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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ashley County, Arkansas published by Goodspeed Publishing Company in 1890.  These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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William H. Brooks has been successfully engaged in tilling his present farm of 320 acres since 1869, and by industry and good management has succeeded in putting 135 acres under cultivation, and on this tract raises one-half bale of cotton and from fifteen to twenty bushels of corn to the acre. He was born in Mississippi September 7, 1847, to Willis Brooks and wife, of Alabama, the former being a son of John Brooks, of Mississippi. The subject of this sketch began life for himself in 1866, but prior to this joined the Confederate army in 1864, being a member of a reserve corps, stationed at Camden, under command of Capt. Daughtery. At the close of the war they were disbanded at this place and returned home, the former reaching the parental roof in May, 1865. On January 10, 1877, his marriage with Miss Martha Parco of Ashley County took place, she being a daughter of Henry Parco, a farmer living in Drew County. To Mr. Brooks and his wife a family of seven children has been born: Henry W., Benjamin T., Clara Ann, John W., Mattie L., Hogan Allan and William H. Mr. Brooks is a member of the Free-Will Baptist Church, is a liberal contributor to the same, and in every respect is an upright man and citizen. His father and mother are still living in Ashley County, and the former was a soldier in the Indian War of 1830 in Alabama.

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This family biography is one of 97 biographies included in Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Ashley County, Arkansas published in 1890.  For the complete description, click here: Ashley County, Arkansas History, Genealogy, and Maps

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