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Caswell County Genealogy
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 1861 - 1950 (~ 89 years)
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| Name |
Long, Leah [1] |
| Born |
May 1861 |
Person County, North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Reference Number |
29502 |
| Died |
10 Oct 1950 |
Caswell County, North Carolina |
| Buried |
Wheelers Primitive Baptist Church, Bushy Fork, Person County, North Carolina |
| Person ID |
I28923 |
Caswell County |
| Last Modified |
3 Apr 2023 |
| Father |
Living |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Long, Martha, b. Abt 1826, Person County, North Carolina , d. 1882, Person County, North Carolina (Age ~ 56 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Family ID |
F417 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Brooks, Samuel Matthew, b. 1 Apr 1856, Person County, North Carolina , d. 27 Feb 1919, Person County, North Carolina (Age 62 years) |
| Reference Number |
409494 |
| Children |
| + | 1. Brooks, Jesse, b. 24 Sep 1881, Person County, North Carolina , d. 13 Feb 1963, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina (Age 81 years) [natural] |
| | 2. Brooks, Robert Julian, b. 13 Jul 1884, Person County, North Carolina , d. 3 Apr 1905 (Age 20 years) [natural] |
| | 3. Brooks, Hubert G., b. Apr 1887, Person County, North Carolina [natural] |
| + | 4. Brooks, Mary Fannie, b. 16 Sep 1889, Person County, North Carolina , d. 1 Oct 1978, Reidsville, Rockingham County, North Carolina (Age 89 years) [natural] |
| | 5. Brooks, Jacob Thomas, b. 27 Jul 1891, Person County, North Carolina , d. 21 Mar 1922 (Age 30 years) [natural] |
| + | 6. Brooks, Benjamin Franklin, b. 22 Apr 1897, Person County, North Carolina , d. 16 Oct 1918, France (Age 21 years) [natural] |
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| Last Modified |
3 Apr 2023 |
| Family ID |
F3249 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Leah Long (1861-1950)
Left-to-right: Alice Long Tapp, Leah Long Brooks, unidentified friend
Leah Long Brooks on the left, and Mary Fannie Brooks Nelson on the right
Adults are Leah Long Brooks (on the left) and Laura Alice Long Tapp (on the right). The children are believed to be grandchildren of Laura Alice Tapp (surname Gregory)
(for larger image, click on photograph)
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Leah Long Brooks died October 10, 1950, and the informant on her death certificate was daughter Mary Fannie Brooks (who married Arch Grover Nelson). Thus, the informant is shown as: "Mrs. A. G. Nelson, Prospect Hill." In the boxes for the father's name and the mother's maiden name, Mrs. A. G. Nelson could only insert: "unknown." Thus, she apparently did not know the names of her maternal grandparents, which is very sad. Leah Long Brooks rests at Wheeler's Primitive Baptist Church (Bushy Fork, Person County, North Carolina).
Footnote: Leah Long Brooks had a son who died during World War I: Benjamin Franklin Brooks 1897-1918). He rests at the United States Military Cemetery, St. Nazaire, France.
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The following is from The Heritage of Person County, Volume I, Madeline Hall Eaker, Editor (1981) at 302 (Article #620 "The William Henry Long, Sr. Family" by Upton Horton).
"Records indicate that the Long clan came from Ireland to Pennsylvania and then to Person County. William Henry Long, Sr., was the son of Reuben Long and the grandson of Benjamin Long, Sr. He was born 1810 and died in 1884. No records are available as to who his first wife was; however, they had a daughter named Martha who married Monroe Tapp [William D. Tapp], and after his death a Fredrick man [Cicero Frederick]. She had two sons -- Monroe, Jr. and another [Reuben; also a daughter Alice].
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The person who researched the above obviously did a very cursory job. No first wife has been documented for William Henry Long. Moreover, there is no evidence of two wives. He married Jane Pearce 1 September 1835. Martha Long, ascribed above to a "first wife," apparently was born July 1836. Jane Pearce Long is believed to have lived until 24 August 1891. Her obituary refers to her twelve children. Thus, the above article appears in error with respect to a "first wife." All the children of William Henry Long are believed to be by Jane Pearce.
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World War I Memorial
On the Square in Yanceyville stands a memorial to the men who died in military service during World War I. On that plaque is listed Benjamin Franklin Brooks (1897-1918). Who was he? Who were his parents? How did he die?
Benjamin Franklin Brooks, nicknamed Jack, was born April 22, 1897, in Person County, North Carolina, a son of Samuel Matthew Brooks (1856-1919) and Leah Long Brooks (1861-1950). A few years later, his family moved to the Hightowers community of Caswell County, where young Jack Brooks attended the local schools. He grew tall, was of medium build, with brown eyes and black hair.
By 1918, he had struck out on his own, farming land in the Caswell County Corbett community, having married Clara Hensley in 1915.
The couple had one known child, Frances Louise Brooks, born September 24, 1917, in Alamance County. She married Rufus Virgil Nelson (1906-1986) and for many years was the face of the Caswell County Tax Office in the old Caswell County Courthouse.
Were there other children that we have missed? Please help.
Called to World War I military service in August 1818, Jack Brooks received his Army infantry training at Camp Wadsworth near Spartanburg, South Carolina. In October of that year, he was assigned to overseas duty, and sailed to Europe from Newport News, Virginia, landing at the harbor town of Saint-Nazaire on the west coast of France.
Having become ill on the Atlantic voyage, Jack Brooks developed pneumonia and died only three days after reaching France. He was buried with full military honors and rests at the Oise-Aisne American Cemetery. He is not alone, but with 6,012 American war dead. Their white headstones are aligned in long rows, divided into four sections by wide paths with a circular plaza at the center.
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U.S. World War I Mothers' Pilgrimage, 1929
Name: Mrs Leah Brooks
Gender: Female
Relationship to Soldier: Mother
Residence Year: 1929
Address: Rfd
Residence Place: Prospect Hill, Caswell, North Carolina, USA
Desires Pilgrimage Later: No
Soldier: Benjamin F Brooks
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1930 United States Federal Census
Name: Leah Brooks
Home in 1930: Hightowers, Caswell, North Carolina
Age: 74
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1856
Birthplace: North Carolina
Relation to Head of House: Mother-in-law
Race: White
Household Members: Name Age
Archie G Nelson 42
Mary F Nelson 40
James W Nelson 15
Ruby L Nelson 13
Margaret M Nelson 11
David A Nelson 9
Mary L Nelson 6
Christine Nelson 4 5/12
Jacob S Nelson 2 4/12
Leah Brooks 74
J D Paylor 47
North Carolina Death Collection, 1908-2004
Name: Leah L Brooks
Race: White
Age: 89
Date of Birth: 1861
Date of Death: 10 Oct 1950
Death County: Caswell
Death State: North Carolina
Source Vendor: NC State Archives. North Carolina Deaths, 1908-67
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- Details: Caswell County in the World War, 1917-1918: Service Records of Caswell County Men, George A. Anderson, Compiler (1921) at 47-48.
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