A Family History of Alvin Brooks: Articles and Documents

Cemetery and Death Records

Vining Cemetery
Washington County, Kansas

Gravestones of Brooks and Related Families

Gravestone of Alvin Brooks
and Pheba Freer

BROOKS	Alvin Mar 4, 1807 - Jul 5, 1893 Pheba Sep 23, 1816 - Oct 8, 1899	Alvin Brooks Pheba Freer, third wife of Alvin Brooks
BROOKS	G D Apr 15, 1879 - 46Y M E Aug 3, 1878 - 34Y	Gilman Drue Brooks, son of Alvin Brooks and Sallie Carr Mary Elizabeth Scrivner, wife of Gilman Brooks
BROOKS	D C May 24, 1852 - Sep 15, 1923 Alice Jan 13, 1865 - Nov 6, 1961 Clair Apr 11, 1893 - Oct 10, 1918 Hd Quarts Co 30th F A American Legion                 Bessie M Dec 26, 1894 Ralph C Sep 25, 1898	Dewitt Clinton Brooks, son of Alvin Brooks and Pheba Freer Alice, wife of Dewitt Clinton Brooks Clair, their son Bessie, their daughter Ralph, their son
BROOKS	Perry L Apr 8, 1855 - Jul 25, 1926 Electa A Nov 7, 1855 - Aug 13, 1936 Victor Nov 6, 1900 - Apr 5, 1904 Son of P L & E A Stella L Aug 1, 1906 - 23Y 8M 12D Dau of P L & E A Dicy I 1884 - 1918 Wife of Wm Gepner	Perry Leander Brooks, son of Alvin Brooks and Pheba Freer Electra A Fry, wife of Perry Leander Brooks Victor, their son Stella, their daughter Dicy, their daughter
BROOKS	Alvin Adelbert 1858 - 1924 Carrie E his wife 1867 - 1964 Lloyd May 26, 1895 - Nov 30, 1898 Son of A A & C E Lela Dallen dau 1900 - Feb, 1983 Glee Peterson dau 1903 - Jun, 1990	Alvin Adelbert Brooks, son of Alvin Brooks and Pheba Freer Carrie Eliza Franks, wife of Alvin Adelbert Brooks Lloyd, their son (buried with Alvin and Pheba) Lela, their daughter Glee, their daughter
BROOKS	Otis Sep 2, 1897 - 37Y 5M 17D Mother Mattie E 1865 - 1956	Otis Brooks, son of Gilman Brooks and Mary Schrivner Mattie Badger, wife of Otis Brooks
EDMONDS	Flora E Feb 25, 1892 - Dec, 1981 Harry C Nov 10, 1887 - Nov 24, 1967 Parents of Oliver & Opal	Flora Elizabeth Brooks, daughter of Otis Brooks and Mattie Badger
FARRINGTON	M V B Nov 23, 1900 - 63Y 4M 5D Co B 3th Ill Inf Civil War Vet (61-65) Lloyd Jun 19, 1894 - 1Y 8M 16D  Son of M V B & S E	Martin Van Buren Farrington,  husband of Sarah Ellen Scrivner, daughter of Edward and Nancy Scrivner Lloyd, their son
HAYNES	Mother Augusta L 1850 - 1927	Augusta L Brooks, daughter of Alvin and Pheba Brooks
HAYNES	Delbert J 1884 - 1953 Vera B 1891 - 1978 Parents of Blair, Sara, Adile, Foley	Delbert Haynes, son of Augusta Brooks Vera B, wife of Delbert Haynes
HAYNES	Walter R May 25, 1874 - Dec 6, 1931 Luella Jul 12, 1874 - Jul 14, 1950	Walter R Haynes, son of Augusta Brooks Luella, wife of Walter R Haynes
QUEEN	Mother Viola E Sep 25, 1876 - Mar 6, 1962 Father Arthur H Nov 5, 1874 - Aug 21 1952 Married Feb 9, 1898 at Clyde KS Keith L 1899 - 1956 Kenneth R Aug 12, 1904 - Jan 24, 1966 Kansas             Pvt 863 Ord Hz Maint Col W W II (1941 - 1945)	Viola  Brooks, daughter of Gilman and Elizabeth Brooks Arthur Queen, husband of Viola Brooks Keith L, son of Viola Brooks Kenneth R, son of Viola Brooks
HAKES	Meda M 1898 - 1988 Kenneth R 1896 - 1964	Meda Queen, daughter of Viola Brooks Kenneth Hakes, husband of Meda Queen
SCRIVNER	Nancy A Jan 25, 1877 - 58Y 10M 15D  Wife of Edward   Alice A Jul 10, 1865 - 3Y 2M 11D  Dau of E & N	Nancy Sebring, wife of Edward Scrivner Alice, their daughter (note: Edward is buried in Fairview Cemetery near Norway, Republic County, Kansas)
YODER	Cressie P Sep 28, 1888 - Jun 14, 1958 Grover C Apr 27, 1884 - Jan 31, 1963 Grover Yoder & Cressie (Brooks) married Mar 7, 1908	Cressie Pearl Brooks, daughter of Alvin Adelbert Brooks Grover Yoder, husband of Cressie Pearl Brooks

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Vining Cemetery is located in Vining, Washington County, Kansas
A list of Vining tombstones can be found at the Kansas Tombstone Transcription Project
The cemetery was canvassed by Lucille Zabokrtsky, Joan Abercrombie and Irma Manning in 1972.  The names were submitted to the Tombstone transcription Project by Fredericka Braconnier on January 21, 2005.

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