Robert
Peel
Brooks
Born in Virginia, United States
Son of Albert R. Brooks
and Lucy (Goode) Brooks
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 28
in Virginia, United States
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Biography
Robert Brooks is Notable.
Robert Peel Brooks was one of the first African-American lawyers in Richmond, Virginia. He was also a Republican Party leader and newspaper editor before his untimely death at the age of twenty-eight.
Robert Peel Brooks was born in 1853. He was the son of Albert Brooks and Lucy Goode.
He passed away in 1882.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFGF-X6B : 12 April 2016), Robert P Brock in household of Walter Brock, Virginia, United States; citing p. 169, family 1254, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 553,152.
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC5Z-L65 : 15 July 2017), R P Brook in household of A R Brook, Richmond, Henrico, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district ED 84, sheet 178B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1371; FHL microfilm 1,255,371.
- https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/Brooks_Robert_Peel_1853-1882#start_entry
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