U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Brooks, Alonzo Beecher (1873-1944) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 400 ALONZO BEECHER BROOKS, surveyor and civil engineer, born May 6th, 1873. Educated in the public schools and the West Virginia Conference Seminary. Took an apprenticeship in surveying under Linn T. Phillips. Formed a partnership with Prof. W. O. Mills in 1903. Taught school in Upshur County six years; Assistant County Clerk in 1904-5. Married June 22, 1899, to Nellie Coburn, daughter of Edgar and Mary E. (Young) Coburn. Made a complete map of Upshur County, indicating farms, farm houses, roads, streams, churches, school houses, district lines, postoffices, etc., and published the same 1905. A student in the West Virginia University at this date. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #7792 FULL-NAME: Alonzo Beecher Brooks BIRTH-DATE: May 6, 1873 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur County, W.Va. DEATH-DATE: May 16, 1944 DEATH-PLACE: Pocahontas, Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married (Nelle Colbourn Brooks) OCCUPATION: Naturalist FATHER: Adolpheus Brooks (born in Upshur County, W.Va.) MOTHER: Josephine Phillips (born in Upshur County, W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Chronic nephritis / Arteriosclerotic Type INFORMANT: Mrs. A. B. Brooks (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery (wife of Alonzo Beecher Brooks) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #'62-013372 FULL-NAME: Nellie Rene Brooks BIRTH-DATE: September 20, 1878 BIRTH-PLACE: Harrison Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: September 15, 1962 at age 83y-11m-26d DEATH-PLACE: Leonard Memorial, Buchannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed OCCUPATION: FATHER: Edgar L. Coburn MOTHER: Mary Emma Young CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Heart Failure / Acute Coronary Occlusion INFORMANT: Mrs. Grace Coburn Brooks (of Buckhannon, W.Va.) BURIAL: Heavner Cemetery in Buckhannon, W.Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------