When Hester Alice Brooks was born in 1837, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States, her father, James William "Billie" Brooks, was 31 and her mother, Margaret Teel, was 28. She married John Simpson Jones about 1853, in Jackson, Tennessee, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. She lived in Lick Creek, Union, Illinois, United States in 1900. She died on 9 April 1901, in Union, Illinois, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Union, Illinois, United States.
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By 1829 Venus, Illinois had grown sufficiently and in 1832 was one of the contenders for the new county seat. However, the honor was awarded to a nearby city, Carthage. In 1834 the name Venus was changed to Commerce because the settlers felt that the new name better suited their plans. But during late 1839, arriving members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints bought the small town of Commerce and in April 1840 it was renamed Nauvoo by Joseph Smith Jr., who led the Latter-Day Saints to Nauvoo to escape persecution in Missouri. The name Nauvoo is derived from the traditional Hebrew language. It is notable that by 1844 Nauvoo's population had swollen to around 12,000 residents, rivaling the size of Chicago at the time. After the Latter-Day Saints left the population settled down toward 2,000 people.
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
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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 .
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