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Durin Pinkney Brooks

Also Known As: "Duren", "Duran", "Duron"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Nottawa, St. Joseph, MI, United States
Death: January 24, 1883 (50)
Huntsville, Dayton, Columbia, WA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of George Brooks and Mary Brooks
Husband of Caroline Amanda Brooks
Father of Vienna Brooks; Hershell Brooks; Seneber S. Brooks; Flavius Brooks; Mary Amanda Brooks and 1 other
Brother of Delia Engle; Rachael Meek; George Washington Brooks; Ebeneezer Jessup Brooks; Julia Ann McNair and 7 others

Occupation: Baptist Preacher, farmer
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About Durin Pinkney Brooks

http://www.cblibrary.net/history/baptist_annals_oregon/bao_v1/bao_c...

58. REV. DUREN P. BROOKS. 1850-1869

Rev. Duren P. Brooks was born in Michigan in 1832. His father started for Oregon in 1850, but died on the way. The wife and children came on and settled a few miles north of Brownsville. He professed religion in 1853, and united with the Pleasant Butte church, but afterwards concluded that he was not converted at the time. and was again baptized. In March, 1854, he married a daughter of Deacon Claibome Hill, who was also a sister of Rev. Sterling Hill, and she made him a happy home during the rest of his life. In 1868 he moved to Eastern Oregon and settled near Pilot Rock. He was licensed by the Mount Pleasant (Weston) church in 1869, and ordained by the Pioneer (Pilot Rock) church in March, 1873. He was pastor of this church for several years, and of other churches for shorter periods, and did a vast amount of pioneer work preaching in destitute places. He was an earnest, untiring worker, and died in the triumphs of a living faith, January 24, 1883.

SOURCE: http://is.gd/XHGFyW "Baptist annals of Oregon, Volume 1"

By Charles Hiram Mattoon

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"Rev. Durin Pinkney Brooks, a pioneer Baptist and Preacher of Oregon, was born Oct 8, 1832, in St. Joseph Co, Mich; moved to Iowa in 1838; and thence to Oregon in 1850. Baptized in 1853; he was for years an active layman and in 1868 he entered the ministry, serving the Hepner, Meadows and Pleasant Valley churches; he assisted in organizing all these bodies. He is a self-denying, devout, and earnest preacher, and frequently travels 40 or 50 miles to preach to the scattered members of these feeble churches in Oregon." [The Baptist Encyclopedia, edited by William Cathcart, published 1881 p.142]

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http://www.idahogenealogy.com/nezperce/seneber_s_brooks.htm

"[Durin P.]" was born in Michigan in 1834, crossed the plains in 1852, settling in Linn County. He was a farmer and stockman and died in Huntsville, Washington, in 1882. He was a volunteer in the Rogue River Indian war of 1856."

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Oregon Tax rolls:

Brooks, D.P.
1854 Tax roll Linn Provisional and Territorial 14113

Brooks, D.P. 1858 Tax roll Linn Provisional and Territorial 14122

Brooks, D.P. 1859 Tax roll Linn Provisional and Territorial 14131

Brooks, Duren P. 1857 Tax roll Linn Provisional and Territorial 14121

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http://www.genealogy.com/ftm/b/e/l/Albert-E-Belanger/FILE/0010page....

MASTER LIST OF EMIGRANTS ON THE 1851 OREGON TRAIL:

BROOKS, Durin P. ? (DLC#1846) - SF -
(DONATION LAND CLAIM RECORD 1846 is not year)

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Durin Pinkney Brooks's Timeline

1832
October 8, 1832
Nottawa, St. Joseph, MI, United States

http://brookshistorian.org/bbrooks/public_html/bh/BFB_V2_1.htm

THE BROOKS FAMILY BULLETIN - Volume II, No. 1 - January 1973 Page 21

"Brooks, Donald Hobson, 4817 S.W, 42nd Ave., Portland, OR 97221. Wish to contact desc of the foll: . . . (3) Durin P. Brooks: b 1832 at St. Joseph Co., MI, m Linn Co , OR to Amanda Caroline Hill on 16 Mar 1854. By 1870 Durin P, Brooks and his w Amanda were residing in Pendleton Precinct (Pilot Rock area), Umatilla Co., OR with ch: Vienna, Sylvester S., Herschel, Flavous and Claiborne, "

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http://genealogy.state.or.us/detail.php?id=161301

Oregon Historical Records Index
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Case # pg 033
Name Brooks, D P
Date 1875
Record Type Census
County Umatilla
Source County
Identifier
Remarks

1855
1855
Oregon, USA

Name: Vienna Brooks
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1860
Event Place: [Blank], Linn, Oregon, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 5
Race: White
Race (Original): [Blank]
Birth Year (Estimated): 1855
Birthplace: Oregon
Page: 93
Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number: M653

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1860," Database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDQK-C4G : accessed 28 June 2015), Vienna Brooks in household of D P Brooks, [Blank], Linn, Oregon, United States; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing p. 93, household ID 632, NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 805,055.

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Name: Vienna Brooks
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1870
Event Place: Oregon, United States
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Race: White
Race (Original): W
Birth Year (Estimated): 1854-1855
Birthplace: Oregon
Page Number: 7

Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1870," Database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF81-QTF : accessed 28 June 2015), Vienna Brooks in household of Buriro Brooks, Oregon, United States; citing p. 7, family 73, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,787.

1856
August 17, 1856
OR, United States
1859
1859
Oregon, USA

1910 Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MLH2-H45

Name: Hershell Brooks
Birthplace: Oregon
Relationship to Head of Household: Self
Residence: The Forks, Idaho, Idaho
Marital Status: Single
Race : White
Gender: Male
Immigration Year:
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Birthplace: Iowa
Family Number: 10
Page Number: 1
Household Gender Age Birthplace
SELF Hershell Brooks M 51y Oregon
Wallace Gardner M y England

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Name: Herschel Brooks
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Forks, Idaho, Idaho, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Oregon
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
District: 96 , Sheet Number and Letter: 2B , Household ID: 4 , Line Number: 59 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T625 , GS Film number: 1820292 , Digital Folder Number: 004300163 , Image Number: 00697
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDC5-5WB : accessed 15 March 2015), Herschel Brooks, Forks, Idaho, Idaho, United States; citing sheet 2B, family 4, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,292.

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Name: Hershell Brooks
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1920
Event Place: Forks, Idaho, Idaho, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 61
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Oregon
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
District: 96 , Sheet Number and Letter: 2A , Household ID: 9 , Line Number: 26 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T625 , GS Film number: 1820292 , Digital Folder Number: 004300163 , Image Number: 00696
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MDC5-BQK : accessed 15 March 2015), Hershell Brooks, Forks, Idaho, Idaho, United States; citing sheet 2A, family 9, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,292.

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Name: Hershell Brooks
Event Type: Census
Event Year: 1930
Event Place: Forks, Idaho, Idaho, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 71
Marital Status: Single
Race: White
Race (Original): White
Relationship to Head of Household: Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Birth Year (Estimated): 1859
Birthplace: Michigan
Father's Birthplace: Michigan
Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee
District: 0018 , Sheet Number and Letter: 1B , Household ID: 18 , Line Number: 73 , Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) , Affiliate Publication Number: T626 , Affiliate Film Number: 400 , GS Film number: 2340135 , Digital Folder Number: 004584326 , Image Number: 00352
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XHDT-VMF : accessed 15 March 2015), Hershell Brooks, Forks, Idaho, Idaho, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0018, sheet 1B, family 18, line 73, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 400; FHL microfilm 2,340,135.

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1940 Census: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VY4L-K4S

Name: Hershell Brooks
Titles & Terms:
Event: Census
Event Year: 1940
Event Place: Forks Election Precinct, Idaho, Idaho, United States
Gender: Male
Age: 81
Marital Status: Single
Race (Original): White
Race (Standardized): White
Relationship to Head of Household (Original): Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Standardized): Head
Birthplace: Oregon
Estimated Birth Year: 1859
Residence in 1935: Same House
Enumeration District Number: 25-16
Family Number: 17
Sheet Number and Letter: 1B
Line Number: 57
NARA Publication Number: T627
NARA Roll Number: 747
Digital Folder Number: 005460532
Image Number: 00128

1860
June 1, 1860
Age 27
Linn, Oregon, USA
1861
July 15, 1861
Oregon, United States

Son Carl's death record gives Father's place of birth as Albany, OR.

1866
March 8, 1866
OR, United States
1870
June 1, 1870
Age 37
Pendleton to Willow Creek Precinct, Umatilla, Oregon, USA