John Brooks and Catharine Greenawalt

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Husband John Brooks ^{1 2}

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           Born: 18 Mar 1778 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 3
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           Died: 6 Dec 1845 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 3
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         Father: John Brooks (1727-1803) 3
         Mother: Sarah Pardon (      -1789) 4

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       Marriage: 

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Wife Catharine Greenawalt ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1790 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 2
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           Died: 30 Aug 1859 3
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         Father: Christian Greenawalt (1758-1796) 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Kelker (1766-1825) 6 7

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Children

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1 M Thomas Pardon Brooks ^{1 8}

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           Died: in infancy
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 F Sarah Elizabeth Brooks ^{1 8}

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           Died: 6 Jul 1887 - Bellevue, PA 8
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3 F Mary Catharine Brooks ^{1 8}

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           Born: 
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           Died: 29 Jan 1893 - Bellevue, PA 8
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4 F Rebecca Brooks ^{1 8}

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           Born: 20 Mar 1815 - Harrisburg, Dauphin Co, PA 8
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           Died: 5 Feb 1875 - Philadelphia, PA 8
         Buried:  - Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

         Spouse: Gen. Horatio Hubbell (      -      ) 8
           Marr: Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA

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5 F Julia Pardon Brooks ^{8 9}

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         Spouse: Boyle Irwin McClure (      -      ) 8 9
           Marr: 1864 8

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6 M DeWitt Clinton Brooks ^{1 8}

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           Died: 14 Jan 1859 8
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General Notes: Husband - John Brooks

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He was educated in the schools of Paxtang, and at the age of eighteen went to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to learn the trade of a gunsmith; completing his apprenticeship, he returned to Harrisburg where he established himself in business. He marched with his fellow-citizens to the defence of Baltimore in the War of 1812-14. He erected a warehouse on the Susquehanna at Harrisburg, and was the factor for the Messrs. Coleman and others, pioneers in the iron industries of the State. He served as a justice of the peace, and was burgess and assistant burgess of the borough of Harrisburg several terms; was a member and trustee of the Presbyterian church.

1 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 241.

2 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 305.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 307.

4 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 308.

5 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 240, 244.

6 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 304.

7 William Henry Egle, History of the County of Lebanon in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: Everts & Peck, 1883), Pg 244.

8 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 309.

9 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1911), Pg 831.