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Ruth Bell Brooks 1913–2000 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 17 Jan 1913

Birth Location: Shelby, Kentucky

Death Date: 30 Nov 2000

Death Location: Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

Father: John Rogers

Mother: Lula Williams

Spouse(s): Stanley Brooks

Children(s): Kenneth Brooks, Virginia Hogue, Bobby Brooks

Ruth Bell Brooks was born in 1913 in Shelby, Kentucky, the child of John Wesley Rogers And Lula Mae Williams. In 1950, Ruth Bell Brooks resided in North Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA. Ruth Bell Brooks married Stanley Erwin Brooks, Thomas M Smith, and had children including Bobby G Brooks, Kenneth Donald Brooks, Patricia Brooks, Virginia Mae Brooks Hogue. Ruth Bell Brooks passed away in 2000 in Shelby County, Kentucky, USA.

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Biography

  • Ruth Bell Brooks was born in 1913 in Shelby, Kentucky, the child of John Wesley Rogers And Lula Mae Williams.
  • In 1950, Ruth Bell Brooks resided in North Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA.
  • Ruth Bell Brooks married Stanley Erwin Brooks, Thomas M Smith, and had children including Bobby G Brooks, Kenneth Donald Brooks, Patricia Brooks, Virginia Mae Brooks Hogue.
  • Ruth Bell Brooks passed away in 2000 in Shelby County, Kentucky, USA.

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Spouses(s)

Children(s)

Ruth Brooks's Ancestors

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Ruth Brooks
1913–2000
Birth Place: Shelby, Kentucky
Parents
John Wesley Rogers
1875–1918
Shelby County, Kentucky, United States of America
Lula (Mae) Williams
1889–1922
Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Grandparents
James (Henry) Rodgers
1848–1929
Kentucky, United States
Susan (Jane Wade) (Rogers0
1838–1909
Irvine, Estill, Kentucky, United States
Great-Grandparents
Charles Rodgers
1808–1875
Mary White
1810–1888
2nd-Great-Grandparents
George Rodgers
1775–1831
Elizabeth Christie
1788–1880

Ruth Brooks's Descendants

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Ruth (Bell) Brooks (17 Jan 1913–30 Nov 2000) m. Stanley (Erwin) Brooks (17 January 1907–28 August 1980)
  1. 1. Kenneth (Donald) Brooks 1931–2019
  2. 2. Virginia (Mae Brooks) Hogue 1937–2012
  3. 3. Bobby (G.) Brooks 1924–2017

Ruth Brooks's Timeline

3 Records

1913
17 Jan 1913
Birth of Ruth Bell Brooks in Shelby, Kentucky
Shelby, Kentucky
1950
1950
Age 37
Ruth Bell Brooks resided here in North Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA
North Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA
2000
30 Nov 2000
Age 87
Death of Ruth Bell Brooks in Shelby County, Kentucky, USA
Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 17 Jan 1913
    Event Place: Shelby, Kentucky
    Record Source:
    [1] Kentucky, Birth Index
    [2] 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: North Shelbyville, S

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1950
    Event Place: North Shelbyville, Shelby, Kentucky, USA
    Record Source: 1950 United States Federal Census, United States of America, Bureau of the Census; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790-2007; Record Group Number: 29; Residence Date: 1950; Home in 1950: North Shelbyville, S

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 30 Nov 2000
    Event Place: Shelby County, Kentucky, USA

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