Brief Life History of James
When James Brooks was born on 21 June 1823, in Hamilton, Ohio, United States, his father, Rev. Benjamin Brooks, was 44 and his mother, Mary Hathaway, was 36. He had at least 5 sons and 6 daughters with Matilda Paris. He lived in Utah, United States in 1870 and Riverside, San Bernardino, California, United States in 1880. He died about 1886, at the age of 64.
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- James Brooks, "United States Census, 1860"
- Legacy NFS Source: James S. Brooks - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: James S. Brooks
- James Brooks, "Washington, County Marriages, 1855-2008"
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1825 · State Capital Moves to Indianapolis
The state capital was moved from Corydon to Indianapolis on January 10, 1825.
1836 · Kirtland Temple Dedicated
On March 27, 1836, the Kirtland Temple was dedicated.
1841 · Indiana Nears Bankruptcy
The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
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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