Descendants of Jeremiah Upshaw
Notes
1797. Theodore "Theo" Routon Brooke
1. 1909: birthdate from grave marker, Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, Section 45, Lot 2, grave 3 (see photo in Brooke family records): Theo R. Brooke, 1909-1997
2. 1909, 7 May: Birthdate from Brooke family Bible, in possession of Ted O. Brooke & as stated by T.R. Brooke & on various documents, etc.
3. 1910, 15 Apr: 1910 census, Coweta Co, GA, E. D. 32, sheet 2A, dist 32, Newnan City; James R. Brooks, head of family: Theodore Brooks, son, age 11/12
4. 1920 Census (Soundex), Coweta Co, GA, Vol 28, E.D. 32, sheet 10, line 13; Newnan, 109 Spence Ave; Head of Family, James R. Brooke: Theodore Brooke, age 10, b GA (son)
5. 1927: (source: Newnan-Coweta Historical Society, A History of Coweta County, Georgia" (Roswell, GA: W.H. Wolfe Associates, 1988), page 128: Chapter XVI, Sports and Recreation: A history of Newnan High football would not be complete without mentioning the one-sided series with LaGrange. The 1927 team was the last to beat the Grangers before the long drought that lasted until the 1950 season. John Varnadoe was still the coach, and stars included Fid Murray, Casey Jones, THEO BROOKS, Marvin Askew, Bob Dent Pittman and Tom Pickett.
6. 1930 census, DeKalb Co. (Atlanta) GA; Vol. 32, E.D. 5, family #277, 12 April 1930,: 1733 McLendon Ave., dwelling 233, family #277: Pearl Brooke, Head of family, home owned, $5,000 value, have a radio set, female, White, age 57, age at first marriage not reported, widowed, b. Georgia, father & mother b. Georgia, occupation: none; Theodore Brooke, son, age 20, single, b. Georgia, occupation: none.
7. 1997: deathdate from grave marker, Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, Section 45, lot 2, grave 3 (see photo in Brooke family records): Theo R. Brooke, 1909-1997.
8. 1997, 27 Dec: Atlanta Journal Constitution (Obituary):
BROOKE - Theodore ("Theo") Routon Brooke, passed away Thursday, Christmas morning, December 25, 1997, at his residence of three years in Cumming, GA.
Theo Brooke was born May 7, 1909 in Newnan, Coweta Co., GA, son of James Robert and Martha Catherine Pearl (Upshaw) Brooke; paternal grandson of James and Nancy Susan (Arnold) Brook(sic) (see note below) and maternal grandson of Robinson Valentine and Ida Pope (Routon) Upshaw.
Theo was a 1930 graduate of Tech High School in Atlanta where he was a distinguished football player. He served in the U.S. Navy in World War II and retired in 1973. He was a member of the Tech High School Alumni Association and was a 30-year member of the Fleet Reserve Association.
He is survived by his son, Theodore ("Ted") Owen Brooke of Cumming, GA and by his children, Robert Theodore and Ashley Carol Brooke, both of Marietta; by his son and daughter-in-law, Charles Lawrence and Shirley Joan (Chambers) Ray of Loganville; by their daughter and son-in-law, Vickie Lynn (Ray) and Duane Tucker and their children, Alex Jay and Katie Marie Tucker, all of Loganville; and by their son and daughter-in-law, Gary Lee and Jennifer Michelle (Holloway) Ray and their children, Corbin Dakota and Camden Turner Ray, all of Woodstock.
The family will be receiving friends Sunday evening from 6 until 8 p.m. at Wages & Sons Funeral Home. The graveside services will be held Monday, December 29, 1997 at 2:00 p.m. at Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. Family and friends are invited to the home of Ted Brooke afterwards. In lieu of flowers, donations would be appreciated to the Fleet Reserve Association, Building Fund, 3183 Dodson Drive, East Point, GA 30344-5345. Wages & Sons, 770-469-9811.
(Note: The surname of James and Nancy Susan (Arnold) "Brooke", as given in the newspaper notice, is incorrect and is actually "Brook", as was submitted to them, but was apparently subject to editorial license).9. 1998, Jan: Forsyth Co, GA, Will Book N, page 119: will of Theodore Routon Brooke.
SECONDARY SOURCES:
1. Personal knowledge of Theodore R. Brooke and his son, Theodore Owen Brooke.
COMMENTS:
1. Residences: Newnan, Coweta Co., GA, 1909-1927; Atlanta, DeKalb Co., GA, 1928-1952; Tucker, DeKalb Co., GA, 1953-1973; Stone Mountain, DeKalb County, GA, 1973-Apr 1993; Loganville, Walton Co, GA, May 1993-Jan 1995; Cumming, Forsyth Co, GA, Feb 1995-Dec 1997.
2. Military Record: U.S. Navy Reserve, World War II, 30 years' service, retired; he was a member of the Naval "Fleet Reserve Association" and would ofter attend their annual reunions in the Atlanta area.
RECOLLECTIONS:
1. When a child, as he would walk home from school down Greenville St. and he turned onto Spence Avenue which led to his home, "Grandpa Smith", as he knew him, lived in the first house on Spence on the left (see picture in Document file). (This was Andrew Jackson Smith, second husband of his grandmother, Nancy (Arnold) (Brook) Smith, widow of his grandfather, James Brook, casualty in the Civil War). "Grandpa Smith" would usually be on the porch of the house and, upon seeing his grandson, would shout "Hey, Theo, come on over and let's see if I've got something for you". This "something" was usually a favorite candy and this old Confederate veteran made certain his grandchild went homeward with his pockets full. One can only surmise at the comments he received at home from his mother about "ruining his dinner". What a tender picture this is, of this aged and proud veteran of many bloody and desperate scenes, lovingly spending this time with his young grandson. What planning this took and the anticipation on the porch!
He also recalls that his "Grandpa Smith" had a long white beard which came down about to his waist which seemed a common style for Confederate veterans at this time, from looking at photographs taken at Soldier reunions.SAYINGS & THINGS:
1. "It takes all kinds (of people) to make the world go 'round."
2. "If you can't say something good about someone, don't say anything at all."
3. "Any jackass can kick a barn down."
4. "It isn't as important how much money you make as it is what you do with the money you do make".
1. 1909, 16 Feb: Birth date from Family Bible record of Thomas & Alice (Hodson) Owen, copy in possession of Ted Brooke, 1986.
2. Application for citizenship, Mrs. Norah (Owen) Brooke (copy in files of son, Ted Brooke).
3. State of California certificate of death, Alameda Co., Dist. 3-85-01, #2831, Norah Lilly Straka.
4. Personal knowledge of son, Theodore Owen Brooke.
COMMENTS:
1. Residence: San Francisco, CA, circa 1950 to 1985.
2. Burial was by cremation; ashes scattered by airplane, Skylawn Memorial Park, San Mateo, Alameda Co, CA.
1. 1911: birthdate from gravemarker, Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, Fulton Co, GA, section 45, lot 2, grave #4 (see photo in Brooke family records): M. Iretta Brooke, 1911-1988
2. 1911, 23 Dec: Birth date from grave marker, Westview Cemetery, 1680 Gordon St., SW, Atlanta, GA (Section 45, lot 2, grave 4)
3. 1920 Census (Soundex); Fulton Co, GA, Dodd Ave., Vol. 37, E.D. 58, sheet 14, line 99; Comer O. Puckett household: Mary I. Puckett, daughter, age 8.
4. 1951, 22 Feb: Marriage date from Fulton Co, GA, Marriage License Book 40, page 107.
5. 1988: deathdate from grave marker, Westview cemetery, 1680 Gordon St., SW, Atlanta, GA (Section 45, lot 2, grave 4); (see photo in Brooke family records): M. Iretta Brooke, 1911-1988
6. 1988, 13 Oct: (Atlanta Journal): Mrs. Mary Brooke, of Stone Mountain died October 12, 1988. Arrangements announced later by Wages & Sons, Stone Mountain.
7. 1988, 14 Oct: (Atlanta Constitution, page 14F):
M. Iretta Brooke, age 76, of Stone Mountain died October 12, 1988. Survived by husband, Mr. T.R. Brooke, Stone Mountain; sons, Mr. & Mrs.Ted O. Brooke, Marietta; Mr. & Mrs. Charles L. Ray, Valencia, CA;
granddaughters, Ashley C. Brooke, Marietta; Vickie R. Tucker, Loganville; grandsons, Gary Ray, Beaumont, TX; Robert T. Brooke, Marietta; numerous nieces and nephews. Services will be held today at 1 p.m. from Wages & Sons Chapel. Dr. B.H. Berrier will officiate. Burial, Westview Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, those desiring may make contributions to the American Heart Association, 1685 Terrell Mill Rd., Marietta, 30067. Wages & Sons, Stone Mountain.SECONDARY SOURCES:
1. Personal knowledge of son, Ted O. Brooke, and husband, Theo. R. Brooke.
COMMENTS:
1. Spouse #2?: Joe B. Ray; issue: Charles Lawrence Ray.
2. Spouse #3?: Theodore ("Theo") Routon Brooke; no issue
1798. Victor Eugene "Gene" Brooke
1. 1920 Census (Soundex), Coweta Co, GA, Vol 28, E.D. 32, sheet 10, line 13, Newnan, 109 Spence Ave., Head of Family, James R. Brooke: Eugene Brooke, age 7, b GA (son).
2. 1930 census, DeKalb Co. (Atlanta) GA; Vol. 32, E.D. 5, family #277, 12 April 1930,: 1733 McLendon Ave., dwelling 233, family #277: Pearl Brooke, Head of family, home owned, $5,000 value, have a radio set, female, White, age 57, age at first marriage not reported, widowed, b. Georgia, father & mother b. Georgia, occupation: none; Eugene Brooke, son, age 18, single, b. Georgia, attended school within the last year, occupation: none.
1. 1992, 10 Aug: Obituary, Atlanta (GA) Constitution.
RESEARCHERS & CORRESPONDENTS:
1. (1996) (son) James E. Brooke, 110 Sunset Ct, Senoia, GA 30276.
1799. Mary Francis Brooke
1. 1920 Census (Soundex), Coweta Co, GA, Vol 28, E.D. 32, sheet 10, line 13, Newnan, 109 Spence Ave., head of family, James R. Brooke: Mary F. Brooke, age 2 5/12, b GA (daughter).
2. 1930 census, DeKalb Co. (Atlanta) GA; Vol. 32, E.D. 5, family #277, 12 April 1930: 1733 McLendon Ave., dwelling 233, family #277: Pearl Brooke, Head of family, home owned, $5,000 value, have a radio set, female, White, age 57, age at first marriage not reported, widowed, b. Georgia, father & mother b. Georgia, occupation: none; Mary Brooke, daughter, age 12, b. Georgia, attended school within the last year, occupation: none.
3. No obituary was printed in the Atlanta newspapers & only a brief one in the Augusta newspaper.
4. Personal reminiscences by Betty (Sams) Martin, September 2001:
Her brothers, Theo and Gene, had a pet squirrel named "Billy" which was tame, but it bit Mary once, which she remembered later in life. Theo and Gene would pick Mary up by her ears and it made her furious, as one might expect.
When her father James was alive, I think mother said he was Sheriff of Carroll County and he also took care of the farm. They had a bull on the farm and her mother Pearl (Upshaw) Brooke, in an effort to keep mother safe from harm, scared her severely of going into the bull's pasture. They also had a pond and she scared Mary of the pond also and mother was afraid of water her entire life and never learned to swim.
Mother was only 10 years old when her father died and her family sold the farm and moved to Atlanta at 1726 McLendon Ave. Her mother took in sewing and all mother's older brothers and sisters helped support the family. Mother remembered that Theo was so brilliant and such a good athelete that he received a college scholarship which he could not accept. At this time the Great Depression had begun and he declined the scholarship in order to help support the family.
They lived on McLendon Avenue and, as a young lady, mother used to sit outside on the front lawn every afternoon and that's how she and daddy met. Daddy was attending Georgia Tech and was working as their newspaper delivery boy. However, after they started "seeing" each other, mother apparently began to have second thoughts about their relationship and I have a large stack of love letters daddy wrote to convince her otherwise. About the same time daddy was in a car accident and was in the hospital. Mother said it scared her so much, she knew she loved him and they were married in 1937.
After they married they lived in a rented apartment for a bried period and owned an old DeSoto automobile. Then they lived with her sister Sally (Brooke) Greenaway and her husband Bob briefly. Mother worked at Scripto as a secretary and heard the company was looking for a bright young engineer. She arranged for daddy to have an interview and he got the job. Then she quit her job and Bill was born in 1939; I was was born in 1942 and Bob was born in 1952.
During World War II mother raised chickens and had a garden in the back yard of 17 East Lake Drive in Atlanta. They owned a Buick then but, since gasoline was rationed, they only drove it around the block on Sunday mornings. Daddy took public transportation to work.
The only eggs we had were those mother's hens laid in the backyard chicken coop. Daddy killed one chicken every Sunday and mother served fried chicken for the noon-day meal, after the drive around the block. The only meat we had was mother's chickens, Spam, and ground beef when the neighborhood grocery had it available. Word spread quickly when the neighborhood grocer was expecting a shipment of ground beef. Mother would get us up before dawn and take us to Colonial Grocery Store on East Lake Drive where we stood outside in the dark until the store opened, when it was "first come, first served". Although she was always one of the first there, she could only buy her rationed amount.
The only other problem we had the leather rationing for shoes. Since Bill and I, as children, were outgrowing shoes every few months, we used up all the shoe rations while mother and daddy wore the same pair of shoes throughout the entire war years.
1802. Gladys Inez Todd
PRIMARY SOURCES:
1. 1910 census (Soundex), Haralson Co, GA (Vol 38, E.D. 406(106?), sheet 4); Household of Mainiard N. Todd:
Gladys I. Todd, age 6 (daughter)2. 1920 census (Soundex), Carroll Co, GA (Vol 10, E.D. 7, sheet 2, line 5);
Household of Maynard U.(sic) Todd:
Gladys I. Todd, age 16, b GA (daughter)3. 1924, 16 Jul: Carroll Co, GA, marriage book N, page 537.
COMMENTS:
1. Posey S. Griffin has a grave marker in Carrollton City cemetery, section E, showing birth date of "1900", with no other date. Perhaps it was copied and printed before his death.
1816. Frances Mae Upshaw
- RESEARCHERS & CORRESPONDENTS -
1. (1982): Frances M. Upshaw, 1804 Hickory Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341
1849. Lucius Forrest Upshaw Sr.
- NOTES -
1. Information from Mrs. Beverly Warder, 1209 West Ave "I", Lancaster, Ca,
93534 , letter dated 15 Mar 1984.
1850. Anna Lela Upshaw
DESCENDANT & RESEARCHER:
1. (1979) Peggy B. Chapman, 1503 47th, Lubbock, TX 79412; iformation obtained from Zela Upshaw Shelton.
COMMENTS:
1. Anna Zela Upshaw & Council Luna Upshaw had no issue.
- NOTES -
1. Will Shelton was brother of Paul Shelton who md Allie Pamela Upshaw.
1. Information (1977) from W. Roy Upshaw, 233 Rockford Rd., Waco, TX 76710; he stated sources as "personal knowledge & Upshaw Family Bible"..
2. Per Mr. W. Roy Upshaw, Council Luna Upshaw was an accountant, a Baptist, in the National Guard in 1898; lived in Alabama, Texas, Oregon, & California; He graduated from High School in Waxahatchie, Texas, later attended school in Waco, texas; taught school in Ellis Co, Texas; did accounting work for mercantile companies in Hico, Texas, then moved to Medford, Oregon in accounting; later to California.
1851. Allie Pamela Upshaw
RESEARCHERS & CORRESPONDENTS:
1. (1979) Mrs. Peggy Chapman, 1503 47th St., Lubbock, TX 79412
Comments:
1. Peggy Chapman notes that Allie P. Upshaw lived in Oregon.
- NOTES -
1. Paul Shelton was brother of Will Shelton who md Anna Zela Upshaw.
2439. Paul N. Upshaw
- NOTES -
1. Peggy Chapman notes that "Paul N. Upshaw lives in Oregon".
1852. William Vernon Upshaw
COMMENTS:
1. Military service in World War I.
2. He was a taxidermist, furrier, and a Musician who played many instruments.
1. Information from Mrs. June Upshaw, 1330 Glenwood Ave., Fullerton, CA 92631; 15 Nov 1981.
2. Housewife & mother; moved to California with husband and family about 1924.
1860. Banks R. Upshaw
- NOTES -
1. Another source gives birthplace as Grayson Co, Texas.
2. Information compiled by Mr. W. Roy Upshaw, Waco, TX, 1978.
