Memorial Record of Western Kentucky, Lewis Publishing Company, 1904, pp 524-526 [McCracken] JAMES P. BROOKS, deceased, who for many years was prominent in Paducah, Kentucky, was a son of James Cary and Nacisis (Brown) Brooks, both natives of Tennessee, and a brother of Dr. John G. Brooks, of Paducah. He was born November 10, 1845, in Robertson county, Tennessee, and died in McCracken county, Kentucky, March 9, 1899. When still a child he was brought to this county by his parents and attended the schools of this locality. On November 15, 1876, he was married to Charlotte H. Reid. He then settled on the Benton road, five miles from Paducah, and engaged in farming, although prior to his marriage he had been a clerk in a mercantile establishment. In politics he was a Democrat, religiously was a member of the Methodist church, and fraternally affiliated with the Odd Fellows order. Mrs. Brooks was born in McCracken county, Kentucky, February 9, 1857, and is a daughter of John B. and Chariety [sic] (Cox) Reid, both born near Raleigh, North Carolina, the father in 1799, and died in 1860, and the mother was born in 1823 and died in 1857. They married in 1845 and lived in North Carolina until 1853, when they removed to McCracken county, Kentucky, settling where Mrs. Brooks now resides. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Reid were: Joseph L., deceased; William R., deceased; Thomas J., a grocer of Paducah; James M., deceased; Charlotte H., Mrs. Brooks. Mr. Reid was a farmer by occupation and a Democrat in politics. The family were all Methodists. Mr. Reid was very successful and became quite prominent. The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Brooks were: Saunders; Monima; Reid; Brown; Gordon; Edna; Mabel; John B.; a child who died in infancy; and Anna, who died at the age of seventeen years. Mrs. Brooks lives upon a fine farm of one hundred and forty acres, well improved. She owns two hundred and two acres in the same county, making in all three hundred and forty-two acres, two hundred and fifty of which are under cultivation, producing a mixed crop of corn, hay and wheat. Mrs Brooks is very highly respected throughout the entire community as a woman of good business ability, an excellent manager and a lady whose friends are numerous. Brooks Brown Reid Cox = Robertson-TN NC http://www.rootsweb.com/~kygenweb/kybiog/mccracken/brooks.jp.txt