Out Privt.Alternate Name Notes Film Number M539 roll 10
UNION ILLINOIS VOLUNTEERS
7th Regiment, Illinois Infantry
Regiment organized at Cairo, Ill., July 25, 1861. Attached to Districtof Cairo to October, 1861. Cook's 4th Brigade, District of Cairo, toFebruary, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of West Tennessee,and Army of the Tennessee, to July, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division,District of Corinth, Dept. of the Tennessee, to November, 1862. 3rdBrigade, District of Corinth, Left Wing 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept.of the Tennessee, to December, 1862. 3rd Brigade, District of Corinth,17th Army Corps, Army of the Tennessee, to January, 1863. 3rd Brigade,District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 2ndDivision, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 4thDivision, 15th Army Corps, to July, 1865.
SERVICE.-Moved to Ironton, Mo., thence to Cape Girardeau, Mo., August23, 1861. Duty there and at Fort Holt, Ky., till February, 1862.Expedition toward Columbus, Ky., September 21-22, 1861. Skirmish atMansfield's Creek September 22. Expedition to Elliott's Mills duringBelmont November 6-7. Reconnoissance of Columbus, Ky., January 13-20,1862. Movements against Fort Henry, Tenn., February 2-6. Investmentand capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Expedition toClarksville and Nashville, Tenn., February 19-21. Moved to PittsburgLanding, Tenn., arriving there March 22. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn.,April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30.Pursuit to Pooneville May 31-Juno 11. Duty at Corinth, Miss., tillOctober. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Hatchie RiverOctober 5-12. Duty at Corinth till April, 1863. Dodge's Expedition toIntercept Forest, and operations in West Tennessee, December 18, 1862,to January 3, 1863. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April15-May 8. Iuka, Miss., April 16. Great Bear Creek, Cherokee Stationand Lundy's Lane April 17. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22.Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Guard Railroad from Bethel toJackson, Tenn., May 12 to June 8. Regiment mounted June 18 and engagedin scout and patrol duty through West Tennessee till October,participating in numerous expeditions and skirmishes. Expedition fromCorinth to Henderson, Tenn., September 11-16. Skirmish at Clark'sCreek Church September 13. Henderson's Station September 14.Expedition into West Tennessee September 27-October 1. Swallow's BluffSeptember 30. At Chewalla October 4-26. Moved to Iuka October 26,thence marched to Pulaski, Tenn., November 1-12. Scout to LawrenceburgNovember 17-19. Scout duty around Pulaski till December 22. Skirmishesnear Florence December 1. Near Eastport December 2. Scout to FlorenceDecember 11-17. Shoal Creek, near Wayland Springs, December 12.Regiment Veteranize December 22 and mustered in as Veterans January 5,1864. Veterans on furlough January and February, 1864. Return toPulaski February 23-27. Duty at Florence, Ala., patrolling TennesseeRiver till June. At Florence, Sweetwater and Centre Store till June14. Repulse of Roddy's attack on Florence May 7. Decatur May 8.Pulaski May 13. Regiment dismounted and moved to Chattanooga. Tenn.,June 14-17, thence to Tilton, Ga., and patrol Railroad from Dalton toResaca, Ga., till July 7. Moved to Rome, Ga., July 7, and duty theretill October. (Non-Veterans mustered out July 29, 1864.) Action atEtowah River September 15. Operations against Hood September29-November 3. Defence of Allatoona Pass October 4-5. Reconnoissancefrom Rome on Cave Spring. Road and skirmishes October 12-13. March tothe sea November 15-December 10. Regiment remounted November 21.Ogeechee Canal December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21.Hinesville December 16. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April,1865. Hickory Hill, S. C., February 1. Salkehatchie Swamps February2-5. Fishburn's Plantation, near Lane's Bridge, Salkehatchie, February6. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 11-12.Columbia February 15-17. Lynch's Creek February 26. Cheraw March 2-3.Expedition from Cheraw to Florence and skirmishes March 4-6. Battle ofBentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24, andof Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnstonand his army. March to Washington, D. C., via Richmond, Va., April29-May 19. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June, andduty there till July. Mustered out July 9, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 8 Officers and 81 Enlisted men killed andmortally wounded and 3 Officers and 174 Enlisted men by disease. Total266. [Transcribed, 11 Jan 2006, SLJuhl]
Note: I suspect though that Lewis did not serve until the end of thisregiment, because he was in Indiana by 1863 when he married Margaret.

Lewis married Margaret Emily Randall on 25 Jan 1863 in Vermillion County, Indiana. Margaret (daughter of *William Randall and Elizabeth Colton) was born in 1842 in Clinton County, Indiana; died on 9 Jun 1913 in Attica, Fountain County, Indiana; was buried in Jun 1913 in Fountain Cemetery, Fountain County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

PHOTO AVAILABLE. Photo kept in Brooks Family Records of JoyceLorraine Clore Elkins and now in the possession of her daughter SandraLee Elkins Juhl, Compiler.
Elizabeth Colton may be her step mother.
"OBITUARY OF MARGARET E. BROOKS
ATTICA, (Fountain County) INDIANA - NEWSPAPER - JUNE 9, 1913
MARGARET E. BROOKS, the aged mother of Harry R. Brooks, of this cityand Lewis D. Brooks, who live near Fountain, died Monday afternoonabout 3 o'clock at the home of her son, Harry in this city. Deathresulted from acute indigestion of which she had been ill but 2 days.Mrs. Brooks, returned to Attica at noon Saturday from visit with herson Lewis D. Brooks near Fountain. She was her usual health when shereached Attica but became ill that afternoon, growing worse untildeath relieved her suffering. The descendent was the widow of lateLewis B. Brooks, who died at Fountain seven years ago. She was bornin Clinton Co., seventy years ago but has been a resident of this Co.,for 34 years which about 14 of them were spent in Covington and aboutthe same length of time in Fountain. she had been a resident ofAttica only about two months coming her to live with her son Harry,when he moved to Attica. Mrs. Brooks is survived by the followingchildren, Harry R. of this city, Lewis D. who lives near Fountain,Mrs. Mabel Douglass of Hoopston, ILL., Thomas Randall, of Paragon,IND. is a half brother of the descendent. The funeral was conductedyesterday afternoon at the Christian Church in Fountain. Rev. WM.Glover officiating. Interment was made in the Fountain Cemetery.
Side note: Paragon, Indiana is located South of Indianapolis on US 37by Martinsville, IND. Not sure of Thomas Randall - Half brother ofdescendent(s) or half brother to deceased."
Note per Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins:
Death Record States For - Margaruete Brooks 6-9-1913
Father: Lewis - Mother: Pate - Born and died same day ??????
Buried: Riverside Cemetery, Attica Indiana
Joyce found the death certificate confusing, and I must admit that Ido as well. [Transcribed 10 Jan 2006, SLJuhl]

Notes:

"1st Generation:
DORSEY BROOKS, (His first name was Joseph, but preferred Dorsey.) (B.August 22, 1811 in Ohio D. April 20, 1876 Vermillion County,Illinois) Was a boot and shoe manufacturer. Marrie (1) Susanna(Pate) Johnson (B. March 17, 1804 in Montgomery County, Virginia D.April 22, 1869 in Vermillion County, Illinois) Both are buried inPate Cemetery near Catlin, Vermillion County, Illinois. Daughter ofJeremiah Jr. and Catherine (Fry) Pate. Issue: Mary Ann, LewisBrowning, (Joseph) Dorsey Jr., and James Dixon Brooks. Married: (2)Mrs. Mary J. Miller. Stepsons: John and Joshiah Miller."
Source: Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins, c. 2003 [Transcribed 09 Jan2006, SLJuhl]

Per Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins at the beginning of the Brooks FamilyRecords before 2003:
"Brooks History
In wanting to learn more about our Douglass and Brooks history, I madea trip to Danville, Illinois to visit my aunt Alice Shappard. (AliceMargaret Douglass) My family had moved from Danville when I was ateenager, and I had lost track of most of the famies on my mothersside of the family. We had quite a nice visit and a few more beforeshe passed away.
She had a book of "The LaBaw Family Record" written by R.K. Buckner,that included the Douglass family. I borrowed it ti copy. Now have abook of my own (this book is now with the compiler, SLJuhl).
Aunt Alice had a Family Bible and on one page was written:
Dorsey Brooks b. 1812 VA.
Susanna Pate
Mary Ann b. 12-14-1838
Lewis Browning b. 2-5-1840 Wheeling VA. d. 9-22-1906
Dorsey Jr. b. 11-12-1841
James dixon b. 8-14-1843
She never mentioned any of the family except Lewis Browning, so maybeshe didn't know that the rest of this family also lived in VermillionCounty, Illinois. Her quote was: "Lewis was born in Wheeling, VA. Hecame to Indiana and was never known to return to VA. (W. VA.) Hisfamily was very dishearted when he joined the Army (CO. A. 71 IllinoisInfantry) and fought for the North instead of the South in the CivilWar."
In the year of 1862, Dorsey Brooks #1, brought his family toVermillion County, Illinois. All but Lewis lived and died there andare buried in three different cemeteries, Catlin-Danville-Oakwood."{Transcribed 10 Jan 2006, SLJuhl]

A Source: United States Federal Census Records of Dorsey Brooks andfamily:
1840 Western Dist., Brooke Co., VA. (No. of Wheeling, W. VA.)

Source: 1850 Independence TWP., Washington Co., OH.; Plus per JoyceL. Clore Elkins Census records
Name: Dorsey Brooks, Shoemaker
Age: 37
Estimated birth year: abt 1813
Birth Place: Ohio
Gender: Male
Home in 1850
(City,County,State): Independence, Washington, Ohio
Dorsey Brooks
Susan
Mary A.
Lewis B.
Dorsey
James D.
Source Citation: Year: 1850; Census Place: Independence, Washington,Ohio; Roll: M432_738; Page: 533; Image: 709.
www.Ancestry.com; 22 May 2007; SLJuhl, compiler

Source: 1860 Whitewater, near Cinn., Hamilton Co., OH.; Census perJoyce L. Clore Elkins records
Name: Dorsey Brooks, Farmer; value 300/200
State: OH
County: Hamilton County
Township: Whitewater Township
Record Type: Federal Population Schedule
Page: 198
Database: OH 1860 Federal Census Index; www.Ancestry.com; 22 May 2007
Source: Name: Dorsey Brooks
Age in 1860: 51
Birth Year: abt 1809
Birthplace: Ohio
Home in 1860: Whitewater, Hamilton, Ohio
Gender: Male
Value of real estate: View image
Household Members: Name Age
Dorsey Brooks 51 OH
Susan Brooks 58 VA
Mary A Brooks 21 OH
Lewis Brooks 19 VA
Dorsey Brooks 17 OH
www.Ancestry.com; 22 May 2007, SLJuhl, compiler
Source Citation: Year: 1860; Census Place: Whitewater, Hamilton, Ohio;Roll: M653_980; Page: 198; Image: 399.

(1862) Danville, Illinois - children married there in 1863.
1870 Oakwood, Vermillion Co., IL.
1880 Dist. 211, Catlin, Vermillion Co., IL.

Correspondence from:
Ruth B. Hamernik
108 N. Crowapoint
Ada, OK 74820

To:
Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins
103 Washington
Montezuma, IN. 47862
Dated: Sunday 14 April 1991
?Dear Cousin Joyce!
I am still enjoying the feeling of finally hearing from a livingBROOKS relative! So nice of you to get in touch and nice of Clovis togive you my name. I think I have the items ready to send you tomorrow?. Hope you can make out my notes, especially. Just ask if somethingneeds explaining.
Sending census readings for Dorsey?s family. I don?t know where hewas before the 1840 census of Brooke Co., Va. In his father?shousehold I guess, age about 19 (29). But before 1850 we don?t getnames of everyone in the household ? just the head of household. Sowill have to find out some other way, and I hope he will show up in awill or from some other Brooks researcher. His birth state on thecensuses was always listed as Ohio, so I have been using that.
If Susan PATE mostly finished growing up in Dearborn, Ind. I don?tknow where she met up with old Dorsey Brooks. Although there areJohnston?s shown in Brooke Co., Va. Census. But that is also a commonname. I have a hunch (only a hunch) that Dorsey had a background ofbeing earlier in Hamilton co., Ohio and just across the river fromSusan and met her there. He did go there by 1860, as shown on census. By 1862 the family was in Danville, Ill. And your Lewis B. andbrother Dorsey, Jr. married in Vermillion Co., Indiana in 1863. Ijust wish the courthouse in Dearborn Co. hadn?t burned the recordsthere. Well, Maybe some PATE researcher will know and we will findout more about Susan and her marriages.
I have submitted queries for later publication in the BROOKS HISTORIANquarterly, and for the ILLIANA quarterly at Danville, Ill. Will beprinted in about July. Will let you know if I get a response. TheDanville group has really helped me a lot for year?s ad I learnedabout our family so much from records there. I am a long time memberof our local genealogical library and volunteer. So have usedmicrofilm and books for all my research ?. And have written manyletters, of course. This is the side of my family that I knew almostnothing on when I started. So I appreciate any little bits I get.
Lewis Browning ?.. Gosh, I thought I would never know his middle name! With first sons usually named for the father?s father, I hope thiswill be a clue, or the name of his grandfather. A puzzle at thistime, but maybe something will come to light. I just KNOW that theBrowning?s next door to them in 1840 are kin in some way. And I don?tthink Susan was Dorsey?s first wife ?. She would have been about 34years old when the first child was born and that just doesn?t seemright. Or maybe there were younger children we know nothing about andthey had died. But the family I have heard from knows nothing aboutthat. Or any children she might have had by that George Johnston.Anyway, I now know to look for BROWNING family clues.
And the Margaret Brooks I met in Danville told me that her uncles usedto refer to Susan as ?that old Susan Pate?! Well, I do think she wasprobably the mother of my James Dixon Brooks. Margaret said all ofthe sons and grandsons could do shoe repair. She is granddaughter ofDorsey Jr.
I can?t find the 1860 census note I had with the parents of MargaretRandall on it. I copied it once but it?s lost I guess! But I dorecall that Margaret was still single at home. And I think had abrother Charles. Maybe others, too. And I recall that her mom bornin England. Vermillion Co. would probably have more info on thatfamily. The two little boys of Lewis and Margaret that I found on the1870 census probably died.
Your Lewis was the only child of old Dorsey I couldn?t find in lateryears after 1870. I?ve looked and looked, because our ?cousin?Margaret in Danville said he did live because her father told how theyalways looked forward to a visit from ?Uncle Lew?. And that wouldhave been after 1870. Then several months ago in an Illiana quarterlyI saw a listing of some GAR members joining after the Civil War. Anda LOUIS Brooks was one that turned out to be yours. But I wasn?t sureuntil you wrote that he was the same Lewis. Margaret Brooks said yourLewis was at one time a machinery salesman. Her family told her thatI guess.
I don?t have a name for the cemetery where Lewis B. is buried. Wouldyou send it later? And a picture of the marker if there is one and itisn?t too much trouble. I hope to get pictures from the PATE cemeterywhere old Dorsey and Susan are buried. They have stones. That?s Igot their death dates only last year. All but Lewis are buried outfrom Danville in 3 different cemeteries.
Lewis? only sister Mary Anne was known as Mollie and that is the nameon her tombstone? ?Aunt Mollie? Thoroughman and the dates (error onbirth year). Her husband is also buried there, dying much earlierthan she. They had no children and she married at age of about 38.
What did you think about your Lewis being listed as the Constable onthe 1870 census? This was in the little town where they lived whenthey came from Ohio. Near the cemetery north of their where mine areburied at the Hebron Methodist Church cemetery. It is such a prettylittle church and cemetery well kept and still used some, though it issmall. I hope you can go there some day and see it. There used to bea town of Newtown close, but the town is gone. Oakwood is still thereand on the map. North of there is where the cemetery is.
Well, I think I will let you rest and hope this is not too much todump on you! I wanted to send you what I have and will keep in touchwith anything else I find. Hoe this has helped. I had no expense oncopying.
Sincerely, Ruth?
[Transcribed: 11 Jan 2006, SLJuhl]

Correspondence from:
Ruth B. Hamernik
108 N. Crowapoint
Ada, OK 74820
To:
Joyce Lorraine Clore Elkins
103 Washington
Montezuma, IN. 47862
Dated: Monday, 22 Apr 1991
?Dear Joyce,
I?m back again?.Wanted to send you this enclosed 1860 census ofVermillion Co., Ind. Where your Margaret Randall is still in herfather?s household, just 3 years before she married your Lewis BROOKS.
And I am sure that Margaret?s mother was not the Elizabeth listedhere. That explains your mention that Margaret had a half-brother. Ithink the 2 year old Thomas W., and Lewis E. age 1, are bothhalf-brothers of Margaret. And I believe the Charles COLTON, bornEngland like Elizabeth, is probably Elizabeth?s brother.
So Elizabeth, the wife of Wm. RANDALL here, is a second wife. I willlook at an earlier census if it is available here and see who hisfirst wife was. There were COLTONS in other countries but I haven?tlooked at them yet, as they aren?t your line.
Maybe we can eventually find some marriage records that will help findthe first wife of Wm. Randall. I?ll try, and let you know what Ifind.
I?ve desperately tried with what is available here, to get a tie-infor the BROWNING and BROOKS family. Don?t have what I need, and itwas in a time period that?s hard to research.
But I?m still hoping for some success and will keep in touch with you. Again I thank you for writing to me.
Sincerely, Ruth?
[Transcribed, 11 Jan 2006, SLJuhl]

*Dorsey married *Susanna Pate in 1837 in Virginia; First Marriage For Dorsey.. *Susanna (daughter of *Jeremiah Pate, Jr. and Catherine Fry) was born on 17 Mar 1804 in Montgomery County, Virginia; died on 22 Apr 1869 in Vermillion County, Illinois; was buried in Apr 1869 in Pate Cemetery Northwest Of Catlin, Vermillion County, Illinois; The Pate Cemetery Could Suggest The Cemetery Was Named From Some Of Her Relatives.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Older than Dorsey and first married to George Johnson. Her parentswere Jeremiah Jr. and Catherine (Fry) Pate. She finished growing upin Dearborn County, Indiana and her father died there. She was in herthirties and fourties when her children were born. The court houserecords for that time period were burned in Dearborn County.
It is not known if there were children from her first marriage or whatbecame of her first husband.

*William married Elizabeth Colton about 1838 in Indiana, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Colton) was born in 1827 in England; died after 1860 in Fountain County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Believe Elizabeth to be step-mother to first three children: Margaret,Charles, and Zelia. Reason: Obituary of Margaret's states; "ThomasRandall is half brother to Margaret Randall (Brooks)."