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Brooks, Mary   247090
Birth: 00/00/1813    Death: 04/29/1919    Marriage:
Cemetery: Benevolent Black (NOT PLOTTED)
Record Source: Texas Death Certificate, Researcher-Submitted Info. Federal Census
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Betsy Mills and Ron Brothers. The Death and Cemetery Records of Lamar County, Texas, ReBroMa Press, 2008, http://www.lamarcountytx.org/cemetery. (12/17/2025)

Notes

As per the 1880 census she was born Mar 1830. She had 3 children Franklin & Ann James. A son Bossy Brooks who was not listed on the census. Information from Texas Death Certificate:
Name: Mary Brooks
Event Type: Death
Event Date: 29 Apr 1919
Event Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas, United States
Gender: Female
Marital Status: Widowed
Color or Race: Colored
Age: 106 years
Birth Date:
Birthplace: Upshine
Father’s Name: John Brooks
Mother’s Name:
Place of Burial or Removal: Benevolent cemetery
Certificate Number: 13694
GS Film number: 2073563
Digital Folder Number: 005165848
Image Number: 01542
Citing this Record: “Texas Deaths, 1890-1976,” database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3F7-MSN : accessed 2 February 2016), Mary Brooks, 29 Apr 1919; citing certificate number 13694, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2,073,563.

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