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William Thomas Brock (1859 - 1940)

William Thomas Brock
Born in Avalon, Stephens, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Son of and
Brother of , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married about Dec 1883 in Franklin, Georgia, United Statesmap
[children unknown]
Died at age 80 in Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia, United Statesmap
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Biography

William was born on 24 Aug 1859 in Stephens County, Georgia. He was a son of Anderson Brock and Sarah Camp. He was only three years old when his father left their home to fight for the Confederacy in the War Between the States. A year later, his mother died. Fortunately, there were family members to take care of the three young Brock children. Their Grandfather Camp took them into his home in Carnesville, Georgia, where there were two aunts to help care for them.[1]

In less than a year after Anderson Brock returned, he had remarried to Jane Day, who became William's new step-mother. They had relocated to Oconee County, South Carolina. William can be found again on the 1870 South Carolina census, so he was apparently spending time at both "homes" and counted twice in the census. (Walhalla, South Carolina was less than 40 miles from Carnesville, Georgia.)[2]

By 1880, William, now 21 years old, was living in Fayette Tennessee with William Burnett and his family, working as a laborer. [3] (I have not yet discovered what led William to the Burnetts in Tennessee; this census record may be for another "William Brock," but the age and birth data match William's profile.)

By 1883, he returned to Franklin County, Georgia, where he married Eliza Jane Keeling. They made their home in Red Hollow District of Franklin County, Georgia, where they had a family of nine children:[4]

  1. Talmadge (1884-1967)
  2. Norman (1886-1951)
  3. Pope Furman (1888-1983)
  4. Reppard (1890-1937)
  5. Cay (1893-1985)
  6. Gertrude (1896-1896)
  7. Vance L. (1897-1908)
  8. Alex (1899-1910)
  9. William Hamilton (1900-)

The 1910 census shows the Brock family to be living on Hunters Creek Road in Carnesville, Franklin, Georgia. [5]This is probably the same location as shown on the 1900 census, or within twelve or so miles.

By 1920, the Brocks have moved to Athens, Clark County, Georgia. William's occupation is shown as "carpenter." Oldest son Talmadge is the only child living with William and Eliza.[6]

Eliza died in 1924, and William remarried a lady named Dora H. (maiden name possibly Bullock). In 1940, they were living in Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia. [7]

In his last years, William lived with his daughter Cay Nash and her family in Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia.[8] He passed away on 1 Jun 1940[9] and was buried in Zebulon Cemetery, Toccoa, Stephens County, Georgia.[10]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census for Franklin, Georgia Ancestry.com Year: 1870; Census Place: Subdivision 51, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: M593_150; Page: 44B; Family History Library Film: 545649
  2. ↑ 1870 U.S. Federal Census for Oconee County, South Carolina Ancestry.com Year: 1870; Census Place: Center, Oconee, South Carolina; Roll: M593_1505; Page: 5A; Family History Library Film: 553004
  3. ↑ 1880 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1880; Census Place: District 12, Fayette, Tennessee; Roll: 1254; Page: 417B; Enumeration District: 028
  4. ↑ 1900 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1900; Census Place: Red Hollow, Franklin, Georgia; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0032; FHL microfilm: 1240197
  5. ↑ 1910 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1910; Census Place: Carnesville, Franklin, Georgia; Roll: T624_189; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0044; FHL microfilm: 1374202
  6. ↑ 1920 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1920; Census Place: Athens Ward 2, Clarke, Georgia; Roll: T625_243; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 6
  7. ↑ 1930 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1930; Census Place: Atlanta, DeKalb, Georgia; Page: 33B; Enumeration District: 0012; FHL microfilm: 2340087
  8. ↑ 1940 U.S. Federal Census Ancestry.com Year: 1940; Census Place: Atlanta, Fulton, Georgia; Roll: m-t0627-00728; Page: 11B; Enumeration District: 160-74
  9. ↑ Obituary for William T. Brock Newspapers.com - The Atlanta Constitution - 3 Jun 1940 - Page 17
  10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63059673




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