BROOKS, George E., M. D., Chickasaw County, MS., then St. Landry Parish,
Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller


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GEORGE E. BROOKS, M. D., PORT BARRE.--Dr. Brooks was born in Chickasaw county,
Mississippi, July 23, 1862.  He is the son of Dr. John G. and Martha (Reid)
Brooks, both of whom are natives of Mississippi.  Dr. John G. Brooks graduated
with honors at the University of Louisville.  During the war he resided in
Washington and Jackson counties, Texas.  At the time of his death he was
sheriff of St. Landry parish.  He was a prominent Mason.  He died in 1869,
when on a journey in Virginia, at the age of 47 years.  His wife is now a
resident of Opelousas.

The subject of this sketch is the fourth of a family of seven children.
During his youth he attended school at Opelousas.  At the age of twenty years
he began the study of medicine under Dr. Haas.  In the years 1883-4-5 he
attended Louisville Medical College, Kentucky, graduating in 1885.  He began
the practice of medicine in Calcasieu parish.  One year after, he removed to
Millerville, Acadia parish, where he remained two years, when he located at
Port Barre.

The doctor was married, January, 23, 1889, to Miss Anine, daughter of T. C.
Chachere, Prudhomme City, La.  They became the parents of one son, J. G.

The doctor is a member of the Knights of Honor.  While in Acadia parish he was
elected to fill the position of coroner.  He stands high in his profession.

Southwest Louisiana Biographical and Historical, Biographical Section, pp.
4-5.  Edited by William Henry Perrin.  Published in 1891, by The Gulf
Publishing Company.