Phineas Manning Brooks

1842 - 1918  (76 years)

• Name	Phineas Manning Brooks
  Born	16 Feb 1842	Independence, Cuyahoga County, Ohio
  	Believe the dates on his tombstone may be in error. His obituary was published in 1918. DOB 1842/DOD 1918.
  Gender	Male
  Died	10 Apr 1918	Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Buried	Rossville Cemetery, Rossville, Shawnee County, Kansas
  Person ID	I9313	Rossville
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2020

  
  

  Family ID

  F8498

  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Amarilla Root Brooks,   b. 1847, Otisoo, Iona County, Michigan ,   d. 7 Aug 1919, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 72 years)
  Married	9 Dec 1868	Lyons, Ionia County, Michigan
  Children	1. Ernest Roy Brooks,   b. 8 Nov 1874, Kent County, Michigan ,   d. 1 Jul 1956, Council Grove, Morris County, Kansas  (Age 81 years) + 2. Newton E Brooks + 3. Ina Marion Brooks James,   b. 1873,   d. 24 Jul 1959, Pasadena, Los Angeles County, California  (Age 86 years)   4. Edna Brooks Wallace
  Last Modified	22 Sep 2017 11:55:54
  Family ID	F763	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  Obituary- Brooks, Phineas Phineas M. Brooks Phineas Manning Brooks was born near Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 16, 1842, died at Rossville, Kans. April 10th, 1918 aged 76 years, 1 month and 26 days. At the age of twenty he enlisted in Co. B. 25th Michigan Inf., at Oakland, Michigan for a term of three years. On January 15, 1864 he was transferred to the Invalided Corps. He was discharged from the army at Springfield, Ill., as corporal July 8th, 1865, from Co. K, 5th Regiment of the Reserve Corps. Mr. Brooks came to Kansas, June 8, 1882, locating at Smith Center [sic], Kansas. In the spring of 1900 he came with his family to Rossville and remained several years moving to various other points, but continued to consider Rossville as home. Mr. Brooks was a member of the Methodist church having joined that denomination 46 years ago, and his funeral was held from the Rossville M.E. church Thursday April 11, conducted by the Rev. J.R. Shaffer. The pall bearers were Mr. W.V. Hook, Mr. John Bond, Mr. Joe Hopkins, Mr. John Reid and Mr. O.H. Young, Mr. M.L. Cless. Besides the widow the surviving members of his family are two daughters, Mrs. H.E. James of Rossville, Mrs. Edna Wallace of Salt Lake, Utah; two sons, Newton, of Ringling Okla. and Ernest of Maple Hill, Kansas. One brother Lem Brooks and one sister, Miss Angelina Brooks, reside at Rockford, Mich., and one sister, Mrs. A.E. Newton, at Hoquiam, Washington.