Mary was born about 1820. She
appears in the 1870 census at age 50 in the home of her daughter Eliza Roy and son-in-law Abram Roy. [1]
She appears as Mary Ann Brooks in the 1880 census, now in Issaquena, Mississippi, with husband Isaac Brooks. It is noted that her parents were both born in Virginia. [2]
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4GD-KRW : 12 August 2017), Mary Ann Brooks in entry for Isaac Brooks, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 315A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0650; FHL microfilm 1,254,650.
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