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Matlida Jane Brooks

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Name Matlida Jane Brooks Birth 28 Jan 1848 Vermilion, Illinois Gender Female Death 21 Oct 1919 Vermilion, Illinois Burial 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)
Marriage 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)
Marriage 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)
Family ID F3340 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 3 Feb 2023
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Headstones brooks,matildaji6682_sandusky.jpg
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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.
- Illinois Marriages, 1851-1900 Name: Thomas W. Blakeney Gender: Male