Bronson W Brooks b. 18 Sep 1835 Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States d. 28 Apr 1907 Lawler, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States: My Family Online

1835 - 1907 (71 years)

Name	Bronson W Brooks [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]
Born	18 Sep 1835	Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States [2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 13]
Gender	Male
Military	Illinois, United States [12]
Military	: Private; : Private; : Private; : Private [12]
Residence	Morris, Grundy, Illinois, United States [9]
Residence	Morris, Grundy, Illinois, United States [8]
Residence	1850	Nunda, Livingston, New York, United States [5]
Residence	1860	Medina,Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States [6]
Residence	1880	Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States [2]
Residence	1885	Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States [4]
Residence	1900	Lawler, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States [7]
Died	28 Apr 1907	Lawler, Chickasaw, Iowa, United States [13]
Buried	Waucoma, Fayette, Iowa, United States [13]
Person ID	I5	Wolden-Brooks
Last Modified	27 Apr 2015

Family Mary Orsila Goodrick, b. 5 Jun 1843, Mooers, Clinton, New York, United States , d. 1 Oct 1899, Jackson, Madison, Tennessee, United States (Age 56 years)

Married 4 Jul 1871 Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States [14]

Children

+	1. Solon Nathan Brooks, b. 6 Oct 1876, Cresco, Howard, Iowa, United States , d. 6 May 1951, Sisseton, Roberts, South Dakota, United States (Age 74 years)

Last Modified 29 Apr 2015

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Photos		Bronson Brooks
Photos		Bronson Brooks

Documents		1850 U.S. Census for Bronson Brooks Name: Bronson Brooks Age: 20 Birth Year: abt 1830 Birthplace: Maine Home in 1850: Nunda, Livingston, New York, USA Gender: Male Family Number: 408 Occupation: Blacksmith
Documents		1860 U.S. Census for Bronson (Nathan) Brooks Name: Nathan Brooks, Age: 48 Birth Year: abt 1837, Birth Place: Maine Residence Date: 1885, Residence Place: Cresco, Howard, Iowa, USA Gender: Male, Marital Status: Married -------------------------------------------------- Mary O. Brooks 41 years old Abram J. Brooks 17 years old Rasmond O. Brooks 10 years old Solon N. Brooks 8 years old Bessie M. Brooks 6 years old Ernest E. Brooks 3 years old

Notes

http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=29278
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Source: http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BROOKS-NE/2001-10/1004143431
From: Christopher Brooks
Subject: Re: [B-NE] Bronson BROOKS, Portlsnd ME.
Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 20:43:51 -0400
In-Reply-To: <200110260600.f9Q60Lr02165@lists5.rootsweb.com>

John Brooks
>I would like to throw a name into the wind and see if we have
>any hits.
>
> BRONSON W. BROOKS was born 18 September 1835 in Portland,
>Cumberland, Maine, and died 28 April 1907 in Lawler, Chickasaw,
>Iowa. He married (1) MARIA E. SMITH 11 January 1852 in Orshon,
>New York1, daughter of ADVON SMITH and POLLY (SMITH). She was
>born Abt. 1834 in New York, and died Unknown. He married (2)
>MARY ORSILA GOODRICK 4 July 1871 in Cresco, Howard, Iowa,
>daughter of ABRAHAM GOODRICK and MARY BOSWORTH. She was born 5
>June 1843 in Mooers, Clinton, New York, and died 1 October 1899
>in Jackson, Madison, Tennessee.
>
>I am looking for any information on his parents. All I know is
>that he left home at an early age and by 1850 was living in
>Nunda, NY. In the 1900 Census he claimed that his father was
>born in Maine and his mother in New York. Any information would
>be helpful.

There was a branch of (probably) the Woburn line of Henry/1 Brooks in
Portland in the right time period. One William C. Brooks, perhaps to
probably the son of Jonas/5 Brooks and Joanna CUMMINGS, was born in 1777 at
Malone, NY, but married, in 1801, in Maine, where he remained, Hannah
POLAND. They had two sons at Portland, 1802 and 1806, but each of these
settled in the country on a farm. I double-checked, and each had a child
within nine months or so of your Bronson's DOB.

Another Portland presence, at least for a generation, was the line of
Cotton Brown/6 Brooks, descended in the Concord line of Capt. Thomas
Brooks. A wealthy merchant, and the grandfather of Rev. Phillips Brooks, he
died at Portland in 1834. Of his three sons, William Gray was in Boston,
George (b. 1797, Haverhill, MA) disappears, and Charles (b. 1795,
Haverhill, disappears as well.) More accurately, I haven't followed them
beyond recording their births.

There are other Brooks connections to Portland I haven't clarified. One
John G. Brooks, a. 21, of Portland, died in Worcester, MA in 1839. Samuel
Reeves/7 Brooks married at Portland in 1842 -- born in Medford, MA, he was
probably in business with his cousin Cotton Brown Brooks in Portland.

Even more exotically, two Brooks sisters, whose family originated in
Exeter, NH, and who were born on a cotton plantation near Natchez, MS,
returned to New England to marry INGRAHAM brothers of Portland, but the
dates are likely after 1840, and, obviously, any offspring would carry the
Ingraham surname.

Finally, Larry Wert, whom I have lost contact with, sent me this several
years back, which he attributed to Lloyd O. Poland, The Polands of Essex
Co., MA (1981):

"A Wm. Brooks was listed in 1823-1827 Portland directories; Truckman, York
St.. 1841 directory, cooper, Sumner St. 1858-9 directory, William A.,
Clerk, Cumberland St."

Sorry I couldn't find anything more tangible. Have you checked the Portland
area census for BROOKS heads of household?

BTW, I left the subject line typo in place so that all messages on this
thread will sort together properly in the archive. :-)

Chris

Sources

[S8] Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Trees.
http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=2721381&pid=32
[S15] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa; Roll: T9_344; Family History Film: 1254344; Page: 530.1000; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0623.
Birth date: abt 1835 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=23415880&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S6] Civil War Service Records, Box:539; Extraction:10; Record:2956.
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=cvwrmr&h=553480&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S7] Iowa State Census Collection, 1836-1925.
Birth date: abt 1837 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1885 Residence place: Cresco
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=iastatecen&h=6949737&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S5] 1850 United States Federal Census, Year: 1850; Census Place: Nunda, Livingston, New York; Roll: M432_524; Page: 52; Image: 332.
Birth date: abt 1830 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Nunda, Livingston, New York
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=7035473&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S4] 1860 United States Federal Census, Year: 1860; Census Place: Medina, Peoria, Illinois; Roll: M653_217; Page: 411; Image: 42.
Birth date: abt 1831 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1860 Residence place: Medina, Peoria, Illinois
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1860usfedcenancestry&h=37520257&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S18] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Stapleton, Chickasaw, Iowa; Roll: ; Page: ; Enumeration District: .
Birth date: Sep 1838 Birth place: Maine Residence date: 1900 Residence place: Lawler Town, Chickasaw, Iowa
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1900usfedcen&h=1870767&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S9] American Civil War Soldiers, Side served: Union; State served: Illinois; Enlistment date: 28 Sep 1861.
Residence date: Residence place: Morris, Illinois
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=hdssoldiers&h=3282504&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S10] U.S. Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles.
Residence date: Residence place: Morris, Illinois, USA
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=civilwar_histdatasys&h=1025939&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S15] 1880 United States Federal Census, Year: 1880; Census Place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa; Roll: 344; Family History Film: 1254344; Page: 530A; Enumeration District: 250; Image: 0623.
Birth date: abt 1877 Birth place: Iowa Residence date: 1880 Residence place: Vernon Springs, Howard, Iowa, United States
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1880usfedcen&h=23415901&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S21] American Civil War Regiments.
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=hdsregiment&h=3030&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt
[S27] U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865.
[S28] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current.
[S3] Family Data Collection - Individual Records, Birth year: 1843; Birth city: Mooers; Birth state: NY.
Birth date: 5 June 1843 Birth place: Mooers, Clinton, NY Death date: 10 October 1899 Death place: Jackson, Madison, TN Marriage date: 4 July 1871 Marriage place: Cresco, Howard, IA
http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=genepool&h=1012101&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt

Bronson W Brooks[1]

Bronson W Brooks^[1]