Mexico weekly ledger., 1883-12-27
Obituary.

Mrs. Elizabeth B. Brooks, wife OIL
the late John T. Brooks, died at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Walker
Evans, in st. Louis, ON the 2Srd,
inst, after q lingering illness Of
eleven long years.. She was the
daughter of Capt, John Anderson.
and was born in Buckingham Co,
Va, in Aug, 1916. Her mother was
Susan Cook, of that county. From
both of these families men of distinc-
ton in the history of-@yirginia have
arisen. Elizabeth Anderson was the
oldest child and came with her par
ents to Mason County, Kentucky,
when a little girl In her new home
her father amassed great wealth, for
those days, and she had every adj
vantage in the way of educational
facilities the country afforded. She
was married to John 7. Brooks. of
Mason county in the year 1884.
About this time her father died, and
with him passed aways his wealth.
The young wife at once took a
school aud assisted her husband in
the effort to save a remnant from
her fathers estate, aud to care for
her widowed mother and educate her
four younger sisters. In the care
for these and her own children, who
were speedily born to her, the REM
neut Of her life was spent, John T.
Brooks and family moved to this
countyin 1857. where the subject of
this brief sketch remained until her
death excepting the last year. which
she spent with her daughter in st:
, Louise 90
Mrs. Brooks is the mother of
twelve children, all OF whom are
) still living except one, who was ac-
cidently Killed at the age of eleven.
Ten of her children followed her to
the grave to-day, only n w. B.
Brooks of Arkansas, being absent.
Men frequently write of the deeds
of great men, but the deeds of great
women are o. often unsung.
When Mrs. Brooks married her
husband, he. was an irreligious young
!. lawyer, belonging to a class OF
would-be iniidels in the city OF
: Maysyilie, among whom were mum.
bered such men as DIR. Shackleford
and Rev. DIR. McClung. The former
afterwards became one of the mos,
distinguished physicians in the state,
' and the latter, n of the first min
listers in the Presbyterian church
n and all of them distinguished christ
ian patriots.
p We are credibly Informed tha'
these results were largely due to tn,
women, who became the wives o.
these distinguished citizens. John I
Brooks, in the hands of his wife
through the instrumentality of thu
gospel, which shone 81 conspicuous
8 ly in her life, was gradually moved
- almost unconsciously to himself, in
y to the christian man, he lived ant
died in this community.
Of lofty dignity of character, b,
, birth, a gentleman, it al not pos
sible. that the patient waiting an,
unselfish christian life of such q wo
man should be in vain. In he
d youth, the idol of her circle, and il
j, all her life the friend of Jesus and hu
manity. With her the fatherhood O
uOu, anu DiOtuCi iOOo VI haa
;s were the fullness of religion. TIL
traits i'll her character that made he
le the universal object of love, were he
singular oneness with her husband
devotion to her children and inter
lg est for the poor and suffering, of tn
a world. In her life were the perfeC
:. abnegation of self, and concentrate.
IL of soul upon the interests of others
Even in her dying moments, sh
would not talk of her death to he
p children lest they should be grieved
ir while she freely talked about it t
n others. -
AS a wife, she was simply faultlcs'
AS q mother, her only fault was TO
il great Indulgence and sacrifice for he
children, as they themselves univeI
AZ sally admit. This, however, was du
to her unselfish spirit and all-aboune
ing love for them. AS a neighho
II, none was her superior~~As a Chris
s. ian, she died..as she lived, unfeigne
er and unwavering faith in Christ.
Let us:all try to emulate a lite s
useful, uhostentatious and yet so flu
of hope.