Brooks, Henry Clay

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Title: Brooks, Henry Clay
Gender: Male
Biography: Henry Brooks enlisted into the Union army as a Private, and was promoted to the rank of Corporal on July 30, 1865.
Member: Brooks family
Birth date: circa 1845
Place of birth: Grant County (Ky.)
Mother: West/Ward, Caroline
Life event(s): Marriage 1: 30 Dec 1868; Boone County (Ky.); Boone County (Ky.); Marriage 2: date and location unknown
Spouse(s): Brown, Judie; unknown, Meggie
Child(ren): Brooks, Frank; Brooks, Victoria
Death date: 18 Jun 1918
Place of death: Lexington (Ky.)
Death and burial information: Cause of death: Meningitis; Cove Haven Cemetery (Lexington, Ky.)
Occupation(s): Farmer
Military service: Co. G, 6th Regiment, U.S. Colored Cavalry; 6th Regiment, United States Colored Cavalry
Allegiance: United States of America
Held rank: Private; Corporal
Place of enlistment: Covington (Ky.)
Service began: 8 Sep 1864
Participant in: 1868--Henry Brooks Marries July Tanner
Resided in: Grant County (Ky.); Florence (Ky.); Lexington (Ky.)
Bibliographic citation(s): FindAGrave.com, memorial #96710854
Source(s): U.S., Colored Troops Military Service Records, 1863-1865; U.S., Civil War Soldier Records and Profiles, 1861-1865; Negro marriages in Boone County, 1866-1909; Tenth Census of the United States, 1880; Kentucky Death Records, 1852-1965; U.S., Headstone Applications for Military Veterans, 1925-1970; Find A Grave.com; US, Civil War Pensions Index, 1861-1900

Item sets: AA--Persons--Kentucky--Boone County--A-C; Civil War, 1861-1865--Veterans--Kentucky--Boone County--A-K

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