32. SUSAN/SUSANNAH 4 DUNHAM (John 3,2 Joseph 1 Dunham) born in Williamson County, Tennessee 7 or 9 November 1798; [1] died in Cape Girardeau County, Missouri 14 August 1848. [2] She married in Cape Girardeau HARDY BROOKS, son of Robert and Elizabeth Jane (Green/Greenwood) Brooks. He was born in Virginia 13 Oct. 1800; died in Cape Girardeau, Missouri 24 August 1879.
Bill Dunham supplied the obituary of Susan Brooks dated 25 August 1848: “Departed this life on Sunday morning the 14th, Mrs. Susan Brooks, consort of Mr. Hardy Brooks, in the fiftieth year of her age after a short but painful illness which she bore with great fortitude. Blessed she was with an affectionate parent, kind and tender husband and a small family of interesting children, and many friends to mourn her loss…The deceased was an acceptable member of the Methodist Episcopal Church for twenty-eight years…”
The family of Hardy Brooks appears on the 1840 census of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri:
1 m. under 5 (Jasper b. 1839)
1 m. 5-10 (Jackson b. 1835)
1 m. 15-20
1 m. 40-50 (Hardy Brooks b. 1800)
1 f. 5-10
2 f. 10-15
1 f. 30-40
The family of Hardy Brooks appears on the 1850 census of Cape Girardeau County, Missouri as follows:
Hardy Brooks 49
Margaret 21
Eliza 17
Jackson 15
Jasper 11
Children of Hardy and Susan/Susannah (Dunham) Brooks from the 1850 census:
i. Margaret 5 Brooks b. about 1829
ii. Eliza 5 Brooks b. about 1833
iii. Jackson 5 Brooks b. about 1835
iv. Jasper 5 Brooks b. about 1839
Probably 2 more children who appear on the 1840 census.
References:
1. Named in will of John 3 Dunham.
2. Ancestry.com tree of Kevin Kelly.
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