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"History of Colorado", edited by Wilbur Fisk Stone, published by The S. J. 
Clarke Publishing Co. (1918)  Vol. II


p. 387



JOHN P. BROOKS.

	John P. Brooks, secretary of the Smith-Brooks Printing Company of 
Denver, is one of the progressive young business men of the city. It is 
true that he entered upon a business already established, but he has 
proven that he possesses force of character to take up the work laid 
down by his father and ability to continue it to a successful 
conclusion. He was born in Naturita, Colorado, on the 9th of October, 
1886, son of George W. and Sannie (Warner) Brooks, of whom extended 
mention is made on another page of this work. Their family numbered 
four children, of whom John P. was the second. In his boyhood days he 
attended the public schools of Denver and when he had passed beyond 
school age he joined his father in business. Parental authority, 
however, was not exercised to secure for him an advanced position. He 
entered the business as any other employe would have done, working from 
the bottom upward, winning his promotions by a thorough mastery of the 
tasks assigned him. He thus acquainted himself with every department of 
the printing business and ultimately came to ownership as a, member of 
the Smith-Brooks Printing Company, of which he is now the secretary. 
The patronage of this company has continuously increased with the 
passing years until their business is today the largest of the kind not 
only in Denver but in all Colorado.

	On the 11th of November, 1911, in Chicago, Illinois, Mr. Brooks 
was married to Miss Josephine Chapman, who was born in Kansas City, 
Missouri, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Chapman, of that place. 
They now have two children: John P., born in Denver in 1914; and 
Marjorie, whose birth occurred in 1916.

	Mr. Brooks votes with the republican party and keeps well 
informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek 
office as a reward for party fealty. He belongs to the Denver Civic and 
Commercial Association, to the Denver Athletic Club and in Masonry he 
has taken the degree of Knight Templar in the York Rite and the thirty-
second degree in the Scottish Rite. He belongs also to the Warren 
Memorial church on Capitol Hill. His life is actuated by high and 
honorable principles and with the lasting example of his honored father 
before him, he bids fair to make as creditable a name and place for 
himself in the business and social circles of Denver.