Lourina Brooks
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Lourina Ferbia Brooks (bef. 1844 - 1908)

Lourina Ferbia "Lorana, Ferby, Ferbie" Brooks aka Blair
Born before in District 3, Fentress County, Tennessee, USAmap
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Died after age 63 in Allardt, Fentress County, Tennessee, USAmap
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Biography

Lourina Brooks was born about 1844 in Fentress County, Tennessee, the daughter of Perry Green Brooks and Rhoda Menck Smith. She died in 1908 in Fentress County, Tennessee.

1850 Household, Fentress County, Tennessee:[1]

Name Sex Age Birthplace
Green Brooks M 30 North Carolina
Rhoda Brooks F 26 Tennessee
Susan Brooks F 13 Tennessee
Nancy Brooks F 11 Tennessee
William Brooks M 9 Tennessee
Feriba Brooks F 6 Tennessee
Cindrill Brooks F 4 Tennessee
Eliza Brooks F 2 years Tennessee

1860 Household: Fentress, Tennessee:[2]

Name Age Sex Birthplace
P G Brooks M 44 North Carolina
Rhoda Brooks F 54 Tennessee
Lorana F Brooks F 15 Tennessee
Sinchrillan A Brooks F Tennessee
Louisa A Brooks F 11 Tennessee
Alvin P Brooks M 7 Tennessee
Aaron Brooks M 5 Tennessee
Matilda Brooks F 2 Tennessee

She was married to William R. Blair with whom she had at least two children: Dora Brooks Hicks, (1887-1938)[3] and Rhoda Ann Brooks Tinch (1873-1947)[4]

1880 Household, Obion, Tennessee:[5]

Name Relationship Sex Age Birthplace
Lorana Blair F 36 Tennessee
Rhoda Brooks Mother F 67 Tennessee
William A Blair Son M 12 Tennessee
Joseph R. Blair Son M 1 Tennessee
Rhoda A. Blair Daughter F 7 Tennessee
John L. Blair Son M 5 Tennessee
Mary E. Blair Daughter F 10 Tennessee
William Blair Husband M 39 Tennessee,
Ephreme Blair Son M 15 Tennessee

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Tabitha Smith for creating WikiTree profile Brooks-3472 through the import of Tabitha Smith Family Tree_2013-02-26.ged on Feb 27, 2013.


Sources

  1. "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCDD-GFH : Thu Oct 05 08:25:58 UTC 2023), Entry for Green Brooks and Rhoda Brooks, 1850.
  2. "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8TH-LTP : Wed Oct 04 05:33:07 UTC 2023), Entry for P G Brooks and Rhoda Brooks, 1860.
  3. "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSDW-5FZ : Sat Oct 14 01:16:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Dora Hicks and William Blair, 11 Aug 1938.
  4. "Tennessee Deaths, 1914-1966", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NSJV-XQY : Fri Oct 13 19:04:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Rhoda Ann Tinch and William R. Blair, 28 Oct 1947.
  5. "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD7Q-BWJ : Fri Oct 06 19:14:41 UTC 2023), Entry for William Blair and Lorana Blair, 1880.

See also:

  • Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 Publication: Name: Ancestry.com. Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2008.




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Loureina 'Ferbia' Brooks was named after her paternal Grandmother Nancy 'Pheriba' Tait Brooks. Though the spelling was changed based on the sound.

When she was born they lived next door to her grandparents, Moses and Nancy.

posted 23 Apr 2014 by Tabitha Smith   [thank Tabitha]
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