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James Croxall Brooks 1843 – 1911 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 26 Mar 1843

Birth Location: New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, USA

Death Date: 18 Jul 1911

Death Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Father: James Brooks

Mother: Phebe Paxson

Spouse(s): Mary Murtagh?

Children(s): Macy Brooks, Frances Brooks

Born in 1843 in New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, USA, James Croxall Brooks was the child of James Brooks and Phebe Ann BROOKS Paxson. In time, James Croxall Brooks married Mary Catharine BROOKS Tweddle Murtagh?, and they raised a family that included Macy Brooks and Frances Annette ACKERMANN Brooks. James Croxall Brooks died in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA in 1911.

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Parents

James Brooks
1810 – 1867
Birth Location: Orrington, Penobscot, Maine, USA
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Phebe Paxson
1812 – 1899
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Spouses(s)

Mary Murtagh?
1846 – 1909
Birth Location: Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Children(s)

Macy Brooks
1872 – 1924
Birth Location: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
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Frances Brooks
1874 – 1935
Birth Location: Pennsylvania
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 26 Mar 1843
    Event Place: New Albany, Floyd, Indiana, USA

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: West Chester, PA
    Record Source: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1911
    Event Place: Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Year: 18 Jul 1911
    Event Place: West ChesterPennsylvania
    Record Source: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915
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