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Cordelia Maguire Edwards |
| Father: | Mother: | |||
| Caleb Edwards |
Hannah Welch | |||
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 11/8/1826 |
Otisfield ME |
2/17/1899 |
Otisfield ME |
Married:
| Name: | Marriage Date: | Marriage Location: | Father: | Mother: |
| Ansel Fields Brooks | 5/13/1843 | William Brooks | Mehittable Emery | |
| Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: | |
| 2/18/1823 | Oxford ME | 7/28/1884 | Otisfield ME |
Child(ren):
| Name: | Birth Date: | Birth Location: | Death Date: | Death Location: |
| Mary Abigail Brooks | 6/28/1848 | Oxford ME | 12/30/1909 | Portland Me |
| Emma Jane Brooks | 7/13/1850 | Otisfield ME | 9/6/1895 | Windham ME |
| Caroline Maria Brooks | 3/15/1852 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Orrin Johnson Brooks | 4/15/1852 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Clara Brooks | 8/26/1856 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Elizabeth Boyker Brooks | 10/13/1857 | Otisfield ME | 8/23/1862 | Otisfield ME |
| Nellie Brooks | 10/27/1859 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Etta Love Brooks | 7/2/1861 | Casco ME | ||
| Frederick Augustus Brooks | 4/26/1864 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Frank Augustus Brooks | 4/26/1866 | Otisfield ME | ||
| William Stone Brooks | 1/6/1868 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Herbert Sylvester Brooks | 12/18/1869 | Otisfield ME | ||
| Vascona Lemont Brooks | 6/26/1872 | Otisfield ME |
Comments:
Family located: Oxford ME; Otisfield ME
Other Info:
| Census: |
1860 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Ansel Brooks 37 Farmer 300 150 Oxford ME
Cordelia M 34 Wife
Mary A 11
Emmer J 9
Caroline M 8
Orren J 6
Clara 3
Elizabeth 2
Ellen 7/12
1870 The Town of Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Brooks Ansell 46 Farmer 500 240 ME
_____ Cordelia 43 Keeping House ME
_____ Ervina J 20 At Home ME
_____ Orrin J 16 Farm Laborer ME
_____ Clarra 13 At Home ME
_____ Nellie 10 At Home ME
_____ Ella 8 At Home ME
_____ Freddie 6 At Home ME
_____ Frankey 4 At Home ME
_____ Willie 2 At Home ME
_____ Charles 5/12 At Home ME Dec
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Brooks Ansel F 57 Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Cordelia 53 Wife Keeping house ME ME ME
_____ Frederic 16 Son at home ME ME ME
_____ Franklin 14 Son going to school ME ME ME
_____ Willie 12 Son going to school ME ME ME
_____ Bascona L 7 Son ME ME ME
1880 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Keene Fernald L 29 M Farmer ME ME ME
_____ Emma J 29 M Keeping house ME ME ME
1880 Harrison (Cumberland) ME
Fogg James G 30 M Machinist ME ME ME
_____ Carrie M 28 M Housekeeping ME ME ME
_____ Frank L 7 Son ME ME ME
_____ Cora B 6 Daughter ME ME ME
_____ Lillian M 1/12 Apr Daughter ME ME ME
1880 Brattleboro (_____) VT
Rowell Austin 26 M Asylum gardner VT VT VT
_____ Clara 28 M Keeping house ME ME ME
1880 Augusta (Kennebec) ME
Smith Llewellyn K 28 Tailor ME ME ME
_____ Etta L 23 Keeping house ME ME ME
1900 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Brooks Frederick A Apr 1864 M 1 ME ME ME Farmer
_____ Almeda B Dec 1878 M 1 0 0 ME ME ME
1900 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Brooks Orin J Apr 1854 M 7 ME ME ME
_____ Carrie S July 1856 M 7 0 0 Nova Scotia Nova Scotia Nova Scotia
1900 Canton (Oxford) ME
Packard Mellen B July 1857 M 25 ME ME ME Farmer
_____ Nellie B Oct 1859 M 25 2 2 ME ME ME
_____ Packard Ethel W Daughter Feb 1883 S ME ME ME At School
_____ Packard Arthur M Son Mar 1886 S ME ME ME At School
1900 Boston (Suffolk) MA
Brooks Frank Apr 1866 M 8 ME ME ME Officer (Mass State Prison)
_____ Catherine E Feb 1869 M 8 1 0 Canada England Virginia
1900 Lewiston (Androscoggin) ME
Central Maine General Hospital
Packard Nellie patient Oct 1859 M 20 2 2 ME ME ME
1910 Buxton (York) ME
Fogg James O 70 M 30 ME ME ME Farmer General Farm
_____ Caroline M 62 M 30 4 4 ME ME ME none
_____ Sara E Daughter 25 S ME ME ME none
1 boarder also in household
1910 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Brooks Orin J Laborer 36 M 17 ME ME ME Farmer Home Farm
_____ Carrie S ___ 54 M 17 Can Can Can Housekeeper Home Farm
living in the household of Walter W Hamlin
1910 Otisfield (Cumberland) ME
Brooks Fred A 46 D ME ME ME Farmer General Farm
1910 Augusta (Kennebec) ME
Maine Insane Hospital
Brooks Bert F Employee 40 S ME ME ME attendant Insane Hospital
1910 Canton (Oxford) ME
Packard Mellen B 52 M 30 ME ME ME Farmer General Farm
_____ Nellie B 50 M 30 2 2 ME ME ME none
????? ??? son in law 25 M 2 ME ME ME Laborer odd jobs
_____ Ethel W daughter 27 m 2 0 0 ME ME ME none
Packard Arthur M Son 23 S ME ME ME Laborer odd jobs
| Military: |
Ansel F Brooks
Residence: Minot, Maine
Occupation:
Service Record: Enlisted as a Private on 10 March 1864; Enlisted in Company B, 32nd Infantry Regiment Maine on 10 March 1864; Transferred on 01 December 1864 ; Transfered in Company B, 31st Infantry Regiment Maine on 01 December 1864; Mustered out on 15 July 1865
Source: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Maine. (MERoster) Published in 1861-1866 by Stevens & Sayward
| Cemetery: |
Cordelia Maguire Edwards, husband Ansel, and children Caroline , Elizabeth, Emma Frank, Frederick, Herbert, and Orrin, are buried in Forrest Edwards' Cemetery, Otisfield ME.
| Published History/Genealogy: |
Ansel Fields Brooks lived
in Thompson Pond Plantation on the Phineas Morse place, where
his son Orin since lived. His sister Lucy Ann married Robert
K. Edwards
Mary
Abigail m Oscar Crane of China
Emma Jane m Fernald Keen, then Fred Jordan of Windham
Caroline Maria m James G. Fogg, int 4/17/1872
Orin Johnson m Carrie Atwater of N.S.
Clara m Austin Rowell, then Ernest Houpsez
Nellie m Mellen B. Packard 12/24/1879
Etta Love m Llewellyn Smith 12/24/1879
Frederick A. m Almeda Libby of Porter
Frank Augustus m Catherine E. Mitchner of Cambridge
William Stone died 2//1945
Herbert Sylvester m _Burns of Mexico
Source: History of Otisfield by William Samuel Spurr; Reprinted by
the Town of Otisfield, 2nd edition
Orrin Johnson Brooks and either Frederick or Frank Brooks are listed in the 1906 Census, living in Otisfield.
| Online: |
For more information about the ancestors of Ansel Fields Brooks, see this section of New England Bryant's Web Site.