Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Brooks, Fred April 10, 1845 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Brooks, Fred, Ohio, a native of England, was born April 10, 1845.  His father, 
Charles Brooks, was a manufacturer of woolen goods, and his wife was Ann 
Pugson, by whom  he had six sons and seven daughters.  In 1849 Mr. Brooks came 
to America and settled in Vermont, where he remained a short time, then went 
to Massachusetts.  He soon returned to Vermont and there remained until 1855, 
when he moved to Utica.  In 1857 he went to Little Falls, and was foreman in 
one department of the Mohawk Woolen Mills.  He went to Ohio and lived three 
years, and then went to New Albany, Ind., where he died December 23, 1891, and 
his wife died February 7, 1890.  Fred Brooks was raised in Utica and in Little 
Falls, and was educated in the common schools.  February 3, 1864, he enlisted 
in the Second N.Y. Heavy Artillery and served until the close of the war.  He 
was at the battle of Spottsylvania and the Wilderness, and was wounded and in 
the hospital six weeks.  At the close of the war Mr. Brooks returned to Ohio, 
where he has since resided.  July 3, 1869, he married Annie Ashman of Ohio, 
daughter of Jacob and Mary Ashman, natives of Germany.  Mrs. Ashman died 
February 16, 1870.  Mr. Ashman now resides at Cold Brook.  Fred Brooks and 
wife have two children:  Cora L., who married James P. Nellis; and Everett W.  
Mr. Brooks is a Democrat and has been collector, overseer of the poor, and 
highway commissioner.  He is a member of Ohio Grange No. 686.
 

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source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.


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