Colonel Whitfield Butler Brooks

US Congressman. Fought in the Mexican War as a Captain in the South Carolina Volunteer "Palmetto Regiment". Elected to represent South Carolina's 4th District in the United States House of Representatives, serving from 1853 until his death in office in 1857. An ardent proponent of slavery, he became etched into the history of the sectional strife that led up to the Civil War when, on May 22, 1856, after the anti-Slavery "Crimes Against Kansas" speech by Massachusetts Senator Charles Sumner, he attacked Senator Sumner and beat him with his cane so severely that Sumner was unable to return Congress for a full three years. Congressman Brooks received no punishment for his act, and a Congressional attempt to have him expelled fell short of the required votes. However, he resigned his seat, only to run for the vacancy he caused and was elected again to it by a wide margin. He did not live long to hold it, however, dying in January 1857. A cenotaph exists for him in Washington, DC's Congressional Cemetery, and Brooks County in Georgia is named in his honor. Posted by Stephen Wesley Kendall from Find A Grave - Ancestry.com - Colonel Whitfield Butler Brooks is first cousin five times removed via mutual Brooks Ancestors. __________________________________________________________________________________

U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current View Record Name Col Whitfield Butler Brooks Gender Male Birth Date 3 Feb 1790 Birth Place Newberry County, South Carolina, United States of America Death Date 28 Dec 1851 Death Place Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States of America Cemetery Edgefield Village Cemetery Burial or Cremation Place Edgefield, Edgefield County, South Carolina, United States of America Has Bio? Y
Father Zachariah Smith Brooks Mother Elizabeth Brooks Spouse Mary Parsons Brooks Children Preston Smith Brooks URL https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57844823 Source Information Title U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Author Ancestry.com Publisher Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.

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@R-1287043023@ South Carolina, Wills and Probate Records, 1670-1980 Ancestry.com Ancestry.com Operations, Inc. 1,9080::0 Genealogical Collection; Author: Daughters of the American Revolution (South Carolina); Probate Place: Edgefield, South Carolina 1,9080::1041268

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@R800119672@ Newspapers.com - The Newberry Weekly Herald - 5 Dec 1922 - Page 5 The Newberry Weekly Herald Col Whitfield Brooks 5 Dec 1922 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9206204/col_whitfield_brooks/?xid=637 http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=b129f262-9ef7-4afd-8329-6... jpg Col Whitfield Brooks

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@R800119672@ Newspapers.com - Edgefield Advertiser - 7 Dec 1871 - Page 2 Edgefield Advertiser Whitfiel Brooks, Mary Carroll Brooks 7 Dec 1871 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/9292547/whitfiel_brooks_mary_carrol... http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=image&guid=3b1be7c9-f92f-4a9f-a64f-a... jpg Newspapers.com - Edgefield Advertiser - 7 Dec 1871 - Page 2 Whitfiel Brooks, Mary Carroll Brooks

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<p>Colonel US Army Mexican War</p><p>&nbsp</p><p>Census 1850 Edgefield, Newberry County, South Carolina</p><p>&nbsp</p><p>Whitfield died at his residence, Roselands, Edgefield District, South Carolina, of disease of lungs and stomach ( cancer?) age 62</p><p>&nbsp</p>census for South Carolina Edgefield County, pg 35 Whitfield Brooks age 60 $20,000 Mary P Brooks age 60 J Hamilton Brooks age16 attending school

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<p>WHITFIELD and MARY (Parsons) BROOKS were married by Rev. Andrew Fowler.</p><p>&nbsp</p><p>Mary left a will recorded in Edgefield County, S.C. 11-11-1867.</p><p>&nbsp</p>Source: "Brooks and KindredFamilies" by Ida Brooks Kellam, 1950

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MARY EVELYN (PARTAIN) CLAY FAMILY TREE Web Site MyHeritage family tree Family site: FAMILY TREE Web Site Family tree: 57817921-1 Discovery 57817921-1 MH:S48

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COL WHITFIELD BUTLER BROOKS, RWS 3 25 MAY 2018 Added via a Person Discovery Discovery

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https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-961236557/whitfiel... 4 Whitfield Butler Brooks&lt;br&gt;Also known as: Col Whitfield Butler Brooks&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Feb 3 1790 - Newberry, South Carolina, United States&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Mary Parsons Carroll - June 16 1818 - Saint Pauls, Charleston, South Carolina, United States&lt;br&gt;Death: Dec 28 1851 - Edgefield, South Carolina, United States&lt;br&gt;Burial: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, Edgefield, South Carolina, United States&lt;br&gt;Parents: <a>Zachariah Smith Brooks</a>, <a>Elizabeth Brooks (born Butler)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Mary Parsons Brooks (born Carroll)</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>Preston Smith Brooks</a>, <a>Capt. James Carroll Brooks</a>, <a>Whitfield Butler Brooks</a>, <a>Ellen Sophia Dunovant (born Brooks)</a>, <a>John Hampden Brooks</a>, <a>George Butler Brooks</a>, <a>Mary Elizabeth Brooks</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Lucinda Bird (born Brooks)</a>, <a>Nancy Blocker (born Brooks)</a>, <a>Eliza Brooks</a>, <a>William Butler Brooks</a>, <a>Behetheland Brooks</a>

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https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40000-82088285/whitfield... 4 Whitfield Butler Brooks&lt;br&gt;Gender: Male&lt;br&gt;Birth: Feb 3 1790 - Newberry, Newberry, South Carolina, USA&lt;br&gt;Occupation: Planter&lt;br&gt;Marriage: Spouse: Mary Parsons Brooks (born Carroll) - June 16 1818 - Charleston, South Carolina, USA&lt;br&gt;Death: Dec 28 1851 - Roselands, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA&lt;br&gt;Burial: Edgefield Village Cemetery, Edgefield, South Carolina, USA&lt;br&gt;Father: <a>Zachariah Smith Brooks</a>&lt;br&gt;Mother: <a>Elizabeth Brooks (born Butler)</a>&lt;br&gt;Wife: <a>Mary Parsons Brooks (born Carroll)</a>&lt;br&gt;Children: <a>Preston Smith Brooks, Sr.</a>, <a>John Hampden Brooks, Jr. (CSA)</a>, <a>Preston Smith Brooks</a>, <a>Whitfield Butler Brooks</a>, <a>James Carroll Brooks</a>, <a>John Hampden Brooks</a>, <a>Ellen S. Brooks</a>, <a>Preston S. Brooks</a>, <a>Preston Smith Brooks, USA</a>, <a>James Carroll Brooks, CSA</a>, <a>Whitfield Butler Brooks, USA</a>, <a>Ellen Dunovant (born Brooks)</a>&lt;br&gt;Siblings: <a>Lucinda Byrd (born Brooks)</a>, <a>Behethland Bird (born Brooks)</a>, <a>Nancy Blocker (born Brooks)</a>, <a>Eliza Brooks</a>