Children of James Brooks (1772-1835) and Wife Nancy Isbell: John Wesley Stewart Brooks (abt. 1823-1876/7)

Tombstone of Lieut. J.W.S. Brooks, see Find a Grave memorial page of J.W. Brooks, Davis Chapel cemetery, Alpha, Clinton County, Kentucky, created by Kyroots, with a tombstone photo by Judy Reneau. 

Or, Subtitled: Military Enlistment Cards Capturing Physical Descriptions — Blue Eyes, Fair Hair and Complexion, 6’2″ Tall

This post is a continuation of a series of postings about the children of James Brooks (1772-1835) and Nancy Isbell of Wayne County, Kentucky, Warren County, Tennessee, and Lawrence County, Alabama. To see previous postings in this series, click on the “previous posting” link at the bottom of this posting, and then continue doing that with each posting that pops up until you reach the link I just provided above. The following posting focuses on James and Nancy’s tenth child, John Wesley Stewart Brooks:

Children of James Brooks (1772-1835) and Wife Nancy Isbell: Clarissa E. Brooks (1818-1895), Alpha Caroline Brooks (1821-1890), and Samuel F. Brooks (1821-1846)

S.W. Barbee, “Old Lawrence Reminscent,” Moulton Advertiser (13 October 1908), p. 1, col. 4-5.

Or, Subtitled: “He draws near the crater of a volcano who lays violent hands on the Golden Rule”

With this posting, I’m resuming my chronicle of the children of James Brooks (1772-1835) and Nancy Isbell of Wayne County, Kentucky, Warren County, Tennessee, and Lawrence County, Alabama. In previous postings, I’ve chronicled the lives of their first two children, Godfrey Isbell and Thomas R. Brooks, then of their children Hannah Isbell, Margaret C., and James Irwin Brooks, and most recently of their son Johnson H. Brooks (and here). This now brings us to James and Nancy’s seventh child, their daughter Clarissa E. Brooks.