Her Birth Family in 1860 Census: Elijah Pearce 47, Martha A 40, William T 18, Saleda A 20, Mary J 15, Demoris 12, Joseph S 10, Frances E 8, Martha M 5, Louisiana Pearce 4 self, Elijah D 1.
Her family in 1880 Census: J. R. K. Brooks Husband 48, L. A. Brooks (self) 24, Alva P. 20 stepson, Lula M. Brooks 12 stepdaughter, A. W. Brooks 10 stepson, M. I. Brooks 10 stepdaughter, Nettie Brooks 9 stepdaughter, Her natural children: John T. Brooks 3 Son, F. M. Brooks 2 Daughter.
Married 8 Jan 1874. Husband's 1st wife was Cassanio Brooks according to 1870 Census.
Louisiana was born about 1857. Louisiana Pierce ... She passed away about 1891. First-hand information as remembered by Billy Blackstock, Monday, April 7, 2014.
Her Children on Find A Grave: Brutus Bedford Brooks, Chester A. Brooks, Paul D. Brooks, John Thomas Brooks, Frances Mae Williams
Sources
1860 US Census. The National Archives in Washington D.C.; Record Group: Records of the Bureau of the Census; Record Group Number: 29; Series Number: M653; Residence Date: 1860; Home in 1860: Leake, Mississippi; Roll: M653_586; Page: 493; Family History Library Film: 803586
Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. FHL Film Number: 1301830
1880 US Census; Census Place: Rusk, Texas; Roll: 1325; Page: 120B; Enumeration District: 075
Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 August 2019), memorial page for Louisiana “Lou Ann” Pearce Brooks (16 Jun 1857–25 Oct 1891), Find A Grave Memorial no. 68819637, citing Liberty Cemetery, Henderson, Rusk County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Joe Pearce (contributor 46885687) .
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