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Allison Janney

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James Brooks

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Allison Janney — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 60 
  • Father:
  • John Thompson Brooks 
  • Mother:
  • Sarah Dean   
  • Birth Date:
  • 7 Aug 1810 
  • Birth Location:
  • Orrington, Penobscot, Maine 
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  • Death Date:
  • 10 Dec 1867 
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  • Burial Location:
  • Fairview Cemetery, New Albany, Floyd, Indiana 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Phebe Ann Paxon
  • Marriage Date:
  • 5 Feb 1831 
  • Marriage Location:
  • New Albany Township, Floyd, Indiana 
  • Children:
  
  

  Charles Paxson Brooks

  Emily Maria Brooks

  Wright Smith Brooks

  Anna Louisa Brooks

  James Croxall Brooks (Ahnentafel No:30 )

  Sarah Catharine Brooks

  Frances Annette Brooks

  William Darlington Brooks

  • Notes: 

  • James Brooks's gravestone gives his birthdate as 08 MAY 1809 with the inscription "Born at Orrington, Maine.". However, the birth dates for his family recorded in the Orrington vital records list his birthdate as 07 AUG 1810.

• Sources for James Brooks

  • ¹ Federal Census, IN, Floyd County, 1860, New Albany Ward 1, p. 124, Image 22 of 78.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/29/2025).
  • ³ Indiana, U.S., Marriage Certificates, 1960-2012, Marriage record for James Brooks and Phebe Ann Paxson.
  • ⁴ Maine, Births and Christenings, 1739-1900, FHL No 7595780, Image 43, Birth record for James Brooks.
  • ⁵ Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates Index, 1803-1915, Death record for son James C Brooks.
  • ⁶ Porter, Joseph W., ed., The Bangor Historical Magazine, Bangor, Maine: Benjamin A. Burr, Printer, 1886, Vol. 1, No. 9, pp. 155-158.