Alfred Brooks b 4 Jan 1824 Ashe Co NC d about 1900 KY; s/o Thomas Brooks and Rhonda Jones. Alfred Brooks m. Rosannah Hensley b about 1832 VA. (1860 Letcher Co KY Census). Children of Alfred Brooks and Rosannah Hensley;

1. Andrew Brooks b 1848 VA

2. John Brooks b 1850 VA

3. Mary Brooks b 1852 VA

4. William Brooks b 1854 TN

5. Lucinda Brooks b 1856 TN

6. Caroline V Brooks b about 1857 VA

7. James Monroe "Jim" Brooks b Dec 1859 Whitesburg, Letcher Co KY d about 1941 WV m. Leann Dorothy "Dotty" Collinsworth b about 1860 d/o Thomas Collinsworth and  Elizabeth Lovejoy. Children of James Monroe "Jim" Brooks and Leann Dorothy "Dotty" Collinsworth;

I. Elizabeth Brooks m. Everett Bondurant Nelson.

II. William Bascomb Brooks b 21 Jun 1883 Peach Orchard, Lawrence Co KY d 1 Mar 1972 Huntington, Cabell Co WV m. 20 Mar 1905 Casper, Lawrence Co KY to Leona O'Daniel b 4 May 1884 Hewlett, Lawrence Co KY d 20 Jun 1912 Ranger, Lincoln Co WV d/o David Alonzo O'Daniel and Mary Frances Sperry. William Bascomb Brooks m. after 1917 to Lora Etta Plumley b Aug 1899 Lincoln Co WV d 8 Jun 1959 Huntington, Cabell Co WV d/o Gordon Plumley and Frances "Frankie" Hager.

III. Amanda Brooks b about 1888 Boone Co WV d about 1922 Spencer Street Hospital, Roane Co WV m. Averil C Cummings b 2 Sept 1881 WV d 9 Feb 1956 Lincoln Co WV; buried Lovejoy Cemetery, Palermo, Lincoln Co WV; s/o Robert Cummings and Cynthia Ann Lovejoy.

8. Joseph Brooks b 1860 KY

9. Letty A Brooks b about 1868 KY

10. Ana L Brooks b about 1872 Lawrence Co KY

1860 Letcher Co KY Census
18 252 252 Brooks Alfred 34 M . Farm Laborer . 130 NC
19 252 252 Brooks Rosanna 29 F . . . . VA . . . . .
20 252 252 Brooks Andrew 12 M . . . . VA X X . . .
21 252 252 Brooks John 10 M . . . . NC X X . . .
22 252 252 Brooks Mary 8 F . . . . VA . X . . .
23 252 252 Brooks William 6 M . . . . Tenn X X . . .
24 252 252 Brooks Lucinda 4 F . . . . Tenn . . . . .
25 252 252 Brooks Caroline 3 F . . . . VA . . . . .
26 252 252 Brooks James 1 M . . . . KY . . . . .
27 252 252 Brooks Joseph 2/12 M . . . . KY .