Tag: Thomas Jefferson Brooks

Addition and Correction to Previous Posting: Tombstone of Martha Elizabeth Hill, Wife of Thomas Jefferson Brooks

November 12, 2024

I’ve just added some new information to a previous posting about Thomas Jefferson Brooks (abt. 1835 – 1862), son of Alexander Mackey Brooks. I wanted to note this new information and a correction I’ve made to that posting so that anyone who may have gathered information from it in the past will know about the … More Addition and Correction to Previous Posting: Tombstone of Martha Elizabeth Hill, Wife of Thomas Jefferson Brooks

Thomas Jefferson Brooks (1835/8 – 1862): Addendum and Corrections to Previous Posting

November 2, 2022

Or, Subttitled: There’s always more to be found in historical rexearch Another interruption to my series of postings about Thomas Whitlock (abt. 1745 -1830): During the past two weeks, I did research at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City. One of my research goals on this trip there was to retrieve material I … More Thomas Jefferson Brooks (1835/8 – 1862): Addendum and Corrections to Previous Posting

Children of Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899): Adopted Daughter Rebecca Ann Chiek and Son Thomas Jefferson Brooks

August 16, 2022

Or, Subtitled: “Often has the editor of this paper heard his father speak of Tom Brooks and of his tender regard for him” Rebecca Ann Chiek Brooks Collier As a previous posting indicates, Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899) and his second wife Aletha Sorrells adopted a daughter, Rebecca Ann Chiek, who is enumerated in their household … More Children of Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899): Adopted Daughter Rebecca Ann Chiek and Son Thomas Jefferson Brooks

Children of Thomas Brooks (1775 – 1838) and Wife Sarah Whitlock: Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899) — Move to Texas and Years in Bastrop

August 8, 2022

Or, Subtitled: “I came to Texas in the fall of 1838 and have lived here ever since” This posting is a continuation of a previous one chronicling the life of Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899), a son of Thomas Brooks (1775 – 1838) and Sarah Whitlock of Wythe County, Virginia, Wayne County, Kentucky, and Morgan County, Alabama. The … More Children of Thomas Brooks (1775 – 1838) and Wife Sarah Whitlock: Alexander Mackey Brooks (1808-1899) — Move to Texas and Years in Bastrop

The Children of Mark Lindsey (1774-1848) and Mary Jane Dinsmore: William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1860/1870)

May 21, 2020

Or, Subtitled: “Mark Was a Methodist, but Loved a Dram” — Saga Continued from Alabama to Mississippi and Texas When I wrote about Mark Lindsey (1774-1848) in a previous series of postings, I posted a number of biographical accounts from people who knew Mark. One of these appears in James Edmond Saunders’s (1806-1896) book Early … More The Children of Mark Lindsey (1774-1848) and Mary Jane Dinsmore: William Burke Lindsey (1812 – 1860/1870)