Matlida Jane Brooks

1848 - 1919  (71 years)

• Name	Matlida Jane Brooks
  Born	28 Jan 1848	Vermilion, Illinois
  Gender	Female
  Died	21 Oct 1919	Vermilion, Illinois
  Buried	Sandusky Cemetery, Illinois
  Person ID	I6682	Yatesville History & Genealogy
  Last Modified	11 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	John R. Brooks,   b. 21 Mar 1824, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 15 Mar 1895, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Louisa Taylor Black,   b. 25 May 1826, Bourbon, Kentucky ,   d. 1 Jan 1870, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 43 years)
  Married	5 Jan 1846	Vermilion, Illinois
  Family ID	F3355	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Thomas Westbury Blakeney,   b. 19 Jul 1842, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 3 Apr 1922, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 79 years)
  Married	21 Oct 1868	Vermilion, Illinois
  Children	1. Mable Nile Blakeney,   b. 1869, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 25 Apr 1881, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 12 years)   2. Parylee Blakeney,   b. 1871, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 1948, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 77 years)   3. Brooks V. "Brooksie" Blakeney,   b. 1872, Vermilion, Illinois ,   d. 1875, Vermilion, Illinois  (Age 3 years)
  Last Modified	18 May 2022
  Family ID	F3340	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

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• Notes

  Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Name: Thomas W. Blakeney Gender: Male Spouse Name: Matlida J. Brooks Marriage Date: Oct 21, 1868 Marriage County: Vermilion Comments: This record can be found at the County Court Records, Film # 1298746 - 1298749. Glaspie, Kith & Kin p 43: she was known as "Aunt Till" - and "she smoked a pipe!" - she was the granddaughter of Benjamin Brooks, founder of "Brooks Point". Illinois Statewide Death Index has date as 10/21/1919. Name indexed as BLAKNEY.