History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky, ed.
by William Henry Perrin,  O. L. Baskin & Co., Chicago, 1882.  p. 707.
[Harrison County]  [Rutland Precinct]

P. S. BROOKS, farmer, P. O. Hinton, Scott Co.; is a native of Harrison
County, where he was born Oct. 8, 1837; his great-grandfather, Wm. Brooks
was a soldier of the Revolution; his grandfather, Wm. Brook, and his
father, James Brooks, emigrated from Tazewell County, Va., in 1815, and
settled in Fleming County; he removed to Harrison in 1816, and settled
near the head waters of Raven Creek, James Brooks is still living with
his son, P. S. Brooks, the subject of this sketch.  P. S. Brooks and Mary
Brooks, his first cousin, daughter of Colby and Any (Henry) Brooks, were
married in 1860; they have eight children, all of whom are living: James
C., born Oct. 12, 1861; Mary J., born March 16, 1864; Julia Ann, born
Oct. 16, 1865; Rhoda, born July 17, 1866; Wm. P;, Jno. A., born May 20,
1875; Henrietta, born Dec. 13, 1876; Alice, born Feb. 13, 1879.  Mr.
Brooks joined the order of Free Masons in 1865, first uniting with the
Mullin Lodge at Rutland, where he remained till [sic] the organization of
the Raven Creek Lodge, in 1875; since that time his membership has been
with the latter body, and he has filled the several offices pertaining to
that institution with credit; his is now Senior Warden; in politics his
sympathies are with the Republican party.

Brooks Henry
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Fleming-KY Scott-KY Tazewell-VA

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