William B. Brooks

b. circa 22 April 1881, d. 1949
  • William B. Brooks was born circa 22 April 1881 in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee.
  • Joseph Wiley Brooks and Sallie Elizabeth Murphy appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Bridgeport, Cocke County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included William B. Brooks, M. Daniel Brooks and Harriet (?)
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1900 census.
  • He married Linnie Angeline Bradford, daughter of Andrew Sanford Bradford Jr. and Anna Josephine Hartson.
  • Joseph Wiley Brooks and Sallie Elizabeth Murphy appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Cocke County, Tennessee. Other members of the household included William B. Brooks, Linnie Angeline Bradford. Also in the household were unmarried children Earl (age 21) , Callie M. (18), Roy B. (16) and Hazel M. (12), as well as son and daughter-in-law Daniel H. (25) and Myrtle (24).
  • He was working on the farm, according to the 1910 census.
  • William B. Brooks and Linnie Angeline Bradford appeared in the US federal census of 1 January 1920 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, at 109 South Victor Street. Other members of the household included James Bradford Brooks. Also in the household were children Carl (age 9) and Mae (5), and one young female lodger.
  • He was employed as a traffic manager by the street railway, according to the 1920 census.
  • William B. Brooks and Linnie Angeline Bradford appeared in the US federal census of 1 April 1930 in Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, at 27 South Wheeling Street. Other members of the household included James Bradford Brooks. Also in the household were children Carl J. (age 18) and Mae (15).
  • He was employed as a motorman by the electric railway, according to the 1930 census.
  • William B. Brooks became a widower at the 18 April 1932 death of his wife Linnie Angeline Bradford.
  • William B. Brooks registered for the draft on 26 April 1942 in Tulsa County, Oklahoma, while unemployed and living at 307-1/2 East Third in Tulsa. Contact: [his sister?] Mrs. May Perry, 1640 North Yorktown.
  • William B. Brooks died in 1949.
  • He was interred at Rose Hill Memorial Park, Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma.
  • Last Edited: 3 Dec 2016

Family: Linnie Angeline Bradford b. 21 September 1890, d. 18 April 1932