BROOKS, John G., died 1881

BROOKS

Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 2/17/2007 at 13:37:55

"The Fairfield Ledger"
June 15, 1881
Page 3, Column 5

DEATH OF JOHN G. BROOKS.

On the 9th inst., at his home in Keokuk County, occurred the death of John G. BROOKS, an old citizen of this county. He was born in Butler County, Ohio, and was 64 years old. He came to Iowa in 1846, and lived near this city for a number of years. He was twice married and was the father of 18 children, 14 of whom are yet living.... He lost two sons in the Union Army. Methodist Church.

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"Fairfield Ledger Weekly", June 16, 1881

Death of John G. BROOKS

On the 9th inst., at his home in Keokuk county, occurred the death of John G. BROOKS, and old citizen of this county. He was born in Butler county, Ohio, and was 64 years old. He came to Iowa in 1846, and lived near this city for a number of years. He was twice married and was the father of 18 children, fourteen of whom are yet living. In politics Mr. BROOKS was a democrat, supporting Douglass in 1860, but upon the breaking out of the rebellion he was an ardent supporter of the Lincoln administration and the Union army. Mr. BROOKS was a man of strong religious convictions, a member of the Methodist church from childhood up, and died in the faith of Christ.

*Transcribed for genealogy purposes; I have no relation to the person(s) mentioned.