BROOKS (VETERAN CSA), JAMES ANDERSON - Washington County, Arkansas | JAMES ANDERSON BROOKS (VETERAN CSA) - Arkansas Gravestone Photos

James Anderson BROOKS (VETERAN CSA)

Scott (Prairie Grove) Cemetery
Washington County,
Arkansas

Company C 29 Tennessee Infantry
Civil War Confederate
October 9, 1845 - April 15, 1922

*Obituary
Prairie Grove Herald
Thursday, April 20, 1922

BROOKS, James Anderson – James Anderson Brooks died at the home of his son Arley Brooks, near Hobard, Saturday, April 15 of infirmities of old age. He had several slight strokes of paralysis and this is supposed to have been the immediate cause of his death. Mr. Brooks has been a lifelong Christian and since his boyhood days has been a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South At the beginning of the War Between the States he volunteered in the Confederate Army at the age of 16 and served faithfully the entire four years, being honorably discharged at the close of the war. He was a member of Co. C, Tennessee Infantry. Mr. Brooks was born in Claybourne County, Tennessee October 9, 1845. He was twice married. His first wife was Mrs. Nerva Bullard, who died in 1886. He afterwards married Miss Josephine Baum, who died in 1913. He is survived by three children: Mrs. W.O. West and Arley Brooks of Hobard and William Brooks of Clarkston, Washington. The funeral took place Sunday morning, conducted by Rev. T.P. Harrison, and the burial was made in the Scott cemetery on Cove Creek.

*Obituary
The Springdale News
Friday, April 28, 1922

James Anderson Brooks, an old Confederate soldier, 77 years of age, died recently at the home of his son, Arley Brooks, near Hubbard, this county.

*Obituary
State of Arkansas Confederate Pension Archives

James A. Brooks filed Veteran Application #26726 with the Confederate Pension Board of Washington County for a Confederate pension and it was received as allowed on August 10, 1914 at the State, citing his service with Company C, 29th North Carolina Infantry from 1861 thru 1865.

Contributed on 6/19/12 by wfields55
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Submitted: 6/19/12 • Approved: 7/19/18 • Last Updated: 7/22/18 • R716731-G0-S3

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