Elizabeth Jerome Polk
• Birth: 20 JAN 1832 in Tipton, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880 San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
• Death: 03 SEP 1900 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
Father: John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, USA
Mother: Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, USA, buried in Leon county, TX.
Elizabeth Jerome Polk belonged to the famous Polk family of Tennessee, she being a second cousin of President James K. Polk.(quote from , A History of Texas and Texans, Vol 5 Part 2.)
Married: 12 JUL 1854 in Leon, Texas, USA to
John Henry Broocks, Confederate Army officer, was born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 12, 1829, the son of Elizabeth A. and Travis G. Broocks. In 1837 the family moved to San Augustine, Texas, where Broocks attended Wesleyan College and San Augustine University. At the outbreak of the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Otis M. Wheeler's Company A of Col. George T. Wood's Second Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles. He married Elizabeth J. Polk; the couple had eight children. In 1855 Broocks moved to his farm.
Soon after secession he raised a company of cavalry in San Augustine County that became Company C of Whitfield's Legion, or the Twenty-seventh Texas Cavalry. Broocks was elected major. As part of Gen. Ben McCulloch's Army of the West during the first year of the war, this regiment fought at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas. In Mississippi the following year it saw action at Iuka, Yazoo Pass, and Spring Hill. When Whitfield was promoted to brigadier general on March 9, 1863, Broocks became lieutenant colonel
After the war Broocks retired to his San Augustine County farm. Although he was repeatedly called upon to run for the state Senate, he declined to do so; he did serve as chairman of the Democratic Congressional District Committee. He died on April 16, 1901.
Children
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. John Henry Broocks Jr. b: 15 MAR 1862 in St Augustine, Texas, USA . Married to Laura Sims Allen on Aug 29, 1906; and John H.died Feb 8,1938 in Beaumont, Orange Co. TX. Buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, TX. Occupation - Lawyer.
*3. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*4. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*5. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*6. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*7. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
1880 Census - San Augustine County TX
John H. Broocks - 50
Jerome E. Broocks - 48
Mary E. Broocks - 20
John H. Broocks - 18
Moses Broocks - 15
Benjamin Broocks - 13
1900 Census San Augustine
John Brooks M
Spouse Elizabeth J Brooks F
Archie Price(black) M
• Birth: 20 JAN 1832 in Tipton, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880 San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
• Death: 03 SEP 1900 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
Father: John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, USA
Mother: Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, USA, buried in Leon county, TX.
Elizabeth Jerome Polk belonged to the famous Polk family of Tennessee, she being a second cousin of President James K. Polk.(quote from , A History of Texas and Texans, Vol 5 Part 2.)
Married: 12 JUL 1854 in Leon, Texas, USA to
John Henry Broocks, Confederate Army officer, was born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 12, 1829, the son of Elizabeth A. and Travis G. Broocks. In 1837 the family moved to San Augustine, Texas, where Broocks attended Wesleyan College and San Augustine University. At the outbreak of the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Otis M. Wheeler's Company A of Col. George T. Wood's Second Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles. He married Elizabeth J. Polk; the couple had eight children. In 1855 Broocks moved to his farm.
Soon after secession he raised a company of cavalry in San Augustine County that became Company C of Whitfield's Legion, or the Twenty-seventh Texas Cavalry. Broocks was elected major. As part of Gen. Ben McCulloch's Army of the West during the first year of the war, this regiment fought at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas. In Mississippi the following year it saw action at Iuka, Yazoo Pass, and Spring Hill. When Whitfield was promoted to brigadier general on March 9, 1863, Broocks became lieutenant colonel
After the war Broocks retired to his San Augustine County farm. Although he was repeatedly called upon to run for the state Senate, he declined to do so; he did serve as chairman of the Democratic Congressional District Committee. He died on April 16, 1901.
Children
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. John Henry Broocks Jr. b: 15 MAR 1862 in St Augustine, Texas, USA . Married to Laura Sims Allen on Aug 29, 1906; and John H.died Feb 8,1938 in Beaumont, Orange Co. TX. Buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, TX. Occupation - Lawyer.
*3. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*4. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*5. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*6. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*7. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
1880 Census - San Augustine County TX
John H. Broocks - 50
Jerome E. Broocks - 48
Mary E. Broocks - 20
John H. Broocks - 18
Moses Broocks - 15
Benjamin Broocks - 13
1900 Census San Augustine
John Brooks M
Spouse Elizabeth J Brooks F
Archie Price(black) M
Elizabeth Jerome Polk
• Birth: 20 JAN 1832 in Tipton, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880 San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
• Death: 03 SEP 1900 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
Father: John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, USA
Mother: Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, USA, buried in Leon county, TX.
Elizabeth Jerome Polk belonged to the famous Polk family of Tennessee, she being a second cousin of President James K. Polk.(quote from , A History of Texas and Texans, Vol 5 Part 2.)
Married: 12 JUL 1854 in Leon, Texas, USA to
John Henry Broocks, Confederate Army officer, was born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 12, 1829, the son of Elizabeth A. and Travis G. Broocks. In 1837 the family moved to San Augustine, Texas, where Broocks attended Wesleyan College and San Augustine University. At the outbreak of the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Otis M. Wheeler's Company A of Col. George T. Wood's Second Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles. He married Elizabeth J. Polk; the couple had eight children. In 1855 Broocks moved to his farm.
Soon after secession he raised a company of cavalry in San Augustine County that became Company C of Whitfield's Legion, or the Twenty-seventh Texas Cavalry. Broocks was elected major. As part of Gen. Ben McCulloch's Army of the West during the first year of the war, this regiment fought at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas. In Mississippi the following year it saw action at Iuka, Yazoo Pass, and Spring Hill. When Whitfield was promoted to brigadier general on March 9, 1863, Broocks became lieutenant colonel
After the war Broocks retired to his San Augustine County farm. Although he was repeatedly called upon to run for the state Senate, he declined to do so; he did serve as chairman of the Democratic Congressional District Committee. He died on April 16, 1901.
Children
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. John Henry Broocks Jr. b: 15 MAR 1862 in St Augustine, Texas, USA . Married to Laura Sims Allen on Aug 29, 1906; and John H.died Feb 8,1938 in Beaumont, Orange Co. TX. Buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, TX. Occupation - Lawyer.
*3. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*4. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*5. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*6. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*7. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
1880 Census - San Augustine County TX
John H. Broocks - 50
Jerome E. Broocks - 48
Mary E. Broocks - 20
John H. Broocks - 18
Moses Broocks - 15
Benjamin Broocks - 13
1900 Census San Augustine
John Brooks M
Spouse Elizabeth J Brooks F
Archie Price(black) M
• Birth: 20 JAN 1832 in Tipton, Tennessee, USA
• Residence: 1880 San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
• Death: 03 SEP 1900 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA
Father: John Polk b: 25 OCT 1798 b: North Carolina, USA
Mother: Cynthia Springs Polk b: 25 FEB 1801 in Tennessee, USA, buried in Leon county, TX.
Elizabeth Jerome Polk belonged to the famous Polk family of Tennessee, she being a second cousin of President James K. Polk.(quote from , A History of Texas and Texans, Vol 5 Part 2.)
Married: 12 JUL 1854 in Leon, Texas, USA to
John Henry Broocks, Confederate Army officer, was born in Jackson, Tennessee, on October 12, 1829, the son of Elizabeth A. and Travis G. Broocks. In 1837 the family moved to San Augustine, Texas, where Broocks attended Wesleyan College and San Augustine University. At the outbreak of the Mexican War, he enlisted as a private in Capt. Otis M. Wheeler's Company A of Col. George T. Wood's Second Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles. He married Elizabeth J. Polk; the couple had eight children. In 1855 Broocks moved to his farm.
Soon after secession he raised a company of cavalry in San Augustine County that became Company C of Whitfield's Legion, or the Twenty-seventh Texas Cavalry. Broocks was elected major. As part of Gen. Ben McCulloch's Army of the West during the first year of the war, this regiment fought at Elkhorn Tavern, Arkansas. In Mississippi the following year it saw action at Iuka, Yazoo Pass, and Spring Hill. When Whitfield was promoted to brigadier general on March 9, 1863, Broocks became lieutenant colonel
After the war Broocks retired to his San Augustine County farm. Although he was repeatedly called upon to run for the state Senate, he declined to do so; he did serve as chairman of the Democratic Congressional District Committee. He died on April 16, 1901.
Children
*1. Benjamin Carlo Broocks b: 19 APR 1866 in San Augustine, Texas, USA (On Jun 1,1900 Ben C. Broocks was shot in the back and was killed. Friends at the time, believed he had been led into a trap and murdered in cold blood. Later became known as the Wall-Broocks-Border feud. Married to Laura Sims Allen 4 Sep 1894.
*2. John Henry Broocks Jr. b: 15 MAR 1862 in St Augustine, Texas, USA . Married to Laura Sims Allen on Aug 29, 1906; and John H.died Feb 8,1938 in Beaumont, Orange Co. TX. Buried at the Magnolia Cemetery in Beaumont, TX. Occupation - Lawyer.
*3. Margaret Eugenia Broocks b: 22 APR 1860 in San Augustine, Texas, USA . Married George Clapp Greer on 2 Sep 1884 San Augustine, TX. Margaret Eugenia Broocks died July 7, 1953 in Dallas, TX. She was buried at Oakland Cemetery in Dallas, TX, along with her husband George Clapp Greer. He was the President of Magnolia Oil(Mobil) Company.
*4. Travis Green Broocks b: 1856 in Texas, USA, d.1859
*5. Moses Lycurgus Broocks b: 01 NOV 1864 in San Augustine, San Augustine, Texas, USA (a Representative from Texas; born near San Augustine, San Augustine County, Tex., November 1, 1864; attended the common schools; was graduated from the law department of the University of Texas at Austin in 1891 and commenced practice at San Augustine; member of the State house of representatives in 1892; moved to Beaumont, Jefferson County, Tex.; elected district attorney of the first judicial district of Texas in 1896 and served one term; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1905-March 3, 1907); resumed the practice of law in San Augustine, Tex., and died there May 27, 1908; interment in Old Broocks Cemetery, about four miles east of San Augustine, Tex.)
*6. Cynthia Elizabeth Broocks b: 1858
*7. Ella Jerome Broocks b: 1869 in Texas, USA
Broocks name came to command respect, and the families made many substantial contributions to the business and social life of San Augustine, and elsewhere.
1880 Census - San Augustine County TX
John H. Broocks - 50
Jerome E. Broocks - 48
Mary E. Broocks - 20
John H. Broocks - 18
Moses Broocks - 15
Benjamin Broocks - 13
1900 Census San Augustine
John Brooks M
Spouse Elizabeth J Brooks F
Archie Price(black) M
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