. Early years in Smyrna and our first Old home week. e, who became the wife of Frank J. Stanton. A youngdaughter, Jennie L, passed away early in the sixties, loved andmissed by all who knew her. Clarissa Brooks married Henry Bailey of Otselic, the fatherof Henry Bailey our former citizen. The latter, with his mostexcellent wife, Angeline Sprague, are making their home atNorwich, N. Y., with their youngest daughter, Nellie, now thewife of Horace L Short, a prosperous business man of that en-terprising village. With John Brooks came also his brother James, with hisfamily of four sons and three d
. Early years in Smyrna and our first Old home week. e, who became the wife of Frank J. Stanton. A youngdaughter, Jennie L, passed away early in the sixties, loved andmissed by all who knew her. Clarissa Brooks married Henry Bailey of Otselic, the fatherof Henry Bailey our former citizen. The latter, with his mostexcellent wife, Angeline Sprague, are making their home atNorwich, N. Y., with their youngest daughter, Nellie, now thewife of Horace L Short, a prosperous business man of that en-terprising village. With John Brooks came also his brother James, with hisfamily of four sons and three daughters. H**. brought his house-hold goods, two yoke of oxen, six yearling heifers, one ox cartand one covered wagon, settling and living a number of yearson the farm next west of the old Bliven farm, now known asthe Calkins farm. At the time of the great tornado whichswept through that part of the town, all of the trees on the placewere blown down, which discouraged the family so much thatthey left the farm and moved to the farm in Sherburne, now. THOMAS BROCKS, Our First Old Home iVeek owned by Henry Lathropr~r^;7i;^.i^^^hey moved to farm sim ,n possession of a grandson, Deloss C Brooks Of the sons. John and Gales lived and died in Sherburne-W,l am ,n Hamilton, and Thomas, so many years well andmos avorably known in the town, lived on the homesteTd wi hhis father until they bought of John Tefff, the farm belowwhere Deloss Brooks now resides. Thomas m r led Melisa R a granddaughter of Judge Thomas Brooks of Otsego County amost lent woman, respected by all who evfr knew tr L hrfnH r v P^ ?^™ ^^ »?^^^^f! farmer, andboth he and his wife were faithful members of the Cone e^ataa Church of Smyrna, and among the strongest TupSof that organization. Both are now deceased, but are survvedby three sons, Floyd W. and Deloss C, well k^own resident ofSmyrna, and Dealton S., who now resides at Newton Fait N ancel si rTnsh °l ^^^ ^- °* ^ ^^^ance Dusiness in Sherburne, and t
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