Job's Children: The Children of Zilphia Cochran: Harriett and Dilsie

I've spent the month of February, Black History month, exploring how my young African-American neighbor is related to me, and I came upon the conclusion that our connection lie between two men, Ben and Frank Davis, who are his ancestors, and were slaves, or descended from the slaves, of my ancestor, Job Davis. In studying Ben Davis, I discovered that at age 62, he had married a fascinating woman named Zilphia Cochran, who had been born in slavery to a woman named Aggie Cochran. Aggy and her children began as slaves of Abraham B. Cochran, who had moved from Montgomery County, NC, across the PeeDee River to the old town of Allenton, in Stanly County, NC. There he is buried and when his young widow, Mary Marshall Lilly Cochran, remarried to wealthy attorney, James Lowe Gaines of the Zion/ Pee Dee area of Montgomery County, she took with her two young daughters and the slaves her husband had left to her and their daughters, Mary and Martha Louisa Cochran.

When Zilphia breathed her first breathe as a free woman, it was in the community of Zion, an area filled with wealthy plantation owners, other Cochrans, Gaines, Brutons, Montgomery's, Lilly's, Deberry's, Brutons and Christians, among others.

By then, she was already a mother, having birthed her oldest son, William Marshall Cochran, in 1859, at the age of 17, by Jacob Cochran, whom I believe was a slave of one of Abraham B. Cochran's siblings. William M. Cochran was born in Montgomery County. I featured him in this post:

The Children of Zilphia Cochran: William Marshall Cochran

I featured his mother's story, and of those surrounding her, in this post:

The Ballad of Zilphia Cochran

But Zilphia had more children than William. She had 6, three sons and three daughters, and this is the story of her oldest two daughters.

1852 - William Marshall Cochran

1854 - Harriett Cochran

1859- Dilsie Cochran

1860- Steve Cochran Crump

1861- Calvin Cochran

1865- Martha Jane Cochran

Harriett Cochran 1854 - April 27, 1927

Harriett was the second child of Zilphia Cochran. Like her mother, her first appearance in records was with her marriage, in 1875, to Daniel C. Crump, son of Dock Crump and Sarah Threadgill Crump. The Crumps, like the Davis's, lived in the Cottonville area in Tyson Township, no doubt coming off the vast plantations with their top quality cotton, that gave the area its name, of mogul Steven Crump and his family.

Name:	Harriett Cockrum[]
Gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	10 Apr 1874
Marriage Place:	Stanly, North Carolina, USA
Mother:	Zilphia Cockrum[]
Spouse:	Daniel Crump
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Father:	Dock Crump
Spouse Mother:	Sarah Threadgill
Event Type:	Marriage

No father is listed for Harriett. She may have shared Jacob Cochran, who was either deceased, or had moved to another state, by then, with her older brother, William.

The year Dan Crump married Harriett, he had a plan in action. He put up all of their personal property, including hogs and other livestock, and crops of corn, wheat, cotton, fodder and 'suckoo', as a mortgage to purchase 100 acres of land on Coopers Creek in Tyson Township. The mortgager was M. E. Blaylock, who had several during the same time frame.

In 1911, Dan, in conjunction with William Colson, who was his son-in-law, purchases an additional 100 acres from W. A. Smith, a neighbor, in Book 42, Page 396.

A third person, Harriett's nephew, Charles W. Cochran, son of her brother, William M. Cochran, joined in the Co-op to help run the farm and recieved 1/4 interest in the property, In book 48, Page 124.

Name:

Hariet Crump[]

Age:

Birth Date:

Abt 1854

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1880:

Tysons, Stanly, North Carolina, USA

Dwelling Number:

Race:

Mulatto

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Daniel Crump

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Occupation:

Keeping House

Sick:

Well

Cannot Read:

Yes

Cannot Write:

Yes

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Daniel Crump	36	Self (Head)
Hariet Crump	26	Wife
Dora Crump	4	Daughter

Dan and Harriett Crump would only have one child, or at least, just one child who lived to be an adult.

Dora is shown as a 4 year old in the 1880 census. Wiley Crump, 26, was listed under them as a hireling and George Crump and his wife Jane are living next door. I believe these two were Daniel's brothers.

Name:

Harriet C Crump[]

Age in 1910:

Birth Year:

abt 1860

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1910:

Tyson, Stanly, North Carolina

Street:

Win Firdel Road

Race:

Mulatto

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Dan C Crump

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Native Tongue:

English

Occupation:

Laborer

Industry:

Home Farm

Employer, Employee or Other:

Employer

Able to read:

Yes

Able to Write:

Yes

Number of Children Born:

Number of Children Living:

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Dan C Crump	65	Head
Harriet C Crump	50	Wife
Charley Crump	24	Step Son

I've not found the family in 1900, but in 1910, it states they are living on Winfield Road, which ran from the Aquadale area, past old Rehobeth Church and followed what is now Plank Road, and verred off and ran the length of what we now know as Old Davis Road, and crosses the river into Anson County. Only portions of the Winfield Road still exists, which got its name from the Winfield Plantation of Edward Winfield, a brother of Job Davis's wife, Sarah, and prior to that, their father, Peter Winfiield. This allows an understanding of about exactly where they lived.

Charley Crump was not a stepson, he was a nephew, son of George and Adeline Jane Crump.

To note, both Harriett and her daughter, Dora, are shown as mulatto's in 1880 and 1910. This leads me to believe Harriett's unknown father may have been white, as she was of mixed race and her brother, William was not. The 1910 census also informs that she was the mother of only one child, with one born, so it appears she did not have any to die. Dora was a single.

Name:	Daniel Crump
Birth Date:	12 Jun 1845
Death Date:	12 Jan 1916
Cemetery:	Cottonville AME Zion Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:	Norwood, Stanly County, North Carolina, United States of America
Has Bio?:	Y

Daniel C. Crump died in 1916 at the age of 70. The cause was given as Senility with heart disease as a contributing factor.

Harriett lived on until 1927, dying of heart trouble at the age of 73. Husband and wife were both buried at the Cottonville AME Zion Church in Cottonville, NC. They had one daughter, Dora. Although they had only one child, Dora and her husband made up for it by having 11 and leaving many descendants of Dan and Harriett.

The children of William and Harriett Crump Colston were: beginning in 1898, Thomas, Robert Virgil "R. V.", Crump, Leona, twins Carley and Calvin, William, Johan Henry, Baxter, Vivins, and an infant daughter who was born and died in 1918.

A suit had settled a dsiput after the death of Dan Crump dividing his property between Charley Cochran (26 acres), Harriett Cochran Crump (26 acres) and upon her death, her share going to Dora Crump Colston and to William Colston (56 acres). The property remained in the Colston family.

Dilsie Cochran Brooks 1859-1921

Dilsie (or Delsie), was the third child of Zilphia Cochran. Born in 1859, she was the daughter of Harry Randle, who lived in Stanly County near Cottonville. Harry Randle was sort of a legend in old Cottonville lore, and he was a married man, much older than Zilphia. Did this mean Zilphia lived in Cottonville by 1859, or did Harry cross the river?

Name:	Dilly Cochran
Gender:	Female
Marriage Date:	18 Dec 1868
Marriage Place:	Stanly, North Carolina, USA
Mother:	Zilphy Cochran
Spouse:	Peter Brooks
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Father:	Woodson Brooks
Spouse Mother:	Fanny Brooks
Event Type:	Marriage

Dilsie was probably born several years before 1859, is actuality, the year given in census records, because her first legal document was that of her marriage to Peter P. Brooks, son of Woodson and Fanny Brooks, on December 18, 1868. This would have placed her at 9 years old, and she was probably pretty young, but not that young, I don't believe.

Name:

Dileia A Brooks

Age:

Birthplace:

North Carolina, USA

Home in 1900:

Bethel Church, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Sheet Number:

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation:

Family Number:

Race:

Black

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Peter Brooks

Marriage Year:

1868

Years Married:

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina, USA

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina, USA

Mother: number of living children:

Mother: How many children:

Can Read:

Can Write:

Yes

Can Speak English:

Yes

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Peter Brooks	52	Head
Dileia A Brooks	41	Wife
Odessa Brooks	15	Daughter
Isabella Brooks	14	Daughter
Leah Brooks	9	Daughter
Mary Brooks	6	Daughter
Martha Brooks	6	Daughter
Jaysen Brooks	7	Grand Son (Grandson)
Josie Brooks	19	Daughter in Law (Daughter-in-law)
Not Named Brooks	0	Grand Son (Grandson)

Neither Dilsie or Peter show up in census records before 1900, and they did move around a bit, as can be determined by the birth places of their children. Married in Stanly County, they appear to have moved around from Stanly to Anson, to Union and back into Stanly, before settling into the Bethel Church area of Cabarrus County. Peter was called a Farmer, their younger daughters, Odessa, Isabella, Leah, Mary and Martha. Josie was the teenaged wife of their son, Preston, whom he had married in Union County in 1898, which borders Cabarrus and the unnamed infant was their firstborn, Sherman C. Brooks.

Name:

Dilsie Brooks

Age in 1910:

Birth Year:

abt 1845

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1910:

Concord Ward 4, Cabarrus, North Carolina

Street:

Not Named

Race:

Black

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Peter P Brooks

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Native Tongue:

English

Occupation:

Washing

Industry:

Private Family

Employer, Employee or Other:

Wage Earner

Able to read:

Able to Write:

Years Married:

Number of Children Born:

Number of Children Living:

Out of Work:

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Peter P Brooks	60	Head
Dilsie Brooks	65	Wife
Mary Brooks	17	Daughter
J V Brooks	18	Grandson

In 1910, Dilsie was doing washing for a Private family and Peter was doing odd jobs and manuel labor to get by. Only daughter Mary was living with them, and a grandson, J V Brooks, whom I believe may have been the 7 year old living with them in 1900 and could have possibly been Ulysses Jefferson Brooks, son of their son Henry Thomas Brooks. The census tells us Dilsie was the mother of 13 children, with 9 living. In 1900, she had informed the census taker that she was the mother of 13 children with 12 living, so she's lost 3 in that decade alone. Unfortunately, I only know the names of 10 of them.

Name:

Gilsey Brook

Age:

Birth Year:

abt 1848

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1920:

Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina

Street:

Mockington Street

Residence Date:

1920

Race:

Mulatto

Gender:

Female

Relation to Head of House:

Wife

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Peter Brook

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Able to Speak English:

Yes

Able to Write:

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Peter Brook	65	Head
Gilsey Brook	72	Wife
Lurelda Brook	9	Granddaughter

1920 is the last census for Dilsey and the age she gives is probably a little older than she is, because it makes her mother only 13 at her birth. They've moved back to Stanly County, and are living on Washington Street, if you look at the actual document, next to Mayo Street. These streets are in Badin, although counted at the time in Albemarle, and located in the section of Badin known as West Badin, which was built by the Aluminum Company for their non-white employees and their families. A granddaughter, Lurelda Brooks, is living with them, and I've been unable to determine whose child she was, or what became of her.

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The Concord Daily Tribune
Concord, North Carolina
27 Aug 1907, Tue • Page 1

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The Concord Times
Concord, North Carolina
30 Aug 1907, Fri • Page 3

In 1907, Dilsey and Peter lost their home, in a fire that burned down 3 houses altogether. Their landlord was Adam Faggart, who I am familiear with, as he married Lydia Adleine Murray, the niece of my second Great Grand mother, Priscilla Murray Aldridge, just one branch of my family where the colorlines became blurred.

In 1900, Peter and Dilsie had lived in bethel, which is now the Midland area, or Number 10 Township and Adam Faggart lived in Smiths, which was No. 9, and now the Georgetown District near the Reeds Gold Mine area. As the fire was said to have been on 'Chapmans Row' near 'Old Smith Grove', it seems Peter and Dilsie had moved from the Midland area to the Georgetown area between 1900 and 1907. The fire caused another move to the City of Concord, Ward 4, by 1910 and to Stanly County by 1920 to West Badin, near the aluminum plant.

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The Concord Times
Concord, North Carolina
07 Aug 1913, Thu • Page 5

It appears while living in Concord, Peter Brooks had a Civil Suit against Cannon Mills, one ofthe many Cotton Mills that dominated the town. This may have precipated their move to Stanly County.

By US Census, Ruhrfisch - taken from US Census website [1] and modified by User:Ruhrfisch, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2251917

The Brooks family had lived in Concord until at least 1918, when Dilsie had contracted Smallpox from family friends, the Hastings, who had returned from Columbia, Sother Carolina with the malady. She survived.

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The Concord Daily Tribune
Concord, North Carolina
05 Jul 1918, Fri • Page 5

At the time of her illness, the couple lived on Tournanment STreet, which lies west of Union Street in Concord, just south of Downtown.

Dilsey died August 14, 1921 of "eshaustion of Senile Dementia". She was said to be 60 years old, but was probably a few years older in truth. She had been admitted to the State Hospital in Goldsboro, Wayne County, NC.

Name:	Dilsia Ann Brooks
Gender:	F (Female)
Birth Date:	1848
Birth Place:	Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States of America
Death Date:	15 Aug 1921
Death Place:	Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States of America
Cemetery:	Cherry Hospital Cemetery
Burial or Cremation Place:	Goldsboro, Wayne County, North Carolina, United States of America
Has Bio?:	Y
Spouse:	Peter Brooks
URL:	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114739323/dilsia-ann-brooks

She was buried there in the Cherry Hospital cemetery.

Peter Brooks outlived his wife of 67 years by 4 years. He passed away on March 19, 1925 of pulminary endema, in the town of Ansonville in Anson County, NC. He had probably gone there to live his last days out with his son, Samuel, who lived in Anson. According to his death certificate, he was buried at Pleasant Hill Cemetery.

Peter and Dilsie had 13 children. Below is a list of those that are known.

1) Samuel Brooks 2 July 1867 -7 Nov. 1946.

Samuel was born in Stanly County, lived for awhile in Cabarrus County, before settling permaently in Ansoville, in Anson County, NC.

He married Celia Easley on September 7, 1889. Celia was the daughter of William Easley and Mary Snuggs Easly. William Easley was the son of Harry Randle and Celia Easley. So Celia, the younger , was named for her grandmother and Samuel and she were cousins. Harry Randle was also the father of Dilsie Cochran Brooks, making William and Dilsie half-siblings.

Name:	Samuel Brooks
Gender:	Male
Race:	Colored (Black)
Age:	20
Birth Year:	abt 1869
Marriage Date:	7 Sep 1889
Marriage Place:	Stanly, North Carolina, USA
Father:	Peter Brooks
Mother:	Dilsey Brooks
Spouse:	Criley Easley
Spouse Gender:	Female
Spouse Race:	Cold
Spouse Age:	18
Spouse Father:	William Easley
Spouse Mother:	Mary Easley
Event Type:	Marriage

Samuel married Hattie Richardson on Dec 21, 1892 in Anson County. There were 4 known children to this marriage: Baxter, Beulah, Callie, Rosemary.

Samuel married Zetta Clark on March 10, 1904, There were 6 known children born to this marriage: Bertha Marie, Odessa, "Bush", Andrew Samuel, Sidney W. and Jeanie L.

They lived along the Polkton-Ansonville Road in Anosonville, NC. Samuel lived to be 79 and died of Stomach Cancer. He was buried at Plasant Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, were he buried his father.

Mallard "Malley" Brooks 1872-1920

Mallard Brooks was born in Anson County and died in Cabarrus County, where he spent most of his life. This suggests Peter and Dilsie moved from Stanly to Anson between 1868 and 1872. While older brother Sam seemed to have a stable, secure life, despite being widowed twice, Malley was just the opposite. Malley seemed to live the life of the grifter and town drunk. He worked when he needed to as a laborer or at odd jobs, and was known to be into drinking, gamblling, fighting and women. He married twice, first to Annie Lee in Anson County in 1896 and second to Sallie Hardison in 1902 in Cabarrus County. There may have been a third wife, a Black, sister of a Bob Black, but I haven't found her. Sallie Hardison could have been the sister of Bob Black referred to in the below article, I do not know.

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The Concord Times
Concord, North Carolina
19 Jun 1908, Fri • Page 2

Mallard Brooks did not die from being shot by his brother-in-law, he died, instead, of the Spanish flu in 1920 at tyhe age of 48. His mother, Dilsey signed his death certificate. He was buried at the Campground cemetery near Concord.

Name:	Malard Brooks
Gender:	Male
Race:	Black
Age:	48y
Marital status:	Married
Occupation:	Laborer
Birth Date:	1872
Birth Place:	Stanly Co., NC
Death Date:	17 Feb 1920
Death Place:	Concord, Cabarrus Co., North Carolina
Burial Date:	18 Feb 1920
Cemetery:	Camp Ground
Father:	Peter Brooks
Mother:	Dilcy Moore
Reference ID:	fn 517 cn 395
FHL Film Number:	4215638

Thomas Henry Brooks.

Thomas Henry Brooks was the third child of Peter and Dilsey Cochran Brooks. he was born on January 11, 1876 in Anson County, NC and died inSeptember 28, 1939 in Badin, Stanly County, NC. He had spent most of his life in Stanly County. Henry worked at the Aluminum Plant in Badin and proved a good living and a step up to his family. He was married twice.

Thomas Henry Brooks and his seoncd wife, Mary Elizabeth Colston Brooks, Courtesy of Howard Colston.

His first marraige was to Wincy Easley, daughter of William Easley and wife, Mary Snuggs Easley, another cousin marriage. They had 4 children together:

A) Ulysses Jefferson Brooks 1889-1957

B) Herman Harvey Brooks 1891-1963

C) Estella B. 'Stella' Brooks 1894-1990

D) Lilly Brooks Young 1896- 1964

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The High Point Enterprise
High Point, North Carolina
06 May 1964, Wed •

The Obituary of Lillie Brooks Young shows how the family became scattered far and widw, New York , New Jersey, and Washington , DC.

Name:

Henry Brooks

Age:

Birth Year:

abt 1870

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1920:

Albemarle, Stanly, North Carolina

Street:

Mayo Street

House Number:

Residence Date:

1920

Race:

Black

Gender:

Male

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Mary Brooks

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Able to Speak English:

Yes

Occupation:

Potman

Industry:

Aluminum Plant

Employment Field:

Wage or Salary

Home Owned or Rented:

Rented

Able to read:

Yes

Able to Write:

Yes

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Henry Brooks	50	Head
Mary Brooks	40	Wife
Van Brooks	19	Son
Lee Roy Brooks	18	Son
Valera Brooks	6	Daughter
Hermon Brooks	29	Son

Henry married for the second time to Mary Elizabeth Colston, seen in the 1930 census as "Mamie". They had 3 boys in quick succession, Craven in 1899, Van in 1900 and Lee Roy in 1902. There's a significant gap before the last chlid, Valeria Mabel was born, of a dozen years. She arrived in 1914. I'm not certain if there were infants in between who did not make it, or if Valeria was jusrt a surpirse late baby.

The younger Brooks sons and
Lilly.

Henry's choice to work in the aluminum plant, which paid well for the times, offered his family a step up in life, over that of other African- American families of the day. Oldest sons, U. J. and Herman remained in Stanly County as brickmasons, in Albemarle and Badin. Stella and Lilly raised their own families in Greensboro, Craven died as a young man and remained in Badin. Van and Leroy ended up in Washington, DC and Valerie settled in New York City.

Agnes Brooks Hasty (1877 - 1956)

Born in Marshville, Union County, Agnes married in Union County to Wilson Hasty in 1898 at the age of 21. By 1900, the young family was living in Cabarrus County, where her husband, Wilson, supported the family by working in the Coal Yards. He worked there for over 30 years. The Hasty's had 9 children: Rommy, Charles, Jesse, Willette, Priscilla, Equilla, James Henry, Mary Lillian, and Hurley, between 1900 and 1922.

Charles Brooks (1878 - ?)

Charles moved from Cabarrus County, where he lived in Mount Pleasant for awhile, before moving to Winston-Salem . He had one son, Jerry, with a lady named Amanda Miller.

Odessa Brooks (1885-1913)

Born in Cabarrus County, Odessa married at age 17 to William Cochran in Mecklenberg County. So William had the same last name as her mother. Was this a cousin marriage? I don't believe so. Willaim came from a Cabarraus family of Cochrans. He was the son of John Cochran and Ollie Pharr of Cabarrus. John was the son of Benjamin Cochran and and Jane Black of Cabarrus County.

Name:	Odessa Brooks
Gender:	Female
Race:	Black
Age:	20
Birth Year:	abt 1882
Marriage Date:	6 Mar 1902
Marriage Place:	Mecklenburg, North Carolina, USA
Father:	Peter Brooks
Mother:	Etta Brooks
Spouse:	Will Cochrane
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Race:	Blk
Spouse Age:	23
Spouse Father:	Jno Cochrane
Spouse Mother:	Ollie Cochrane
Event Type:	Marriage

Odessa and William had 3 children, Elva, Monroe and Mamie and she died in 1913 at the age of 25, cause unknown.

Odessa was just the oldest of a string of the Brooks daughters that died young. Nephritis, the Spanish Flu and complications of childbirth were just a few of the causes.

Isabella Brooks (1886-1914)

Isabella married at age 20 to Thomas Lockhart of Cabarrus County. She Died at age 28. They also had 3 children; Rosa, Fanny and Johnny. Johnny Died as an infant, just beofre his mother.

Name:	Isabelle Brooks
Gender:	Female
Race:	Col
Age:	18
Birth Year:	abt 1888
Marriage Date:	25 Jan 1906
Marriage Place:	Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
Father:	Peter Brooks
Mother:	Dilsey Brooks
Spouse:	Thos Lockhart
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Race:	Col
Spouse Age:	23
Spouse Father:	John Lockhart
Spouse Mother:	Marinda Lockhart

Leah Brooks (1891-1910)

Died of smallpox as a child.

Martha Brooks (1892-1914)

Martha lived a little bit longer than Leah. She married at age 21 to Robert Lee Roan. Her records also state she was born in Mecklenburg Coutny. Robert and Martha had two daughters; Annie Louisa and Sarah. Annie died in 1919 just before her 7 th birthday of TB. Sarah grew up to marry a Smith.

Name:	Martha Brooks
Gender:	Female
Race:	Col
Age:	21
Birth Year:	abt 1889
Marriage Date:	13 Jan 1910
Marriage Place:	Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
Father:	Peter Brooks
Mother:	Dilsie Brooks
Spouse:	Robert Rone
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Race:	Col
Spouse Age:	22
Spouse Father:	Wm Rone
Spouse Mother:	Lula Rone
Event Type:	Marriage

Martha died at aage 22 of pellagra while her girls were still babies. Her husband remarried. It was a horrible disease based on a bad diet.

Mary Brooks (1893-1918)

Mary Brooks, the youngest of the Brooks daughters, shared a very similar fate with her sisters. She married at age 20 to Fulton Hasty.

They had two children, Billie Arwilder and Anderson Wesley.

Name:	Mary Brooks
Gender:	Female
Race:	Col
Age:	20
Birth Year:	abt 1892
Marriage Date:	6 Jan 1912
Marriage Place:	Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
Father:	Perce Brooks
Mother:	Delcy Brooks
Spouse:	Fulton Hasty
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Race:	Col
Spouse Age:	21
Spouse Father:	Anderson Hasty
Spouse Mother:	Lucindy Hasty
Event Type:	Marriage

Mary died at age 25 of TB. All of the girls were buried at the Old Campground Cemetery in Concord.

Preston R Brooks

And last, but definitely not least, we have youngest son , Preston Brooks. Unlike his older sisters, Preston lived a long life and had an enormous family. But like his sisters, Mary and Agnes, he married a Hasty.

Name:	Preston Brooks
Gender:	Male
Race:	Black
Spouse:	Josie Hasty
Spouse Gender:	Female
Spouse Race:	Black
Marriage Date:	1898
Marriage County:	Union
Marriage State:	North Carolina

Preston and Josephine, aka 'Josie' were married in Union County, NC.

Name:

Prentis R Brooks[Purlie R Brooks][Preston R Brooks]

Age in 1910:

Birth Date:

1880[1880]

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Home in 1910:

Concord Ward 4, Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA

Street:

Not Named

Race:

Black

Gender:

Male

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Marital Status:

Married

Spouse's Name:

Josey Brooks

Father's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Mother's Birthplace:

North Carolina

Native Tongue:

English

Occupation:

Farmer

Employer, Employee or Other:

Own Account

Home Owned or Rented:

Own

Home Free or Mortgaged:

Mortgaged

Farm or House:

House

Able to read:

Yes

Able to Write:

Yes

Years Married:

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Prentis R Brooks	30	Head
Josey Brooks	28	Wife
Sherman Brooks	8	Son
Lola Brooks	6	Daughter
Fanelx Brooks	5	Son
Sarah Brooks	3	Daughter
Viola Brooks	1	Daughter

By 1910, he is farming and he and Josie already have 5 children.

Preston and Josie would raise thier family in Cabarrus county through 1930, when Preston is found working as a Driver at the Coal Yard.

Name:

Preston Brooks

Respondent:

Yes

Age:

Estimated Birth Year:

abt 1873

Gender:

Male

Race:

Negro (Black)

Birthplace:

North Carolina

Marital Status:

Married

Relation to Head of House:

Head

Home in 1940:

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Map of Home in 1940:

Street:

Webster Avenue

Farm:

Inferred Residence in 1935:

Pittsburgh, Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Residence in 1935:

Pittsburgh

Resident on farm in 1935:

Sheet Number:

21B

Number of Household in Order of Visitation:

396

House Owned or Rented:

Rented

Value of Home or Monthly Rental if Rented:

Attended School or College:

Highest Grade Completed:

Elementary school, 5th grade

Weeks Worked in 1939:

Income:

Income Other Sources:

Yes

Neighbors:

Household Members	Age	Relationship
Preston Brooks	67	Head
Josephine Brooks	50	Wife
General Brooks	32	Son
Viola Brooks	27	Daughter
Edmond Brooks	23	Son
Rebecca Brooks	18	Daughter
Nathan Hodge	38	Daughter
Sarah Hodge	29	Wife

By 1935, however, they packed up and moved with nearly all of their family to Pittsburgh, P.A. and there they stayed. The 1940 census finds them on Webster Avenue. Preston, at 67, was a laborer in a stell mill,while Josie worked as a maid in a Private home. General Bishop Brooks had found work as a Porter at a 5 & 10 cent store. Edmond Brooks was a Truck Driver for a retail coal distributor, and son-in-law, Nathan Hodge, form Alabama was a laborer at a Retail Electrical Store.

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Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
19 Mar 1954, Fri • Page 25

Josie was the first to pass on. She died on March 17, 1954 at the age of 64 and buried in th e

allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburgh, PA. Preston followed her to the grave a year later,. Born on Christmas Day in 1893, he passed away the day after Chirstmans in 1955 at 62 and buried alongside his wife.

Historic Allegheny Cemetery in Pittsburg

The children of Preston and Josephine Brooks are an inexact number. Below are a listing of children and possible children. Definites will be preceded by large letters and indefinite ones with small letters.

A ) May 29, 1900 Sherman C. Borroks. Married Pearl Wolfe in Charlotte, NC and followed family to P.A.

B) 1900-1920 Lola Brooks. Died of TB at 16.

Obiturary for Sherman Brooks

C) 1905-1982 General Bishop Brooks. Married Johnsie Alexander and died in Pittsburgh.

D) 1909 Sarah Brooks, married Arthur Phifer, 2nd, married Nathan Hodge. Followed family to PA.

e) 1909 John Brooks

f) 1910 Shannon Brooks Note: Both John and Shannon appear in the 1930 census with Preston and Josie and family in Cabarrus County and are named as sons. They do not appear in the prior censuses in 1920 or 1910, as they should, nor do they appear anytime later. My theory is that this may have been General Brooks and his wife Johnsie, who are not to be found in 1930, but were married in 1926, and was just a major transcription or census taker error.

G) 1910 -1964 Bessie Odessa Edwards (Brooks). If you read the family obituaries I have included, you will notice the mention of Bessie Smith, even in the one for Josie Brooks. However, Bessie is not included in any of the census records, nor did she follow the rest of the family to Pittsburgh. Bessie is proof things were not always perfect in the Preston Brooks household.

Bessie was the daughter of Preston Brooks with a woman named Belle Edwards, born out of an affair. She married Caldwell Smith and remained in Cabarrus County for her life. Her inclusion in the Obituaries, even that of Josie , shows she was accepted as full memeber of the family, however.

Name:	Bessie Edwards[Bessie Brooks]
Gender:	Female
Race:	Col
Age:	18
Birth Year:	abt 1905
Marriage Date:	23 Dec 1923
Marriage Place:	Cabarrus, North Carolina, USA
Father:	Preston Brooks
Mother:	Bell Edwards
Spouse:	Caldwell Smith
Spouse Gender:	Male
Spouse Race:	Col
Spouse Age:	23
Spouse Father:	Geo Smith
Spouse Mother:	Ella Smith
Event Type:	Marriage

H) James Henry Brooks 1910-2003 James Brooks was born one year after Sarah Brooks and the same year as Bessie Edwards, by a different mother. 1909 and 1910 were very busy years for Preston Brooks, but I don't think busy enough to include "John and Shannon". That is another reason why I believe those two names were in error and were actually General and his wife, Johnsie.

James migrated to Pittsburgh with the rest of his family, and married Amy McKeever. His obituary is above.

I) Edmund Brooks 1912-1997, Lived in Pittsburgh, PA. Never married that I can determine.

J) Viola Brooks 1915-1992 Married 1st Tindall, married 2nd Royster.

K) Dennis O. Brooks 1917 -2008. Married Johnnie L. Scott

L) Rebecca Brooks 1920 -2004. Married a Boose. Rebecca was the youngest child of Preston and Josie Hasty Brooks who lived to adulthood.

M) Baby Girl Brooks. 1922 - 1923. The death certificates of Cabarrus County, NC hold one for a little girl born to Preston and Josie who only lived 5 months, and another who was stillborn. There were possibly others.

The descendants of Zilphia Cochraon were like many of those born in North Carolina who built wealth, however minor it may have been, in the first and second generations after slavery, by farming, working on the railroads, or in a growing industrial economy so the next generation could escape to the larger cities in the state, or primarily, up north. White migrations went west. Black migrations went north .These were the families of Zilphua's two oldset daughters, Harriett and Dilsie. Next, we will look at the younger three.