Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Emma Florence Brooks ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
Emma Florence Brooks
LAST NAME: Brooks FIRST NAME: Emma MIDDLE NAME: Florence NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME: Perkins AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mrs. GENDER: M MILITARY: 
BORN: 5 Mar 1846 DIED: 26 Jul 1877 BURIED: 26 Jul 1877
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Housewife
BIRTH PLACE:  Wisconsin
DEATH PLACE: Silverton, Marion Co., Oregon
NOTES: 
1870 OR CENSUS - Emma Brooks, age 28, b. Wisconsin, is enumerated with E. S. Brooks, age 32, occupation farmer, b. Illinois. Also enumerated in the home is Jos. Martell, age 27, occupation laborer, b. Oregon. [ a notation in the record indicates they were married in May of the census year, 1870]
OBITUARY: 
INSCRIPTION: 
Emma F. Perkins 
Wife of 
E. S. Brooks 
Died July 26, 1877 
Aged 31 years, 4 months, 21 days 
A loving daughter, wife and mother
--------------on the other side 
Sweet will be that final meeting 
In the home beyond the tide.
 
(NE side of monument shared with E. S. Brooks) 

Also: Footstone - "Mama"
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
DAR pg 59 
1870 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Fairfield, FA #895)
Gilman, Geraldine, comp. The Long Trail To Paradise: Linus Brooks 1850 Journey, Vancouver, Washington: Clark Co. Washington Genealogical Society, 1986, pgs. 90, 108, 110.
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 647 SPACE: 1 NW LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.166' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.916'
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