George Harris Brooks

b. 28 February 1876, d. 10 July 1937
Family Background:
Underwood and Allied Families
     George Harris Brooks was born on 28 February 1876.1 He married Lou Underwood Horne, daughter of Captain Henry W. Horne and Laura Euphemia Hanks, on 7 June 1905 in Chatham County, North Carolina.2,3 He died on 10 July 1937 at age 61.1 He was buried in Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County.1 Click to view image
     
     George Brooks was an uncle, by marriage, of Louise Underwood Munson. Upon the birth of Louise's oldest child George, he sent congratulatory postcards to Louise's brother John, and her mother Lou Underwood.

Additional Data

George H. Brooks appeared on the 15 April 1910 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of Laura E. Horne, his mother-in-law, with his wife Lou H., and their children George and Louisa M.4 Click to view image

George H. Brooks appeared on the 1 January 1920 Federal Census of Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina, in the household of Laura E. Horne, his deceased wife's mother.5 Click to view image

Children of George Harris Brooks and Lou Underwood Horne

Citations

  1. [S194] George Harris Brooks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, North Carolina; photographed by Joe U. Munson Jr.
  2. [S395] Dennis Brooks, "Brooks Family," e-mail message from <e-mail address> (Pittsboro, North Carolina) to Laura M. Cooper, 27 June 1999.
  3. [S941] North Carolina Marriage Collection, 1741-2000, online <http://www.ancestry.com>.
  4. [S269] Laura E. Horne household, 1910 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, Pittsboro town, enumeration district (ED) 8, sheet 2B, dwelling 37, family 37; National Archives micropublication T624, roll 1102.
  5. [S270] Laura E. Horne household, 1920 U.S. Census, Chatham County, North Carolina, population schedule, Centre township, Pittsboro town, enumeration district (ED) 7, sheet 5A/78, dwelling 103, family 108; National Archives micropublication T625, roll 1289.
  6. [S194] Laura Horne Brooks tombstone, Pittsboro United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pittsboro, Chatham County, North Carolina.