{"id":2747,"date":"2020-10-26T13:42:01","date_gmt":"2020-10-26T18:42:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/?page_id=2747"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:04:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:04:40","slug":"frank-p-brooks","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/frank-p-brooks\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank P. P. Brooks"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Frank P. P. Brooks (Sharkey County)<\/h2>\n<p><strong>State House:\u00a0<\/strong>1886-1888<\/p>\n<p><strong>Born:\u00a0<\/strong>September 22, 1850 in Madison County, MS<\/p>\n<p>Farmer and school teacher. Educated in Vicksburg and held positions of Supervisor and Magistrate. Probably the Frank Brooks, age 21, listed on the 1870 census in Warren County. Living with wife Candis on the 1880 census and wife Louisa on the 1900 and 1910 census in Sharkey County and the 1920 census in Issaquena County.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4965\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4965\" style=\"width: 498px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4965\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brooks.png\" alt=\"Signature of Frank P. Brooks\" width=\"498\" height=\"72\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brooks.png 837w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brooks-300x43.png 300w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/brooks-768x111.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 498px) 100vw, 498px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4965\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Signature of Frank P. Brooks from an 1875 petition to Governor Ames<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5061\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5061\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/frank-p-brooks\/brooksletter\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-5061\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-5061\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brooksletter-150x150.png\" alt=\"Letter to Governor Ames, June 5, 1875\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brooksletter-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/brooksletter-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Letter to Governor Ames, June 5, 1875<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2749\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2749\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/frank-p-brooks\/brooksbio\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2749 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brooksbio-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brooksbio-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/brooksbio-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Ledger, January 12, 1886<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank P. P. Brooks (Sharkey County) State House:\u00a01886-1888 Born:\u00a0September 22, 1850 in Madison County, MS Farmer and school teacher. Educated in Vicksburg and held positions of Supervisor and Magistrate. Probably the Frank Brooks, age 21, listed on the 1870 census in Warren County. Living with wife Candis on the 1880 census and wife Louisa on &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/much-ado.net\/legislators\/legislators\/frank-p-brooks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Frank P. P. 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