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, Luke P. (1847-1924) ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 LUKE P. BROOKS, born June 7, 1847, in Boone County, Va., son of Rev. Richard L. Brooks and Judith Atkinson, raised a farmer, educated in the public schools, married Barbara J. Rexroad, daughter of Thomas Rexroad and Sarah Pullins and have nine living children and one dead. Richard Thomas, Bessie, wife of J. Arthur Crawford, Sarah J., wife of William R. Leachman, Laura, Benson, Mary L., Edgar A., Cosby Ruth, Olga K., and Myrl. He has been Justice of the Peace of Banks District, Assessor of Personal Property in the Second District of Upshur County, and County Superintendent of Public Schools. He was a soldier in Company B, Tenth West Virginia Infantry, under Captain J. L. Gould. He is a pensioner. His parents were natives of Tazwell County, Va. ------------------------------------------------------------------- From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #14248 FULL-NAME: Luke T. Brooks BIRTH-DATE: June 7, 1847 BIRTH-PLACE: W.Va. DEATH-DATE: November 1, 1924 at age 77y-4m-24d DEATH-PLACE: St. Josephs Hosp., Buckhannon, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Married OCCUPATION: Farmer FATHER: Richard L. Brooks (born in Taswell Co., Va.) MOTHER: Judith Adkinson (born in W.Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Old age and complications INFORMANT: R. T. Brooks (of Alexander, W.Va.) BURIAL: Brooks Hill Cemetery (wife of Luke P. Brooks) From Death Certificate, Upshur County, WV #4087 FULL-NAME: Barbara Julia Brooks BIRTH-DATE: August 15, 1857 BIRTH-PLACE: Upshur Co., W.Va. DEATH-DATE: March 10, 1939 DEATH-PLACE: Alexander, Banks District, Upshur County, WV RESIDENCE: Alexander, Banks District, Upshur County, WV MARITAL-STATUS: Widowed (Luke P. Brooks OCCUPATION: Housewife, Own home FATHER: Thomas Rexroad (born in Va.) MOTHER: Sarah Pullens (born in Va.) CAUSE-OF-DEATH: Frailities of age & myocarditis INFORMANT: Sarah Leachman (of Alexander, W.Va.) BURIAL: Brooks Hill ------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------