David BROOKS

Father: William BROOKS
Mother: Mary GALBRAITH

Family 1: Susannah WESCOAT

(1) Erlenkotter Family Records, citing: Meadville Daily Messenger, Tuesday, 10 August 1909, p. 2, col. 5. 
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Notes

Updated December 7, 2012. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) 1860 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood Twp., Meadville Post Office: page 62; June 21, 1860.

David BROOKS is head of household, married to Susanna [WESCOAT] BROOKS. He is 44 years old, a miller with real estate valued at $1,700 and personal estate valued at $250, and was born in Pennsylvania. Children in the household include Theodore (age 9), Orphena (age 5) and Clarissa (age 2). Susanna's sister, Mary [WESCOAT] BROOKS and father Amaziah WESCOAT live a couple of properties away.

(2) 1870 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood (Fallowfield Post Office): page 7; August 30, 1870.

David BROOKS is head of household, married to Susanna [WESCOAT] BROOKS. He is 54 years old, a farmer with real estate valued at $1,050 and personal estate valued at $675, and was born in Pennsylvania. Children in the household include Theodore (age 19), Arphena (age 15), Clarrissa (age 13), Esther A. (age 10) and Major (age 8).

(3) 1880 United States Census for Pennsylvania, Crawford Co., Greenwood Twp.: Supervisor's District 10; Enumeration District 100; page 21; June 15, 1880.

David BROOKS is head of household, married to Susanna [WESCOAT] BROOKS. He is 64 years old and a farmer. He was born in Pennsylvania, with his parents born in Ireland. Children in the household include Theodore (age 28, a telegraph operator for White Swelling), Magor S. (age 18, a laborer) and Claracy (age 22, at home).

(4) Erlenkotter Family Records, citing:

... (4a) [birth] Rogers, Sophie Selden; Lane, Elizabeth Selden; and Selden, Edwin Van Deusen; Selden Ancestry: A Family History Giving the Ancestors and Descendants of George Shattuck Selden and His Wife, Elizabeth Wright Clark, Mason Printing Co., Syracuse, NY, 1931, pp. 355, 357-358. ... (4b) [death] The Crawford Journal, Meadville, PA, 20 October 1892, p. 8, col. 1.

NOTES PROVIDED IN THE ERLENKOTTER FAMILY RECORDS:

- Son of William BROOKS and Mary GALBRAITH
- "The graves of David BROOKS (1816-1892) and his wife Susanna (1820-1909) in Geneva Memorial Cemetery, Geneva, Crawford County, PA are marked by a monument bearing both their names."