Willie Rebecca BROOKS

HAIRSTON.org ID#4036, b. 21 September 1868, d. 6 March 1940
Father*Hardin Hairston BROOKS1,2 b. 28 Jan 1847, d. 24 Oct 1914
Mother*Georgia Hinton HELMS1 b. 8 Nov 1846, d. bt 1901 - 1910
Birth*Willie Rebecca BROOKS was born on 21 September 1868 in Kentucky.1,2,3 
She was the daughter of Hardin Hairston BROOKS and Georgia Hinton HELMS.1,2 
Census 1870Willie Rebecca BROOKS appeared on the 1870 census of Hardin Hairston BROOKS on 30 June 1870 in Township 16, Noxubee, Mississippi; Harden H. Brooks 23 MS, Georgia 20 KY, Willie 3 KY, George Alie 3 mths MS.1

 
Census 1880Willie Rebecca BROOKS appeared on the 1880 census of Hardin Hairston BROOKS on 5 June 1880 in Noxubee, Mississippi; H.H. Brooks 34, Georgia 30, Willie 12, Alice 9, Lee 7, Dazie 4, Harden 2.4

 
Marriage*Willie Rebecca BROOKS married Edgar V. SHEEKS on 12 June 1895 in Corning, Arkansas. 
Death*Willie Rebecca BROOKS died on 6 March 1940 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee, at age 71.3 

Family

Edgar V. SHEEKS
Children
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Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S55] Harden Hairston Family Bible, 1750-1908. The Holy Bible containing The Old & New Testaments: Translated Out of the Original Tongues,.....J. Holbrook's Sterotype Copy., Eighth Edition, Brattleborough, (Vt.), 1817, Library of Virginia - http://www.lva.virginia.gov
  3. [S51] Death Certificate.
  4. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
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