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Brooksie S (Timberlake) Davis (1869 - 1928)

Brooksie S Davis formerly Timberlake
Born in Alabama, United Statesmap
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Daughter of and
Sister of , , and
Wife of — married 15 Oct 1889 (to 19 May 1917) in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United Statesmap
Descendants descendants
Mother of , and
Died at age 58 in Huntsville, Madison, Alabama, United Statesmap
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Biography

Brooksie Timberlake was born in October 1869.

Alabama Marriage

William C Davis married to Brooksie S. Timberlake on 15 Oct 1889 in Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.[1][2][3] Their son George Clark Davis was born on 3 September 1890, and William Alexander Davis on 18 September 1895. When Robert Easley Davis was born 12 years later on 27 January 1908, the Huntsville Weekly Democrat saluted them with a limerick:

Tidings of comfort and joy !
The Stork has brought a fine boy
To Brooksie and Will
Our glasses we fill
Many happy returns ! A - hoy![4]

Huntsville Life

As a young mother Brooksie traveled with son George and her sister-in-law Mattie Davis to visit friends on Monte Sano in July 1891. Huntsville Weekly Democrat (Huntsville, Alabama), Wednesday, 22 Jul 1891, page 3 Newspapers.com.[5] Brooksie sold a lot on Monte Sano to J. L. Baker in the first week of August 1908.[6]

On 23 December 1926 her son Robert Earl [sic] Davis arrived from Salisbury, North Carolina, to spend the holidays.[7] In 1928 she lived on West Holmes Street. A houseguest Mrs. Rice of Danville, Kentucky, visited and Mrs. Laura Hewlett hosted a dinner party.[8] On Tuesday 24 May 1927 she had a tonsil operation, and returned home to Holmes Street the following day.[9] In July 1927 she visited her sons William and Robert in North Carolina.[10] Brooksie was active with the Episcopal Church until shortly before her death.

Brooksie died at 4:30 a.m. on 17 July 1928 at her home at 508 East Holmes Street in Huntsville's Meridian neighborhood.[11][12] She was buried at Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama.[13]

Sources

  1. ↑ "Alabama Marriages, 1816-1957", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FQ69-3J9 : 13 February 2020), Brooksie S. Timberlake in entry for William C. Davis, 1889.
  2. ↑ "Alabama County Marriages, 1809-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKZ3-CTQ4 : 15 November 2020), William C. Davis and Brooksie S. Timberlake, 15 Oct 1889; citing Madison, Alabama, United States, County Probate Courts, Alabama; FHL microfilm 1,305,704.
  3. ↑ "Marriages in Alabama." The Montgomery Advertiser (Montgomery, Alabama), Saturday, 19 Oct 1889, page 8. Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Buds." Huntsville Weekly Democrat (Huntsville, Alabama), Wednesday, 29 Jan 1908, page 3. Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35687068/mattie-davis-mrs-wc-davis-and/ Monte Sano Dots]."
  6. ↑ "Real Estate Transfers." The Morning Mercury (Huntsville, Alabama), Wednesday, 5 Aug 1908, page 4. Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Social News." The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Alabama) Monday, 20 Dec 1926, page 5. Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Mrs. Laura Hewlett Honors Visitor." The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Alabama), Sunday, 24 Oct 1926, page 7.
  9. ↑ "Social News." The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Alabama), Wednesday, 25 May 1927, page 5. Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Social News." The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Alabama), Thursday, 14 Jul 1927, page 5. Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Mrs. Brooksie T. Davis Is Dead." The Huntsville Times (Huntsville, Alabama), Tuesday, 17 Jul 1928, page 6. Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Pioneer Dies in Huntsville." The Birmingham News (Birmingham, Alabama), Tuesday, 17 Jul 1928, page 1. Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 29 January 2021), memorial page for Brooksie “Brooky” Timberlake Davis (Oct 1869–18 Jul 1928), Find A Grave: Memorial #28264103, citing Maple Hill Cemetery, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama, USA ; Maintained by Gene Hill (contributor 46927304) .


Acknowledgements

Timberlake-198 was created by Jen Brown through the import of Family Tree Heerten - 2015 05 23 22-55.ged on May 23, 2015.





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