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Wright Brooks 1814–1882 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 10 Jan 1814

Birth Location: North Carolina, United States

Death Date: 27 Sep 1882

Death Location: Cocke Co., TN buried @@@@ Brooks Cem., English Rd., Newport, TN

Father: *William Brooks

Mother: Sarah Griffin

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Wright Brooks was born in 1814 in North Carolina, United States, the child of William James Brooks And Sarah A Proctor Griffin. Wright Brooks passed away in 1882 in Cocke Co., TN buried @@@@ Brooks Cem., English Rd., Newport, TN.

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Biography

  • Wright Brooks was born in 1814 in North Carolina, United States, the child of William James Brooks And Sarah A Proctor Griffin.
  • Wright Brooks passed away in 1882 in Cocke Co., TN buried @@@@ Brooks Cem., English Rd., Newport, TN.

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Wright Brooks's Ancestors

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Wright Brooks
1814–1882
Birth Place: North Carolina, United States
Parents
*William James Brooks
1779–1858
North Carolina, USA
Sarah (A Proctor) Griffin
1783–
North Carolina
Grandparents
Matthew Brooks
1743–1797
Frederick County, Virginia, USA
Agness Warren
1771–1854
Washington, North Carolina, USA
William Proctor
1750–1821
Edgecombe County, North Carolina, USA
Sarah ((Everson)) Phillips
1761–1783
Stone Arabia, Albany, New York, USA
Great-Grandparents
MATTHEW BROOKS
1712–1755
ELIZABETH WARREN
1714–1759
William Proctor
1720–1779
Jane Fowler
1726–1761
John Evertsen
1730–1783
Maria STERNBERGH
1726–1796
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Edmund װ
1665–1735
Harriet Whiting
1671–1711
Thomas Warren*
1682–1749
Mary Warren*
1686–1751
Grey Jr
1682–1772
Ann Proctor
1686–1740
Nicholas II
1699–1783
Susanna ✔©
1710–1783

Wright Brooks's Timeline

2 Records

1814
10 Jan 1814
Birth of Wright Brooks in North Carolina, United States
North Carolina, United States
1882
27 Sep 1882
Age 68
Death of Wright Brooks in Cocke Co., TN buried @@@@ Brooks Cem., English Rd., Newport, TN
Cocke Co., TN buried @@@@ Brooks Cem., English Rd., Newport, TN

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 10 Jan 1814
    Event Place: North Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 27 Sep 1882
    Event Place: Cocke Co., TN buried @@@@ Brooks Cem., English Rd., Newport, TN

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