James Faulkner Brooks

(1805-1880)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

James Faulkner Brooks was born c. 1805. He died c. 1880. James Faulkner Brooks probably died during the 1880s. In United States Census of 1880, he is listed as disabled with paralysis and living with his children Samuel H. Brooks, Mary A. Brooks, and Harriet L. Brooks and her husband Thomas H. Hall [1].

Occupations

• Planter.

Relatives

• Spouse: Sarah Atkinson (1805-1860).
  Children:
  
  • two sons, John Venable Brooks (1838-1900) and Samuel H. Brooks (b. 1838).
  • five daughters, Sallie Faulkner Brooks (1833-1865) , Harriet L. Brooks (1844-1900) , Susan W. Brooks (b. 1830), Martha A. Brooks (b. 1834) and Mary A. Brooks (b. 1845).
• Others: Alice Elizabeth Easley (granddaughter, b. 1857), Mary B. Easley (granddaughter, b. 1863), Sallie A. Easley (granddaughter, b. 1860), Thomas Easley (grandson), Charles Venable Brooks (grandson, b. 1881), Fannie Brooks (granddaughter, b. 1878), Harriett Brooks (granddaughter, 1869-1909), Sallie Ann Brooks (granddaughter, 1863-1953) and Samuel H. Brooks, [Jr.] (grandson, b. 1875).

References

1. United States Census of 1880.