Calendar:

May 31, 2013
Last Fridays: Blues on the Burwell Lawn summer concert series

June 1, 2013
Elizabeth Keckly Lecture at Dickerson Chapel AME Church

June 8, 2013
The Homefront in Hillsborough: Civil War Living History Event

John Venable Brooks

(1838-1900)

At a Glance

John Venable Brooks is the brother of Burwell students Sallie Faulkner Brooks Burwell School girl and Harriet L. Brooks . He married Burwell student Mary Owen .

John Venable Brooks was born c. 1838, in Halifax County, VA. He died c. 1900.

Parents: James Faulkner Brooks (1805-1880) and Sarah Atkinson (1805-1860).
Spouse: Mary Owen (1844-1927), married from May 1, 1863 to 1900. John Venable Brooks married Mary Owen in May 1863 in Halifax County, VA.
Children:
- two sons, Samuel H. Brooks, [Jr.] (b. 1875) and Charles Venable Brooks (b. 1881).
- three daughters, Sallie Ann Brooks (1863-1953), Harriett Brooks (1869-1909) and Fannie Brooks (b. 1878).
Siblings:
- one brother, Samuel H. Brooks (b. 1838).
- five sisters, Harriet L. Brooks (1844-1900) , Sallie Faulkner Brooks (1833-1865) , Susan W. Brooks (b. 1830), Martha A. Brooks (b. 1834) and Mary A. Brooks (b. 1845).
Others: Alice Elizabeth Easley (niece, b. 1857), Mary B. Easley (niece, b. 1863), Sallie A. Easley (niece, b. 1860), Thomas Easley (nephew), Harriett A. Owen (mother-in-law), William L. Owen (father-in-law), John V. Brooks (grandson), Mary E. Brooks (granddaughter) and Samuel O. Brooks (grandson).