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Joseph Thomas Hooks 1847–1898 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 April 1847

Birth Location: Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America

Death Date: 28 June 1898

Death Location: Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, United States of America

Father: Thomas Books

Mother: Orpha Mayo

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Joseph Thomas Hooks was born in 1847 in Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Thomas B Books And Orpha Eller Mayo. Joseph Thomas Hooks passed away in 1898 in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Joseph Thomas Hooks was born in 1847 in Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America, the child of Thomas B Books And Orpha Eller Mayo.
  • Joseph Thomas Hooks passed away in 1898 in Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, United States of America.

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Joseph Hooks's Ancestors

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Joseph Hooks
1847–1898
Birth Place: Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America
Parents
Thomas B Books
1812–1879
Tennessee, United States
Orpha (Eller) Mayo
1820–1908
Webster, Georgia, United States
Grandparents
Charles ("Charley" Hooks Jr.) 1785
1782–1828
Martin, North Carolina, United States
Elizabeth Ferrill
1787–1855
Martin County, North Carolina
Joseph (Ephraim) Mayo
1797–1871
Wayne, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
Charles Hooks
1728–1800
Mary Ward
1738–1800
John Ferrill
1767–1849
Zilpha Morris
1767–1831
Orpha Elliott
1765–1845
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund Morris
1735–1781
Joseph I
1715–1788
Richard Goodwin
1732–1781

Joseph Hooks's Timeline

2 Records

1847
8 April 1847
Birth of Joseph Thomas Hooks in Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America
Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America
1898
28 June 1898
Age 51
Death of Joseph Thomas Hooks in Wood County, Texas, United States of America
Wood County, Texas, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 April 1847
    Event Place: Box Ankle, Monroe County, Georgia, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 June 1898
    Event Place: Wood County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Winnsboro, Wood County, Texas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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