Brief Life History of Moses
When Moses Brooks was born on 31 October 1789, in Tioga Center, Tioga, Tioga, New York, United States, his father, John Brooks, was 27 and his mother, Bethiah Goodspeed, was 22. He married Lydia Ransom on 9 February 1812, in Angelica, Angelica, Allegany, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. He lived in Mill Creek Township, Hamilton, Ohio, United States in 1850. He died on 12 May 1869, in Jerry City, Wood, Ohio, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Wesleyan Cemetery, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States.
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- Moses Brooks, "United States Census, 1850"
- Moses Brooks, "Find A Grave Index"
- Moses Brooks in entry for Caroline B. Gould, "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
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1791
Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.
1809
In 1809, the making of Mill Creek township practically completed the organization of the [Hamilton County] townships in their present form.
1810 · Change of capital city
Zanesville becomes the new state capital.
Name Meaning
English: usually a variant of Brook , with excrescent -s. The optional addition of -s, with no grammatical function, is usually post-medieval, but some examples of the same person's name occurring with and without -(e)s have been noted as early as the 14th century in South Lancashire. The -es in such cases probably has neither a plural nor a genitival function, and the name means ‘dweller at the brook’, not ‘dweller at the brooks’. A plural sense cannot be ruled out elsewhere, but a non-grammatical -(e)s must also be considered a strong possibility.
Americanized form of one or more similar (like-sounding) Jewish surnames.
Americanized form of German Brucks .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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