Individual Details

1900 Census. Justice Precinct 4, Ladonia, Fannin Co, TX, Hh 366
Leonard J. J. Brooks, b. May 1854, age 46, married 6 years, b. GA as were his parents, carpenter
Mary, wife, b. Jun 1860, age 39, 4 children, b. TX, parents b. MO
Charlie A., son, b. Oct 1894, age 5
William E., son, b. May 1896, age 4
John L, son, b. Nov 1897, age 2
James G., b. Jul 1899, hard to read - some months

1910 Census. Justice Prec. 4, Fannin Co, TX, Hh 126
L.J.J. Brooks, age 55, married 1 time for 17 yr, b. GA, father b. TN, mother b. GA, farmer
Mary, wife, age 49, has had 5 children - 4 are living
Children all born in TX: Charlie A., son, age 15. William E., son, age 13. John L, son, age 12. James G., son, age 10.
Note: There appears to have been an unknown child that died between the 1900 and 1910 censuses.
I found in Bourland Cemetery what is likely the 5th child of Mary Fry Gore Brooks
Brooks, Little Murray, son of L.J.J & M. 12 May 1901-9 Jun.1902 I doubt that "Little" was part of his name…probably just an adjective.]


1920 Census. Justice Precinct 4, Fannin Co TX
Leonard J. J. Brooks, 65, b. GA, father b. GA, mother b. SC, farmer
Mary, wife, age 59, b. TX, father b. IL, mother b. MO
William E., son, age 23, b. TX
James G., son, age 20, b. TX
Jessie, dau-in-law, age 21, b. TX
Eddie, female, grandchild, age 7 months

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Birth: Jun. 11, 1860
Death: Sep. 7, 1926
Mary Gore was the daughter of James and Elizabeth Fry Gore and husband of L. J. J. Brooks.
Burial: Bourland Cemetery, Ladonia

Birth	11 Jun 1860	Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas
Marriage	Ca 1893	Leonard John Jefferson Brooks
Death	7 Sep 1926

Spouse	Leonard John Jefferson Brooks (1854 - 1931)
Child	Charlie A. Brooks (1894 - )
Child	William Edwin Brooks (1896 - 1959)
Child	John L. Brooks (1897 - )
Child	James Gore "Jim" Brooks (1899 - 1967)

Father	James Gore (1831 - 1909)
Mother	Ann Elizabeth Fry (1840 - 1914)
Sibling	Martha Gore (1860 - 1906)
Sibling	Ann Elizabeth Gore (1862 - )
Sibling	John William Abraham Gore (1868 - 1934)
Sibling	Edwin Ruthven Gore (1872 - 1951)
Sibling	Sarah Elizabeth Gore (1874 - )