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See MARYLAND GENEALOGIES, From the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD., 1980, 1997, Vol I, pg 103:
"RICHARD BROOKE (Baker, Baker, Robert, Thomas, Richard) of St. Mar y'sCounty, MD, died in 1719. His will, dated 5 Dec. 1718 and prove d 3 Aug.1719, mentions his sons Richard and Baker, to whom he leave s "all myland being part of Delabrook Manor"; his uncle Leonard Broo ke, deceased;and "my beloved wife." Testator's brother, Leonard Bro oke, is appointed(JS: nominated) executor. Richard Brooke married C lare, daughter ofMaj. William Boarman of Charles Co. She married, se condly, RichardSherburne of St. Mary's co., and had by him a son Nic holas Sherburne.Her will, dated 21 February, 1745 and proved 6 Aug . 1747, mentions herthree sons Richard and Baker Brooke and Nichola s Sherburne.

See GARDINER (see notes of son Baker for full cite) pg. 1:
"Robert Brooke, son of Thomas and Mary (Foster) Brooke, was born 3 Jun
1602 in Battel, Hastings, Sussex, England, and died 20 July, 1663, inBrooke
Place, Battle Creek, MD. He married (1) 25 February, 1627, in Battel ,Hastings, Sussex, England, Mary Baker; and he married (2) 11 May, 1 633,in Hastings, England, Mary Mainwaring. He and Mary Baker had fourchildren, Baker, Mary, Thomas and Barbara. Mary Mainwaring, daughter ofRoger Mainwaring, DD, and Dean of Worcester. Mary was born at St. Gilesin the Field, London. Robert and Mary Mainwaring had elev en children:Charles, Roger, Robert, John, William, Mary, Ann, Francis, Basil (died ininfancy), Elizabeth and Henry (twins and the only of their children whowere born in Maryland."
"The accounting of the children of this last family were given byRoger,
second oldest, in his own handwriting. Charles I, King of England, issaid to have stayed at the home of Robert Brooke, and his wife, MaryMainwaring, just before the Battle of Newberry in 1644, during the CivilWar in England.
"Robert Brooke first settled at De la Brooke Manor on the west bank ofthe
Patuxent in 1650. By 1652 he had started another Manor directly acrossthe
river, which he named Brooke Place. He moved there in 1653, leaving De la
Brooke Manor to his oldest son, Baker, who was named Lord of De la BrookManor. For a brief period in 1652, Robert Brooke was Acting Governor ofMaryland, after becoming President of the Maryland Provincial Council.He was also appointed Commander of the newly proclaimed County ofCharles. No doubt he had a great deal to do with the naming of CharlesCounty, since he had been a close friend of Charles I . Robert Brookehad received his education at Wadam College in Oxford, matriculatingthere 28 April, 1618. There is a deed in the Land Records in the StateArchives of Maryland of 250 acres originally patented 8 June 1649 toRobert Brooke, the Progenitor of the Brooke Family in Maryland, and latersold by him to William Evans of Newtown in St. Mary's County. Thewitnesses to this deed were his sons, Charles and Roger Brooke. The landwas described as lying on the east side of St. Clement's Bay, which wouldbe Newtown Neck, adjacent to where his son, Robert settled after hismarriage to Elizabeth Thompson, i n 1656. Robert Brooke, was the son ofThomas Brooke of White Church , England, and his wife Susan Foster, thedaughter of Sir Thomas Foster, according to Raphael T. Semmes, author of"The Maryland Semmes and Kindred Families."

See article in Chronicles of St. Mary's Vol 1 pg 20 re famiy and De L aBrooke
Manor.

The following is posted from Family Tree Maker, CD195 Family History: MDMarriages, 1634-1820, Maryland Genealogies, Volume 1, The Brooke Family,C Broderbund Software, Inc., Banner Blue Division, December 26, 1998 andrepeated in MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine,Genealogi cal Publishing Co., Baltimore (1980), Vol 1, pps 92-4:
"Robert Brooke was born, according to his family record "at London ,3rd June, 1602, being Thursday, between 10 and 11 of the clock in theforenoon being Corpus Christi Day." He matriculated at Wadham College,Oxford, 28 April 1618, receiving the degree of B. A. 6 July 1620, andthat of M.A. 20 April 1624 (Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). A man uscriptcopy of the VISITATIONS OFHAMPSHIRE (1634) in the British Museum hasunder his name the note "this Robert is a minister." He thus records hisfirst marriage: "Mary Baker, born at Battell in Sussex , Robert Brookeand Mary Baker intermarried 1627, the 25th of February, being St.Matthias' Day and Shrove Monday." This lady was the daughter of ThomasBaker of Battle, Esq., Barrister-at-law, and Mary his wife, daughter ofSir Thomas Engham of Goodneston, Kent. A pedigree of the Baker family,as entered at the Visitation of 1634, is published in Berry's SUSSEXGENEALOGIES. Mary Baker died in 1634, probably at the birth of herdaughter Barbara, and her husband, Robert Brooke, re-married thefollowing year. "May the 11th, 1635, Robert Brooke (aforementioned) wasmarried to mary, second daughter of Roger Mainwaring, Doctor of Divinity& Dean of Worcester, wh: Mary was born at St. Giles-in-the-Fields,London."
"Roger Mainwaring, the father of Robert Brooke's second wife,subsequently became Bishop of St. David's, and came into collision withParliment through his over zealous advocacy of the royal prerogative .Robert Brooke arrived in Maryland 30 June, 1650, with is (second ) wifeMary, his ten children, Baker, Thomas, Charles, Roger, Robert , John,William, Frances, Mary, and Anna Brooke, and twenty-eight servants, alltransported at his own cost and charge (Md. Land Office, L ib. 1, fol.165-166; Davis' DAY STAR, p.74). With his two sons Baker and Thomas, hetook the oath of fidelity to the Proprietary, 22 Jul y 1650 (Md.Archives, iii, 256). A commission had been issued to him , dated atLondon, 20 September, 1649, as commander of a county to be newleyerected, and he had also a separate commission of the same date as memberof the Council of Maryland. He took the oath of office in the lattercapacity 22 July 1650 (Md. Archives, iii, 237, 240, 2 56). A new county,called Charles County, was duly erected and Robert Brooke was constitutedits commander, 30 October 1650 (Md. Archives , iii, 259).
"When Maryland was reduced, in 1652, by the ParlimentaryCommissioners, he was placed at the head of the provisional councilinstituted by them, and served in this capacity from 29 March until 3July 1654, when an order was passed revoking his commissions andnullifying the act erecting the county, in place of which a new countywas erected called Calvert County (Md. Archives, iii, 308). According tothe Brooke family record: "He was the first that did seat the Patuxent,about twenty miles up the river at De la Brooke, and had one son there ,born in 1651, called Basil, who died the same day. In 1652 he removed toBrooke Place, being right against De la Brooke; and on the 28th ofNovember, 1655, between 3 & 4 o'clock in the afternoon had two children,Eliza and Henry, twins.
"He departed this world the 20th day of July 1655, and lieth buried atBrooke Place Manor; and his wife, Mary Brooke, departed this life the29th November 1663."
The careful family record kept by Robert Brooke names a number ofrelatives who served as God-parents to his children, and furnishesabundant evidence as to his connection with the English parent stoc k.This interesting family record is published in Tyler's MEMOIR OF ROGERBROOKE TANEY (pp. 22-25), where by an accidental omission the death ofRobert Brooke is placed in 1663. The date is correctly given inmanuscript copies preserved by the family."
(The article concludes by naming the 15 children of Robert Brooke andhis two wives including some statistical information concerning them.)

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Maryland Genealogies (op.cit) pg 96. He was a Jesuit priest as we rehis brothers Ignatius and Matthew.

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Boston (1980), ppg 96-97:
"Roger Brooke was born 20 Sept. 1637 at Brecknock College in Wales ,the episcopal residence of his maternal grandfather, the Bishop o f St.David's, after whom he was named, and came to Maryland with hi s parentsin his thirteenth year. He lived at Battle Creek, in Calve rt County.He was one of the Justices of the County from 1674 to 168 4, and was ofthe Quorum from 1679 to 1684 (Md. Archives, xv, 37, 68 , 71, 268, 327,395). He was commissioned High Sheriff 18 April 168 4 (Lib. C.D., fol.396) and served until 30 May 1685, when he was aga in commissioned one ofthe Quorum (Md. Archives, xvii, 379). Roger B rooke was twice married.His first wife was Dorothy, daughter of Cap t. James Neale, who mentionsin his will his three grandchildren, Rog er, James, and Dorothy Brooke.His second wife was Mary, daughter o f Walter Wolseley, Esq., andgrandfather of Sir Thomas Wolseley of St affordshire. She was also theniece of Anne Wolseley, the first wif e of Philip Calvert. Her cousinMrs. Helen Spratt, widow of Thomas S pratt, D. D., Bishop of Rochester,thus speaks of her in a letter dat ed 18 August 1724: "My cousin MaryWolseley went to our Aunt Calver t and was married from her house to oneMr. Brooks. I have letter s I had from her too, for I sent her a suit oflaced child bed line n as a present such as was then in fashion. Herfather's name was Wa lter Wolseley, Esq. He was my grandfather SirThomas Wolseley's son , elder brother to my father, of Wolseley Bridge inStaffordshire. " Her aunt Mrs. Winifred Mullett mentions her in her will(dated 2 0 April 1685, proved 9 Jan 1693) as "my niece Mary Brooke" andappoin ts her executrix.
"The will of Roger Brooke, dated 5 April 1700, and proved 3 May following (Annapolis, Lib. 6, fol. 384), mentions his sons Roger, James ,John, and Basil, and his daughter "Ann Daking." He died 8 April 17 00,and his son Roger Brooke Jr., makes the following entry in his fa milyrecord: "My father Mr. Roger Brooke Senr. second Sone to Rober t BrookeEsqr. By Mary his second Wife Departed this life ye 8th of A pril 1700and Lyes Buried in ye grave yard at his own plantation at B attell CreekeBetween his wives ye first was Mrs. Dorothy Neale and y e second Mrs.Mary Wolseley: whaire lyes Buried two Daughters by hi s second wife:Cassandra and Mary, and my eldest Sone roger Brooke wh o departed thislife the 28th Day of May 1705 in ye second yere of hi s age." (Here islisted the children of Roger Brooke by both marriag es for which seetheir own entrys.)

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Magazine,Genealogical Publishing Co, (1980) Vol. 1 pg 91 and Berry's HampshireGenealogies, p 339:
"Thomas Brooke was born in 1561. He matriculated 24 Nov. 1581 at NewCollege, Oxford, his age being given as 20 years in the Matricu lationRegister, and received the degree of B. A. 4 May 1584. He was abarrister and was of the Inner Temple 1595, bencher 1607, and autumnreader 1611. He was a Member of Parliment for Whitchurch 1604-16 11(Foster, Alumni Oxonienses). He married Susan daughter of Sir Thomasfoster, Knt., of Hunsdon, Hertsfordshire, Judge of the Common Pleas, andSusan his wife, daughter of Thomas Foster, Esq., of St. John Street,London. Mrs. Susan Brooke was therefore a sister of Sir Robert Foster,Chief Justice of the King's Bench, who died in 1663.
"A pedigree of this family, tracing its descent from the Forsters ofEtherstone, in Northumberland, may be found in the Harleian Society'sPublications, vol. xxii (Visitation of Herts), p. 43, and in Raine'sHistory of North Durham, p. 306. The will of Thomas Brooke, dated 11Sept. 1612, was proved 30 November following. He was buried atWhitchurch 17 Sept, 1612, and his wife Susan the following day(Whitchurch Register). A marble tomb, upon which their sculpturedfigures lie side by side, is still to be seen in the Church atWhitchurch."

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES (op.cit.) pg 92: Thomas matriculated, Orie lCollege, Oxford, 27 Oct 1615, aged 16. A barrister-at-law. Burie d atWhitchurch 25 January, 1665.

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MARYLAND GENEALOGIES from the Maryland Historical Society Magazine ,Vol 1, pps 95-6:
"Major Thomas Brooke was born at Battle, 23 June 1632, and arrive d inMaryland with his father 30 June 1650. He was commissioned, 1 5 June1658, Captain commanding the militia of Calvert County "from G eorgeReade's on the south side and St. Leonard's Creek on the nort h side tothe head of Patuxent River" (Md Archives, iii, 256), and wa scommissioned Major, 11 Feb. 1660 (ibid.p.402). In the will of hi sbrother Baker he is styled "Col. Thomas Brooke," but no commissio n tothat effect appears upon record. He represented Calvert Count y in theProvincial Assembly 1663-1666 (Md. Archives, i, 460; ii, 8) , and1671-1676 (ibid. ii, 239,311,496,etc.) and was HIgh Sheriff o f theCounty 1666-1667 (Md. Archives iii, 541; v, 3) and 1668-1669 (i bid. v,27; Lib. C.D., folio 403). He was Presiding Justice of the C ounty Courtin 1667 (Md. Archives, v, 14), and held the position unti l his death,except during his term of office as Sheriff. He married , about 1658,Eleanor, daughter of Richard and Margaret Hatton and ni ece of ThomasHatton, Secretary of the Province. She was born in 164 2 (Md. Archives,x, 356) and come to Maryland with her widowed mothe r and her family in1649 (Land Office, Lib. 1, fol. 440; Lib. 2, fol . 613).
"The will of Maj. Thomas Brooke, dated 25 October 1676, was prove d 29December following (Annapolis, Lib. 5, fol. 123). In it he ment ions hiswife Eleanor; his children as given below; his brothers Bake r and RogerBrooke, and Clement Hill; and his god-sons Baker Brooke , Jr., and ThomasGardiner. Two hogsheads of tobacco apiece are lef t to Mr. MichaelFoster and Mr. Henry Carew, priests, "in token tha t I die a RomanCatholic & desire the good Prayers of the Church fo r my Soul." Mrs.Eleanor Brooke, widow of Maj. Thomas, married secon dly Col. HenryDarnall (d. 17 June, 1711) and had issue by him also . In her will(dated 31 march 1724, proved 21 Feb. 1725) she mention s her sons ThomasBrooke, Clement Brooke, and Henry Darnal; her daugh ters Mary Carroll,and Ann Hill; and her grandsons Henry and Philip D arnall, sons of herdaughter Eleanor Digges."

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MARYLAND GENERATIONS from the Maryland Historical Magazine, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore (1980), Vol 1, pps 99-100:
"Col. Thomas Brooke of Brookfield, Prince George's County, was bor nabout 1659 and died, according to family record, 7 January, 1730/1 . Hewas frequently justice of Calvert Calvert County, and in Novemb er 1683,was appointed one of the commissioners for laying out town s and ports inthe County.
"In 1695 his estate of Brookfield was included in the newly forme dcounty of Prince George's. He was a member of the Council of Maryl andfrom 6 april 1692 (Md.Arch.viii,306) until 1707 when he was dismi ssedfor non-attendance, but was reappointed in 1715 and served unti l 1724(MS. U.H.Journals). He took the oath of office as Justice o f theProvincial Court 1 May 1694 (Md.Arch.xx,53), was Deputy Secreta ry ofMaryland in 1695 (ibid.291), and was commissioned, 26 June 1701 ,Commissary General of the Province (Test.Proc., Lib. 19,fol.74). I n1720 he was President of the Council and Acting Governor of Marylan dfrom the departure of Gov. John Hart until the arrival of Gov. Char lesCalvert (MS. U.H. Journals; Perry's "Church in Maryland",p. 121) .
"Col. Brooke was twice married. His first wife, Anne, whose parentage is unknown, was living in 1687 when she joined her husband i n adeed to Henry Lowe and Susannah his wife "late relict" of John Da rnallEsq." and to Clement Hill, of part of De La Brooke Manor (Prov . Court,Lib. E. I. no. 10, fol. 265).
"His second wife was Barbara, daughter of Thomas Dent of St. Mary' sCounty and Rebecca, his wife, daughter of the Rev. William Wilkerso n.Barbara Dent was born in 1676, after her father's death, and is therefore not named in his will, but her mother conveys land to truste esfor her benefit, 20 November 1676, and this deed is confirmed 6 Ju ne1704, by Barbara's mother and the latter's second husband, Col. Jo hnAddison (Charles (Co., Lib. 21, fol. 116, 121). In the deed of confirmation it is recited that Barbara "is now married to the Hon. Tho masBrooke, Esq." The marriage took place before 4 January 1699, whe n Col.Thomas Brooke and Barbara, his wife, execute a deed together (Pr.Geo.Co.,Lib. A., fol. 210). The will of Col. Thomas Brooke is dat ed30 November 1730, and was proved 25 January 1730/1. His wife Barb arasurvived him, and died in 1754. Her will, dated 24 February 1748 /9, wasproved 26 June 1754. Several of Col. Brooke's children are n otmentioned in his will, but were provided for by deeds executed i n theirfather's life time."
The fact that Thomas Brooke had two sons named Thomas is atteste d byhis will.

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SQ pg. 3200: They had ten children: Robert C., Floyd H., Ronni e K.,Fay,
Joseph V., Sebert M., Mary, Samuel, Paul and Zell.

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!NOTES:
SQ pg. 3200: They had six children: Marvin, Charles C., Effie, Olevia, John
R. and Walter R.

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SQ 3201: They had seven children: Tyra, Raymond, Mary Jane, Virti eJean,
Walter, Blanch, and Roy.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3201: James H. Brooks, son of Hardin and Cassie (Sparks) Brook s,
was born about 1861. He married Mary Brooks on December 24, 1882.

See SQ p. 2887: James was dragged to death by a runaway team of horseson April 24, 1884, near Terrell, Texas.

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SQ 3201: "John A. Brooks, son of Hardin and Cassie (Sparks) Brook s,
was born about 1857. He married Medie Ann Edwards, and they had six
children: Cora Brooks married Samuel Cheek; Maggie Brooks married Wal ter
Bennett; Troy Brooks married (1st) --- Williams and (2nd) May Higgins;
Ella Brooks married John Gentry; Ransom Brooks married Edith Blackbur n."

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SQ 3200: They had four children: Martha Ellen, Richard A., Ida C. ,and
Lillie.

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!NOTES:
SQ 3201: Martha A. Brooks was born about 1867. She was married to
William Lewis Royall on August 2, 1833, in Wilkes County, North Carol ina.
He had been born in 1863 and was a son of Wiley and Charity Lucinda (Harris)
Royall. (See notes under RIN 2077--Martha's brother William married William
Lewis Royall's mother, widowed from William's father killed in the Ci vilWar.)
William died in 1912; Martha died in 1934. They had seven children:
(1) Carrie Royall was born in 1884 and died in 1970. She marrie d(1st)
Charles Kimes and (2nd) George Felton.
(2) Etta Royall was born in 1887. She died some time during the 1970's.
She married (1st) Amos McCoy and (2nd) Roy Morris. She had th ree
children by her first marriage: Mildred P., Retha I., and Dor a E.
(3) Wiley Harden Royall was born about 1889. He married Florenc e Dye
and they had eight children: Carl, Clyde, Ralph, Wiley H. Jr. ,Vera
Martha, Kenneth and Mary.
(4) Lizzie Louella Royall was born about 1892. She married Sherma nVetor,
and they had four children: Lawrence, Camilla, Esther, and Rol and.
(5) Delia C. Royal was born in 1895. She died in 1908.
(6) Arthur Alexander Royall was born on February 27, 1898. He die d in
1956. He married Alta Pearl Rhoads, and they had six children:
Retha H., Ruth B., Derrill L., Merrill E., John W., and Jame s R.
(7) Paul Monroe Royall married Thelma Lucille Newlin, and they ha dfour
children: Russell D., Iris I., Ronald M., and Robert R.

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SQ 3200: Robert Brooks was born on September 30, 1845. He married
Sarah Ann Royall, probably about 1867. She was born on February 14 ,1844,
and was a daughter of William and Sarah (Sanders) Royall. Robert and
Sarah Ann had ten children:
(1) Jesse Frank Brooks was born on April 13, 1868. He married Rena
Edwards. He died on May 20, 1936. He and Rena had four child ren:
Maud, Tyre G., Minnie and Mack.
(2) John N. Brooks was born on January 10, 1870. He married Corde lia
Crouse. He died on July 14, 1945. He and Cordelia had four children:
Martha Ellen, Richard A., Ida C., and Lillie.
(3) Nancy Jane Brooks was born in 1871 and died in 1877.
(4) Robert Sam Brooks was born in 1873. He was married twice. Hi sfirst
marriage was to Laura Estep and his second was to Daisy White .He died
in 1931. He was the father of two children: Martha and Mary.
(5) Sarah "Sally" Brooks was born in 1877. She married Scott Norman. She died in 1936. She and Scott had four children: Inez, Litel,
Ronnie, and Raymond.
(6) Richard Brooks was born in 1878 and died in 1890.
(7) Cassie Alice Brooks was born in 1880. She died in 1970. Sh emarried
James F. Calloway and they had six children: Marvin, Charles C .,Effie,
Olevia, John R., and Walter R.
(8) Andrew Jackson Brooks was born in 1883. He died in 1954. H emarried
Ruthie Ella Crouse, and they had ten children: Robert C., Flo ydH.,
Ronnie K., Fay, Joseph V., Sebert M., Mary, Samuel, Paul and Z ell.
(9) Martha Brooks was born in 1885 and died in 1910.
(10) William Horton Brooks was born in 1888. He died in 1974. H emarried
Sarah Ella Royall, and they had three children: Mae, Annie an dVerna.

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SQ 3200: Robert Sam Brooks was born in 1873. He was married twic e.His
first marriage was to Laura Estep and his second was to Daisy White . Hedied
in 1931. He was the father of two children: Martha and Mary (articl edoesn't
designate the mother of these children).

SQ p. 2646:

"Sarah Brooks (sometimes called "Sally"), wife of John Sparks, wasborn in 1788, either on October
16th or November 16th. Her parents were James and Elizabeth (Traylor)Brooks who had been married
in 1782 in Caswell County, North Carolina. Shortly after theirmarriage,James and Elizabeth Brooks
had moved to Georgia where Sarah was born. James Brooks is believed tohave served in the Georgia
Militia during the Revolutionary War."

SQ pg 3200: They had four children: Inez, Litel, Ronnie, and Raymond.

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SQ pg 3200: They had three children: Mae, Annie and Verna.

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SQ 3201: "William Matthew Brooks, son of Hardin and Cassie (Spark s)
Brooks, was born on March 8, 1854. He was married to Charity Lucinda
(Harris) Royall on February 20, 1873. She had been born on Septembe r 2,
1837, and was a daughter of Lewis and Hanna (Gray) Harris. She was a lso
the widow of Wiley Royall who had been killed during the Civil War . She
died in 1915 and was buried in the Butlerville, Indiana, Cemetary. William
and Charity had one child: Charles William Brooks was born on April 1 9,
1880. He married Fannie Annice Galyean, and they had seven children:
Tyra, Raymond, Mary Jane, Virtie Jean, Walter, Blanch, and Roy."