Brooks, Martha A

Birth Name Brooks, Martha A
Gramps ID I5866
Gender female
Age at Death 93 years, 7 months, 9 days

Events

Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Birth [E10976] 1847-01-06 Memphis, TN  
 
Death [E10977] 1940-08-15 Memphis, TN  
 
Burial [E10978] 1940 Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis, TN  
 

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Brooks, James Monroe [I5867]UNKNOWN
Mother Kingston, Mary Ann [I5868]UNKNOWN
         Brooks, Martha A [I5866] 1847-01-06 1940-08-15

Families

    Family of Peyton, Presley Ross and Brooks, Martha A [F1935]
Married Husband Peyton, Presley Ross [I5565] ( * + UNKNOWN )
   
Event Date Place Description Notes Sources
Marriage [E13910] before 1867-11-00    
 
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Peyton, Walter R. [I5869]1867-11-181938-04-22
  Attributes
Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 122530
 

Narrative

Martha A. Brooks “Mattie” (6 Jan 1847 Memphis – 15 Aug 1940 Memphis) bef. Nov 1867 and died shortly after their marriage. Mattie was the oldest daughter of James Monroe Brooks and Mary Ann Kingston of Memphis and Fisherville, TN. She attended St. Agnes Academy and Calvary Episcopal Church. Widowed early in marriage, Mattie lived with her parent’s family from 1870 to 1920 and never re-married. In 1863 she witnessed the property confiscation by Union soldiers on the Brooks’ plantation and testified to the Southern Claims Commission in 1872 in Memphis. She is buried in Forest Hill Cemetery, Memphis. (See Brooks)

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
REFN 5866
 

Pedigree

  1. Brooks, James Monroe [I5867]
    1. Kingston, Mary Ann [I5868]
      1. Brooks, Martha A
        1. Peyton, Presley Ross [I5565]
          1. Peyton, Walter R. [I5869]

Ancestors