Death Certificate incorrectly states birth year as 1875 instead of 1874.
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↑ *"Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VF76-412 : 3 November 2017), Ralph B. Harper and Marion G. Brooks, 1938.
"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6SN-XY9 : 15 July 2017), E H Brooks in household of E H Brooks, Camden, Kershaw, South Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 72, sheet 97A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1232; FHL microfilm 1,255,232.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG4J-M2W : accessed 5 December 2018), Edwin H Brooks, Scranton Ward 17, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 117, sheet 3A, family 53, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1360; FHL microfilm 1,375,373.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6Y7-XP7 : accessed 5 December 2018), Edward Brooks, Scranton Ward 17, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing ED 173, sheet 2A, line 37, family 35, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1580; FHL microfilm 1,821,580.
"United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH3Y-6P1 : accessed 5 December 2018), Edward H Brooks, Scranton, Lackawanna, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 72, sheet 21A, line 3, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2052; FHL microfilm 2,341,786.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6KR-QZJ : 13 March 2018), Edward Hard Brooks, 1917-1918; citing Scranton City no 5, Pennsylvania, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,926,667.
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