We first see William after he has migrated with his first family from Tennessee to Benton County, Missouri. The wife has passed away soon after he settled in Missouri, as his youngest child with her was born in 1843 in Missouri. He has remarried to the widow Margaret Starr Ford, whose youngest child from her earlier marriage to the now deceased John William Ford was born in 1842 in Arkansas.
William H. and Margaret's first child together was born in 1845 in Benton, Newton, Missouri. So we can estimate the marriage between William H. Brooks and Margaret Starr Ford to have been about 1844 in Benton County, Missouri.
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1850 Federal Census of Benton, Newton, Missouri, September 25
William H Brooks 33...(not to be confused with William Hampton Brooks)
Margaret Brooks 38...Margaret Starr (Ford) (Brooks)
Sarah Brooks 13... (of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
Augusta Brooks 13...(Augusta Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Amanda Brooks 11...(Amanda Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Jane J Brooks 11...(of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
Thomas Brooks 9...(Thomas Frederic Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Martha Brooks 9...(of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
John Brooks 9...(John Alvin Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Mary Brooks 7...(of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
William Brooks 5...(of William Brooks and Margaret Starr Ford)
James Brooks 2...(of William Brooks and Margaret Starr Ford)
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We first see William after he has migrated with his first family from Tennessee to Benton County, Missouri. The wife has passed away soon after he settled in Missouri, as his youngest child with her was born in 1843 in Missouri. He has remarried to the widow Margaret Starr Ford, whose youngest child from her earlier marriage to the now deceased John William Ford was born in 1842 in Arkansas.
William H. and Margaret's first child together was born in 1845 in Benton, Newton, Missouri. So we can estimate the marriage between William H. Brooks and Margaret Starr Ford to have been about 1844 in Benton County, Missouri.
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1850 Federal Census of Benton, Newton, Missouri, September 25
William H Brooks 33...(not to be confused with William Hampton Brooks)
Margaret Brooks 38...Margaret Starr (Ford) (Brooks)
Sarah Brooks 13... (of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
Augusta Brooks 13...(Augusta Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Amanda Brooks 11...(Amanda Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Jane J Brooks 11...(of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
Thomas Brooks 9...(Thomas Frederic Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Martha Brooks 9...(of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
John Brooks 9...(John Alvin Ford of John William Ford and Margaret Starr)
Mary Brooks 7...(of William H. Brooks and 1st wife)
William Brooks 5...(of William Brooks and Margaret Starr Ford)
James Brooks 2...(of William Brooks and Margaret Starr Ford)
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