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Birth:          12 Sep 1842 Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y.
Death:          1918 Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y.
Burial:         Earlville Cemetery, Earlville, Madison Co., N.Y.

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1850 in Madison, Madison Co., N.Y.
1860 in Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y.
1870 in Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y. farmer
1880 cannot find
1900 in Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y. farmer and notary
1910 in Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y.
1920 cannot find

fromhttp://home.comcast.net/~ingallsam/Bio_Review/025.htm
THE LEADING CITIZENS OF MADISON COUNTY
 
    ANSON C. BROOKS, an esteemed and highly respected resident of Hamilton, is a 
worthy representative of the intellectual, moral, and progressive element of Madison 
County. He was born in Hamilton, September 12, 1842, and is a son of Nelson Brooks. 
The latter was born in the town of Madison, and there reared to the peaceful 
occupation of farming, which he followed the greater part of his life. He spent his last 
years in Earlville, dying at an advanced age. Anson Brooks, grandfather of our 
subject, was a native of Connecticut, born in the town of Stratford. He emigrated to 
New York when a young man, it is thought, being a pioneer of Madison.
   The subject of this brief sketch was reared to manhood in his native town, attending 
the district schools, where he received a substantial foundation for his further 
education. At the age of fourteen years he began to be self-supporting, and secured 
work on a farm, continuing thus engaged for several seasons,--working on the farm in 
the summer and attending school in the winter season. He was an earnest student, 
and by close application to his books had, at the age of eighteen years, acquired 
such knowledge that he was enabled to fill the position of instructor in the public 
schools of his native town with marked ability, and for fifteen consecutive winters 
taught most successfully. At the expiration of that period Mr. Brooks was, by a 
unanimous vote, elected to the office of Justice of the Peace. His unswerving integrity 
and stanch loyalty to the cause of right gained for him the approval and confidence of 
his fellow- townsmen; and he was four times re-elected to this office, each time filling 
a term of four years. Subsequently he became a firm believer in the principles 
promulgated by the Prohibition party; and the high sense of justice and duty which 
have characterized his every action led him to join its ranks, and work ardently for the 
good cause. This change in politics not meeting with the approval of his constituents, 
Mr. Brooks was not again re-elected to his former office. He is of thrifty habits, 
prudent and economical. By a judicious use of his earnings, combined with skilful 
management, our subject and his wife have purchased the home where the family now 
reside, and where they are surrounded by the comforts of life.
   When twenty-one years of age, Mr. Brooks was united in marriage with Miss Marcia 
Brainard, daughter of Oliver and Eliza (Beebee) Brainard. Of this union four children 
have been born, two of whom are now living; namely, Anna, born in 1874, and 
Clarence in 1878. One son, Newton, died when six years of age, and a daughter, 
Emma, at the age of fourteen years. In politics Mr. Brooks was formerly a Republican, 
but now affiliates with the Prohibition party. During the years 1880 and 1881 he 
served acceptably as Secretary of the Madison County Temperance Association, and 
for two years was President of the same association. During the past twelve years he 
has, perhaps, settled as many estates as any man in town; and, as he is Notary 
Public, he has a large business in drawing wills, contracts, deeds, mortgages, etc., 
and has considerable practice as attorney in justice's courts, while he is trustee or 
guardian for several old people. Mr. Brooks is decided in his opinions, and firm and 
conscientious in the expression of them, fearlessly maintaining what he believes to be 
true and right. Religiously, he is a regular attendant at the Methodist Episcopal 
church. 

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Parents
BROOKS Nelson (1817 - 1885)
BANTON Emaline (1817 - 1886)

Siblings
BROOKS Amelia E. (1839 - )
BROOKS Franklin N. (1840 - )
BROOKS Helen A. (1841 - )
BROOKS Anson C. (12 Sep 1842 - 1918)
BROOKS Kelsey A. (1846 - 29 Oct 1863)
BROOKS Julia D. (1849 - )
BROOKS Ida A. (1851 - )

Marriage To BRAINERD Marcia L. (1 May 1843 - Mar 1916)
    m. 21 Oct 1863 East Hamilton, Madison Co., N.Y.

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Parents
BRAINERD Oliver Day ()
BEEBEE Eliza ()

Children by BRAINERD Marcia L. 1 May 1843 - Mar 1916
BROOKS Anson Newton (12 May 1866 - 5 Apr 1872)
BROOKS Emeline L. (1868 - 1882)
BROOKS Anna L. (Oct 1873 - 1958)
BROOKS Clarence Brainerd (22 Jun 1878 - 3 Mar 1943)

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