Our Brooks Photos, page 5

The Carroll County, Georgia bunch!

 

 

 

Rev. William Brooks III & his wife, Catherine Matilda Clontz

Married 21 Nov 1833 Mecklenburg Co, NC

Moved to Cobb Co, GA c1835 (later became Carroll Co, GA)

William Brooks III (5 Feb 181215 Jul 1887)

Catherine Matilda Clontz (7 Nov 181720 Sep 1897)

Picture taken (unknown)

William Brooks III was a Methodist Preacher

 

 

 

From Demonstration Corn Crop in 1908 photo below at age 67

 

 

 

John Wesley Brooks

Son of William Brooks III & Catherine M. Clontz

(Mar 1840 – 1911)

 

 

 

John Wesley Brooks built this beautiful home pictured above on Cown Road in Temple, Carroll Co, GA.   This house is a virtual museum for the Brooks of Temple, GA.   Most of the pictures shown here are hanging on the walls, antiques purchased by John W. Brooks are still in the house and the upstairs room in the center has not changed since the house was built, showing what it looked like originally.

 

 

John Wesley Brooks and wife Cynthia Elvira Allen at the Asbury Cemetery in Temple, GA

 

 

W. H. "Brim" Brooks, 1878 - 1957, son of John Wesley and Cynthia Elvira Allen Brooks

 

 

Annie Ludie Brooks, 1883 - 1957, daughter of John Wesley and Cynthia Elvira Allen Brooks

 

 

Mattie Lucy Brooks, 1889-1976, daughter of John Wesley and Cynthia Elvira Allen Brooks

John bought a piano for Mattie that's still in the house shown above.

 

 

 

Detail of School Wagon photo showing the sisters at age 19 (Annie) and 15 (Mattie)

 

 

 

[INFO]

 

Dr. James F. Brooks
23 Apr 1853- 31 Jul 1893

Co-Founder of
Temple, GA and co-owner of Brooks-Rowe Drug Store and another son of Rev. William and Catherine Brooks

 

 

 

 

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