Canady BROOKS
1880 Census Sweetland,Muscatine,Iowa, p. 102D, ED 244
NEWSPAPER: "Muscatine Journal", pg. 2, col. - Death Notice CENSUS: Records of Clermont Co., Ohio - 1860 (FHL #0803945) CENSUS: Records of Muscatine Co., Iowa - 1880 (FHL #1254358) MARRIAGE: Records of Clermont Co., Ohio (FHL
SOURCES: Obituary of Adeline McClure BROOKS - "Muscatine Journal", 11 Mar 1902 Oakdale Cemetery Records, Wilton Junction, Iowa Census Records of Clermont Co., Ohio - 1860 (FHL #0803945) Census Records of Muscatine Co.,Iowa - 1880, 1900 (FHL #1254358) Correspondance in 1964 with Ruth Knouse, step-granddaughter of Adeline McClure Brooks
Other Marriages: (2) Augusta Henrietta NAUYOK William Leonard MC CLURE was born out of wedlock and took his mother's maiden name.
Sources Death Certificate of Francis Rosela BROOKS, Iowa Co., Iowa
Marriages: (1) William Townsend SISSEL, 1879 (div.) (2) Martin L. BAKER, 28 Oct 1903 Melissa Oceola BROOKS and William Townsend SISSEL had 6 children. 3 died in infancy.
Sources: Newspaper, "Muscatine Journal" 23 Jun 1905 - Obituary Laura BROOKS DUNCAN died very suddenly. She had asthma and was a very fleshy person, not too tall.
He married Adeline Mc Clure 27 Oct 1853 at Clermont, Ohio . Adeline Mc Clure was born at Gallopatis, Gallia, Ohio 30 Mar 1830 .
They were the parents of 6
children:
William Leonard Mc Clure
born 5 Jun 1851.
Francis Rosela Brooks
born 1 Aug 1856.
Melissa Oceola J. Brooks
born 29 May 1860.
Laura E. Brooks
born 30 Jun 1862.
Albert A. Brooks
born 1873.
Charles F. Brooks
born 1875.
Canady Brooks died 21 Jan 1889 at Wilton Junction, Muscatine, Iowa .
Adeline Mc Clure died 9 Mar 1902 at South Wilton, Muscatine, Iowa .