William M. Brooks

    William M. Brooks, one of the enterprising and go-ahead farmers of Owen Township, is a native of Ohio County, Kentucky, his birth occurring February 16, 1836. His parents, William and Maria F. (Brown) Brooks, were natives of the Old Dominion, and the parents of eight children.

    William M. was raised by his parents to man's estate on the home farm, and farming has been his occupation through life. That he has made it a success one can readily see from the well-cultivated farm of 140 acres, and the nice home he now owns. Beginning life poor he has attained his present possessions only by industry and frugality. He boasts of never having been sued or called upon as a witness before any court; is a radical Democrat in politics, and is pronounced by his neighbors as a first-class citizen.

    January 12, 1871, he was united in matrimony with Miss Susan E. Pemberton, who is a member of the Missionary Baptist Church, and to their union a family of three children have been born, named James M., Eldred P. and Melvin C.

Source: History of Warrick, Spencer, and Perry Counties, Indiana, By: Goodspeed Bros. & Co., 1885.