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Thomas BROOKS (VETERAN UNION)

Combs (Fayetteville) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

FIRST LIEUTENANT US Army
Company L 1 Arkansas
Civil War Union
April 6, 1832 - May 15, 1910

*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, May 20, 1910

BROOKS, Thomas - {from The Fayetteville Daily} Thomas Brooks passed away at his home, 2 and one-half miles southeast of Fayetteville at 10 o'clock Sunday night. He had been a long sufferer from heart trouble and this was the immediate cause of his death. The burial will take place in Comb's Cemetery at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Thomas Brooks was born in Hawkins county, Tenn. on the 6th day of April 1832, was 78 years of age the 6th day of last month. In 1854 he was married to Miss Lucinda Maddox of his native county and three years later he moved to Washington county, Arkansas and located near Brentwood. Eleven children were born to them, a number of whom preceded him to the other world. He fought in the Union army during the war and was First Lieut. of Co. L, First Arkansas. After the war he bought the farm where he died and where he resided with the exception of a few years. He founded the Washington County Review and published that paper for a number of years. After selling out he purchased a farm in Oxford's Bend where he resided for three or four years and then moved back to his old home. Thomas Brooks was a good citizen and was highly esteemed by all the people. He was a Master Mason and a member of Travis Post, G.A.R.

*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, June 3, 1910

In a recent item in this paper relative to the death of Thomas Brooks the statement was made that he died at his home south of Fayetteville. We are advised that he died at the home of his son, F.M. Brooks, in Oxford Bend. The item was clipped from a Fayetteville paper and we supposed was correct.

Contributed on 2/6/10 by nlhall
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Submitted: 2/6/10 • Approved: 7/29/13 • Last Updated: 7/30/13 • R287047-G287047-S3

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