Born in Antioch, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Henry G Glass
and [mother unknown]
Sister of
Millie (Glass) Parker [half], Nancy Emma (Glass) Shew [half], John Ireland Glass [half] and Julia (Glass) Shew [half]
Wife of
John William Brooks
— married
Mar 1873 in Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
Martha (Brooks) Love, James Henry Brooks, Elizabeth Brooks, Ella (Brooks) McLain, John Arthur Brooks, William Ezekiel Brooks, Lucinda Geneva (Brooks) Pennell and Julia Susanne (Brooks) Mink
Died
at age 60
in Wilkesboro, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Sep 2014
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Biography
Sources
- "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCFS-ML5 : 11 September 2017), Edney Brooks in household of William Brooks, Fishing Creek, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district ED 215, sheet 141A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,987.
- "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSBY-3H8 : accessed 7 April 2020), Ednay Brookes, Wilkesboro Township Wilkesboro town, Wilkes, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 162, sheet 5A, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,224.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 07 April 2020), memorial page for Edna Glass Brooks (5 Oct 1853–16 Apr 1914), Find a Grave Memorial no. 138659780, citing Arbor Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wilkesboro, Wilkes County, North Carolina, USA ; Maintained by C. Fairchild (contributor 46883712) .
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Mattie by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Mattie:
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~6.25%
~12.50%
Susan (Eldridge) Ketner 
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