Thomas Brooks b. 24 Jun 1781 , Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 1 Jan 1850 , Callaway, Missouri, USA: Albemarle to Callaway, a Herring Family Journey

1781 - 1850

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Birth 24 Jun 1781 , Culpeper, Virginia, USA

Gender Male

Died 1 Jan 1850 , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Buried Brooks Family Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Person ID I7022 Herring Family of Callaway County, Missouri

Last Modified 24 Mar 2007

Family Elizabeth Bullard, b. 21 Aug 1804, , , Virginia, USA , d. 10 Aug 1858, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Married 31 Dec 1823 , , Virginia, USA

Children

>	1. Charles Thomas Brooks, b. 29 Oct 1824, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 11 Mar 1852, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	2. Dr. Churchill Brooks, b. 16 Jan 1825, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Nov 1901
>	3. Elkanah Brooks, b. Abt 1828, , , Missouri, USA , d. Aug 1871, , Audrain, Missouri, USA
	4. Theophilus Brooks, b. 8 Nov 1829, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 10 Jul 1864, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	5. Agatha Jane Brooks, b. 3 Sep 1831, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 18 Jun 1862, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	6. Elizabeth Brooks, b. Abt 1834, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. Yes, date unknown
>	7. William Alexander Brooks, b. 18 Mar 1834, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 6 Mar 1922
>	8. James Richard Brooks, b. 10 May 1837, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 30 Jul 1904, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	9. George Robert Brooks, b. 30 Sep 1839, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 8 Jan 1908, , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	10. Lorenzo D. Brooks, b. Abt 1841, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Aug 1914, Higginsville, Lafayette, Missouri, USA
	11. Lafayette Brooks, b. Abt 1843, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 21 Oct 1884
	12. Sarah Catherine Brooks, b. 2 May 1846, , Callaway, Missouri, USA , d. 4 Oct 1851, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

Last Modified 25 Nov 2006

Family ID F14346756 Group Sheet

Notes	Obituary of Thomas Brooks was found in the Fulton Telegraph Newspaper January 18th, 1850 issue. This obit started at the bottom of the first column on left hand side of newspaper and continued to the top of the second column. The lower edge of the left side of paper was destroyed as was the top area of the second column. What remained was identifiable as the obit of Thomas Brooks through the described service in the War of 1812 and the last sentence. No other copy of this issue is known to exist. This was found in the newspaper room of the State Historical Society of Missouri, Columbia. The portion remaining is the following: .............carpenter's trade and was employed on the premises of the Venerable Washington for about a year, and received from General Washington's manager, a very complimentary certificate as a good workman and honorable man. This instrument was fully endorsed by General Washington , in his own hand and dated 1799. In the year 1812, on the breaking out of the War with Great Britain, he received a commission from Gov. Scott of Kentucky, as a Lieutenant in the First Rifle Division under General Harrison, in which he served with credit. Mr. Brooks died universally esteemed and lamented by a large circle of friends and family. [Note]Employment by General Washington was verified by letter from Mt. Vernon Plantation in VA., in 1999 Service in War of 1812 verified through Kentucky War of 1812 records. [Woodford Co., Ky enlistment. Buried in old Brooks Family Cemetery south of Fulton Thomas and Elizabeth lived on their farm in Callaway Co., Missouri until their deaths in 1850 and 1858 and both are buried in the Brooks Family Cemetery is just south of the house on the old portion of Highway 54, a few miles south of Fulton, Callaway County, Missouri. Some of their children are also buried there. From cemetery listing: Brooks Thomas Brooks-born June 24, 1781 in Culpeper County, Virginia- Died January 1, 1850 Elizabeth [Bullard] Brooks-born Aug 21 or 27, 1804 [in Va.] died August 10, 1858 Charles T.[Thomas] Brooks-died March 11, 1852-ages 27 yrs., 4 mos., 11 days-[son of T. & E. Brooks] Isabella T.- wife of C. T. Brooks-born Nov 22 1821-died January 20 1858 Theophilus Brooks-born November 18 1829-Died July 18 1861 son of T & E Brooks George R. Brooks-born September 30 1839-died January 8 1909-[son of T & E Brooks] Martha [Mosely] Brooks-born Feburary 12 1861-died November 15 1910-[wife of Capt. G. R. Brooks] Sarah G. daughter of Thos. & Eliz. Brooks-died October 4 1851-aged 6 yrs., 5 mos., 2 days CHILDREN OF G. R. & M. Brooks Infant daughter-born & died June 19 1882 George T. Brooks-born October 29 1881-died September 18 1884 Clarence Brooks-born February 6 1886-died January 8 1889

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	Birth - 24 Jun 1781 - , Culpeper, Virginia, USA
	Died - 1 Jan 1850 - , Callaway, Missouri, USA
	Buried - - Brooks Family Cemetery, , Callaway, Missouri, USA

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