Bernice Brooks^{[1, 2]}

1896 - 1997  (101 years)

• Name	Bernice Brooks
  Born	18 Jul 1896	Tennessee
  Gender	Female
  Census	1900	District 11, Cocke County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	19 Sep 1997  [4]
  Person ID	I74911	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	18 Mar 2014

  
  

  Father	Joel A. Brooks,   b. 24 Apr 1852, Tennessee ,   d. 1 Apr 1912  (Age 59 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth Click,   b. 2 Sep 1862, Tennessee ,   d. 27 Jun 1927  (Age 64 years)
  Family ID	F27762	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 18 Jul 1896 - Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

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• Sources

  [S104] Cocke County, Tennessee, and its People, Cocke County Heritage Book Committee, (Walsworth Publishing, 1992), 35, 61. [S24] The Newport Plain Talk, (http://www.newportplaintalk.com), 30 Jan 2014. A well-known teacher in the early 1900s was Miss Bernice Brooks. Born 18 July 1896, she was a daughter of Joel and Elizabeth (Click) Brooks, who lived in the Bat Harbor community of Cocke County. Teaching was “in the blood” of Miss Brooks’ family. Two of her sisters, Vera Brooks Winter and Josephine Brooks, and one brother, Paul Brooks, also taught school. After teaching for 18 years, Miss Brooks retired to raise her two nieces, Betty Jo and Nancy Ruth Winter, and nephew, Harold Brooks, after the deaths of their mothers. She lived to be over 100 years old. In her later years, she devoted much of her time to recording her family and community’s histories. She also wrote poetry, including tributes to every school she taught. These poems are now treasured by her family. The first poem describes the almost-primitive conditions teachers in the early 1900s faced as they entered the classroom. [S112] Census, 1900. Name: Burnis Brooks Titles and Terms: Event Type: Census Event Year: 1900 Event Place: Civil Districts 11, 14, Cocke, Tennessee, United States District: 168 Gender: Male Age: 4 Marital Status: Single Race: White Race (Original): W Relationship to Head of Household: Daughter Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Daughter Number of Living Children: Years Married: Birth Date: Jul 1896 Birthplace: Tennessee Marriage Year (Estimated): Immigration Year: Father's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee Mother of how many children: Sheet Number and Letter: 3B Household ID: 47 Line Number: 51 Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) Affiliate Publication Number: T623 GS Film Number: 1241562 Digital Folder Number: 004118949 Image Number: 00511 Household Gender Age Birthplace Head J A Brooks M 48 Tennessee Wife Elizabethe Brooks F 38 Tennessee Son Roy Brooks M 9 Daughter Burnis Brooks M 4 Tennessee Son E D Brooks M 2 Tennessee Son Brownlow Brooks M 0 Tennessee Cousin Lenarnd Henry M 21 Tennessee Cousin Alice Henry F 19 Tennessee [S1] U. S. Social Security Death Index, 411-76-5636. Issued in Tennessee, residing in Newport, Cocke County, Tennessee