JoDaviess County IL Archives Obituaries.....Brooks, J. H. January 2, 1907
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Dubuque Daily Times-Journal, Jan. 3, 1907
Dubuque Daily Times-Journal, Jan. 3, 1907 

PROF. J. H. BROOKS IS DEAD 

Well Known Colored Musician and Resident of East Dubuque Passes Away in East 
Dubuque 

Professor James H. Brooks, one of East Dubuque's most prominent and respected 
colored citizens, died Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock at Galena, Illinois, 
after an illness extending over a period of many months. 

Mr. Brooks was born in Washington, D. C. on Aug. 16, 1837 and came to Jo 
Daviess county, Illinois before the Civil War. He was well known on the 
steamboats of properous days on the upper Mississippi and as a musician played 
at many dances in the small towns of southwestern Wisconsin and northern 
Illinois. 

He has been a resident of East Dubuque for the past twenty-five years and at 
various times resided in Dubuque. He is survived by his wife and one son, 
James. The funeral will be held on Friday morning at 9 o'clock from St. Mary's 
Catholic church in East Dubuque, the deceased being a member of the Roman 
Catholic church. 




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