Rev. Cyrus Brooks D. D.

   FamilySearch ID: LCZ1-CF4. Find a Grave ID: 110748470.

  General Notes:

D.D. degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1860. For 24 years a leader in the Methodist Episcopal Church in Ohio before moving to MN in 1857. He continued as a minister in the church until he retired with rheumatism in the fall of 1882. He represented his annual conference in six general conferences. Lived at St. Paul, MN.

  Events

• residence, 1880, St Paul, Ramsey Co., MN. ⁹⁶²

• Biography: pages 499-500 History of Ramsey County, 1881. https://archive.org/details/historyoframseyc00warn/page/498/mode/2up?q=Brooks

• Obituary: Saint Paul Globe (MN) page 2, 22 Apr 1902, St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN. Has photo

• Obituary: New York Times, page 9, 23 Apr 1902, New York, New York.

• Celebrant: marriage of his GGNiece Marie Allen, her mother and her grandmother. Marie Allen & Earl Langworthy (1900 St. Paul)
Georgia Eaton (Snow) & George Allen (1876 St. Paul)
Mary Thurston & George Eaton (1850 Ohio)

Cyrus married Mary Eleanor Davenport 19 Sep 1838 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., OH. (Mary Eleanor Davenport was born 6 Feb 1817 in Jefferson County, VA, United States,⁹⁶³ died 8 Jan 1852 in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio ⁹⁶³ and was buried in Columbus, Franklin Co., Ohio.)

Cyrus next married Laura Lampson 27 Apr 1853 in Indianapolis, Marion, Indiana, United States. (Laura Lampson was born in 1813 in New Haven, Addison, VT,²³⁰ died 6 Aug 1903 in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN ²³⁰ and was buried in St. Paul, Ramsey Co., MN.)