Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
Heathcock Genealogy Database - Person Sheet
NameJohn Milton Brooks , 1C3R
Birth21 Oct 1857, Frio Co TX
Birth1858, Texas
Death21 Jun 1945, Nogales, Santa Cruz County, AZ Age: 87
FatherJohn L. Brooks (1822-1903)
MotherJane Adair (1827-1887)
Spouses
Birth25 Jul 1857, Bonham, Fannin, TX
Death8 Jun 1937, Douglas, Cochise, AZ Age: 79
Marriage7 Sep 1881, Frio Co TX
ChildrenCarl Blucher (1884-1963)
Marriage4 Jul 1907, Maricopa AZ1586
Notes for John Milton Brooks
Arizona Pioneer Taken By Death1588

TEMPE, June 22 – John Milton Brooks, 87 years of age. Arizona pioneer and former valley resident, died Thursday afernoon in a Nogales hospital following a lengthy illness.

Mr. Brooks came to Arizona from Texas in 1888. He resided for a time in Phoenix and in 1893 took up a homestead about nine miles south of Tempe where he lived for 25 years. For the past three years he had made his home in Patagonia. His wife, Coma Jeanne Brooks, died in 1937.

He is survived by five sons, Earl Brooks, Florasville. Tex., Leonard, Yoncalla, Ore., Ira, Patagonia. J. Preston, Chandler, and Carl Brooks, Phoenix, and 27 grandchildren.

Services and burial will be In Tempe.
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